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Salesforce Development-Lifecycle-and-Deployment-Architect Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Salesforce |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Salesforce Certified Platform Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect |
| Exam Number: | Development-Lifecycle-and-Deployment-Architect |
| Exam Price: | US$400 |
| Exam Format: | Multiple-choice, Multiple-select |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Valid indefinitely; requires maintenance modules every release cycle |
| Passing Score: | 65% |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 (plus up to 5 unscored questions) |
| Exam Duration: | 105 minutes |
| Available Languages: | Japanese, English |
| Related Certifications: | Salesforce Certified System Architect Salesforce Certified Application Architect Salesforce Certified Technical Architect |
| Recommended Training: | Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect Exam Guide Architect Journey: Development Lifecycle and Deployment |
| Exam Registration: | Pearson VUE Registration Salesforce Certification Registration |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or onsite at Pearson VUE testing centers |
| Pre Condition: | No formal prerequisites; recommended 2–3 years Salesforce experience and 1+ year DevOps/governance experience |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=005298968&language=en_US&type=1 |
Salesforce Development-Lifecycle-and-Deployment-Architect Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Building | 13% | - Coding standards and quality assurance processes - Code review and static analysis implementation - Salesforce DX and scratch orgs usage - Source control strategy and branching models |
| Application Lifecycle Management | 8% | - Governance strategy design based on organizational maturity - Environment strategy and sandbox design - Single-org vs multi-org architecture decisions - Development methodologies assessment and selection |
| Planning | 13% | - Management of unsupported metadata and configuration - Dependency identification and management - Technical reference data management and deployment - Pre-deployment and post-deployment planning |
| Releasing | 14% | - Change management process integration - Release communication and stakeholder management - Release management and versioning strategy - Production readiness and validation |
| Deploying | 14% | - Unlocked and managed packages implementation - Deployment tools comparison: Change Sets, Metadata API, CLI, Packages - Deployment troubleshooting and rollback strategies - Continuous integration and delivery setup |
| System Design | 15% | - Integration and data architecture design - Architecture alignment with business requirements - Compliance and security requirements implementation - Scalability and maintainability considerations |
| Operating | 8% | - Production change control and governance - Lifecycle process improvement - Post-release monitoring and feedback loops - Incident and problem management integration |
| Testing | 13% | - Test data management and security - Test coverage requirements and execution strategies - Testing methodology selection and design - Automated testing and regression strategy |
Development-Lifecycle-and-Deployment-Architect Exam Questions Answered
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The Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect exam requires a score of 65% to pass, and the official registration fee is US$400. Since the exam fee is a real investment, thorough preparation is the most practical way to protect it.
No formal prerequisites; recommended 2–3 years Salesforce experience and 1+ year DevOps/governance experience
You can confirm the current eligibility requirements on the official Development-Lifecycle-and-Deployment-Architect exam page before you register.
The Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect practice questions are organized around the official exam objectives. Key topics include:
- Testing (13%)
- Operating (8%)
- Deploying (14%)
Daily practice mapped to these topics keeps your preparation balanced across the whole syllabus.
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Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Architect Sample Questions:
UniversalContainers (UC) is using custom metadata types to control the behavior of a few of the custom functionalities. UC wants to Deploy custom metadata types to production using Metadata API.
Which two data types does UC need to include?
Choose 2 answers
- A. CustomObject
- B. CustomMetadataType
- C. CustomMetadata
- D. Custom Field
Correct Answer: C,D 🗳️
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Universal Containers has just initiated a project to implement a custom container tracking application with a large development team. The project manager is concerned that the large number of developers in a single developer pro sandbox could lead to challenges with code being overwritten. Which two methods should be used to mitigate this risk? Choose 2 answers
- A. Provide each developer their own sandbox developer org, and implement managed packages to deploy to the merge
- B. Provide each developer their own sandbox developer org and implement a code repository and continuous integration to merge code into the developer pro sandbox
- C. Use a single sandbox and strictly coordinate development across shared components, and implement a code repository to allow developers to merge code into a common repository
- D. Replace the developer pro sandbox with a Partial copy sandbox
Correct Answer: B,C 🗳️
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Universal Containers CUC) has developed extensions of Salesforce Service Cloud for the use of its customer service teams using the change set development model.
Recently, UC acquired a company that develops extensions of an AppExchange app. The development team of the acquired company uses the org development model. The Universal Containers CTO wants both teams to work on a single org and follow the same set of processes.
Which development model should the architect recommend to be used by the consolidated development team?
- A. Package development model, so teams can build release artifacts that can be tested and released independently from artifacts for other projects.
- B. Change set development model, because UC is already using it, so it will face less resistance.
- C. Org development model, because the acquired company's team is already using it, and it is better than the change set development model.
- D. Package development model, because it allows packages to be created and deployed using declarative (point-and-click) development tools, without writing code.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
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Universal Containers (UC) had added a Service team to the Salesforce Platform. The Service team would like to have a few dozen of the service centers entered into the system as technical reference data. The service centers are made searchable in many different web forms and rather independent from all other business entities. In the past, they had to manually add any new service centers in each sandbox in the code migration path, they would like to eliminate the manual work if it is possible.
What is an optimal way to accomplish this requirement?
- A. Add the service centers to a hierarchical custom settings.
- B. Add the service centers to a list custom settings.
- C. Define a brand-new custom object with a picklist field to host all of the service centers.
- D. Add all of the service centers to a custom metadata type.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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Universal Containers is about to begin the release of a major project. To facilitate this, they have several sandboxes to make their deployment train. These sandboxes are a mix of preview and non-preview instances.
What should the architect recommend?
- A. No advice needed, mixing instance types is important for regression testing.
- B. Refresh all non-preview sandboxes when the release management team has time.
- C. Refresh all non-preview sandboxes during the release preview window.
- D. Contact support to roll back the release when Salesforce upgrades the sandboxes,
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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