Salesforce DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE AND DEPLOYMENT DESIGNER Exam Questions

Questions for the DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE AND DEPLOYMENT DESIGNER were updated on : Dec 01 ,2025

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Question 1

What are two advantages of automated test data loads over manual data loads
Choose 2 answers

  • A. Automated loads can be done with no human oversight.
  • B. FRED Automated loads are reliable in their results.
  • C. Automated loads cannot be scripted by CICD tools.
  • D. Automated loads will increase costs.
Answer:

A, D

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Question 2

The CTO at Universal Containers is complaining to the software development managers that he has
no visibility of their teams’ work status.
What two software development methodologies should an architect suggest to solve this issue, and
why?
Choose 2 answers

  • A. Waterfall, because it defines a fixed schedule and duration for each activity.
  • B. DevOps, because monitoring and logging practices help you stay informed of performance in real time.
  • C. Scrum, because openness is one of the five core Scrum values.
  • D. Kanban, because one of its basic elements is to make everything visible, creating consistent transparency of work items
Answer:

C, D

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Question 3

What two things are needed to delete metadata with a deploy() call?= Choose 2 answers

  • A. Package.XML file.
  • B. The CURRENT API version must be used.
  • C. DestructiveChanges.xml file.
  • D. PurgeOnDelete option must be set to TRUE.
Answer:

A, C

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Question 4

Universal Containers has a full sandbox that will be used to analyze and fix bugs found
in production.
Which two items should the architect recommend to ensure that bugs found in production are
more easily analyzed in this full sandbox?
Choose 2 answers

  • A. Refresh the full sandbox after every deployment in production.
  • B. Create a daily process of copying new and changed data in production to the full sandbox.
  • C. Before any deployment in production, the same process must be performed in this sandbox.
  • D. Perform a Refresh Data in the full sandbox.
Answer:

B, C

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Question 5

Universal Containers are concerned that after each release, reports and dashboards
seem to roll back to previous versions. Executives spend many hours crafting these dashboards to
perfectly meet their needs, and are now questioning the Salesforce platform’s ability to save things,
even data records.
What can the Salesforce architect advise to stop the rollbacks from happening?

  • A. Use a third-party data warehouse.
  • B. Remove the executive’s ability to change reports, and only allow developers to do that.
  • C. Ensure report metadata is exported daily and that it is merged into the developer branches before the next release.
  • D. Back up all the reports just before the release, then reimport them after the release,
Answer:

C

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Question 6

Universal Containers (UC) has been using Salesforce Sales Cloud for many years
following a highly customized, single-org strategy with great success so far.
What two reasons can justify a change to a multi-org strategy?
Choose 2 answers

  • A. UC is launching a new line of business with independent processes and adding any new feature to it is too complex.
  • B. UC wants to use Chatter for collaboration among different business units and stop working in silos.
  • C. UC follows a unification enterprise architecture operating model by having orgs with the same processes implemented for each business unit.
  • D. Acquired company that has its own Salesforce org and operates in a different business with its own set of regulatory requirements.
Answer:

A, D

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Question 7

Universal Containers (UC) has a customized repository that represents lots of different
apps or projects. UC currently is trying to shift from the org development model to the package
development model to manage changes. In the org development model, each developer starts
their work within their own personal sandbox.
When it comes to choosing development environments, what should a Salesforce architect
recommend?

  • A. Start using scratch orgs because a developer can spin up a scratch org to start a new project, start a new feature branch, or start automatedTesting.
  • B. Start using scratch orgs that tracks all of the changes automatically and proceed with a staggered approach since scratch orgs can coexist With other models.
  • C. Keep developing in the dev sandboxes because scratch orgs are not within the code deployment path.
  • D. Keep developing in the dev sandboxes, so that the developers feel no impact at all as they are used to the sandbox development.
Answer:

A

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Question 8

What is a main characteristic of an agile team?

  • A. The team uses Scrum, Kanban, and Extreme Programming.
  • B. The team has biweekly sprints to ensure on-time delivery.
  • C. The team delivers new releases on dates defined in the beginning of the project, following a project plan
  • D. The team improves and evolves its processes and frequently delivers value to the endusers.
Answer:

D

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Question 9

The CEO at Universal Containers (UC) is receiving constant complaints from business
stakeholders that the development teams are not frequently delivering value to the end-user. The
CEO talked with the CTO, who argues the opposite, explaining that the development teams are
delivering value every Sprint.
The architect suggests to the CTO to implement Kanban to solve this disagreement.
How can Kanban help clarify whether value is being delivered to the business?

  • A. Kanban teams respond to unplanned work and changes by dropping everything and jumping on the new request, ensuring agility.
  • B. Kannan traits includes metrics, like lead time and throughput, which increases transparency.
  • C. Kanban can make use of the Salesforce Agile Accelerator to speed up delivery.
  • D. Kanban limits work in progress, so the executives will know the development team is not overworked.
Answer:

B

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Question 10

Universal Containers (UC) innovative apps division is releasing an application that can
be installed in its trading partners Salesforce environments. The application lets the trading
partners book containers from UC directly without leaving their own Salesforce environment.
The partners can then build on top of the application with process builders and triggers so the
container booking process can be integrated with the trading partners’ own processes.
What is the recommended mechanism for releasing the application considering the innovative
apps division wants to keep the application up to date in various environments?

  • A. Change sets
  • B. Unmanaged package
  • C. Managed package
  • D. Zip file deployable by SFDX or ANT
Answer:

B

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Question 11

Universal Containers wants to delete the day’s test data in a partial copy sandbox every
night, setting the sandbox back to a fresh state for tomorrows testing. The test data is
approximately 1GB.
What is the best strategy the architect should recommend?

  • A. Manually delete all records individually.
  • B. Execute a batch job that deletes all records created on the day.
  • C. Create a new developer copy sandbox every night.
  • D. Refresh the sandbox every night.
Answer:

B

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Question 12

Northern Trail Outfitter’s development team has built new features for its sales team in
the Asia-Pacific region. While testing the Apex classes, the developers are constantly hitting the
governor limits.
What should the architect recommend during the review to address this issue?

  • A. Use test.startTest() and test.stop Test() methods to reset governor limits.
  • B. Use an AppExchange product which can temporarily increase the governor limits.
  • C. Use the auto reset property to automatically reset governor limits during off-hours.
  • D. Use test.setLimit() and test.resetLimit() methods to reset governor limits.
Answer:

A

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Question 13

Universal Containers (UC) is using custom metadata types to control the behavior of a
few of the custom functionalities. UC wants to
Deploy custom metadata types to production using Metadata API.
Which two data types does UC need to include?
Choose 2 answers

  • A. CustomMetadataType
  • B. CustomMetadata
  • C. CustomObject
  • D. Custom Field
Answer:

A, D

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Question 14

Which two ways should a developer working on a data loading integration that operates
between different Salesforce environments insert multiple related records in one call or
transaction?
Choose 2 answers

  • A. REST API SObject Tree Request
  • B. Bulk API 2.0
  • C. REST API Composite Request
  • D. Streaming API
Answer:

A, C

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Question 15

Ursa Major Solar (UMS) has used Aura components significantly in its Salesforce
application development. UMS has established a robust test framework and the development
team follows the Salesforce recommended testing practices. UMS team uses Salesforce’s test tool To
check for common accessibility issues.
In which two environments the UMS team can call Aura accessibility tests?
Choose 2 answers

  • A. JSTEST
  • B. ACCTEST
  • C. WebDriver Test
  • D. AuraDriver Test
Answer:

A, C

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