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Salesforce Plat-Arch-205 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Record-Level Access Decisions | 18% | - Determine when to use territories and partitions - Determine the appropriate OWD settings for objects - Design sharing rules based on record ownership or criteria - Design role hierarchy based on access requirements |
| Topic 2: Designing Sharing Solutions | 18% | - Design sharing solutions based on business requirements - Determine when to use Account Teams, Opportunity Teams, or manual sharing - Design sharing solutions for business-to-business and business-to-consumer scenarios - Design sharing solutions that scale |
| Topic 3: Implementation Best Practices | 10% | - Plan for sharing model changes in large organizations - Follow security best practices for sharing architecture - Recommend appropriate tools and documentation |
| Topic 4: Security and Access Troubleshooting | 10% | - Identify and resolve common sharing problems - Use the Role Hierarchy report and Sharing Settings audit trail - Diagnose sharing access issues using sharing recalculation and debug logs |
| Topic 5: Communities and Sharing | 13% | - Determine when to use Customer Community or Partner Community licenses - Design sharing solutions for internal and external users - Configure sharing for community users |
| Topic 6: Apex Sharing | 10% | - Determine when to use Apex sharing reasons - Design Apex managed sharing solutions - Understand security considerations for Apex sharing |
| Topic 7: Sharing Architecture Basics | 8% | - Explain the difference between Grant Access Using Hierarchies and manual sharing - Define the core components of the sharing model - Describe the layers of role hierarchy |
| Topic 8: Object-Level and Field-Level Access | 13% | - Determine when to use field-level security versus layout assignments - Determine when to use read-only fields versus no edit access - Design profiles and permission sets for object and field access |
Plat-Arch-205 Exam Preparation: Frequently Asked Questions
It is recommended (but not required) to hold the Salesforce Certified Administrator credential and have experience with Salesforce sharing and security features before attempting this exam Rules change occasionally, so verify the current requirements on the official Salesforce exam page before you schedule.
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The Plat-Arch-205 exam is a Salesforce certification exam validating the knowledge in the Salesforce Certified Platform Sharing and Visibility Architect syllabus shown above. It belongs to these credential paths: Salesforce Certified Administrator, Salesforce Certified Application Architect, Salesforce Certified System Architect. Beyond theoretical knowledge, employers want demonstrated skills — and this credential provides that evidence in 2026's competitive market. PracticeVCE helps you prepare with 87 practice questions in PDF, Desktop Test Engine, and Online Test Engine formats.
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The official Salesforce Certified Platform Sharing and Visibility Architect outline defines 8 domains. The top three are Sharing Architecture Basics (8%), Object-Level and Field-Level Access (13%), and Implementation Best Practices (10%). See the full list in the topics section above — PracticeVCE's 87 practice questions span every domain.
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Salesforce Certified Platform Sharing and Visibility Architect Sample Questions:
Universal Containers uses Person Accounts to represent retail customers and Business Accounts to represent commercial customers. The retail sales team should not have access to commercial customers but should have access to ALL retail customers. With the organization- wide default on Account set to Private, how should the architect meet these requirements?
- A. Create an owner-based sharing rule on AccountContactRelation to grant access to all account contact records owned by retail sales reps.
- B. Update the Retail Sales profile to grant access to Person Account record type.
- C. Create a criteria-based sharing rule giving the Retail Sales role access to Accounts of type PersonAccount.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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Universal Containers (UC) has a custom Apex class that enforces a business process and updates opportunities. UC has noticed that fields with Field-Level Security permission of Read- Only on certain users
' profiles are being updated by this class. How should the architect fix this problem?
- A. Add the With Sharing keyword to the class.
- B. Use the isUpdateable() Apex method to test each field prior to allowing update.
- C. Put the code in an inner class that uses the With Sharing keyword.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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In order to allow community users to collaborate on Opportunities, which license type must the users be given?
- A. Partner Community
- B. Customer Community
- C. Customer Community Plus
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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Universal Containers (UC) wants to reduce the amount of redundant leads entered into the system. UC also wants to ensure that leads are only edited/reassigned by the lead owner. Which organization-wide default (OWD) approach should be recommended to help UC implement these requirements?
- A. Implement a Private OWD on Lead.
- B. Implement a Public Read-Only OWD on Lead.
- C. Implement a Public Read-Only/Transfer OWD on Lead.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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Universal Containers has implemented Customer Community with Customer Community Plus licenses for its distributors. Retail distributors have part-time agents who work for multiple distributors. These agents should have access to other distributor accounts as well. What should be configured to grant agents access to different distributor accounts?
- A. Create a sharing set to share distributor accounts with agents using account contact relationship.
- B. Use Apex sharing to share distributor accounts with agents using the Account_Share table.
- C. Create sharing rules to share distributor accounts with agents.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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