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Technical Product Knowledge & Demonstration Flashcards

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  1. A prospect asks whether your SaaS platform supports single sign-on (SSO). Which response best demonstrates deep technical product knowledge?

    Answer: Yes, we support SSO via SAML 2.0 and OIDC, and can integrate with providers like Okta, Azure AD, and Google Workspace

    Specifying supported protocols (SAML 2.0, OIDC) and named IdP integrations demonstrates authoritative technical knowledge and reduces follow-up questions.

  2. During a demo, a prospect asks about your platform's uptime SLA. The documented SLA is 99.9%. How much downtime does this allow per year?

    Answer: Approximately 8.7 hours

    99.9% uptime allows roughly 0.1% downtime, which calculates to approximately 8.76 hours per year (8,760 hours × 0.001).

  3. Which of the following best describes the difference between horizontal scaling and vertical scaling when discussing platform architecture with a prospect?

    Answer: Horizontal scaling adds more server instances to distribute load; vertical scaling increases the resources of an existing server

    Horizontal scaling (scale out) distributes load across more nodes, while vertical scaling (scale up) enhances a single node's capacity.

  4. A prospects' security team asks about your platform's approach to secrets management. What is the most appropriate technical answer?

    Answer: We use a dedicated secrets vault (e.g., HashiCorp Vault or AWS Secrets Manager) with rotation policies and audit logging

    Dedicated secrets vaults with rotation and audit logging represent industry best practice and satisfy enterprise security requirements.

  5. When demonstrating a product's reporting module, a technical buyer asks about the underlying data refresh rate. Why does this matter to the buyer?

    Answer: It affects how current the data is in reports, which impacts decision-making timeliness

    Data refresh rate directly determines the freshness of insights; stale data can lead to poor operational or strategic decisions.

  6. A prospect wants to automate user provisioning and de-provisioning. Which standard protocol should a sales engineer mention as the industry solution?

    Answer: SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management)

    SCIM is the industry-standard protocol for automating user lifecycle management across identity providers and SaaS applications.

  7. During a technical demo, the prospect notices the UI loads slowly. As the SE, what is the best in-demo response?

    Answer: Acknowledge the latency, explain it may be due to the demo environment, and offer to share performance benchmarks from the production environment

    Acknowledging the issue honestly and providing context with supporting data maintains credibility and redirects attention to production performance.