SALESFORCE-PD1 Process Automation And Logic Practice Question
A developer has an Apex trigger that fires on Account update. Inside the trigger, it calls a future method to update related Contact records. During testing with 150 Account records modified simultaneously, the developer receives a System.LimitException: Too many future calls. What is the cause of this exception?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The trigger exceeded the maximum limit of 50 future method calls per Apex transaction.
Future methods cannot be called from within other asynchronous contexts or inside triggers when the trigger processes more records than the future call limit allows per transaction (e.g. max 50 future calls per transaction).
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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The total daily asynchronous limit was reached.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. Daily limits apply across 24 hours, whereas this exception happens immediately per transaction.
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Future methods cannot be invoked from inside an Apex trigger context.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. Future methods can be called from triggers, provided the bulk limits are respected.
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The trigger exceeded the maximum limit of 50 future method calls per Apex transaction.
Why this is correct
Correct. Triggers processing bulk updates can easily exceed the per-transaction limit of 50 future calls.
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The future method tried to execute a SOQL query exceeding the limit.
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect. The exception specifically indicates too many future calls were enqueued.
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