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In the Einstein Trust Layer, the Salesforce Agentforce Specialist can configure privacy data entities to be masked (Option C). This ensures sensitive or personally identifiable information (PII) is obfuscated when processed by AI models.

Data Masking Configuration:

The Agentforce Specialist defines which fields or data types (e.g., email, phone number, Social Security Number) should be masked. For example, masking the Email field in a prompt response to protect user privacy.

This is done through declarative settings in Salesforce, where entities (standard or custom fields) are flagged for masking.

Why Other Options Are Incorrect:

A. Profiles exempt from masking: Exemptions are typically managed via permissions (e.g., field-level security), not directly within Einstein Trust Layer’s Data Masking settings.

B. Encryption keys for masking: Encryption is separate from masking. Masking involves obfuscation (e.g., replacing "john@example.com" with "@"), not encryption, which uses keys to secure data.

Einstein Trust Layer Documentation: States that Data Masking allows admins to "define which fields should be masked to protect sensitive data."

Trailhead Module: "Einstein Trust Layer Basics" explains configuring privacy entities for masking.

Salesforce Help Article: "Secure AI with Einstein Trust Layer" details masking configurations for privacy compliance.

Dynamic grounding with secure data retrieval is a key feature in Salesforce's Einstein Trust Layer, which provides enhanced data protection and ensures that AI-generated outputs are both accurate and securely sourced. This feature allows relevant Salesforce data to be merged into the AI-generated responses, ensuring that the AI outputs are contextually aware and aligned with real-time CRM data.

Dynamic grounding means that AI models are dynamically retrieving relevant information from Salesforce records (such as customer records, case data, or custom object data) in a secure manner. This ensures that any sensitive data is protected during AI processing and that the AI model’s outputs are trustworthy and reliable for business use.

The other options are less aligned with the requirement:

Data masking refers to obscuring sensitive data for privacy purposes and is not related to merging Salesforce records into prompts.

Zero-data retention policy ensures that AI processes do not store any user data after processing, but this does not address the need to merge Salesforce record information into a prompt.

Salesforce Developer Documentation on Einstein Trust Layer

Salesforce Security Documentation for AI and Data Privacy

UC is deploying an Agentforce Service Agent with multiple topics and actions to production. Let’s assess deployment considerations.

Option A: Deploy agent components without a test run in staging, relying on production data for reliable results. Sandbox configuration alone ensures seamless production deployment.Skipping staging tests is risky and against best practices. Sandbox configuration doesn’t guarantee production success without validation, making this incorrect.

Option B: Ensure all dependencies are included, Apex classes meet 75% test coverage, and configuration settings are aligned with production. Plan for version management and post-deployment activation.This is a comprehensive approach: dependencies (e.g., flows, Apex) must be deployed, Apex requires 75% coverage, and production settings (e.g., permissions, channels) must align. Version management tracks changes, and post-deployment activation ensures controlled rollout. This aligns with Salesforce deployment best practices for Agentforce, making it the correct answer.

Option C: Deploy flows or Apex after agents, topics, and Agent Actions to avoid deployment failures and potential production agent issues requiring complete redeployment.Deploying components separately risks failures (e.g., actions needing flows failing). All components should deploy together for consistency, making this incorrect.

Why Option B is Correct:

Option B covers all critical deployment considerations for a robust Agentforce rollout, as per Salesforce guidelines.

Why is "A structured, searchable repository of approved documents" the correct answer?

Using a Knowledge Article in an Agentforce Data Library ensures that agents can quickly access reliable and pre-approved information during customer interactions.

Key Benefits of Knowledge Articles in an Agentforce Data Library:

Ensures Information Accuracy and Consistency

Knowledge articles provide approved, well-structured responses, reducing the risk of misinformation.

This ensures customer service consistency across different agents.

Improves Searchability and AI-Grounded Responses

Articles are indexed and retrieved efficiently by AI-powered search engines.

AI-generated responses are grounded in accurate, structured knowledge, improving response quality.

Enhances Customer Support and Agent Productivity

Agents spend less time searching for information and more time resolving customer inquiries.

Einstein AI can suggest the most relevant articles based on conversation context.

Why Not the Other Options?

❌ A. Only the retriever for Knowledge articles allows for agents to access Knowledge from both inside the platform and on a customer's website.

Incorrect because other retrievers (e.g., standard Salesforce Data Cloud retrievers) can also provide knowledge access.

Knowledge articles can be accessed via multiple retrieval mechanisms, not just one specific retriever.

❌ C. The retriever for Knowledge articles has better accuracy and performance than the default retriever.

Incorrect because retriever accuracy depends on indexing and search configuration, not the article type.

The default retriever works just as efficiently when properly configured.

Agentforce Specialist References

Salesforce AI Specialist Material confirms that Knowledge articles provide structured, searchable, and approved information for AI-grounded responses​.