Given a Customer Project Environment and Development Methodology, Identify the Technical Considerations, Risks, and Impact on the Technical Work Streams. TECHNICAL-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 4)

Questions 16–20

1. 16foundation · easy

   A customer project uses a single Developer sandbox for all developers and no version control system. Which risk is most likely to arise in the development lifecycle?

   • AInability to create custom objects
   • BInsufficient storage for metadata
   • CDevelopers overwriting each other's changes
   • DConfiguration drift between environments
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2. 17application · medium

   A company is using a DevOps model with a CI/CD pipeline that deploys from version control to a partial copy sandbox. They are experiencing frequent deployment failures due to missing metadata dependencies. What is the most effective mitigation strategy?

   • AIncrease the frequency of sandbox refreshes to ensure the sandbox is up to date.
   • BImplement a dependency analysis step in the CI/CD pipeline to validate metadata before deployment.
   • CUse a tool like Salesforce CLI to retrieve all metadata from the sandbox and commit it to version control.
   • DSwitch to change sets for deployment to avoid dependency issues.
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4. 18application · medium

   A company is using an Agile methodology with two-week sprints. They have a single Developer sandbox shared by five developers. The team is experiencing frequent metadata conflicts and overwrites. What is the most effective mitigation strategy?

   • AAssign each developer a different set of metadata components to work on exclusively.
   • BUse change sets to manually merge changes into the shared sandbox.
   • CIncrease the frequency of sandbox refreshes to reduce the time changes are out of sync.
   • DImplement a version control system and enforce a branching strategy to manage concurrent changes.
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5. 19application · medium

   A project team is using a Waterfall methodology. They have completed the requirements and design phases and are about to begin development. The architecture work stream has identified a need for a new custom object and several fields. What is the most likely impact on the technical work streams?

   • AThe integration work stream will need to update its design to include the new object and fields.
   • BThe deployment plan will need to be revised to include the new object in the first release.
   • CThe data migration work stream will need to be delayed until the new object is fully developed.
   • DThe testing work stream will need to create test data for the new object before development is complete.
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6. 20foundation · easy

   A customer adopts a DevOps methodology for their Salesforce project. Which technical consideration becomes essential to support continuous integration and continuous delivery?

   • AA single shared sandbox for all developers
   • BVersion control and automated deployment pipelines
   • CManual deployment checklists for every release
   • DA single production environment for testing
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