Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Free Sample Questions

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Covers the multi-tenant environment and MVC pattern, data model design and relationship types, programmatic schema access and formula fields, Visualforce UI, unit testing, and deployment tools.

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DEV-450 Sample Questions

  1. Question 1

    Intermediate

    User Interface · Visualforce Controllers

    A developer is tasked with creating a Visualforce page that displays a list of OpportunityLineItem records for a given Opportunity. The page must allow users to edit the Quantity and UnitPrice fields inline and save all changes with a single button click. The number of line items can exceed 100. Which controller approach is most suitable and efficient for this requirement?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: C

    A custom controller with a wrapper class is the most robust solution. The wrapper class can encapsulate the OpportunityLineItem sObject and any additional properties needed for the page, such as a boolean for row selection or temporary edit values. This approach provides maximum flexibility for handling complex page logic, especially for inline editing of multiple records, without being constrained by the features of standard controllers. The save method can then iterate through the list of wrappers, collect the modified records, and perform a single DML update, which is efficient.

  2. Question 2

    Intermediate

    Logic and Process Automation · Declarative vs Programmatic Automation

    A company has a business rule that when an Opportunity's StageName is updated to 'Closed Won', a corresponding Contract record must be created and linked to the Opportunity's Account. This process involves complex logic, including calling a web service to get a contract number. To ensure the system remains maintainable and scalable, which automation tool is the best fit for this requirement?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    An Apex trigger is the best choice because the requirement includes making a web service callout. While Flow can make callouts, performing a callout directly from a record-triggered path (like a trigger) must be done asynchronously to avoid holding up the database transaction. An Apex trigger can invoke an asynchronous Apex method (using the @future(callout=true) annotation) to perform the web service call. This cleanly separates the synchronous record update from the asynchronous external communication, which is a best practice and necessary to avoid a CalloutException.

  3. Question 3

    Intermediate

    Testing · Test Data

    A developer needs to write an Apex test class for a trigger on the Case object. The trigger logic depends on the RecordType of the Case. To ensure the test is reliable and does not depend on existing data in the org, what is the recommended way to get the RecordTypeId within the test method?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: C

    Using the Schema methods like getRecordTypeInfosByName() is the best practice for obtaining RecordType IDs within a test context. This approach is dynamic and does not rely on hard-coded IDs, which can change between environments (e.g., sandboxes, production). It also avoids making a SOQL query, which consumes a governor limit. Furthermore, it does not require SeeAllData=true, ensuring the test remains isolated and reliable.

  4. Question 4

    Beginner

    Data Modeling and Management · Relationship Types

    A financial services company is modeling its data in Salesforce. They have a custom object Financial_Advisor__c and another custom object Client__c. An advisor can manage many clients, but each client must be assigned to exactly one advisor. If an advisor leaves the company and their user record is deleted, all associated client records must also be deleted automatically. Which type of relationship should be created on the Client__c object to link it to the Financial_Advisor__c object?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: A

    A Master-Detail relationship is the correct choice. This relationship type creates a tight coupling where the detail (child) record's existence depends on the master (parent) record. Key features that meet the requirements are: 1) The detail record inherits the sharing and security settings of the master record. 2) Deleting the master record automatically deletes all related detail records (cascade delete). 3) The relationship field on the detail record is required by default, ensuring every client is assigned to an advisor.

  5. Question 5

    IntermediateMultiple answers

    Debug and Deployment Tools · Metadata Deployment

    A developer needs to deploy a new Apex class, a new Lightning Web Component, and a modification to an existing Profile from a Developer Sandbox to a Full Sandbox for UAT. Which deployment tools can be used to accomplish this? (Select TWO)

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answers: A, C

    Change Sets are a native Salesforce UI-based tool used to move metadata between connected orgs (like from a sandbox to another sandbox or production). They can package Apex classes, Lightning Web Components, and Profiles, meeting all the requirements of the scenario.

    The Salesforce CLI (SFDX) is a powerful command-line tool for Salesforce development and deployment. A developer can retrieve the specified metadata components from the source org and deploy them to the target org. This method offers more control, is scriptable, and is a core part of modern DevOps processes.

  6. Question 6

    Beginner

    Salesforce Fundamentals · Multi-Tenant Environment

    What is a primary characteristic of Salesforce's multi-tenant architecture that directly influences a developer's approach to writing Apex code?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    In Salesforce's multi-tenant architecture, all customers (tenants) on a given instance share the same application and hardware resources. To prevent any single tenant from monopolizing these resources and degrading performance for others, Salesforce enforces strict governor limits on code execution (e.g., CPU time, heap size, number of SOQL queries). This forces developers to write efficient, bulkified code.

  7. Question 7

    Intermediate

    Logic and Process Automation · Apex Triggers

    A developer writes an Apex trigger that updates a field on a related parent record whenever a child record is inserted. This update on the parent record, in turn, causes another trigger on the parent object to fire. What must the developer implement to prevent an infinite loop or exceeding governor limits?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    The standard and most effective pattern to prevent trigger recursion is to use a static boolean variable. Static variables retain their value for the duration of a single transaction. The trigger logic can check the value of this variable; if it's false, the logic executes and sets the variable to true. If the trigger is re-entered within the same transaction, the check will find the variable is true, and the logic will be skipped, thus breaking the recursive loop.

  8. Question 8

    Beginner

    User Interface · Lightning Web Components

    True or False: A Lightning Web Component's JavaScript file can directly import methods from multiple Apex classes.

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: A

    This is true. A single LWC JavaScript file can use ES6 import statements to bring in @AuraEnabled static methods from various Apex classes. Each import statement specifies the method and the class it belongs to, allowing the component to call server-side logic from multiple sources as needed.

  9. Question 9

    Beginner

    Logic and Process Automation · SOQL

    A developer needs to write a SOQL query that retrieves Account records and, for each Account, all of its related Contact records. Which SOQL query structure should be used?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: A

    To query child records from a parent, a parent-to-child subquery (also known as a left outer join) is used. The syntax involves nesting a SELECT statement for the child objects inside the field list of the parent query. For standard relationships, the plural name of the child object is used (e.g., (SELECT Id, Name FROM Contacts)).

  10. Question 10

    Advanced

    Logic and Process Automation · Asynchronous Apex

    A developer is debugging an issue where a batch Apex job is failing intermittently with a System.LimitException: Apex CPU time limit exceeded. The job processes thousands of Lead records. Which of the following is the MOST likely cause of this error?

    Answer and explanation

    Correct answer: B

    The Apex CPU time limit exceeded error in a batch job typically points to inefficient code within the execute method. Each execution of this method runs in its own transaction with its own set of governor limits. If the logic inside the execute method (e.g., nested for-loops, complex string manipulations, inefficient algorithms) takes too long to run for the given batch of records, it will exceed the CPU time limit (60,000 ms for asynchronous Apex). While a large batch size can contribute, the root cause is usually the code's inefficiency per record.

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