Data Architecture and Management Exam
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Why would you backup Salesforce data? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1) Recover from data
corruption
2) Prepare for a data migration rollback
3) Archive data to reduce volumes
4) Replicate data to data warehouse/BI
5) Take snapshots of development versions
What two types of information can you backup from Salesforce? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1) Data
2) Metadata
What four APIs can you use to backup data and metadata? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1)
REST API
2) SOAP API
3) Bulk API
3) Metadata API
What are the pros and cons of conducting a full backup? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PRO
1) Contains all info
CONS
1) Can be a large volume
2) Takes a long time to retrieve a subset
What are the pros and cons of an incremental backup? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PRO
1) Efficient for retrieving a change that took place on a specific data
2) Smaller files are easier to handle
CONS
,1) May lack related info and takes longer to build a full picture
Which API is especially suited for incremental backups? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Data
replication API
What are the pros and cons of a partial backup? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PROS
1) Efficient for retrieving a record from a subset (ideal for archiving)
2) May lack related info
What security considerations should you make when storing any local backups? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1) File system storage (data location, disk capacity, redundancy, availability,
durability, encryption of data at rest, encryption key management, physical security access,
authentication, access logs, and other security requirements)
2) Backup and Restore server configuration, run and maintenance (availability, redundancy,
encryption of data in transit, encryption of cached data, network/CPU/memory capacity, etc.)
3) Backup archives retention (retain backups for a specific amount of time)
When choosing a backup method what high-level considerations should you make? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1) Security
2) Restoration Capability
3) Fault Tolerance and Scalability
4) Customization and Automation
What options do you have when choosing a backup method? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1)
Weekly Data Export
2) Data Loader
3) Build own solution using APIs
4) AppExchange App
In what scenario, should you consider using Salesforce APIs for backups? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅When you need a solution with flexibility in the following areas:
1) Backup and Restore scope (files, metadata, data)
2) Backup automation frequency
, 3) Need for Backup plan personalization (mix full backups and incremental backups, give
higher priority to specific objects/filed)
4) Backup plain maintenance (environment change detection, support new Salesforce releases
and API changes)
When you need to preserve governor limits regarding the number of API calls which API
should you use? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Bulk API
(Bulk API doesn't consume API calls but consumes Bulk API calls, which are less restrictive)
When you need to preserve the governor limit regarding number of batches per rolling 24
hour period which API should you use? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅REST API or SOAP
API
(Note: REST API and SOAP API are not subject to Bulk-specific governor limits, but they do
have their own limits)
When you need to backup an object containing a large volume of records (more than 2M) or
you need to do a backup that raises performance issues which API should you use? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Bulk API
(Note: Bulk will generally e faster than other APIs, but REST or SOAP may get better results
depending on: query batch size, current asynchronous load on the instance, degree of
parallelization)
When you need to backup an object that is not yet supported by the Bulk API which API
should you use? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅REST API or SOAP API
(Note: Bulk API does not yet support all queryable objects)
When you need to backup an object that contains a lot of XML-like info which API should
you use? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Metadata API
(Note: The Metadata API is the most exhaustive API to retrieve metadata, but a large part is
also available to REST, SOAP, and Tooling APIs
When you need to back up files (Attachment, ContentVersion, Document, FeedItem,
StaticResource, etc.) which API should you use? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅REST API or
SOAP API
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Why would you backup Salesforce data? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1) Recover from data
corruption
2) Prepare for a data migration rollback
3) Archive data to reduce volumes
4) Replicate data to data warehouse/BI
5) Take snapshots of development versions
What two types of information can you backup from Salesforce? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1) Data
2) Metadata
What four APIs can you use to backup data and metadata? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1)
REST API
2) SOAP API
3) Bulk API
3) Metadata API
What are the pros and cons of conducting a full backup? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PRO
1) Contains all info
CONS
1) Can be a large volume
2) Takes a long time to retrieve a subset
What are the pros and cons of an incremental backup? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PRO
1) Efficient for retrieving a change that took place on a specific data
2) Smaller files are easier to handle
CONS
,1) May lack related info and takes longer to build a full picture
Which API is especially suited for incremental backups? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Data
replication API
What are the pros and cons of a partial backup? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅PROS
1) Efficient for retrieving a record from a subset (ideal for archiving)
2) May lack related info
What security considerations should you make when storing any local backups? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅1) File system storage (data location, disk capacity, redundancy, availability,
durability, encryption of data at rest, encryption key management, physical security access,
authentication, access logs, and other security requirements)
2) Backup and Restore server configuration, run and maintenance (availability, redundancy,
encryption of data in transit, encryption of cached data, network/CPU/memory capacity, etc.)
3) Backup archives retention (retain backups for a specific amount of time)
When choosing a backup method what high-level considerations should you make? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1) Security
2) Restoration Capability
3) Fault Tolerance and Scalability
4) Customization and Automation
What options do you have when choosing a backup method? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1)
Weekly Data Export
2) Data Loader
3) Build own solution using APIs
4) AppExchange App
In what scenario, should you consider using Salesforce APIs for backups? - CORRECT
ANSWERS✅✅When you need a solution with flexibility in the following areas:
1) Backup and Restore scope (files, metadata, data)
2) Backup automation frequency
, 3) Need for Backup plan personalization (mix full backups and incremental backups, give
higher priority to specific objects/filed)
4) Backup plain maintenance (environment change detection, support new Salesforce releases
and API changes)
When you need to preserve governor limits regarding the number of API calls which API
should you use? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Bulk API
(Bulk API doesn't consume API calls but consumes Bulk API calls, which are less restrictive)
When you need to preserve the governor limit regarding number of batches per rolling 24
hour period which API should you use? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅REST API or SOAP
API
(Note: REST API and SOAP API are not subject to Bulk-specific governor limits, but they do
have their own limits)
When you need to backup an object containing a large volume of records (more than 2M) or
you need to do a backup that raises performance issues which API should you use? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Bulk API
(Note: Bulk will generally e faster than other APIs, but REST or SOAP may get better results
depending on: query batch size, current asynchronous load on the instance, degree of
parallelization)
When you need to backup an object that is not yet supported by the Bulk API which API
should you use? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅REST API or SOAP API
(Note: Bulk API does not yet support all queryable objects)
When you need to backup an object that contains a lot of XML-like info which API should
you use? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Metadata API
(Note: The Metadata API is the most exhaustive API to retrieve metadata, but a large part is
also available to REST, SOAP, and Tooling APIs
When you need to back up files (Attachment, ContentVersion, Document, FeedItem,
StaticResource, etc.) which API should you use? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅REST API or
SOAP API
