SF-Admin Practice Exam 4 — 20 Questions

Question 1

Cloud Kicks has a custom object Invoice__c with a lookup relationship to Account. The administrator needs to ensure that when an Invoice__c record is created, the Account's Shipping Address is copied into the Invoice's Billing Address fields. The administrator also wants to ensure that if the Account's Shipping Address changes later, the Invoice's Billing Address does not automatically update. What should the administrator do?

Choose an answer to begin — your selection is scored in the full session.

Accepted Answer

Create a record-triggered flow on Invoice__c that runs before save and sets the Billing Address fields from the Account's Shipping Address.. A before-save record-triggered flow copies the Account's Shipping Address into the Invoice's Billing Address fields at creation, storing the values. Because the values are stored, later changes to the Account do not affect the Invoice. Formula fields and workflow rules would either dynamically update or cause unwanted updates, so they are not suitable.

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Create a formula field on Invoice__c that references Account.ShippingAddress.

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Use a cross-object formula field on Invoice__c that displays the Account's Shipping Address.

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Create a workflow rule on Account that updates related Invoice records when the Shipping Address changes.

Question 2

Northern Trail Outfitters has an Agentforce Service Agent that escalates complex cases to human agents. After go-live, the administrator notices the agent sometimes answers questions that belong to a different Topic, producing irrelevant responses. The administrator wants to control which Topic handles each utterance and reduce cross-topic confusion. Which configuration directly addresses this?

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Refine each Topic's classification description and scope so the agent can distinguish which Topic an utterance belongs to.. Topic selection depends on how clearly each Topic is described and scoped. When descriptions overlap or are vague, the agent can route an utterance to the wrong Topic and answer out of scope. Refining classification descriptions and tightening each Topic's boundaries gives the model the signal it needs to choose correctly, which directly reduces cross-topic responses.

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Disable all but one Topic so the agent always uses the same instructions.

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Lower the agent's model temperature to zero so it always picks the first matching Topic.

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Increase the agent's temperature setting so it generates more varied responses.

Question 3

An administrator at DreamHouse Realty needs to add a new custom field to the Opportunity object. The field should allow users to select a property type from a list of predefined values. Which field type should the administrator choose?

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Picklist. A Picklist field provides a dropdown list of predefined values from which users can select one. This ensures data consistency and meets the requirement of allowing users to choose a property type from a list. The administrator can customize the picklist values to match the specific property types needed.

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Text Area (Long)

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Checkbox

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Formula

Question 4

Universal Containers has a custom object called Invoice__c with a master-detail relationship to Account. The administrator needs to ensure that when an Account is deleted, its related Invoice__c records are also deleted. What should the administrator configure on the master-detail relationship?

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Set the deletion behavior to 'Cascade delete' on the master-detail relationship.. Cascade delete is the correct deletion behavior for a master-detail relationship when child records should be removed with the parent. It is configured on the child object's relationship field and ensures that deleting an Account also deletes its Invoice__c records. This maintains data integrity and matches the stated business need.

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Enable the 'Allow reparenting' option on the relationship.

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Create a workflow rule on Account that deletes related Invoice__c records.

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Change the relationship type to Lookup and mark the field as required.

Question 5

An administrator at Get Cloudy Consulting is building an Agentforce Service Agent to help customers reset their portal passwords. The agent must verify the customer's identity before allowing the reset. The administrator wants the agent to collect a one-time code sent to the customer's registered email and validate it against a record in Salesforce. Which Agentforce configuration should the administrator use to collect and validate the code within the conversation?

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Create an Agent Action that invokes an Apex class annotated with @InvocableMethod, and add it to the relevant Topic.. Collecting a value in conversation and validating it against a Salesforce record requires deterministic server-side logic. An Apex action exposed through @InvocableMethod can take the collected code as input, query the record, and return a result the agent can act on. Prompt templates, Data Cloud segments, and Einstein Activity Capture do not perform real-time record validation.

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Enable Einstein Activity Capture on the customer's contact record so the agent can read the code.

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Add the code as a Prompt Template variable and let the agent compare it to the customer's email address.

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Configure a Data Cloud segment that includes the customer's code and attach it to the agent's Topic.

Question 6

Universal Containers uses Salesforce to manage its sales process. The sales team needs to track the reason why an Opportunity was lost. Which field type should the administrator use to allow users to select from a predefined list of loss reasons?

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Picklist. A picklist is the correct field type because it offers a dropdown of predefined values, ensuring users select from a consistent set of loss reasons. This facilitates accurate reporting and analysis, and it is simple to configure and maintain.

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Lookup Relationship

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Formula Field

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Text Area

Question 7

An administrator at Universal Containers needs to create a Record-Triggered Flow that updates the 'Renewal_Date__c' field on an Opportunity when the Opportunity's Stage is changed to 'Closed Won'. The administrator wants to ensure the update happens before the record is saved to the database. Which type of Flow element should the administrator use to update the record before it is saved?

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Update Records element in a before-save path.. To update the Opportunity's Renewal Date before the record is saved, the administrator should use an Update Records element in the before-save path. This path is specifically designed for updating the triggering record's fields before commit, avoiding additional DML statements. The after-save path is for actions after the save, and other elements like Create Records or Assignment do not update the record.

