Data Modeling and Management I

Question 1

What are the 4 considerations of Salesforce data modeling?

Answer 1

Standard Objects
Custom Objects
Schema Builder
Relationships

Question 2

What is the schema builder used for?

Answer 2

Schema Builder allows viewing and setting up the data model quickly and efficiently

Question 3

What are standard objects?

Answer 3

Standard objects are objects provided by Salesforce

Question 4

What are custom objects?

Answer 4

Custom objects are used to store information specific to a company’s requirement such as properties

Question 5

Describe the relationship concept

Answer 5

Relationships determine how objects interact with each other on a data level (ex: M-D or Lookup)

Question 6

What are the four relationship types in Salesforce

Answer 6

Lookup
M-D
Many-to-many
hierarchical

Question 7

Describe a hierarchical relationship

Answer 7

A hierarchical relationship field can be used on the User object to relate one user to another

Question 8

Describe a many-to-many relationship

Answer 8

A many-to-many relationship enables relating a record of one object to multiple records of another object and vice-versa.

Question 9

Describe a Master-Detail relationship

Answer 9

A master detail relationship is created to establish a tight relationship between two objects such that child records are deleted when the parent is deleted.

Question 10

Describe a lookup relationship

Answer 10

A lookup relationship is created to establish a loose link between two objects, such that the lookup relationship field is not required.