When designing a custom object, which practice is considered a best practice to avoid common pitfalls?

Using text fields for all data to maximize flexibility

Creating as many fields as possible to capture all potential data

Using picklist fields for free-form text to ensure consistency

Selecting the appropriate field type based on the data and business requirements

An admin needs to display the full name of a contact as 'Last Name, First Name' on the Contact record. The data already exists in the standard FirstName and LastName fields. Which field type should be used?

Picklist field with common name combinations

Text field that is manually populated

Formula field of type Text that concatenates LastName & ', ' & FirstName

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Given a Set of Requirements, Identify the Considerations and Select the Appropriate Field Type. PLATFORM-APP-BUILDER Practice Questions (Page 3)

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Questions 11–15

11foundation · easy
A company wants to display data from an external system in Salesforce without storing a copy of the data. Which field type should be used to reference this external data?
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12foundation · easy
A Salesforce admin wants to display the total amount of all related Opportunities on an Account record. Which field type should be used to automatically calculate this total?
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13foundation · easy
A Salesforce admin needs to display the full name of a contact by combining the first and last name fields. The value should always be calculated automatically and should not be editable by users. Which field type should be used?
Select an answer first
14foundation · easy
When designing a custom object, which practice is considered a best practice to avoid common pitfalls?
Select an answer first
15application · easy
An admin needs to display the full name of a contact as 'Last Name, First Name' on the Contact record. The data already exists in the standard FirstName and LastName fields. Which field type should be used?
Select an answer first

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Questions 11–15

A company wants to display data from an external system in Salesforce without storing a copy of the data. Which field type should be used to reference this external data?

A Salesforce admin wants to display the total amount of all related Opportunities on an Account record. Which field type should be used to automatically calculate this total?

A Salesforce admin needs to display the full name of a contact by combining the first and last name fields. The value should always be calculated automatically and should not be editable by users. Which field type should be used?

When designing a custom object, which practice is considered a best practice to avoid common pitfalls?

An admin needs to display the full name of a contact as 'Last Name, First Name' on the Contact record. The data already exists in the standard FirstName and LastName fields. Which field type should be used?

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