Salesforce Plat-Arch-202 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Salesforce |
| Exam Name: | Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect |
| Exam Number: | Plat-Arch-202 |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Related Certifications: | Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Passing Score: | 68% |
| Exam Format: | Multiple-choice, Multiple-select |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Maintenance required with each release cycle (typically 3 times per year) |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Price: | USD 400 |
| Sample Questions: | Salesforce Plat-Arch-202 Sample Questions |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or Onsite at a testing center |
| Pre Condition: | Salesforce recommends candidates have 2+ years of experience in Salesforce development lifecycle and deployment. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/credentials/developmentlifecycleanddeploymentarchitect |
Salesforce Plat-Arch-202 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: System Design (15%) | 15% | - Given a scenario, determine the appropriate roles, responsibilities, and process - Describe the features and capabilities of the sandbox environment |
| Topic 2: Planning (13%) | 13% | - Given a scenario, determine the appropriate environment - Given a scenario, describe the appropriate governance strategies - Describe the risk and considerations of changing production environments |
| Topic 3: Application Lifecycle Management (8%) | 8% | - Describe the stages of the application lifecycle - Describe the capabilities and considerations of the application lifecycle |
| Topic 4: Deploying (15%) | 15% | - Describe the approaches and considerations of the continuous integration - Describe the capabilities and considerations of the deployment tools |
| Topic 5: Testing (19%) | 19% | - Describe the considerations of Apex testing - Describe the strategies for code coverage - Describe the testing frameworks |
| Topic 6: Operating (13%) | 13% | - Describe the approaches to manage changes in a production environment - Describe the monitoring and troubleshooting of production environments |
| Topic 7: Building (17%) | 17% | - Describe the testing strategies and methodologies - Describe the considerations of the version control systems - Describe the capabilities of the packaging |
Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect Sample Questions:
1. There are many types of quality assurance techniques that can help minimize defects in software projects.
Which two techniques should an architect recommend, for Universal Containers to incorporate into its overall CI/CD pipeline?
Choose 2 answers
A) Static code quality analysis
B) Business verification testing
C) Stress testing
D) Automated browser testing
2. As a part of technical debt cleanup project, a large list of metadata components has been identified by the business analysts at Universal Containers for removal from the Salesforce org. How should an Architect manage these deletions across sandbox environments and production with minimal impact on other work streams?
A) Delete the components in production and then refresh all sandboxes to receive the changes
B) Assign business analysts to perform the deletes and split up the work between them
C) Generate a destructivechanges.xml file and deploy the package via the Force.com Migration Tool
D) Perform deletes manually in a sandbox and then deploy a Change Set to production
3. A Salesforce partner intends to build a commercially available application by creating a managed package for distribution through AppExchange.
What two types of environments can the partner use for development of the managed package? Choose 2 answers
A) Developer Pro sandbox
B) Partner Developer Edition
C) Developer Edition
D) Developer sandbox
4. Universal Containers has automated its deployment process using Metadata API. However, they found that Metadata API doesn't support all the components yet. What should be done to address this?
A) Use AppExchange products to deploy unsupported components.
B) Use change sets for deploying all the unsupported components.
C) Use the force.com IDE for deploying the unsupported components.
D) Deploy unsupported components manually before/after deployment.
5. Universal Containers (UC) has been using Salesforce Sales Cloud for many years following a highly customized, single-org strategy with great success so far.
What two reasons can justify a change to a multi-org strategy?
Choose 2 answers
A) Acquired company that has its own Salesforce org and operates in a different business
B) UC wants to use Chatter for collaboration among different business units and stop
C) UC is launching a new line of business with independent processes and adding any new
D) UC follows a unification enterprise architecture operating model by having orgs with the
Solutions:
| Question # 1 Answer: A,D | Question # 2 Answer: C | Question # 3 Answer: B,D | Question # 4 Answer: D | Question # 5 Answer: A,C |
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