How do you determine a user's effective permissions?

Combine the permissions from the user's profile and all assigned permission sets

Use only the permissions from the user's profile

Use the permissions from the user's role

Use only the permissions from the user's permission sets

What are 'user permissions' in Salesforce profiles?

Permissions that control which fields are visible

System-level permissions that enable functional capabilities like 'Manage Users' or 'Export Reports'

Permissions that control which apps are visible

Permissions that control access to individual records

A 'Sales Ops' permission set grants 'Modify All Data' to a group of users. One of these users, a new hire, should not have this permission. The new hire is on the 'Sales Ops' profile. What is the most appropriate action?

Create a new permission set that denies 'Modify All Data' and assign it to the new hire.

Edit the 'Sales Ops' permission set to remove 'Modify All Data'.

Remove the 'Sales Ops' permission set from the new hire's user record.

Edit the 'Sales Ops' profile to remove 'Modify All Data'.

How do you grant a permission set to a user?

Modify the user's role to include the permission set

Assign the permission set to the user from the user's record or the permission set's detail page

Add the permission set to the user's profile

Create a sharing rule to grant the permission set

What is the primary purpose of a permission set in Salesforce?

To grant additional permissions to users without changing their profile

To restrict permissions that are already granted by the profile

To replace the need for profiles entirely

To manage record-level sharing rules

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Domain 3Objective 3

Given a Scenario, Determine the Appropriate Use of a Custom Profile or Permission Set Using the Various Profile Settings and Permissions. PLATFORM-ADMINISTRATOR Practice Questions (Page 3)

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