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Record type availability determines which record types a user can select when creating records. Salesforce allows record types to be assigned through profiles, permission sets, and permission set groups. Therefore, if the support team ' s profile currently provides access to Bronze, removing Bronze from that profile prevents users from selecting that record type, assuming it is not granted through another permission set. Organization-wide defaults and sharing rules regulate access to records after they exist; they do not control which record types a user can select during creation. A permission set group containing Platinum and Diamond could grant additional access but does not inherently revoke Bronze access already provided by the profile. The direct solution described by the options is therefore to remove the Bronze record type assignment from the support team ' s profile.

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A custom field type change can substantially increase change-set deployment time because Salesforce may need to transform existing stored data to conform to the new field representation. Salesforce ' s official Change Sets Best Practices documentation specifically warns administrators to consider possible deployment delays when a change set includes custom field type changes. The documentation explains that these changes can require modifications across a large number of existing records and therefore can extend deployment for a significant period. Salesforce even recommends considering a manual field-type modification after deployment when avoiding the delay is important. Profiles may increase deployment complexity because they contain access metadata, but they are not the specific documented cause identified here. Dependent fields and roles likewise do not inherently produce the extended data-conversion processing associated with changing a field ' s underlying data type.

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The correct answer is B. Field-level security.

Only users with the Outer Planets profile need to see the Jupiter field. Salesforce field-level security, also called field permissions, controls whether users can view or edit individual fields on an object. This is the proper way to restrict a field by profile or permission set.

Sharing rules control record-level access, not field visibility. Filtered views affect list views, not field security. Classic encryption protects sensitive data but is not the correct feature for profile-based field visibility.

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The correct answer is A. Account Object .

Roll-up summary fields are created on the parent object , because the summary value is displayed on the parent record. Here, the KPI values need to appear for each Account , and they summarize related Opportunity records. Therefore, the app builder should go to the Account object in Object Manager and create roll-up summary fields there.

For this requirement, the app builder would create separate roll-up summary fields on Account, such as:

Count of open Opportunities

Count of won Opportunities

Salesforce documentation describes roll-up summary fields as fields that calculate values from related records, such as records in a related list.

C. Opportunity Object is incorrect because Opportunity is the child/related record being counted.

D. Lightning App Builder is incorrect because Lightning App Builder controls page layout/components, not the creation of roll-up fields.

B. Lightning Object Creator is used to create objects from spreadsheets, not build rollups.

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The correct place to verify whether a change set can be deployed is Inbound Change Sets in the target org, normally Production.

Salesforce guidance says that after uploading a change set from the source sandbox, the app builder goes to Setup → Inbound Change Sets, opens the change set awaiting deployment, and clicks Validate. Validation checks whether the deployment succeeds or fails before committing the changes.

A. Deployment Settings is mainly used to authorize deployment connections and allow inbound changes from another org. C. Deployment Status is used to monitor deployment progress/results, not to initiate validation of an inbound change set.

The correct answer is C. Create a Partial Copy Sandbox and use a sandbox template.

A Partial Copy Sandbox includes metadata plus selected production data and supports the use of a sandbox template to control which objects and data are copied. This allows the app builder to exclude confidential custom objects. It also meets the weekly refresh requirement because Salesforce allows Partial Copy sandboxes to be refreshed every 5 days.

B. Full Copy Sandbox can use a sandbox template, but it does not meet the weekly refresh requirement.

A and D are incorrect because Developer and Developer Pro sandboxes are not the correct choice when the sandbox must include selected production data records through a sandbox template.

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Flow Orchestration is designed for sophisticated, long-running business processes that coordinate multiple flows, users, teams, and stages. Salesforce distinguishes ordinary Flow from Orchestration by describing flows as primarily record-centric, whereas orchestrations are user-centric and coordinate processes involving different people and different parts of an organization. Interactive orchestration steps can create work items and assign them to individual users, groups, or queues, making them suitable for onboarding activities distributed across multiple participants and days. A Screen Flow can guide one interactive session but is not the strongest choice for coordinating long-running work across multiple users. Entitlement processes are primarily service-management mechanisms, and a custom LWC would introduce unnecessary development. The multi-user, multi-stage nature of the requirement therefore directly aligns with Flow Orchestration. Salesforce

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The correct answer is B. The deployed permission set will only contain changes related to the change set.

When permission sets are included in change sets, the deployment carries permission settings related to the components included in the change set. The existing permission set in production is not completely overwritten as a whole object, and field-level security changes can be included when the relevant fields are part of the deployment. Salesforce documents permission sets and profile settings as access settings that can be included with change sets.

A is incorrect because the whole permission set is not simply wiped and replaced.

C is incorrect because field-level security can be deployed when included properly.

D is close in plain language, but the more accurate exam answer is that the deployed permission set contains only changes related to the change set.

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The correct answer is B. Verify there is an Apex test that provides test coverage for the flow.

For deploying an active autolaunched flow to production, Salesforce requires flow test coverage. Salesforce documentation states that before deploying a process or autolaunched flow as active, the org must meet flow test coverage requirements, and Apex tests must cover active processes and active autolaunched flows.

A is not the main deployment consideration for making the flow active in production.

C is incorrect because Salesforce does not require 100% flow test coverage.

D is incorrect for this scenario because the requirement is to deploy it already active, not manually activate it after deployment.

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The correct answer is C. Data Export Service.

Salesforce Data Export Service is the native tool used to export backup data from a Salesforce org. It allows admins to create export files of Salesforce data and schedule exports. Salesforce documentation describes Data Export as the feature for exporting backup data from Salesforce.

Important exam note: the question says “daily backup,” but standard Salesforce Data Export scheduling is commonly weekly or monthly depending on edition and settings. Among the listed options, Data Export Service is still the correct Platform App Builder answer.

A is incorrect because refreshing a Full Copy sandbox is not a backup strategy.

B is incorrect because packages move metadata, not org data backup.

D is incorrect because “Support expert” is not the Salesforce backup/export tool.

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