Salesforce Platform App Builder Practice Exam

• A. Accept applications at a custom REST URL in the partner's own format Correct answer
• B. Show loans as cards grouped by stage on a Kanban board in a list view
• C. Email the loan officer as soon as a loan moves to the Approved stage
• D. Total each loan's payments in a roll-up summary field on the loan

Option A is correct because exposing a custom REST endpoint that accepts partner-formatted payloads requires an Apex REST class; no declarative tool publishes a custom REST URL. Kanban views in list views, Flow email alerts and roll-up summary fields on a master-detail relationship are all declarative.

• A. Governor limits apply only to the trigger, since flows are exempt
• B. The flow has its own limits; only before-save flows share the trigger's
• C. Both run in one transaction, so they draw on the same governor limits Correct answer
• D. Each gets a full allowance, because limits are tracked per automation

Option C is correct because a trigger and the record-triggered flows fired by the same save run in a single transaction, so they share one set of governor limits. Flows are not exempt, and neither automation gets its own separate allowance.

• A. As records of a custom metadata type that the flow reads Correct answer
• B. As records in a custom object that the flow reads
• C. As custom labels that hold each tier's minimum and rate
• D. As entries in a list custom setting that the flow reads

Option A is correct because custom metadata type records can be edited by admins in Setup, can be read by Flow, and deploy between sandbox and production as metadata together with the flow. Custom object records and list custom setting data are data, not metadata, so they must be loaded separately, and custom labels are text values that do not hold a structured minimum-and-rate pair per tier.

• A. Drag the component onto a Lightning record page Correct answer
• B. Add the Apex action to a flow as an Action element Correct answer
• C. Call the Apex action from a validation rule's error condition formula
• D. Run the component as a step in an approval process

Options A and B are correct because a Lightning web component exposed to Lightning App Builder can be dragged onto a record page by a builder, and an invocable Apex action appears as an Action element in Flow Builder. A validation rule's error condition formula cannot call an Apex action, and approval processes do not offer a component as a step.

• A. A custom object holding one record for each country
• B. A custom metadata type with one record per country Correct answer
• C. A global value set that lists the country codes
• D. A list custom setting holding one row per country

Option B is correct because custom metadata types hold configuration records that can be referenced in formulas and flows, and both the type and its records deploy in a change set. A list custom setting (D) is also readable, but its rows are data and do not move with a change set. A custom object (A) would need data loaded separately, and a global value set (C) stores only a list of values, not tax rates.

• A. Price Book Entry
• B. Quote Line Item
• C. Order Product
• D. Opportunity Product Correct answer

Option D is correct because Opportunity Product (the OpportunityLineItem object) stores each product line on an opportunity, with its quantity and sale price. Price Book Entry (A) only defines the list price of a product in a price book. Quote Line Item (B) belongs to quotes and Order Product (C) belongs to orders.

• A. Build one custom object with a Team picklist and dependent Category picklists
• B. Build one custom object with a Team field and Category validation rules
• C. Build a custom object per team and chart both on a dashboard
• D. Build one custom object and give each team its own record type and layout Correct answer

Option D is correct because one custom object with a record type and page layout per team gives each team its own Category picklist values and layout while keeping all records in one object for a single report. Separate objects (C) would make a combined report difficult, and a Team picklist with dependent values or validation rules (A, B) does not give each team its own layout.

• A. Owner, which defaults to the user who creates each record Correct answer
• B. Created By, which stores the creating user and the creation time Correct answer
• C. Record Type, which selects the page layout for each record
• D. Currency ISO Code, which holds the currency code of each record's amounts

Options A and B are correct because every custom object automatically gets the standard Owner and Created By fields, so no field needs to be added first. Record Type exists only after a builder creates record types, and Currency ISO Code appears only when multiple currencies are enabled in the org.

• A. Lookup Relationship
• B. Roll-up Summary
• C. Auto Number
• D. Formula (Text) Correct answer

Option D is correct because a formula field is calculated on read, needs no flow or code, and is read-only. A Text formula can return TEXT(Account.Industry) from the parent account. A lookup is editable, a roll-up summary needs a master-detail relationship and summarises children, and Auto Number only generates sequence values.

• A. NOW() - DATEVALUE(CreatedDate)
• B. TODAY() - DATEVALUE(CreatedDate) Correct answer
• C. TODAY() - CreatedDate
• D. DAY(TODAY()) - DAY(CreatedDate)

Option B is correct because TODAY() returns a Date, and DATEVALUE(CreatedDate) turns the Date/Time into a Date, so subtracting gives whole days with the time of day ignored. NOW() minus a Date mixes a Date/Time with a Date, TODAY() - CreatedDate mixes a Date with a Date/Time, and DAY() of each date only compares days of the month.

