Given a User Request Scenario, Apply the Appropriate Security Controls Based on the Features and Capabilities of the Salesforce Sharing Model (e.g., Organization-Wide Defaults, Roles and the Role Hierarchy, Manual Sharing, Sharing Rules and Public Groups). PLATFORM-ADMINISTRATOR Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6foundation · easy

   A sales manager needs to see all opportunities owned by their direct reports, but the organization-wide default for Opportunity is Private. Which security control should the administrator use to meet this requirement?

   • AManually share each opportunity with the manager.
   • BSet the organization-wide default for Opportunity to Public Read Only.
   • CUse the role hierarchy, which automatically grants the manager access to records owned by users in roles below them.
   • DCreate a sharing rule that shares opportunities owned by users in the manager's role with the manager's role.
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2. 7application · medium

   A company has a custom object 'Report__c' with OWD set to Private. A manager owns several Report__c records and wants to grant access to a group of five analysts who all need to see the same records. What is the most efficient way for the manager to grant access to all five analysts?

   • AChange the OWD for Report__c to Public Read Only so all analysts can see the records.
   • BCreate a sharing rule on Report__c with the manager as the source and the five analysts as the target.
   • CCreate a public group containing the five analysts, then use manual sharing on each Report__c record to share with the public group.
   • DUse manual sharing on each Report__c record to add each of the five analysts individually.
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4. 8expert · hard

   A company uses a custom object 'Project__c' with OWD set to Private. The role hierarchy is: CEO > VP > Director > Manager > Employee. The company has two public groups: 'Project Team A' (contains employees from different roles) and 'Project Team B'. Management wants: (1) All members of 'Project Team A' to see all projects owned by any member of 'Project Team A'; (2) All members of 'Project Team B' to see all projects owned by any member of 'Project Team B'; (3) No cross-team visibility. Which configuration meets ALL requirements?

   • ACreate one owner-based sharing rule on Project__c with source = 'All internal users', target = 'Project Team A' and 'Project Team B'.
   • BCreate one criteria-based sharing rule on Project__c with criteria 'Owner in Project Team A or Project Team B' and target = 'All internal users'.
   • CChange the OWD for Project__c to Public Read Only, then create sharing rules to restrict access for each team.
   • DCreate two owner-based sharing rules on Project__c: one with source = 'Project Team A', target = 'Project Team A'; another with source = 'Project Team B', target = 'Project Team B'.
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5. 9foundation · easy

   What is a public group in Salesforce?

   • AA collection of users that can be used in sharing rules and manual sharing to grant access to multiple users at once.
   • BA group of records that share common criteria.
   • CA group of users who have the same profile.
   • DA group of roles that defines the hierarchy.
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6. 10foundation · easy

   An administrator needs to ensure that all users in the 'Sales' role can view all opportunities owned by users in the 'Sales' role, but no other users should see them. The organization-wide default for Opportunity is Private. What is the most appropriate security control to meet this requirement?

   • ACreate a sharing rule that shares opportunities owned by users in the 'Sales' role with the 'Sales' role.
   • BSet the organization-wide default for Opportunity to Public Read Only.
   • CCreate a public group containing the Sales role and use it in a sharing rule.
   • DManually share each opportunity with each user in the Sales role.
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