Salesforce.com Dev-401 Developer Certification

Front 1

List and describe components of an application

Back 1

- An app is a collection of tabs that work together to provide application functionality. Examples include Sales Cloud, Service Cloud.
- You can create custom apps by combining standard and custom objects
- Apps are associated with Profiles for visibility purposes

Hint 1

p 1718 - https://na1.salesforce.com/help/doc/en/sf.pdf

Front 2

Describe the model-view-controller design paradigm

Back 2

Model - What schema and data does the app use? std & custom objects
View - How is the UI and data presented? Pages & Components
Controller - How are the UI actions and logic represented? Std and custom controllers, controller extensions

Front 3

List and describe the building blocks of an application provided by the Force.com platform

Back 3

Apps, Objects, Fields, Formulas, Workflow, Approval Processes, Record Types, etc.

Front 4

Describe the properties and implications of choosing one object relationship type over another and distinguish among relationship types

Back 4

Master-Detail
Lookup Relationship
Hierarchical - lookup relationship on the user object

Front 5

How do you create a M:M relationship?

Back 5

With a linking object
The intersection object should contain 2 lookups: one for each related object. The related objects themselves contain related lists that display records for the other object.

Hint 5

http://forcecertified.com/2009/05/01/custom-objects-applications-tabs/

Front 6

List and describe the features used to set permission and data access in a custom app

Back 6

Organization-wide defaults, field-level security

Front 7

What are the 5 possible workflow actions?

Back 7

New task
New email
New field update
new outbound message
Select existing action

Hint 7

http://na14.salesforce.com/help/doc/en/creating_workflow_rules_configure_actions.htm

Front 8

What technology is used to build websites using Force.com Sites?

Back 8

Visualforce

Hint 8

http://wiki.developerforce.com/page/An_Introduction_to_Force.com_Sites

Front 9

What are the three main use cases for Force.com sites?

Back 9

Corporate and Intranet websites
Microsites
Web Applications

Hint 9

http://wiki.developerforce.com/page/An_Introduction_to_Force.com_Sites

Front 10

What are the four steps required to set up a Force.com site?

Back 10

Register a domain name

Create a Force.com Site using the domain name

Assign Visualforce pages to the Site

Set up the security access permissions

Hint 10

http://wiki.developerforce.com/page/An_Introduction_to_Force.com_Sites

Front 11

What is an example of a time-dependent workflow action?

Back 11

Send an email to a VP 7 days before the oppty expiration date

Front 12

Describe the use and function of a validation rule

Back 12

Is executed before the record is saved to prevent a user from saving incorrect data. It can be placed at the top of the page or at the specific field.

Front 13

List and describe the capabilities of the Force.com approval processes

Back 13

- Can use entry criteria in a formula format to determine when the approval process can be executed.
- Can be submitted to the requestor's direct mgr or use a "user field" for the hierarchy or let the user choose their own approver
- can be created the standard way or a 'jump-start' wizard.

Front 14

What is a junction object and what is it used for?

Back 14

It is a custom object with two master-detail relationships. This inherently creates a many-to-many relationship.

Front 15

What is a notable restriction of the master-detail relationship?

Back 15

You can define master-detail relationships between custom objects or between a custom object and a standard object. However, the standard object cannot be on the detail side of a relationship with a custom object. In addition, you cannot create a master-detail relationship in which the User or Lead objects are the master.

Front 16

What is significant about the first master - detail relationship that you create in a Junction Object?

Back 16

The first one:
1) inherits the look and feel
2) controls ownership
3) inherit the division (if you're using divisions)

Front 17

What types of operations are available in a Roll-up Summary field?

Back 17

COUNT
SUM
MIN
MAX

Front 18

Roll Up Summary fields work in which kind of relationship

Back 18

Master-Detail relationship

Front 19

What is an important point about org-wide defaults (also known as Sharing Settings) vs. Object permissions.

Back 19

Object permissions take higher priority. OWDs can never grant users more access than they have through their object permissions.

Front 20

What is the purpose of Org Wide Defaults and give examples of possible settings

Back 20

Define access to records that users's do not own. Examples are: Public Read Only, Public Read Write, Private. . . .Cases and Leads also have Public Read/Write/Transfer

Front 21

Organization-wide defaults, Role Hierarchy, and Field-level Security cannot grant more access than a user has through what baseline access method?

Back 21

Profile access (Object permissions - Public read-only, public read/write, etc)

Front 22

Can the Role Hierarchy further restrict access than what was granted through OWDs ?

Back 22

No, role hierarchy can only add access such as giving edit access to optys when the OWDs only had Private or Public Read-only. Role Access cannot give LESS access than what was granted through OWDs.

Front 23

Grant or restrict access to a field based on a user's profile by using what security setting?

Back 23

Field-level security

Front 24

T or F: Field-level security overrides the 'modify-all' and 'view-all' data permissions that are part of the sysadmin profile

Back 24

True

Front 25

The limit on number of leads that can be loaded through the import wizard is:

Back 25

50K leads

Front 26

in a converted opty, the close date defaults to:

Back 26

the last day of the fiscal quarter

Front 27

Do validation rules get enforced during lead conversion?

