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Data Architecture & Management Flashcards

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  1. A company has 200 custom fields on the Account object and reports are running slowly. Which architectural recommendation addresses this?

    Answer: Move rarely used fields to a related custom object

    Moving rarely used fields to a related child object reduces the width of the Account table, improving query performance for the most common use cases.

  2. What is the behavior of a Lookup relationship when the parent record is deleted in Salesforce?

    Answer: The child record's lookup field is set to null

    By default, when a parent record in a Lookup relationship is deleted, the child record's lookup field is cleared (set to null) unless a cascade delete is configured.

  3. Which approach is recommended when migrating data into Salesforce to maintain referential integrity across related objects?

    Answer: Load parent objects first, then use External IDs to relate child records during their load

    Loading parents first and using External IDs as foreign keys ensures child records can be correctly related to their parents during a sequential migration load.

  4. A Salesforce architect needs to expose data from Salesforce to an external data warehouse for analytics. Which integration approach minimizes impact on the Salesforce org?

    Answer: Use Change Data Capture (CDC) to stream record changes to the external system

    Change Data Capture streams only changed records in real time using Salesforce's event infrastructure, minimizing API calls and processing load on the org.

  5. What is the purpose of the 'Defer Sharing Calculation' feature in Salesforce data management?

    Answer: It suspends sharing recalculation during bulk data operations to improve performance

    Defer Sharing Calculation suspends automatic sharing recalculation during large data loads, allowing the operation to complete faster before manually triggering recalculation.

  6. Which Salesforce governor limit directly impacts the design of integration patterns that write large volumes of records?

    Answer: DML statements per transaction (150) and DML rows per transaction (10,000)

    The 150 DML statement limit and 10,000 DML row limit per transaction are the primary constraints that shape bulk integration patterns, requiring Bulk API instead of SOAP/REST for large loads.

  7. An architect is designing a Salesforce data model for a global company that needs to store customer records by region with strict data residency requirements. What Salesforce feature addresses this?

    Answer: Salesforce Hyperforce with region-specific deployments

    Salesforce Hyperforce allows organizations to deploy Salesforce infrastructure in specific geographic regions to meet local data residency and sovereignty requirements.