Automation - Flow Builder

Question 1

What are the 5 main flow types?

Answer 1

• Screen flow
• Record-triggered flow
• Scheduled flow
• Autolaunched flow
• Platform event flow

Question 2

What is the most common flow type?

Answer 2

Record-Triggered flow

Question 3

For the screen flow type of flow, what is the trigger and use cases?

Answer 3

Trigger: User launches
Use cases: Guided wizards, collect input

Question 4

For the record-triggered type of flow, what is the trigger and use cases?

Answer 4

Trigger: record created/Updated/Deleted
Use cases: Auto-update fields, create records

Question 5

For the scheduled flow type of flow, what is the trigger and use cases?

Answer 5

Trigger: time-based schedule
Use cases: Nightly cleanup, weekly reminders

Question 6

For the autolaunched flow type of flow, what is the trigger and use cases?

Answer 6

Trigger: called by other automation
Use cases: Reusable logic, subflows

Question 7

For the Platform event flow type of flow, what is the trigger and use cases?

Answer 7

Trigger: Platform event
Use cases: real-time integrations

Question 8

For record-triggered flows, what are the two timing options?

Answer 8

• Fast field updates (before save)
• Action and related records (after save)

Question 9

Which type of update should be used for simple field updates on same record only?

Answer 9

Fast field updates

Question 10

What are fast field updates (record-triggered flow timing)?

Answer 10

• Run BEFORE record saved to database
• Can update triggering record’s fields
• Cannot create/update other records
• Cannot send emails
• Fastest performance

Question 11

What are actions and related records (record-triggered flow timing)?

Answer 11

• Runs AFTER record saved to database
• Can update triggering record
• Can create/update other records
• Can send emails, post to Chatter
• Most common choice

Question 12

What are 4 types of flow elements?

Answer 12

• Logic elements
• Data elements
• Action elements
• Interaction elements

Question 13

What is the purpose of bulkification?

Answer 13

Handle multiple records efficiently (avoid governor limits)

Question 14

What are govern limits?

Answer 14

You can only make a limited number of queries and DML (Create/Update/Delete) operations per transaction.

Question 15

What are DML operations?

Answer 15

Create, Update, Delete operations

Question 16

What is bulkification?

Answer 16

Designing flows to process multiple records in a single operation rather than one at a time

Question 17

Whats the important thing to remember about bulkification?

Answer 17

Never put Get Records or Create/Update/Delete inside a loop