Back 27

Not my default but you can go to Leads-Settings-and check the setting on Lead Validation and Triggers.

Front 28

How many lead assignment rules can be active at one time?

Back 28

Only one can be active at any given time. But you can create up to 25 filter criteria for each one and you can have multiple ones for different purposes. Just one can be active though.

Front 29

What is the only type of relationship that a rollup summary field will work with?

Back 29

A Master-Detail relationship. It does NOT work with a lookup relationship

Front 30

Does the API respect object and field-level security settings?

Back 30

Yes

Front 31

Which of the following is NOT standard Salesforce.com Functionality?
A) Email to Lead
B) Email to Case
C) Web to Lead
D) Web to case

Back 31

A) Email to Lead

Front 32

Is it possible to restrict the creation of the opty during lead conversion?

Back 32

Yes – There is a checkbox for the user to select whether or not to create the opty at conversion time. But there is no out-of-the-box programmatic way to enforce it.

Front 33

Encrypted fields must be text fields (T/F)

Back 33

True

Hint 33

http://na14.salesforce.com/help/doc/en/fields_about_encrypted_fields.htm

Front 34

Which of the following is true about encrypted fields?
- Can be unique
- Can be an external id
- Can have default values
- None of these are true

Back 34

None of these are true. Encrypted fields cannot be unique, an external ID, or have default values

Hint 34

http://na14.salesforce.com/help/doc/en/fields_about_encrypted_fields.htm

Front 35

Encrypted fields are editable regardless of whether the user has the “View Encrypted Data” permission. (T/F)

Back 35

True . . .use validation rules, field-level security settings, or page layout settings to prevent users from editing encrypted fields.

Hint 35

http://na14.salesforce.com/help/doc/en/fields_about_encrypted_fields.htm

Front 36

What two field-level properties can be changed in the page layout editor by clicking the wrench icon next to the field?

Back 36

Read-only (check or uncheck)
Required (check or uncheck)

Front 37

Full-text search is available by using this

Back 37

SOSL (Salesforce Object Search Language)

Front 38

Data is queried using a SQL-like language called

Back 38

SOQL (Salesforce Object Query Language)

Front 39

How is development mode enabled and what is it's purpose?

Back 39

Enabled by clicking checkbox on Setup - My Personal Information (basically it's the User screen).

Benefits are split-screen VF page editor and you can create new VF pages by typing apex\<name> into the browser URL

Front 40

If the deployment of a change set fails at some point, the rest of the change will still be deployed successfully

Back 40

False - Change set deployment is all or nothing

Front 41

What are the three types of page layouts?

Back 41

Detail, mini, console

Front 42

What is the REGEX function? What's a common example for it's use?

Back 42

Compares a text field to a regular expression and returns TRUE if there is a match

Validates SSN

Hint 42

http://login.salesforce.com/help/doc/en/customize_functions.htm#REGEX

Front 43

What is the proper syntax for accessing a field in Visualforce?

Back 43

{!object.Field}

Front 44

What is the syntax for querying an attribute of the current user in Visualforce?

Back 44

{!$User.FirstName}

Hint 44

http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/pages/Content/pages_quick_start_display_field_values.htm

Front 45

What is the syntax difference between a Visualforce standard controller and a custom controller

Back 45

Standard: <:apex: page standardController="Account">

Custom: <:apex:page controller="MyAccount">

Front 46

What is the maximum number of external id fields that can exist on a single object?

Back 46

3 external id fields

Front 47

What is the main difference between IP Ranges set up at the company level vs. ones set up at the profile level?

Back 47

If you set IP ranges at the company level, users will receive an activation email if they try to connect outside of that range.

If you set them at the profile level, they do not get an email. They cannot log in.

Hint 47

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_769053&feature=iv&src_vid=ItDrTdmu11A&v=Hm3bT01Fxpw

Front 48

IP Ranges are set at the company level only (T/F)

Back 48

False - They can be set at the company level and the profile level

Hint 48

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_769053&feature=iv&src_vid=ItDrTdmu11A&v=Hm3bT01Fxpw

Front 49

Standard profiles cannot be edited (T/F)

Back 49

True - The best practice is to clone the standard profile to make your own custom one

Hint 49

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_285808&feature=iv&src_vid=Hm3bT01Fxpw&v=9hxRSxWRmAc

Front 50

What type of fields qualify as the 'controlling field' in a dependent picklist?

Back 50

Standard and custom checkboxes and picklists with at least one and less than 300 values can be controlling fields.

Front 51

Checkboxes can used for which of these types of 'dependent picklist' field types?
Controlling Field --OR-- Dependent Field

Back 51

Checkboxes can only be used as Controlling Fields. They cannot be used as dependent fields

Front 52

How does the import wizard handle the import of a field value that conflicts with a dependent picklist?

Back 52

The import wizards do not consider field dependencies. Any value can be imported into a dependent picklist regardless of the value imported for a controlling field.

Front 53

Multi-select picklists can be dependent picklists (T/F)

Back 53

Multi-select picklists can be dependent picklists but not controlling fields.