Plat-Admn-301 Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator II Practice Questions
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Domains covered on the exam 7
- Security and Access20%
- Objects and Applications19%
- Auditing and Monitoring10%
- Cloud Applications11%
- Data and Analytics Management13%
- Environment Management and Deployment7%
- Process Automation20%
- 1
True or False: If a user has 'Read' permission on the Account object via their Profile, but the Organization-Wide Default (OWD) is set to 'Private', they will be able to view all Account records in the system.
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Correct answer: B
False. Profile permissions (CRUD) determine 'what' a user can do with an object (e.g., can they Read Accounts at all?), but OWD and Sharing Rules determine 'which' records they can see. If OWD is Private, a user with Read profile permission can only see records they own or are shared with them.
- 2
An Administrator needs to convert a Lookup relationship between 'Job Application' (child) and 'Position' (parent) to a Master-Detail relationship. The 'Job Application' object currently contains records that do not have a 'Position' selected (null values). What must the Administrator do before the relationship can be converted?
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Correct answer: C
A Master-Detail relationship field is universally required on the child record. You cannot convert a Lookup to a Master-Detail if there are any existing child records with a null value in that lookup field. You must first populate the field for all records.
- 3
A business requirement states that the 'Salary_Expectation__c' field on the Candidate object should only be visible when the 'Experience_Level__c' field is set to 'Senior' or 'Executive'. The page layout is becoming cluttered with multiple record types. Which feature should the Administrator use to satisfy this requirement most efficiently?
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Correct answer: D
Dynamic Forms allow you to place fields directly on the Lightning Page and set visibility rules based on other field values (e.g., Show 'Salary' if 'Experience' equals 'Senior'). This eliminates the need for multiple page layouts or record types just for UI control.
- 4
A global financial services firm enforces a strict 'Private' Organization-Wide Default (OWD) for the Opportunity object. The European Sales Director needs read-only access to Opportunities owned by the North American Sales Team to identify cross-selling possibilities. The North American team is in a separate branch of the role hierarchy. Which feature provides the most secure and maintainable solution to grant this specific access?
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Correct answer: C
An owner-based sharing rule is the optimal solution here. It allows the administrator to share records owned by a specific group (North American Sales Team Role) with another specific user or group (European Sales Director Role) with 'Read Only' access. This is more maintainable than manual sharing and more specific than opening up the hierarchy globally.
- 5
Universal Containers has implemented a custom object called 'Shipment' with a Private sharing model. A Delegated Administrator has been assigned to manage the Support team users. When the Delegated Administrator attempts to create a sharing rule for the 'Shipment' object to grant access to the Support team, they are unable to do so. What is the reason for this limitation?
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Correct answer: B
Delegated Administration allows users to manage specific users (create, edit, reset passwords) and manage custom object structures (fields, page layouts), but it does NOT grant the ability to modify the sharing model or create sharing rules. Sharing settings are a system-level security feature reserved for System Administrators.
- 6
A Salesforce Administrator is reviewing a complex role hierarchy to troubleshoot access issues. The organization uses Enterprise Territory Management for sales visibility but relies on the Role Hierarchy for management reporting. A Sales Manager in the 'Western Sales' role cannot see a record owned by a user in the 'Eastern Sales' role, even though both roles report to the 'VP of Sales'.
Based on the diagram below, why does the 'Western Sales' manager lack access?
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Correct answer: B
The Role Hierarchy grants access using a vertical mechanism: managers gain access to data owned by their subordinates. It does NOT grant 'horizontal' access. Peers in the hierarchy (like Western Sales and Eastern Sales) do not inherently see each other's data unless a Sharing Rule or other mechanism is explicitly configured.
graph TD VP[VP of Sales] --> Western[Western Sales Role] VP --> Eastern[Eastern Sales Role] Western --> RepW[Western Rep] Eastern --> RepE[Eastern Rep] style VP fill:#f9f,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px style Western fill:#bbf,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px style Eastern fill:#bbf,stroke:#333,stroke-width:2px
