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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 understanding of the concepts covered in this chapter by attempting the following practice questions:

  1. Which Salesforce feature allows for selected metadata changes to be migrated from one environment to another?
  2. What is the name of the standalone application that facilitates data imports and exports to and from the Salesforce platform?
  3. Which report export format supports CSV, XLS, and XLSX?
  4. Which facility allows for monthly backups?
  5. What format is the file from a monthly backup?
  6. What is metadata?
  7. What metadata backup facility is used to create a production-like instance of Salesforce?
  8. Which two metadata backup and restore technologies work with local or source-controlled copies of metadata?
  9. What does CSV stand for?
  10. In a CSV file, the first row of data is the what?

Answers

How did you get on answering the practice questions? Check your answers here:

  1. Change sets
  2. Data Loader
  3. Details Only...