Given a Customer Scenario Containing Business Requirements for Integrating Salesforce with Other Enterprise Back-Office Systems, Recommend the Appropriate Integration Architecture. INTEGRATION-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 1)

Questions 1–5

1. 1expert · hard

   A company is integrating Salesforce with a payment gateway. They need to ensure that payment transactions are processed securely and that the integration is highly available. They also need to handle transaction failures gracefully. Which architecture should the architect recommend?

   • AA direct database connection from Salesforce to the payment gateway
   • BA synchronous REST API call from Salesforce to the payment gateway with retry logic
   • CA batch process that sends payment files nightly
   • DAn asynchronous event-driven architecture using platform events and a middleware that processes payments
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2. 2foundation · easy

   When designing an integration that uses REST API calls from Salesforce to an external system, which Salesforce limit must the architect consider?

   • AAPI request limits
   • BStorage limits
   • CUser license limits
   • DReport limits
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4. 3foundation · easy

   A customer requires that all data exchanged between Salesforce and a back-office system be encrypted in transit. Which non-functional requirement does this address?

   • ASecurity
   • BScalability
   • CReliability
   • DPerformance
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5. 4foundation · easy

   Which Salesforce feature should an architect consider to assess feasibility of an integration that requires near-real-time notifications to an external system?

   • AValidation rules
   • BApex scheduled jobs
   • CPlatform Events
   • DWorkflow rules
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6. 5expert · hard

   A company is integrating Salesforce with an inventory system. They need to ensure that the integration is reliable and can handle network failures. They also need to maintain data consistency between the systems. Which architecture should the architect recommend?

   • AA point-to-point integration with no error handling
   • BA batch synchronization that runs every hour
   • CAn event-driven architecture with outbox pattern and message queues
   • DA synchronous request-reply pattern with retries and idempotency
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