Salesforce Platform Developer II (PD2) Practice Tests +Expl.

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This set of practice exams will help you to prepare for and pass the Salesforce Platform Developer II exam. Master the concepts with detailed explanations of each correct answer, as well as explanations for incorrect answers on select questions. Trust that the answers are accurate by reviewing relevant Salesforce documentation pages which are linked in the explanation.

The Salesforce Platform Developer II program is designed for individuals who would like to demonstrate their skills and knowledge in advanced programmatic capabilities of the Lightning Platform and data modeling to develop complex business logic and interfaces. The candidate can design, develop, test, and deploy programmatic solutions that are maintainable, reusable, and follow design patterns and object-oriented programming best practices.

The Salesforce Platform Developer I credential is a prerequisite for the program.

This certification consists of two parts: the Platform Developer II proctored multiple-choice exam and three superbadges: Apex Specialist, Data Integration Specialist, and Advanced Apex Specialist. These credentials can be earned in any sequence and will automatically earn the Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II certification.

The Salesforce Platform Developer II exam covers the topics outlined below:

• Understands the principles and best practices of Salesforce data modeling, user experience design, code development, and testing, and can apply these principles in real-world development environments.

• Is capable of defining appropriate solutions to meet specific business challenges/process requirements to extend/customize the platform by applying knowledge of declarative and programmatic features of the Lightning Platform.

• Is competent in developing Apex code that will scale to large data sets and has a good understanding of platform behaviors, limits, and performance considerations.

• Understands implications when handling larger volumes of data (approximately 300,000 to 480,000 records).

• Can build or modify custom user interfaces to display and interact with Salesforce data using Lightning Web Components and Aura Components, advanced Visualforce, CSS, and JavaScript.

• Is competent in tuning Visualforce pages and understands performance implications of the controller design.

• Understands and applies best practices for general web and Salesforce-specific security concerns.

• Can design and implement complex sharing models using declarative and programmatic methods.

• Can design and implement a test plan that ensures sufficient quality (for example; code coverage, application behaviors, scalability, environment independence, security) across application components.

• Can test Lightning web components using Jest.

• Can deploy custom applications, has a broad understanding of the Salesforce development lifecycle, understands deployment tools, and knows when to apply each tool.

• Understands and can implement Apex SOAP and REST web services, and how to call out from Apex using SOAP and REST.

• Understands and uses asynchronous programming - queueable, batchable, schedulable, @future, etc.

• Understands and applies appropriate techniques for error and exception handling in various programmatic contexts.

• Implements best practices for trigger development and design patterns, other business logic development, and re-use.

• Knows how to surface Lightning Web Components and Aura Components on a Lightning page, Visualforce page, and with Quick Actions.