PD1 Deployment Strategies 5

Question 1

What is the key difference between an Unlocked Package and a Managed Package in terms of deployability?

Accepted Answer

Unlocked Package source is visible and modifiable by the subscriber org

Answer

Unlike Managed Packages which protect source code, Unlocked Package components are fully visible and can be modified in the subscriber org.

Question 2

Which command creates a new version of an unlocked package and promotes it to 'released' status in one step?

Accepted Answer

sf package version create --promote

Answer

The --promote flag on 'sf package version create' creates the version and immediately promotes it to released status so it can be installed in production.

Question 3

A developer needs to delete a custom field from production that was removed from the source repo. Which file must be created for this to happen via CLI deployment?

Accepted Answer

destructiveChanges.xml

Answer

destructiveChanges.xml lists metadata components to be deleted during a deployment; it is the standard mechanism for removing components via Salesforce CLI.

Question 4

Which environment type is fully configurable via JSON, spins up in minutes, and is deleted after use — making it ideal for feature-branch testing?

Accepted Answer

Scratch Org

Answer

Scratch Orgs are short-lived, definition-file-configured environments purpose-built for feature development and automated CI/CD testing.

Question 5

When a deployment fails mid-way through in Salesforce, what state is the target org left in?

Accepted Answer

The org is rolled back to its pre-deployment state automatically

Answer

Salesforce deployments are fully transactional — a failure causes a complete rollback so no partial changes are applied to the org.

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PD1 Deployment Strategies 5