Developer Fundamentals Flashcards

Which Salesforce feature allows you to call an external web service from within a Flow without writing Apex code?

Answer: External Service (Flow Integration)

External Services in Salesforce allow admins to import an OpenAPI spec and invoke external REST APIs from Flow without Apex.

In Salesforce, what is a 'Platform Event' used for?

Answer: Enabling real-time event-driven communication between Salesforce and external systems

Platform Events implement an event-driven architecture allowing Salesforce and external apps to publish and subscribe to real-time events.

What is the purpose of the 'Schema Builder' in Salesforce?

Answer: Creating and viewing the data model including objects and relationships in a visual canvas

Schema Builder provides a visual drag-and-drop interface to create and view objects, fields, and relationships in your data model.

Which Salesforce CLI command is used to retrieve metadata from an org into a local project?

Answer: sf project retrieve start

The 'sf project retrieve start' command pulls metadata from a Salesforce org into your local project directory using the Salesforce CLI.

What is a 'Connected App' in Salesforce used for?

Answer: Enabling external applications to integrate with Salesforce using OAuth or API tokens

A Connected App is a framework that allows external applications to authenticate with Salesforce using OAuth 2.0 and access its APIs.

In the context of Salesforce development, what is 'Org Development Model'?

Answer: A development approach where metadata is tracked in version control and deployed org-to-org

The Org Development Model uses source control and the Salesforce CLI to track and deploy metadata across org environments.

Which Salesforce object stores information about all the fields available on a given object, accessible via Apex's Schema class?

Answer: SObjectType / DescribeSObjectResult

Apex's Schema.SObjectType and DescribeSObjectResult classes provide runtime metadata about an object's fields and their properties.