Ace Your PDI Developers Exam

A: Custom objects and fields are the fundamental building blocks of the database layer in Salesforce for creating and storing custom data.

C: Roll-up summary fields are a declarative feature used to perform calculations (e.g., sum, count) on child records and display the results on the parent record.

D: Relationships (e.g., master-detail, lookup) are essential for defining how data objects are related to each other.

Why not other options?

B: Triggers are a programmatic solution, which goes against the declarative-only requirement.

E: Flows are used for automation and logic, not for building the database layer.

Salesforce Data Modeling

Salesforce requires that every trigger must have at least 1% test coverage to be deployed. Since the trigger in question has 0% test coverage, the deployment will fail even if the helper method and related classes meet the coverage requirement.

Apex Trigger (Option B):

An Apex trigger can be written on theContainer__cobject to prevent deletion unless theStatus__cfield value is "Decommissioned".

This allows custom logic to be executed during the deletion process.

Apex Triggers Documentation

Validation Rule (Option D):

A validation rule is typically used to enforce conditions during record creation or update. However, it cannot directly restrict deletions.

To ensure deletion restriction, an Apex trigger is more effective.

Not Suitable:

Option A(Before record-triggered flow): Flows triggered "before delete" are not available.

Option C(After record-triggered flow): These occur after a record is deleted, so they cannot prevent the deletion process.

B: Using partial DML statements (e.g.,Database.insert(list, false)) allows only valid records to be committed while identifying invalid ones, avoiding runtime errors.

D: TheDatabase.Savepointmethod ensures transactional control by allowing rollback to a specific savepoint if an error occurs.

Why not other options?

A: The@ReadOnlyannotation is for read-only operations and would not allow DML operations.

C: TheSystem.Limitclass helps monitor limits but does not directly control transaction behavior.

Best Practices for Apex Transactions