Given a Scenario, Describe the Benefits, Considerations, and Trade-Offs of Incorporating External Applications into an Optimal Solution Architecture. TECHNICAL-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 1)

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1. 1application · medium

   A company uses a third-party payment gateway integrated with Salesforce for online transactions. The gateway charges a transaction fee per payment. The company processes a high volume of transactions, and the fees are becoming a significant cost. The company's IT team has the skills to build a custom payment integration with a bank. What should the solution architect recommend?

   • ANegotiate a lower transaction fee with the payment gateway vendor.
   • BBuild a custom payment integration to eliminate transaction fees, accepting the development and maintenance costs.
   • CSwitch to a different payment gateway with lower fees.
   • DContinue using the payment gateway because it is reliable and secure.
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2. 2expert · hard

   A company is integrating a third-party shipping carrier's API with Salesforce to provide real-time shipping quotes. The carrier's API has rate limits that could be exceeded during peak sales periods, causing delays in quote generation. The company's sales team needs quotes within 3 seconds to maintain customer experience. What should the solution architect recommend?

   • AUse a middleware platform that queues quote requests and processes them asynchronously, but this may exceed the 3-second requirement.
   • BIncrease the API rate limit by purchasing a higher-tier plan from the carrier.
   • CImplement a hybrid approach: use cached quotes for common scenarios and call the API for unique shipments, with a fallback to estimated quotes if the API is unavailable.
   • DImplement a caching layer that stores quotes for common destinations and updates them periodically.
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4. 3application · medium

   A financial services firm is considering a third-party document generation service that integrates with Salesforce to produce client statements. The firm handles sensitive personal financial data and is subject to strict regulatory requirements regarding data residency and encryption. The vendor's service is hosted in a different country than the firm's customers. What is the most important consideration for the solution architect to evaluate before recommending this external application?

   • AThe speed of the vendor's API for generating documents in real time.
   • BThe vendor's user interface for configuring document templates.
   • CThe vendor's subscription cost compared to building an in-house document generation module.
   • DThe vendor's ability to meet data residency and encryption requirements, and the legal implications of cross-border data transfer.
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5. 4application · medium

   A nonprofit organization uses a third-party donation processing service integrated with Salesforce. The service has experienced two outages in the past month, each lasting several hours, during which donations could not be processed. The organization is concerned about donor trust and revenue loss. What should the solution architect recommend to address this concern?

   • ADevelop a custom donation processing module in-house to eliminate dependency on the vendor.
   • BAccept the outages as a risk and continue using the service as is.
   • CSwitch to a different third-party donation service that has a better uptime record.
   • DImplement a fallback mechanism that queues donation requests during outages and processes them when the service is available.
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6. 5expert · hard

   A multinational company is integrating a third-party HR system with Salesforce. The HR system is the system of record for employee data. The company has offices in multiple countries with different data privacy regulations. The integration must ensure that employee data is only accessible to authorized users in the appropriate regions. What integration pattern should the solution architect recommend?

   • AA point-to-point integration from the HR system to Salesforce, with no middleware.
   • BA batch data sync that runs nightly and replicates all data to a single data warehouse.
   • CA middleware-based integration that routes data based on region, storing data in regional Salesforce instances or data stores.
   • DA single API integration that syncs all employee data to Salesforce, with field-level security to restrict access.
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