Exam Details

  • Exam Code
    :DEVELOPMENT-LIFECYCLE-AND-DEPLOYMENT-DESIGNER
  • Exam Name
    :Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer
  • Certification
    :Salesforce Certifications
  • Vendor
    :Salesforce
  • Total Questions
    :227 Q&As
  • Last Updated
    :Mar 27, 2025

Salesforce Salesforce Certifications DEVELOPMENT-LIFECYCLE-AND-DEPLOYMENT-DESIGNER Questions & Answers

  • Question 171:

    Cloud Kicks is considering using an automated testing tool to help manage deployments between environments.

    When should the architect recommend the use of an automated testing tool?

    A. Automated tests should be run when branches are merged.

    B. Automated tests should be run dally in all Developer Orgs.

    C. Automated tests should be run only when merging into Full or Partial Copy sandboxes.

    D. Automated tests should be run daily in all Developer Orgs, and when branches are merged.

  • Question 172:

    Universal Containers (UC) is midway through a large enterprise project. UCis working in an agile model, and currently has four-week iterations, with a branching strategy supporting this approach. UC operates in a strict regulatory environment, and has dedicated teams for security, QA, and release management. The system is livewith users, and a serious production issue is identified at the start of a sprint, which is narrowed down to a bug in some Apex code.

    Which three approaches should an architect recommend to address this bug?

    Choose 3 answers

    A. Investigate potential data impacts.

    B. Fix the bug in a hotfix branch.

    C. Wait until the next release to deploy the fix.

    D. Attempt to fix the bug directly in production.

    E. Seek stakeholder approval for the hotfix.

  • Question 173:

    Universal Containers (UC) has two major releases every year and the team always run into longer deployment times. In which 2 ways can UC reduce deployment time? Choose 2 answers?

    A. Use recent deployment validations and the quick deploy feature.

    B. Deploy components in groups to reduce deployment time.

    C. Specify the test to run by using RunSpecifiedTests test level.

    D. Validate the deployment before migrating components to production.

  • Question 174:

    Universal Containers (UC) has two subsidiaries which operate independently. UC has made the decision to operate two of separate Salesforce orgs, one for each subsidiary. However, certain functions and processes between the two orgs must bestandardized. Which two approaches should UC take to develop customizations once, and make them available in both orgs? Choose 2 answers

    A. Develop the functionality in a sandbox and deploy it to both production orgs

    B. Set up Salesforce-to-Salesforce to deploy the functionality from one org to the other

    C. Create a managed package in a sandbox and deploy it to both production orgs

    D. Create a package in a Developer Edition org and deploy it to both production orgs

  • Question 175:

    A developer was trying to retrieve the metadata from an org and ran the sfdx force:source:retrieve command. When the command was run, the developer received the error message: "This command is required to run from within anSFDX project"

    What can be two possible reasons that caused this problem? Choose 2 answers

    A. The developer hadn't run the sfdx force:project:create command.

    B. The developer forgot to add the -n option with a project name as a command line argument.

    C. The developer created the project within VSCode, but ran the command in a separate terminal.

    D. The developer created the project, but ran the command outside of the project directory.

  • Question 176:

    Universal Containers (UC) has been following the Waterfall methodology to deliver customer apps in Salesforce. As the business is growing at scale and with demand to incorporate features and functionality at faster pace, UC is finding the Waterfall approach is not an optimal process, and intends to transition towards an agile development methodology.

    Which are the two strengths of using an agile development methodology? Choose 2

    A. Careful documentation is done at eachstep of the process so a target body of knowledge is available for inspection.

    B. There are many small releases of functional code, allowing stakeholders to see and touch the work in progress.

    C. All elements of the build are fully understood before work begins, reducing risk of unpleasant surprises.

    D. The project requirements in later phases are expected and accommodated by the process, by design.

  • Question 177:

    There are many types of quality assurance techniques that can help minimize defects in software projects. Which two techniques should an architect recommend, for Universal Containers to incorporate into its overall CI/CD pipeline? Choose 2 answers

    A. Business verification testing

    B. Stress testing

    C. Automated browser testing

    D. Static code quality analysis

  • Question 178:

    Universal Containers (UC) has noticed that unit tests are failing in production during deployments and in no other environments. Investigations have revealed that administrators are making minor changes in production without regard todependent components

    What two suggestions can the architect make to help UC discover these failing unit tests earlier?

    Choose 2 answers

    A. Stop administrators from making all changes.

    B. Ask administrators to run unit tests before every change.

    C. Train the administrators to make their changes in a special "admin changes" sandbox, and then promote to production.

    D. Ensure a metadata backup is committed to version control every day and a diff published to the release team.

  • Question 179:

    Universal Containers has a highly integrated environment with significant processorchestration between systems. When refreshing UAT, Objects that have external Ids from Production no longer point to valid External Ids in the UAT environment.

    What should an Architect do to resolve this?

    A. Let UAT point to production integrations and rollback each transaction after it finishes.

    B. Delete all the data and use an Automated testing tool to create new data across all the systems in UAT.

    C. Mask the External Id so nobody can see the production value.

    D. In the post refresh plan, modify external ids to a known valid set of values for UAT.

  • Question 180:

    In the effort of improving the code quality, Universal Containers (UC) has asked a third-party system integrator toperform some independent code reviews. One piece of the feedback is the development team is seemingly not doing enough negative unit testing.

    Which are three usual symptoms of inadequate negative tests

    Choose 3 answers

    A. Developers often have to turn to the debug log for details of the failed Apex executions.

    B. When an Apex batch job runs at a scheduled time, an increased number of Apex execution errors occur over all.

    C. An Apex process runs into an un-handled exception when an HTTP callout has an unexpected status code in the response body.

    D. Developers constantly ask the testers for a screenshot of the error and the exact steps of reproducing the error.

    E. The delivered user interfaces are regularly not meeting the expectations of the business users.

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