SP Salesforce Platform Administration 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which Salesforce feature allows administrators to define which fields are visible, required, or read-only for specific user profiles on a page?
- Field-Level Security
- Page Layouts (Correct answer)
- Record Types
- Validation Rules
Correct answer: Page Layouts
Page Layouts control the organization and visibility of fields, related lists, and buttons on a record detail page for specific profiles.
Question 2: In Salesforce, which permission set feature allows an administrator to grant users temporary access to a permission set for a specified period?
- Profile overrides
- Permission set groups
- Permission set expiration (Correct answer)
- Muting permission sets
Correct answer: Permission set expiration
Permission set expiration lets admins assign a permission set to a user with a defined end date, after which the access is automatically revoked.
Question 3: What is the maximum number of custom fields allowed on a standard Salesforce object such as Account?
- 100
- 200
- 500
- 800 (Correct answer)
Correct answer: 800
Salesforce allows up to 800 custom fields on most standard objects, though practical limits may vary based on field types and editions.
Question 4: Which Salesforce feature enables administrators to enforce that a record meets certain criteria before it can be saved?
- Workflow Rules
- Validation Rules (Correct answer)
- Assignment Rules
- Escalation Rules
Correct answer: Validation Rules
Validation Rules use formulas to check field data and prevent a record from being saved if the specified criteria are not met.
Question 5: In the Salesforce sharing model, which setting controls the default level of access users have to each other's records?
- Role Hierarchy
- Sharing Rules
- Organization-Wide Defaults (OWD) (Correct answer)
- Permission Sets
Correct answer: Organization-Wide Defaults (OWD)
Organization-Wide Defaults (OWD) define the baseline access level for records across the org when no other sharing rules apply.
Question 6: Which Salesforce tool allows administrators to create automated workflows without code using a visual drag-and-drop interface?
- Apex Triggers
- Process Builder
- Salesforce Flow (Correct answer)
- Workflow Rules
Correct answer: Salesforce Flow
Salesforce Flow (Flow Builder) is Salesforce's primary no-code automation tool, offering a visual canvas for building complex processes, screens, and integrations.
Question 7: What is the purpose of a Salesforce 'Sandbox' environment?
- To host production data for external users
- To archive old records from the production org
- To provide an isolated environment for development and testing (Correct answer)
- To replicate the org for disaster recovery
Correct answer: To provide an isolated environment for development and testing
Sandboxes are isolated copies of the production environment used for development, testing, and training without affecting live data.
SP Salesforce Platform Administration 1
Which Salesforce feature allows administrators to define which fields are visible, required, or read-only for specific user profiles on a page?