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Salesforce Plat-Arch-202 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Salesforce |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect |
| Exam Number: | Plat-Arch-202 |
| Exam Format: | Multiple-choice, Multiple-select |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Maintenance required with each release cycle (typically 3 times per year) |
| Related Certifications: | Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I |
| Passing Score: | 68% |
| Exam Price: | USD 400 |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Sample Questions: | DOWNLOAD DEMO |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Planning (13%) | 13% | - Describe the risk and considerations of changing production environments - Given a scenario, describe the appropriate governance strategies - Given a scenario, determine the appropriate environment |
| Building (17%) | 17% | - Describe the capabilities of the packaging - Describe the considerations of the version control systems - Describe the testing strategies and methodologies |
| System Design (15%) | 15% | - Given a scenario, determine the appropriate roles, responsibilities, and process - Describe the features and capabilities of the sandbox environment |
| Application Lifecycle Management (8%) | 8% | - Describe the capabilities and considerations of the application lifecycle - Describe the stages of the application lifecycle |
| Deploying (15%) | 15% | - Describe the approaches and considerations of the continuous integration - Describe the capabilities and considerations of the deployment tools |
| Testing (19%) | 19% | - Describe the strategies for code coverage - Describe the testing frameworks - Describe the considerations of Apex testing |
| Operating (13%) | 13% | - Describe the monitoring and troubleshooting of production environments - Describe the approaches to manage changes in a production environment |
Frequently Asked Questions: Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect
Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect is an official Salesforce certification exam, registered under the code Plat-Arch-202. Passing it awards the Salesforce Developer certification, a credential at the Expert level. It also connects to Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder, Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I, Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II. The exam is demanding by design, and that difficulty is precisely what makes the credential meaningful for career development.
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Salesforce recommends candidates have 2+ years of experience in Salesforce development lifecycle and deployment.
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Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect is organized into 7 official domains. The most heavily weighted are Building (17%) (17%), Operating (13%) (13%), and Application Lifecycle Management (8%) (8%). The full breakdown appears above on this page; study the weightings and your preparation priorities set themselves.
Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect Sample Questions:
Universal Containers (UC) has a customized repository that represents lots of different apps or projects. UC currently is trying to shift from the org development model to the package development model to manage changes. In the org development model, each developer starts their work within their own personal sandbox.
When it comes to choosing development environments, what should a Salesforce architect recommend?
- A. Keep developing in the dev sandboxes because scratch orgs are not within the code deployment path.
- B. Keep developing in the dev sandboxes, so that the developers feel no impact at all as they are used to the sandbox development.
- C. Start using scratch orgs that tracks all of the changes automatically and proceed with a staggered approach since scratch orgs can coexist With other models.
- D. Start using scratch orgs because a developer can spin up a scratch org to start a new project, start a new feature branch, or start automated Testing.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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Universal Containers (UC) environment management architect is using the package development model for deployment to different orgs.
Which metadata changes does the architect need to track manually?
- A. No manual tracking required. All changes are automatically tracked.
- B. All metadata changes for the release.
- C. Only the changes made via the Setup UI.
- D. Changes to components not yet supported by source tracking.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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The team at Universal Containers is building an application on Java that will interact with its Salesforce application. They want to use SOQL queries to retrieve and make changes to smaller pieces of Salesforce metadata through this application.
Which API should the team leverage?
- A. User Interface API
- B. Metadata API
- C. Any Salesforce API
- D. Tooling API
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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Universal Containers (UC) has multi-cloud architecture in a single org. The Sales Cloud dev team is working in a Dev Pro sandbox (DevPro1) of delivering a release in three months. The business requirements from Service Cloud warrant a quicker release in four weeks, but need part of the Sales Cloud work that is completed in DevPro1. The decision of using a separate Dev Pro sandbox (DevPro2) is still pending. The DevPro1 was upgraded to preview for next Salesforce major release two weeks ago.
What should an Architect recommend?
- A. Ask the second work stream team to work on the same DevPro1 sandbox.
- B. Clone the DevPro1 sandbox and name it DevPro2 for the second work stream to work on the Service Cloud requirements.
- C. DevPro1 cannot be cloned because it is on a different version from Production. Just create new DevPro2, and migrate metadata from DevPro1.
- D. Push back on the requirements because adding another work stream will bring some risks with it.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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Universal Containers is having trouble deploying metadata from SIT to UAT. UAT is complaining that it does not recognize some new Salesforce metadata types to be deployed. The deployment from Dev to SIT worked perfectly.
What could be the problem?
- A. UAT is on a preview release and SIT is not.
- B. SIT is on a preview release and UAT is not.
- C. Use the DX command line instead.
- D. There is no problem, this is expected behavior.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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