Salesforce Certification Salesforce Platform Developer I

Question 1

Which Salesforce language is used to write server-side business logic?

Accepted Answer

Apex

Answer

Apex is Salesforce's proprietary Java-like programming language used to write triggers, classes, and controllers.

Question 2

What does SOQL stand for in Salesforce development?

Accepted Answer

Salesforce Object Query Language

Answer

SOQL (Salesforce Object Query Language) is used to query Salesforce data from the database layer in Apex.

Question 3

What is a Salesforce Apex Trigger?

Accepted Answer

Code that executes before or after DML events on records

Answer

Apex Triggers execute custom logic before or after insert, update, delete, or undelete operations on records.

Question 4

What is the Salesforce governor limit for SOQL queries per synchronous Apex transaction?

Accepted Answer

100

Answer

Salesforce enforces a limit of 100 SOQL queries per synchronous Apex transaction to ensure fair resource use.

Question 5

Which Apex class is used to perform DML operations on large record sets asynchronously?

Accepted Answer

Database.Batchable

Answer

Classes implementing Database.Batchable process records in configurable chunks asynchronously to avoid governor limits.

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