Given a Scenario, Determine the Appropriate Mix of Systems, Including Both on and Off-Platform Components, Taking into Consideration the Salesforce Platform Capabilities, Constraints, and Limits. TECHNICAL-ARCHITECT Practice Questions (Page 2)

Questions 6–10

1. 6expert · hard

   A startup wants to build a customer portal on Salesforce Experience Cloud. They need to handle a variable load, with occasional spikes during product launches. They have a small development team and want to minimize infrastructure management. Which architecture should the architect recommend?

   • AUse a Heroku app with a custom domain and integrate it with Salesforce via API.
   • BUse a third-party portal solution and embed it in Salesforce via iframe.
   • CUse a custom Apex controller and Visualforce pages for the portal.
   • DUse Experience Cloud with Lightning Web Components (LWC) for the portal.
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2. 7foundation · easy

   A small business needs a simple solution to track leads and opportunities with minimal IT overhead. Which mix of systems is most appropriate?

   • AUse a custom external application and integrate with Salesforce
   • BUse an external database and build a custom UI
   • CUse Salesforce standard objects and declarative automation
   • DUse Salesforce and an external data warehouse
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4. 8expert · hard

   A company uses Salesforce for sales and service. They need to integrate with an external billing system that has a legacy API with a daily limit of 10,000 calls. The company expects up to 15,000 billing events per day. The architect must ensure that no billing events are lost. What should the architect recommend?

   • AUse a scheduled batch job to run every hour and process all billing events.
   • BUse a queueable Apex job to process billing events asynchronously, with a batch size that respects the daily limit.
   • CUse a synchronous callout from Apex within the transaction.
   • DUse a Platform Event to publish billing events and have an external middleware consume them, with a retry mechanism.
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5. 9foundation · easy

   A scenario states that the solution must be available 99.99% of the time and must comply with data residency regulations. Which type of requirements are these?

   • AFunctional requirements
   • BIntegration requirements
   • CBusiness requirements
   • DNon-functional requirements
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6. 10foundation · easy

   Which component is considered an off-platform component in a Salesforce solution architecture?

   • AA Flow that updates records
   • BA Lightning Web Component
   • CA custom object for tracking orders
   • DAn external ERP system
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