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Create Records element in a before-save path.

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Update Records element in an after-save path.

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Assignment element in an after-save path.

Question 8

A sales manager at Get Cloudy Consulting wants a Record-Triggered Flow to update the 'Next Step' field on an Opportunity and also create a follow-up Task whenever the Opportunity stage changes to 'Negotiation'. The administrator is configuring the flow's start conditions. Which two considerations should the administrator keep in mind when designing this flow? (Choose two.)

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The flow must use an after-save configuration to create a related Task record.. A before-save flow can update fields on the triggering Opportunity using the $Record variable without a separate Update Records element, which is efficient. However, creating a Task requires DML on a different record, so an after-save flow is necessary. These two considerations guide the administrator to design a flow that updates the Opportunity in a before-save context and creates the Task in an after-save context, or to use a single after-save flow for both actions.

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The flow can create the Task in a before-save flow if the Task is related to the Opportunity.

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The flow must use a scheduled path to create the Task at a later time.

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The flow can update the Opportunity and create the Task in a single before-save flow.

Question 9

A sales team wants to improve collaboration by using Chatter to share updates and files on opportunities. Which two actions should the administrator take to ensure that all team members can see and interact with these Chatter posts and files? (Choose two.)

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Ensure that the sales team members have access to the opportunities via sharing rules or role hierarchy so they can view the Chatter feed and files.. To enable collaboration on opportunities, Chatter must be enabled and the publisher added to the page layout. Additionally, team members need record access to see posts and files. These two actions ensure that users can post updates, share files, and view each other's contributions on opportunities, meeting the collaboration goal.

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Set the organization-wide default for opportunities to Private and manually share each opportunity with the team.

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Grant 'Modify All Data' permission to all sales team members so they can see all Chatter posts and files.

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Create a Chatter group for the sales team and instruct members to post updates there instead of on records.

Question 10

An administrator at Cosmic Enterprises is preparing an Agentforce Service Agent for a new return policy topic. Before activation, the security team requires that the agent never expose customer payment card digits and that every interaction be traceable for compliance review. (Choose two.)

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Enable the Einstein Trust Layer audit trail to capture prompts, responses, and masking events.. Meeting the security team's demands requires two distinct controls: masking to keep raw card digits away from the model, and auditing to prove what happened in each interaction. Data Masking rules in the Einstein Trust Layer handle the first, while the Trust Layer audit trail handles the second. Broad permissions, validation rules, and topic narrowing address adjacent concerns but provide neither the runtime protection nor the traceability the scenario specifies.

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Reduce the agent's topic scope so it only answers questions about store hours and shipping times.

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Assign the agent user a profile with Modify All Data so it can retrieve any record a customer references.

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Create a validation rule on the payment object that blocks saving records containing full card numbers.

Question 11

The administrator at Cloud Kicks has been asked to ensure that when a user creates a new case, the 'Priority' field defaults to 'Medium' but can still be changed to 'High' or 'Low'. The administrator wants to minimize manual data entry and ensure consistency. What is the most efficient way to configure this?

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Set the default value of the Priority picklist field to 'Medium' in the field definition.. Setting a default value on the picklist field is the most efficient way to prepopulate 'Medium' while preserving the ability to change it. Workflow rules add unnecessary automation, required fields do not set defaults, and a validation rule would restrict changes rather than allow them, so the field default is the correct configuration.

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Create a workflow rule that sets the Priority field to 'Medium' when a case is created.

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Create a validation rule that requires the Priority field to be 'Medium' when a case is created.

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Make the Priority field required on the case page layout and instruct users to select 'Medium'.

Question 12

Cloud Kicks' administrator needs to grant a new marketing user the ability to import Leads using the Data Import Wizard and to view and edit all Leads regardless of ownership. Which two settings should the administrator configure to meet these requirements? (Choose two.)

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Assign a permission set with the 'View All Leads' and 'Edit All Leads' permissions.. The correct settings are to assign the 'Import Leads' permission and the 'View All Leads' and 'Edit All Leads' permissions via permission sets. These grant the specific abilities needed without over-permissioning. Modify All Data is too broad. Public Read/Write affects all users. Sharing rules are less direct and may not cover all records.

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Set the organization-wide default for Leads to Public Read/Write.

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Create a sharing rule to share all Leads with the marketing user.

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Assign a permission set with the 'Modify All Data' permission.

Question 13

Universal Containers is preparing to load 50,000 new Lead records into Salesforce using the Data Import Wizard. Before loading, the administrator must ensure that the Lead Source field is populated with one of the existing picklist values. What should the administrator do to meet this requirement?

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Use the Data Import Wizard's field mapping to map a column to Lead Source, and ensure the values match the picklist entries.. The Data Import Wizard maps source columns to Salesforce fields. For picklist fields, the imported values must match existing picklist entries exactly. By mapping the Lead Source column and ensuring the source data contains only valid picklist values, the administrator guarantees that all loaded records have valid Lead Source values. This is the most direct and reliable method.

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Create a validation rule on the Lead object that requires Lead Source to be populated.

