Question 1
Q1A multinational manufacturing corporation is deploying a Partner Portal using the Partner Central template. They require a complex sharing model where regional distributors need access to the leads of local resellers they manage, but resellers should not see each other's data. The distributors and resellers belong to different accounts. Which sharing mechanism provides the most scalable architecture for this hierarchical cross-account access requirement?
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Correct answer: B
Account Relationship Data Sharing (ARDS) is specifically designed for this use case where distinct external accounts need hierarchical or peer-to-peer data access without forcing them into the same standard Role Hierarchy. It allows defining a relationship type (e.g., 'Distributor-Reseller') and sharing rules based on that relationship.