Sales-Con-201 Sales Lifecycle Practice Question
A sales rep needs to quickly check key metrics such as win rate, total pipeline, and closed-won revenue for the current quarter without navigating away from the Home page. What is the best way to provide this visibility?
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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Embed a Lightning Dashboard component on the Home page.
Embedding a dashboard on the Home page using the Dashboard component provides quick access to KPIs.
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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Build an Apex page to query summary objects.
Why it's wrong here
Declarative tools like dashboards should always be used first.
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Embed a Lightning Dashboard component on the Home page.
Why this is correct
Dashboard components can be embedded directly into Lightning pages.
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Schedule a daily email report containing the metrics.
Why it's wrong here
Scheduled emails are not real-time and require leaving the UI.
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Create a custom list view with summary metrics.
Why it's wrong here
List views do not display aggregate metrics like win rates natively.
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