DATA-ARCHITECT Exam Details

  • Exam Code
    :DATA-ARCHITECT
  • Exam Name
    :Salesforce Certified Platform Data Architect (Plat-Arch-201)
  • Certification
    :Salesforce Certifications
  • Vendor
    :Salesforce
  • Total Questions
    :257 Q&As
  • Last Updated
    :Jul 11, 2026

Salesforce DATA-ARCHITECT Online Questions & Answers

  • Question 81:

    Universal Containers has a requirement to store more than 100 million records in salesforce and needs to create a custom big object to support this business requirement.

    Which two tools should a data architect use to build custom object?

    A. Use DX to create big object.
    B. Use Metadata API to create big object.
    C. Go to Big Object in setup select new to create big object.
    D. Go to Object Manager in setup and select new to create big object.

  • Question 82:

    A manager at Cloud Kicks is importing Leads into Salesforce and needs to avoid creating duplicate records.

    Which two approaches should the manager take to achieve this goal? (Choose two.)

    A. Acquire an AppExchange Lead de-duplication application.
    B. Implement Salesforce Matching and Duplicate Rules.
    C. Run the Salesforce Lead Mass de-duplication tool.
    D. Create a Workflow Rule to check for duplicate records.

  • Question 83:

    Universal Containers (UC) manages Vehicle and Service History in Salesforce. Vehicle (Vehicle__ c) and Service History (Service-History__ c) are both custom objects related through a lookup relationship.

    Every week a batch synchronization process updates the Vehicle and Service History records in Salesforce. UC has two hours of migration window every week and is facing locking issues as part of the data migration process.

    What should a data architect recommend to avoid locking issues without affecting performance of data migration?

    A. Use Bulk API parallel mode for data migration
    B. Use Bulk API serial mode for data migration
    C. Insert the order in another custom object and use Batch Apex to move the records to Service_ Order__ c object.
    D. Change the lookup configuration to "Clear the value of this field" when lookup record is deleted.

  • Question 84:

    A large automobile manufacturer has decided to use Salesforce as its CRM. It needs to maintain the following dealer types in their CRM:

    1. Local dealers

    2. Regional distributor

    3. State distributor

    4. Service dealer

    The attributes are different for each of the customer types. The CRM users should be allowed to enter only attributes related to the customer types. The processes and business rules for each of the customer types could be different.

    How should the different dealers be maintained in Salesforce?

    A. Use Accounts for dealers, and create record types for each of the dealer types.
    B. Create dealers as Accounts, and build custom views for each of the dealer types.
    C. Use Accounts for dealers and custom picklist field for each of the dealer types
    D. Create Custom objects for each dealer types and custom fields for dealer attributes.

  • Question 85:

    What makes Skinny tables fast? Choose three answers.

    A. They do not include soft-deleted records
    B. They avoid resource intensive joins
    C. Their tables are kept in sync with their source tables when the source tables are modified
    D. They can contain fields from other objects
    E. They support up to a max of 100 of columns

  • Question 86:

    DreamHouse Realty has a legacy system that captures Branch Offices and Transactions. DreamHouse Realty has 15 Branch Offices. Transactions can relate to any Branch Office. DreamHouse Realty has created hundreds of thousands of Transactions per year. A Data Architect needs to denormalize this data model into a single Transaction object with a Branch Office picklist.

    What are two important considerations for the Data Architect in this scenario? (Choose two.)

    A. Standard list view in-line editing.
    B. Limitations on Org data storage.
    C. Bulk API limitations on picklist fields.
    D. Limitations on master-detail relationships.

  • Question 87:

    Northern Trail Outfitters (NTO) has an external product master system that syncs product and pricing information with Salesforce. Users have been complaining that they are seeing discrepancies in product and pricing information displayed on the NTO website and Salesforce.

    As a data architect, which action is recommended to avoid data sync issues?

    A. Build a custom integration for two-way sync of product and pricing information between product master to Salesforce.
    B. Build a custom integration for one-way sync of product and pricing information from product master to Salesforce.
    C. Implement a manual process to update the products from an extract from the products master on a weekly basis.
    D. Use the Customer 360 data manager to sync product and pricing information from product master database to Salesforce.

  • Question 88:

    In their legacy system. Universal Containers has a monthly accounts receivable report that compiles data from Accounts, Contacts, Opportunities, Orders. and Order Line Items.

    What difficulty will an architect run into when implementing this in Salesforce?

    A. Salesforce allows up to four objects in a single report type.
    B. Salesforce does not support Orders or Order Line Items.
    C. A report cannot contain data from Accounts and Contacts.
    D. Custom report types cannot contain Opportunity data.

  • Question 89:

    A large retail company has recently chosen SF as its CRM solution. They have the following record counts:

    2500000 accounts

    25000000 contacts

    When doing an initial performance test, the data architect noticed an extremely slow response for reports and list views.

    What should a data architect do to solve the performance issue?

    A. Load only the data that the users is permitted to access
    B. Add custom indexes on frequently searched account and contact objects fields
    C. Limit data loading to the 2000 most recently created records.
    D. Create a skinny table to represent account and contact objects.

  • Question 90:

    NTO has multiple systems across its enterprise landscape including salesforce, with disparate version the customer records.

    In salesforce, the customer is represented by the contact object.

    NTO utilizes an MDM solution with these attributes:

    1.The MDM solution keeps track of customer master with a master key. 2.The master key is a map to the record ID's from each external system that customer data is stored within. 3.The MDM solution provides de-duplication features, so it acts as the single source of truth.

    How should a data architect implement the storage of master key within salesforce?

    A. Store the master key in Heroku postgres and use Heroku connect for synchronization.
    B. Create a custom object to store the master key with a lookup field to contact.
    C. Create an external object to store the master key with a lookup field to contact.
    D. Store the master key on the contact object as an external ID (Field for referential imports)

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