Salesforce Certified Platform Sharing and Visibility Architect Free Practice Test - 20 Questions

Question 1

What is the default Organization-Wide Default (OWD) access level for custom objects?

Accepted Answer

Private

Question 2

Which tool allows administrators to grant record access to groups of users without writing Apex code?

Accepted Answer

Sharing Rules

Question 3

If the Account OWD is Private, but the Contact OWD is Controlled by Parent, will a user with Read access to an Account automatically see its related Contacts?

Accepted Answer

Yes, because the contact inherits the parent's access.

Question 4

A support manager needs to view all Cases where the Priority is 'High', regardless of the case owner. Which sharing mechanism should be used?

Accepted Answer

Criteria-based sharing rule

Question 5

Which OWD setting allows users to edit records they do not own?

Accepted Answer

Public Read/Write

Question 6

What is the effect of enabling the 'Grant Access Using Hierarchies' checkbox on an object?

Accepted Answer

It allows role hierarchy to grant access downward.

Question 7

A user is removed from a Public Group. Which records that were previously accessible via a sharing rule that included that group become inaccessible?

Accepted Answer

Records the user accessed via that sharing rule are no longer accessible.

Question 8

Without a role hierarchy, how can a manager automatically access records owned by their direct reports?

Accepted Answer

It is not possible automatically; records must be shared manually.

Question 9

In Territory Management, how is record access granted to users in a territory?

Accepted Answer

Territory assignment automatically creates sharing records.

Question 10

When should an administrator run the 'Recalculate Sharing' action?

Accepted Answer

After modifying sharing rules or OWD settings.

Question 11

Which scenario requires Apex managed sharing?

Accepted Answer

Granting access based on a complex calculation not supported by sharing rules.

Question 12

Which object stores manual sharing records?

Accepted Answer

Share object (e.g., AccountShare)

Question 13

How does the 'Private' setting for Activities (Tasks and Events) affect visibility?

Accepted Answer

Activities are visible only to the owner, regardless of role hierarchy.

Question 14

What happens to child object sharing if the parent object OWD is Private but the child object OWD is Public Read Only?

Accepted Answer

Child records are visible to all users regardless of parent access.

Question 15

What does the 'View All' permission on an object do?

Accepted Answer

Grants read access to all records of that object, bypassing OWD.

Question 16

In Experience Cloud (Communities), how are external users typically granted access to parent records?

Accepted Answer

Via public groups and sharing sets.

Question 17

For person accounts, how does the sharing behavior differ from standard business accounts?

Accepted Answer

The contact record inherent in a person account inherits the account's sharing.

Question 18

Which factor determines whether a user can see a report's results?

Accepted Answer

The report folder's permissions and the user's record-level access.

Question 19

What is the primary purpose of a 'Share' object (e.g., AccountShare)?

Accepted Answer

To store which users have access to a specific record beyond OWD.

Question 20

A custom object has a Master-Detail relationship to Account. The Account OWD is Private. The detail object's OWD is 'Controlled by Parent'. A user has Read access to an Account. What access does the user have to the detail records?

Accepted Answer

Read access to all detail records of that Account.

Salesforce Certified Platform Sharing and Visibility Architect Free Practice Test - 20 Questions

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