Articulate the Benefits, Limitations, Considerations, and Design Choices for a Solution Architecture and Handle Objections Related to the Design. TECHNICAL-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16application · medium

   A university is implementing Salesforce for alumni relations. The proposed architecture uses a custom object to track donations and a connected app for a mobile fundraising app. The development team asks the architect to explain the benefit of using a connected app over a simple web form. Which benefit should the architect highlight?

   • AA connected app guarantees that the mobile app will be approved by the Apple App Store and Google Play.
   • BA connected app allows the university to bypass Salesforce's API limits for mobile traffic.
   • CA connected app eliminates the need for any server-side code, making the mobile app entirely client-side.
   • DA connected app provides secure OAuth-based authentication for the mobile app, allowing alumni to log in with their Salesforce credentials.
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2. 17application · medium

   A non-profit organization is implementing Salesforce for donor management. The architecture proposes a single Salesforce org with multiple record types for different donor segments. The IT director is concerned about data security, specifically that volunteers should only see donor records they are assigned to. Which design consideration is most important to address this concern?

   • ACreate a separate Salesforce org for volunteers to ensure they cannot access donor records.
   • BUse record types to segment donors and rely on page layouts to hide fields that volunteers should not see.
   • CImplement a sharing model using organization-wide defaults set to Private and create sharing rules or manual sharing to grant volunteers access to their assigned records.
   • DSet the organization-wide default to Public Read/Write and rely on field-level security to hide sensitive donor data from volunteers.
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4. 18foundation · easy

   Which consideration in solution architecture design focuses on protecting data and ensuring only authorized users can access it?

   • ASecurity
   • BPerformance
   • CIntegration
   • DScalability
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5. 19application · medium

   A financial services company needs to integrate Salesforce with an on-premises core banking system. The integration must support real-time balance inquiries and batch updates for end-of-day processing. The security team mandates that no internet-facing endpoints be exposed. Which design choice best meets these requirements?

   • AUse Salesforce Connect with an OData adapter to query the on-premises system in real-time and a scheduled Apex job for batch updates, all over a VPN.
   • BUse a custom REST API on the on-premises system, exposed through a public API gateway, and call it from Apex for both real-time and batch operations.
   • CUse a nightly batch extract from the on-premises system into Salesforce via a secure file transfer, and accept that balance inquiries are not real-time.
   • DUse Platform Events to stream balance updates from the on-premises system to Salesforce, and use a scheduled flow for the batch updates, all over the public internet.
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6. 20expert · hard

   A media company is deploying Salesforce for marketing. The proposed architecture uses Marketing Cloud for email campaigns and Sales Cloud for lead management. The CFO objects to the cost, suggesting that Sales Cloud alone can handle email via standard Salesforce features. The architect must handle this objection while preserving the architecture. What is the most effective response?

   • AAcknowledge the cost concern, explain that Marketing Cloud provides advanced journey orchestration, deliverability, and scalability that Sales Cloud's basic email lacks, and offer a phased rollout to manage costs.
   • BAgree to drop Marketing Cloud and use Sales Cloud's email features, noting that the marketing team can adapt to the simpler tool.
   • CPropose using a third-party email tool instead of Marketing Cloud to reduce costs, while keeping Sales Cloud for lead management.
   • DExplain that Marketing Cloud is the industry standard and that the CFO should not question the architecture, as it was designed by experts.
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