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Set the Lead Source field as required at the field level for all profiles.

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Create a workflow rule that updates the Lead Source to a default value if it is blank.

Question 14

Universal Containers' administrator needs to create a report that shows the total amount of all closed won Opportunities for each Account. The administrator wants to ensure that the report displays the Account Name, the total Amount, and the number of Opportunities. Which report format should the administrator use?

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Summary report. A summary report is the correct choice because it supports grouping by Account and applying summary calculations such as sum and count. This allows the administrator to display each Account with its total closed won amount and the number of Opportunities. Other report formats either lack grouping or add unnecessary complexity.

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Matrix report

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Joined report

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Tabular report

Question 15

An administrator at Cloud Kicks has built a Record-Triggered Flow on Opportunity that fires when Stage changes to 'Closed Won'. The flow sends a notification email to the opportunity owner. Testing shows the email fires multiple times for a single stage change when the opportunity is updated by an integration user. The administrator wants to ensure the email is sent only once per opportunity close. What should the administrator do?

Accepted Answer

Add a condition to check that the prior value of Stage is not 'Closed Won' and the current value is 'Closed Won'.. The duplicate emails occur because the entry condition matches any update where Stage equals 'Closed Won', including updates that do not change Stage. Using PRIORVALUE() to detect the actual transition from a different stage into 'Closed Won' ensures the flow fires exactly once per close. This is the recommended pattern for one-time transition automation in Record-Triggered Flows.

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Set the flow to run asynchronously so that it processes only the most recent update.

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Configure the flow to run only when the record is updated by a specific user.

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Change the flow trigger to run only when a record is created and set the Stage to 'Closed Won' by default.

Question 16

Northern Trail Outfitters has an Agentforce Service Agent whose order-status topic uses both a Flow action that queries order records and a prompt template that summarizes results. Users report the agent sometimes invents shipping dates that do not exist in the order record. The administrator verifies the flow returns correct data and the topic is correctly scoped. What should the administrator do to reduce this hallucination?

Accepted Answer

Adjust the prompt template instructions to require answers only from the flow action's returned values and to state when data is unavailable.. When the underlying data source is verified and the topic is correctly scoped, fabricated details come from prompt behavior rather than retrieval. Constraining the prompt template to rely strictly on the flow action's returned values, and to acknowledge missing information instead of guessing, is the targeted remedy. Temperature changes, duplicate queries, and masking all act on the wrong layer and leave the model free to embellish.

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Add a second Flow action that queries the same order object to cross-check the first result.

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Increase the agent's temperature setting so responses vary more naturally.

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Enable Data Masking on the order's shipping date field so the agent cannot read it.

Question 17

Universal Containers wants its Service Console to help agents resolve cases faster by surfacing relevant knowledge and customer history while they work. The administrator is reviewing which standard console capabilities can be enabled to support this. (Choose two.)

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The Customer Details component, which shows account and contact fields alongside the case.. The Knowledge sidebar and the Customer Details component both bring decision-support information directly into the agent's workspace: related articles and the account/contact context for the case being worked. Together they reduce navigation and give agents the knowledge and customer history needed to resolve cases faster, which is exactly the outcome the administrator is targeting.

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The Omni-Channel Supervisor wallboard, which displays real-time agent status and workload.

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The Macros feature, which lets agents run a set of predefined actions on a case with one click.

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The Path Assistant for the Case object, which guides agents through status picklist values.

Question 18

A sales manager wants their team to see a dynamic feed of updates, files, and posts related to a specific opportunity directly on the opportunity record page. The administrator needs to add a component that shows this information without requiring users to navigate away. Which component should the administrator add to the Lightning record page?

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Chatter Feed component. The Chatter Feed component is designed to surface record-level collaboration directly on a Lightning record page. It aggregates posts, comments, files, and updates related to the record, giving users immediate visibility into team interactions. Other components either show activities, related records, or report data, none of which provide the dynamic social feed required for this scenario.

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Activities component

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Report Chart component

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Related List component

Question 19

A sales manager at Northern Trail Outfitters wants to receive a notification in Salesforce whenever a new post is made in a specific Chatter group that the manager follows. Which feature should the administrator configure to meet this requirement?

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Chatter group email notifications for the manager on that group.. Chatter email notifications let a user receive an email when new posts appear in a group they follow. The manager can simply follow the group and enable email notifications for it. Workflow rules, Chatter streams, and Apex triggers are either not applicable to Chatter groups or require unnecessary custom development for this straightforward need.

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A workflow rule with an email alert on the group object.

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A Chatter stream that includes the group and is set to send push notifications.

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Apex trigger on the FeedItem object to send an email to the manager.

Question 20

An administrator at Northern Trail Outfitters is asked to set up a way for users to see a consolidated view of all activities related to an account, including emails, tasks, and events, directly on the Account record page. Which feature should the administrator use?

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Activities related list. The Activities related list is the standard component that displays tasks, events, and emails related to an account. It can be added to the Account page layout and provides a consolidated view for users. Chatter feed tracking, account hierarchy, and related list quick links do not provide a structured list of activities, so they do not satisfy the requirement.

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Chatter feed tracking

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