Standard & Custom Objects Flashcards

Which standard object is used to associate a Contact or Lead with a marketing campaign in Salesforce?

Answer: Campaign Member

Campaign Members link Contacts or Leads to a Campaign, tracking their membership status such as Sent, Responded, or Converted.

A Salesforce admin wants to enforce that a custom 'Contract Value' currency field on a custom object always contains a positive number. Which tool enforces this at save time?

Answer: Validation Rule

Validation Rules evaluate field values when a record is saved and can prevent saving if the formula condition (e.g., Contract_Value__c <= 0) is true.

What is the maximum number of custom fields allowed on a standard object in Salesforce (Enterprise Edition)?

Answer: 800

In Enterprise Edition, standard objects allow up to 800 custom fields, though practical limits based on object complexity may apply.

Which of the following correctly describes a 'Self-Relationship' (hierarchical lookup) in Salesforce?

Answer: A lookup from a custom object to itself, used to model parent-child hierarchies within the same object

A self-relationship is a lookup field on an object that references the same object, commonly used for hierarchy structures like employee-manager on a custom HR object.

When should an admin use a Multi-Select Picklist field instead of a standard Picklist field?

Answer: When users need to select multiple values from the list simultaneously

Multi-Select Picklists allow users to choose multiple values from the list, storing them as a semicolon-separated string, unlike standard picklists which allow only one selection.

Which action is required before an admin can delete a custom field that is referenced in a report?

Answer: No action needed — Salesforce removes it from reports automatically on deletion

Salesforce automatically removes deleted custom fields from reports, list views, and other references, though the deletion itself is permanent after a 15-day soft-delete period.

A company needs to store information about which Contacts attended which Events, with additional details per attendance. Which data model is most appropriate?

Answer: Create a junction object with Master-Detail to both Event and Contact

A junction object with Master-Detail relationships to both Event and Contact enables a true many-to-many relationship while supporting additional attendance-specific fields.