• A. IMAGE("/" & AccountId, "Open Account")
• B. URLFOR($Action.Account.View, AccountId, "Open Account")
• C. HYPERLINK(AccountId, "Open Account", "_blank")
• D. HYPERLINK("/" & AccountId, "Open Account", "_blank") Correct answer

Option D is correct because HYPERLINK(url, label, target) with a relative URL of "/" & AccountId and the target "_blank" opens the account in a new tab. Option C passes a bare Id as the URL, IMAGE displays a picture rather than a link, and URLFOR with the view action takes no label or target arguments.

• A. ISPICKVAL(PRIORVALUE(Status), "Closed") Correct answer
• B. PRIORVALUE(Status) = "Closed"
• C. ISPICKVAL(Status, "Closed")
• D. ISCHANGED(Status) Correct answer

Options A and D are correct because the rule must fire only when the status was Closed before the save (ISPICKVAL(PRIORVALUE(Status), "Closed")) and the status is being changed (ISCHANGED(Status)), so edits to other fields on closed cases still save. Option B fails because PRIORVALUE on a picklist must be wrapped in ISPICKVAL, and option C would also block edits to any closed case that keeps its Closed status.

• A. A Lightning app page for Equipment__c
• B. A search layout for Equipment__c
• C. A custom tab for Equipment__c Correct answer
• D. A compact layout for Equipment__c

Option C is correct because a custom object only appears as a selectable navigation item in a Lightning app once it has a custom tab. A Lightning app page (A) is a page, not a tab, and search layouts (B) and compact layouts (D) control search results and highlights, not navigation.

• A. Log a Call
• B. Update a Record Correct answer
• C. Send Email
• D. Create a Record

Option B is correct because an Update a Record quick action opens a small form on the record being viewed and lets the builder choose which fields, such as Stage and Next Step, appear. Create a Record (D) makes a new record, while Log a Call (A) and Send Email (C) are task and email actions.

• A. A text variable named recordId that is available for input Correct answer
• B. A text variable named accountId set as the default of the first screen
• C. The flow reads the account Id from the $Record global variable
• D. The flow looks up the account from the running user's Id with Get Records

Option A is correct because a screen flow launched from a record-page quick action receives the current record's Id through a text variable named recordId that is marked available for input. The $Record global variable (C) applies to record-triggered flows, and the other options do not pass the viewed account's Id to the flow.

• A. Enable Dynamic Actions on the Highlights Panel component Correct answer
• B. Assign the Support profile a Case page layout without Close Case
• C. Convert the Case record page to Dynamic Forms
• D. Add a visibility filter on Status to the Close Case action Correct answer

Options A and D are correct because the Highlights Panel must have Dynamic Actions enabled before individual actions can carry their own visibility rules, and a filter on Status = Working on the Close Case action then shows it only in that state. Option B changes the page layout for the whole profile and cannot react to field values, and option C converts the field area to Dynamic Forms, which does not control the highlights panel actions.

• A. Install the change set in production as an unmanaged package from a generated install link
• B. Create a matching outbound change set in production that names the sandbox as its source
• C. Upload the outbound change set to the production org Correct answer
• D. Deploy the uploaded change set from the Inbound Change Sets page in production Correct answer

An outbound change set is built and uploaded in the source org. It then appears under Inbound Change Sets in the target org, where an administrator deploys it.

• A. Developer sandbox
• B. Full sandbox Correct answer
• C. Partial Copy sandbox
• D. Developer Pro sandbox

A Full sandbox copies all production configuration and all production records, so it suits acceptance testing at production scale. Developer and Developer Pro sandboxes copy configuration only, and a Partial Copy sandbox holds only a sample of the records.

• A. uat.jlee@acme.com
• B. jlee@uat.acme.com
• C. jlee.uat@acme.com
• D. jlee@acme.com.uat Correct answer

Salesforce adds the sandbox name to the end of every username it copies into a sandbox, so jlee@acme.com becomes jlee@acme.com.uat. The other forms do not match any username in the sandbox.

• A. Sandboxes, under Environments Correct answer
• B. Deployment Settings, under Environments
• C. Data Import Wizard, under Data
• D. Installed Packages, under Apps

Sandboxes are created, refreshed and deleted from the Sandboxes page under Environments in the production org's Setup. Deployment Settings controls change set connections, not sandbox creation.