Object Manager & Lightning App Builder - Definitions & Core Concepts

Question 1

What is the Object Manager in Salesforce?

Answer 1

A tool for viewing and customizing standard and custom objects, their fields, and relationships.

Question 2

What are standard objects?

Answer 2

Predefined objects provided by Salesforce such as Account, Contact, Opportunity, and Case.

Question 3

What are custom objects?

Answer 3

Objects you create to store information unique to your organization.

Question 4

Where can you manage fields and relationships for an object?

Answer 4

In the Object Manager within Setup.

Question 5

What is a field in Salesforce?

Answer 5

A specific piece of data stored for a record in an object.

Question 6

What is a record?

Answer 6

A single instance of an object containing data for each field.

Question 7

What is a relationship field?

Answer 7

A field that links one object to another.

Question 8

What are the two main relationship types in Salesforce?

Answer 8

Lookup relationships and master-detail relationships.

Question 9

What is a lookup relationship?

Answer 9

A relationship that links two objects loosely where each record can exist independently.

Question 10

What is a master-detail relationship?

Answer 10

A strong relationship where the detail record depends on the master record.

Question 11

What happens to a detail record when its master record is deleted?

Answer 11

The detail record is also deleted.

Question 12

Can a master-detail relationship be converted to a lookup?

Answer 12

Yes, if no roll-up summary fields exist on the master.

Question 13

What are roll-up summary fields?

Answer 13

Fields on a master object that calculate values from related detail records.

Question 14

What is the maximum number of roll-up summary fields per object?

Answer 14

25.

Question 15

What is the Lightning App Builder?

Answer 15

A tool for creating and customizing Lightning pages using components.

Question 16

What types of Lightning pages can you create?

Answer 16

App pages, Record pages, and Home pages.

Question 17

What is a Lightning component?

Answer 17

A modular, reusable building block used in Lightning pages.

Question 18

What is a standard component?

Answer 18

A component provided by Salesforce.

Question 19

What is a custom component?

Answer 19

A component built by developers or installed from AppExchange.

Question 20

What is a page layout?

Answer 20

A layout that controls the arrangement of fields, related lists, and sections on a record page.

Question 21

What is a compact layout?

Answer 21

A layout that determines which fields appear in the highlights panel of a record.

Question 22

What is a record type?

Answer 22

A feature that lets you offer different business processes, picklist values, and layouts for different users.

Question 23

How can record types control business processes?

Answer 23

By assigning different picklist values and layouts for each type.

Question 24

What is a Lightning page?

Answer 24

A customizable interface composed of components and regions built with Lightning App Builder.

Question 25

Can you assign different Lightning record pages to different profiles?

Answer 25

Yes, you can assign pages by app, record type, or profile.

Question 26

What is a global action?

Answer 26

An action accessible from anywhere in Salesforce.

Question 27

What is an object-specific action?

Answer 27

An action tied to a particular object or record.

Question 28

What is a tab?

Answer 28

A navigation element that lets users access objects, pages, or web content.

Question 29

What is a custom tab?

Answer 29

A tab created for custom objects or Visualforce/Lightning pages.

Question 30

What is a schema builder?

Answer 30

A tool for visualizing and creating objects, fields, and relationships.

Question 31

What is a field dependency?

Answer 31

A filter that controls which values appear in a picklist based on another field’s value.

Question 32

What are formula fields?

Answer 32

Fields that calculate values dynamically using expressions.

Question 33

What are validation rules?

Answer 33

Rules that verify data entered into a record meets specific criteria.

Question 34

What happens when a validation rule fails?

Answer 34

The record cannot be saved until the data meets the rule’s condition.

Question 35

What is a field-level security setting?

Answer 35

A control that determines whether a field is visible or editable to a user.

Question 36

What is a page layout assignment?

Answer 36

A mapping of which page layout a user sees based on profile and record type.

Question 37

How do you make a field required?

Answer 37

Set it as required in the field definition or page layout.

Question 38

What is a Lightning Record Page template?

Answer 38

A predefined layout structure you choose when creating a Lightning page.

Question 39

What is the difference between classic and Lightning page layouts?

Answer 39

Classic layouts are static; Lightning pages are dynamic and component-based.

Question 40

How can you preview a Lightning page?

Answer 40

Use the preview function in Lightning App Builder before activation.

Question 41

What is activation in Lightning App Builder?

Answer 41

The process of assigning and deploying a Lightning page to users.