Sales-Con-201 Data Management Practice Question
A Sales Cloud Consultant is designing a data model where Accounts have a many-to-many relationship with Products (e.g., tracking which products a customer currently uses). Which structure should be used?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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A junction object with two master-detail relationships.
To achieve a many-to-many relationship in Salesforce, a junction object must be created with two master-detail relationships pointing to the two parent objects.
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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A single lookup field on the Account object pointing to Product.
Why it's wrong here
A single lookup represents a one-to-many relationship, not many-to-many.
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A multi-select picklist containing product IDs on the Account object.
Why it's wrong here
Multi-select picklists are poor for reporting and data integrity in many-to-many scenarios.
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A junction object with two master-detail relationships.
Why this is correct
A junction object bridges two objects in a many-to-many relationship using master-detail relationships.
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A hierarchical relationship field on the Product object.
Why it's wrong here
Hierarchical relationships are strictly for User object self-references.
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