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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 covered in this chapter by answering the following questions:

  1. What does LDV stand for?
  2. What does the PK in the term PK chunking stand for?
  3. What is the name of the in-browser tool used for manual or scheduled weekly or monthly data exports?
  4. What method is used to speed up the performance of large SELECT SOQL queries when exporting large amounts of data from Salesforce?
  5. What data API facilitates the asynchronous processing of data in parallel batches?
  6. Ordering records to be imported by their parent record ID reduces the likelihood of what happening?
  7. True or false: upsert is considered good for performance when loading large amounts of data.
  8. PK chunking is a feature of which Salesforce API?
  9. What’s the first step in any data migration process?
  10. Why is PK chunking considered faster than a straight Export All operation?

Answers

The following are the answers to the previous questions...