Salesforce Certified Data Architect — Question 40

As part of addressing General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements, Universal Containers (UC) plans to implement a data classification policy for all of its internal systems that store customer information including Salesforce.
What should a data architect recommend so that UC can easily classify customer information maintained in Salesforce under both standard and custom objects?

Answer options

• A. Use Data Classification metadata fields available in Field definition.
• B. Build reports that contain customer data and classify manually.
• C. Create a custom picklist field to capture classification of information on the Contact object.
• D. Use an AppExchange product to classify fields based on policy.

Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is A because utilizing Data Classification metadata fields in Field definition provides an efficient and standardized way to classify data automatically within Salesforce. Options B and C are less efficient as they require manual processes and do not leverage built-in features, while option D might introduce unnecessary complexity and reliance on third-party solutions.