DEV-501 Certified Force.com Advanced Developer Question and Answers

What is the size of the batches in which triggers execute?

Universal Containers requires that all job applications have a unique code that is auto-populated when records are created. The code must be different from the record ID.

What would a developer use to accomplish this declaratively?

For objects where data access is granted through the role hierarchy, how is access granted?

A text area input element. Use this component to get user input for a controller method that does not correspond to a field on a Salesforce object, for a value that requires a text area.

A section of data within an component, similar to a section in a standard Salesforce page layout definition.

An component consists of one or more columns, each of which spans two cells: one for a field's label, and one for its value. Each component found in the body of an is placed into the next cell in a row until the number of columns is reached. At that point, the next component wraps to the next row and is placed in the first cell.

To add a field from a Salesforce object to an , use an or component. Each of these components automatically displays with the field's associated label. To add fields for variables or methods that are not based on Salesforce object fields, or to customize the format of Salesforce object field labels, use an component. Each , , or component spans both cells of a single column.

What are some RESTful service callout HTTP verbs? (No Answer)

Which developer tool can be used to create a data model? Choose 2 answers

What can cross-object formulas reference?

A data series to be rendered as bars in a Visualforce chart. At a minimum you must specify the fields in the data collection to use as X and Y values for each bar, as well as the X and Y axes to scale against.

Note: This component must be enclosed within an component. You can have multiple and components in a single chart.

How should one prevent soql injection when using dynamic soql? (No Answer)

Defines an axis for a chart. Use this to set the units, scale, labeling, and other visual options for the axis. You can define up to four axes for a single chart, one for each edge.

Note: This component must be enclosed within an component. This component is only applicable to bar and line charts.

Which dashboard component displays a grand total across a set of data? Choose 2 answers

Which keywords do developers use to handle exceptions in Apex?

A developer would like to modify the contents of the hover details for a custom object called Position. What would a developer customize to accomplish this?

Which trigger context variable allows you to modify field values before they are written to the database in the before trigger? (No Answer)

Object B has a lookup relationship to Object A. Object C has a lookup relationship to Object B. A developer needs to run a report on A records with C records.

How can the developer accomplish this?

What are two ways to invoke a custom web service?

Apex code can be initiated in what ways? (Select all that apply)

Which invocation method occurs when triggers are called by the Force.com platform during the save process?

• Explicit invocation
• Implicit invocation
• Explicit invocation using anonymous blocks
• External API invocation

Which statement is TRUE about master-detail relationships in the Force.com platform? Choose 2 answers

The markup defines the user interface components that should be included on the page, and the way they should appear.

Hiring managers at Universal Containers would like a visual mechanism for determining review score outliers. Review scores are captured as a custom field on a custom Review object and can range from l to 10. Any review score that is > 8 should be highlighted in green.

Any review score that is < 4 should be highlighted In red.

How would a developer accomplish this?

Which type of tab can a developer create? Choose 3 answers.

Positions is a custom object in a recruiting application built on the Force.com platform. Department is a field on the Position object.

Which type of report should a developer create to show hiring managers the number of positions grouped by department?

A component that adds AJAX support to another component, allowing the component to be refreshed asynchronously by the server when a particular event occurs, such as a button click or mouseover.

See also: .

This tag allows a custom component author to define a location where a user can insert content into the custom component. This is especially useful for generating custom iteration components. This component is valid only within an tag, and only a single definition per custom component is allowed.

What components of apex are available to improve the processing of data in Salesforce?

How can a wireless device user approve a record? Choose 3 answers

A developer can use optional catch statements for any exception type in a try-catch block. However, the general exception type, 'Exception', must only be used by the last catch() block.

EXAMPLE:

try{

// Some risky code.

}

catch(SomeExceptionType e){

// Handle one exception type.

}

catch(SomeOtherExceptionType e){

// Handle another exception type.

}

catch(Exception e){

// This must be the last catch block.

}

~|~

(Select all that apply)

A template component that declares a named area that must be defined by an component in another Visualforce page. Use this component with the and components to share data between multiple pages.

Can apex code be created directly in the production environment?

What is the default return type of a sosl statement?