Salesforce Developer Development-Lifecycle-and-Deployment-Architect Salesforce Study Notes

The best solution to address the problem of user testing taking a long time due to data setup is to include automated sample data during deployment. This way, the users can have realistic and consistent data to test the functionality and performance of the system. Assigning more users to create test data, testing data creation being outside the scope of continuous integration, or training business users to create test data more efficiently are not effective solutions, as they still require manual effort and may result in inconsistent or inaccurate data.

The usual symptoms of inadequate negative tests are the ones that indicate that the code is not handling the possible errors or exceptions that may occur in different scenarios. For example, when an Apex batch job runs at a scheduled time, an increased number of Apex execution errors occur over all1, this means that the code is not handling the possible concurrency issues, governor limits, or data quality issues that may arise when the job runs. Similarly, when an Apex process runs into an un-handled exception when an HTTP callout has an unexpected status code in the response body1, this means that the code is not handling the possible network issues, authentication issues, or API errors that may occur when making the callout. Another symptom is when developers constantly ask the testers for a screenshot of the error and the exact steps of reproducing the error1, this means that the code is not logging the error details or providing meaningful error messages to the users. Option A is incorrect because turning to the debug log for details of the failed Apex executions is not a symptom of inadequate negative tests, but a normal practice of debugging the code. Option E is incorrect because the delivered user interfaces are not meeting the expectations of the business users is not a symptom of inadequate negative tests, but a symptom of poor user interface design or incomplete requirements.

A requirement traceability matrix is a project artifact that maps each requirement to its corresponding test cases, ensuring that all requirements are covered by testing. User acceptance test scripts are the actual steps to execute the test cases, not the artifact that links them to the requirements. Testing strategy and test execution plan are high-level documents that describe the overall approach and schedule for testing, not the specific mapping of requirements and test cases.

The best option for UC is to refresh Stage now, and do not refresh UAT. This way, Stage will be on the preview instance and UAT will not. This will allow UC to test their application on both the current and the next Salesforce version, and ensure that they can release on the current version without any issues. Option B is incorrect because it is not necessary to check the Sandbox Preview Guide or refresh and redeploy to UAT. Option C is incorrect because it is too late to work with support to get on the preview instance after the cutoff dates. Option D is incorrect because it will result in both Stage and UAT being on the same version, which will not allow UC to test their application on the next Salesforce version.