Salesforce Fundamentals (7%)

Question 1

Multi Tenant Environment

Answer 1

A single instance of software that is a on a server and serves multiple tenants
Salesforce has 1 piece of software that serves millions of customers on their clouds

Question 2

Integrated Development Environment

Answer 2

(IDE) Software environment that provides comprehensive facilities to devs for development
Salesforce provides the dev console, debug log and features, flow, pb, etc

Question 3

Multi Tenant Architecture

Answer 3

Framework with a single software that is shared by all clients (clouds)
Salesforce provides multiple clouds that are used for many customers (Also AWS)

Question 4

MVC

Answer 4

Architectural pattern that separates the data layer from business logic, and how the data is presented in UI
“Use when you need to separate data from logic and use it on a visual interface, ex
Model: Database on a server Controller:passes data along View:Viewing data on
website”

Question 5

Lightning Component Framework

Answer 5

“Event driven programming with UI used for developing Lightning components like Aura or Lightning Web components. Uses JavaScript
on front end and Apex on backend”
You are making a lightning component like an LWC or Aura component

Question 6

Model

Answer 6

Stores and manages data. Represents the structure of the data through SObjects, fields, and APEX classes
SObjects, fields, Apex classes

Question 7

View

Answer 7

Visual representation of the data

ex: visualforce page, custom component

Question 8

Controller

Answer 8

“Brains of the application” The business logic written as Apex
ex:”Writing a custom or standard controller for ““contacts”” in the dev console to make a
visualforce page to display contact information”

Question 9

Event Driven Architecture

Answer 9

Components are capable of listening to events and responding accordingly.
ex:”A credit card swipe uses the payment software to communicate the charge to the
credit card company and listens for an answer to complete the transaction”

Question 10

MVCC Architecture

Answer 10

“Model, View, Controller, Controller. In this architecture there is a controller from the front end (JavaScript)
and the back end (Apex)”
ex:”A support agent has a custom button on a visualforce page that when pressed calls
out to an external app to run a credit check on a customer for a new service. The
button on the page triggers Apex to query an external service, display the answer,
and update records
“

Question 11

Base Components

Answer 11

OOTB components

the standard components that are available for a lightning record,app,or home page

Question 12

Reusable Components

Answer 12

“Components that are built using the framework are self contained and reusable units that can be a single
line of text up to a whole app.”
ex:A developer can recycle code from a parent component and make a child component

Question 13

Sophisticated UI

Answer 13

“Can contain HTML, JavaScript, CSS, any web enabled code, and other components that allow
developers to make sophisticated UIs”
Extremely detailed and complex user interfaces in apps

Question 14

Aura Components

Answer 14

“Self contained and reusable units of an app that represent reusable sections of the UI, and can range from a single line of text to a whole app. Uses Java on client side and apex on server side.A lightning component”
Use case includes custom tabs, apps , and stand alone apps that need to exist
independent of Salesforce, and for components on the lightning page

Question 15

Lightning Web Component (LWC)

Answer 15

“Lightning Web Components utilize standard tech like CSS, HTML, and updated JavaScript
without requiring a set framework, incorporating the latest innovations in JavaScript,
including Shadow Document Object Model(DOM), custom elements, and web components”
Use when you need a more efficient,cheaper development process

Question 16

REST API

Answer 16

“Provides a way to programmatically access or process salesforce data from an external application
via REST based web services. Supports XML and JSON data formats”
ex: “Action links use the REST API to integrate to a third party service via
HTTP request to salesforce or a third party API”

Question 17

SOAP API

Answer 17

“Lets developers access, search , and perform using DML operations on external records from an external
apps using SOAP messaging protocol. Only supports XML data formats”
Use to query salesforce with dml while communicating with an external app

Question 18

Chatter REST API

Answer 18

“Can be utilized to show chatter related data such as feed, users, or groups. Use when integrating chatter
with external web or mobile application.”
Use when integrating Chatter with an external app or a mobile application

Question 19

UI API

Answer 19

“Allows developers to build UIs that surface records, list views, quick actions, favorites,
and other components”
Use when you need to build highly sophisticated UIs for apps or pages

Question 20

Analytics REST API

Answer 20

Grants programmatic access to salesforce analytics data like reports and dashboards.
Use when you need to access salesforce analytic data

Question 21

Bulk API

Answer 21

“Lets users perform CRUD actions in large volumes like in data loader(hundreds of thousands to
millions of records)”
Use when updating very large batches of data via data loader

Question 22

Meta Data API

Answer 22

“Allows users to retrieve, deploy, create, update , or delete customizations in deploying changes
from one org to another.”
ex: SalesforceCLI or ANTMigration Tool

Question 23

Streaming API

Answer 23

Used in receiving notifications based on record changing or custom events in salesforce.
Use when you need real time notifications

Question 24

APEX REST API

Answer 24

Allows APEX classes to be exposed and invoked by external apps like REST web services.
Use when you need to run APEX code from an external app and increase code reuse

Question 25

APEX SOAP API

Answer 25

Allows APEX classes to be exposed and revoked by external apps like SOAP services .
Use when you need to use APEX code with an external service via SOAP API.

Question 26

Tooling API

Answer 26

Provides ability to write SOQL query for many data types in an org. Provides SOAP and REST interfaces
can be used when creating custom lightning development platforms or apps.

Question 27

Polyglot Persistance

Answer 27

“when storing data, it is best to use multiple data storage technologies, chosen based upon the way data is
being used by individual applications or components of a single application. Different kinds of data are best
dealt with different data stores. In short, it means picking the right tool for the right use case.”
ex:”an e-commerce platform will deal with many types of data (i.e. shopping cart,
inventory, completed orders, etc). Instead of trying to store all this data in one
database, which would require a lot of data conversion to make the format of the
data all the same, store the data in the database best suited for that type of data.”

Question 28

Polygot Programming

Answer 28

“the idea that applications should be written in a mix of languages to take advantage of the fact that
different languages are suitable for tackling different problems.”
ex:”An e-commerce platform like amazon has apps written in different languages to
handle different functions”

Question 29

Component/Application

Answer 29

“The only required resource in a bundle. Contains markup for the component or app. Each bundle
contains only one component or app resource”
Use components or single page apps to add to your salesforce org

Question 30

CSS Styles

Answer 30

Contains styles for the component.

Use CSS to set the aesthetics of your component

Question 31

Design Files

Answer 31

“File required for components used in Lightning App Builder, Lightning pages,
Experience Builder, or Flow Builder.”
Use in Lightning components

Question 32

Documentation

Answer 32

A description, sample code, and one or multiple references to example components

Question 33

Renderer

Answer 33

“Client-side renderer to override default rendering for a component. Triggers the start of component
rendering”
Use in components, like an aura component

Question 34

Helper

Answer 34

JavaScript functions that can be called from any JavaScript code in a component’s bundle
Use in a component bundle

Question 35

SVG File

Answer 35

Custom icon resource for components used in the Lightning App Builder or Experience Builder.
Use when adding an icon to a component in a community or lightning app

Question 36

Init

Answer 36

Signals an Aura component initialization is complete

Use in Aura component

Question 37

After Render

Answer 37

Signals that the component has finished rendering

Use in Aura component

Question 38

DOM

Answer 38

“is the language-independent model for representing and interacting with objects in HTML
and XML documents.”
Use in programmatic functions