Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II — Question 104

Universal Container needs to integrate with an external system. Every time an Account record is updated to meet certain criteria, a SOAP message must be sent to a third party end-point with the following information: Name, Industry, AccountNumber, and Rating. The lead developer for the org is considering using Workflow rules instead of Apex triggers to fulfill the above requirements.
What are three benefits of using Workflow rules as opposed to Apex triggers? (Choose three.)

Answer options

• A. A SOAP message can send more than 100 notifications
• B. Two-way SSL is supported by including a client certificate
• C. Outbound messages prevent circular changes out-of-the-box
• D. Retry logic for outbound messages is enabled out-of-the-box
• E. Tracking outbound message delivery is enabled out-of-the-box

Correct answer: A, B, C

Explanation

Using Workflow rules has several benefits, such as the ability to send more than 100 notifications in a single SOAP message, which is crucial for scalability. Additionally, Workflow rules support two-way SSL with a client certificate and provide built-in prevention of circular changes, making them a safer choice than Apex triggers for this scenario. However, options D and E, while useful, do not highlight the specific advantages of using Workflow rules over Apex triggers.