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Salesforce Certified System Architect
The Salesforce Certified System Architect credential is a prestigious professional certification designed to validate the high-level technical expertise required to design and implement complex Salesforce solutions
- 105 min
- 65% to pass
- 60 bank questions
- 4 domains
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Sample Salesforce Certified System Architect exam question
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An order integration uses Batch Apex to send approved Order__c records to an external ERP system. The execute method loops through each record in the batch scope and performs a synchronous HTTP callout. During the first production run, the job hits runtime limits and some records are not processed. Review the code excerpt and select the two design changes that will make the integration resilient and stay within Salesforce governor limits.
global class OrderSyncBatch implements Database.Batchable<SObject> {
global Database.QueryLocator start(Database.BatchableContext bc) {
return Database.getQueryLocator([
SELECT Id, Order_Number__c, Status__c
FROM Order__c
WHERE Status__c = 'Approved'
]);
}
global void execute(Database.BatchableContext bc, List<Order__c> scope) {
for (Order__c ord : scope) {
HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
req.setEndpoint('https://erp.example.com/order/' + ord.Order_Number__c);
req.setMethod('POST');
req.setBody('{"status":"approved"}');
new Http().send(req);
}
}
global void finish(Database.BatchableContext bc) {
}
}Exam facts at a glance
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- Time limit
- 105 minutes
- Passing score
- 65%
- Domains
- 4
- Questions in our bank
- 60
- Level
- EXPERT
- Measured complexity
- 2.2 / 10
- Question mix
- 20 single · 20 multi · 20 interactive
Where the hard questions actually are
We score every question in the bank 1-10 on a reproducible formula. Below is the per-domain breakdown.
- Data Modeling & Management15 questions · complexity 2.4/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 13% scenario · 33% interactive
- Identity and Access Management15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Integration Architecture15 questions · complexity 2.4/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 13% scenario · 33% interactive
- Platform Development Lifecycle & Deployment15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
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