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Salesforce Data Architect Certification Guide

By : Aaron Allport
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Salesforce Data Architect Certification Guide

By: Aaron Allport

Overview of this book

The Salesforce Data Architect is a prerequisite exam for the Application Architect half of the Salesforce Certified Technical Architect credential. This book offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the Salesforce Data Architect exam so you can take it with confidence. The book is written in a clear, succinct way with self-assessment and practice exam questions, covering all the topics necessary to help you pass the exam with ease. You’ll understand the theory around Salesforce data modeling, database design, master data management (MDM), Salesforce data management (SDM), and data governance. Additionally, performance considerations associated with large data volumes will be covered. You’ll also get to grips with data migration and understand the supporting theory needed to achieve Salesforce Data Architect certification. By the end of this Salesforce book, you'll have covered everything you need to know to pass the Salesforce Data Architect certification exam and have a handy, on-the-job desktop reference guide to re-visit the concepts.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Section 1: Salesforce Data Architect Theory
9
Section 2: Salesforce Data Architect Design
15
Section 3: Applying What We've Learned – Practice Questions and Revision Aids

Practice questions

Test your knowledge of the topics and concepts covered in this chapter by attempting to answer the following questions:

  1. Which data API facilitates the asynchronous processing of data in parallel batches?
  2. Which LDV mitigation technique can be used to partition data and reduce the number of records returned by SOQL queries?
  3. Which header is required for PK chunking to be enabled?
  4. Which is considered the fastest mode for data loads with the Bulk API—Serial or Parallel?
  5. When Salesforce performs an indexed search, standard indexes are used if the filter condition of the query matches what?
  6. Custom indexes are used where the query filter matches what?
  7. When mitigating ownership skew for users that must have a role, where should that role reside in the role hierarchy?
  8. True or false? Salesforce support is needed to enable skinny tables.
  9. True or false? When mitigating ownership skew, you should consider removing a role associated...