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Salesforce Plat-Arch-204 Exam Syllabus

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Before starting your Plat-Arch-204 exam preparation, it is recommended to review the complete Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect exam syllabus and carefully go through the exam objectives listed below. Once you understand the exam structure and objectives, you should practice using our free Plat-Arch-204 questions. We also provide premium Plat-Arch-204 practice test, fully updated according to the latest exam objectives, to help you accurately assess your preparedness for the actual exam.

Salesforce Plat-Arch-204 Exam Objectives

Section Weight Objectives
Evaluate the Current System Landscape 8%
  • Given a set of business requirements, identify the current system landscape and determine what standards, limitations, boundaries, and protocols exist.
  • Given an existing system landscape, analyze for constraints and/or pain-points to satisfy a business requirement(s).
  • Given a set of requirements, evaluate the authentication and authorization needs based on the system landscape.
Evaluate Business Needs 11%
  • Given a use case, identify functional and non-functional requirements needed for integration.
  • Based on a given integration requirement, identify and classify data into Confidential/Secure/Public.
  • Given a use case, identify key factors for CRM success that should be included as integration requirements.
  • Given a use case, identify the business growth and regulatory factors that can impact choice of integration solutions.
Translate Needs to Integration Requirements 22%
  • Given an existing system landscape diagram, create an inventory of the systems and integration patterns.
  • Given a use case and business process, evaluate system and process constraints.
  • Given a use case, identify integration security/authentication/authorization requirements. 
  • Given a use case, identify performance needs (volumes, response times, latency) and propose appropriate integration solutions that will meet business requirements.
Design Integration Solutions 28%
  • Given a use case, identify the integration pattern that meets business requirements.
  • Given a use case, define the components which create a solution that meets business requirements. 
  • Given a use case, identify the trade-offs, limitations, and constraints that meet the proposed solution.
  • Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints, or drivers, specify the appropriate Salesforce application programming interface(s) (API) for the proposed solution.
  • Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints, or drivers, determine the standards, components, techniques, and security mechanism that should be used.
Build Solution 23%
  • Given a use case that includes technical requirements, constraints, or drivers, identify the considerations when designing and implementing an API(s), both Salesforce as an API provider and Salesforce as an API consumer.
  • Given a use case, identify the considerations when choosing the right option in making an outbound call to an external system.
  • Given a use case, describe what should be considered when building a scalable solution.
  • Given a use case, determine error handling for different integration options.
  • Given a use case, create a security solution for inbound or outbound integrations.
  • Given a use case, identify the factors needed to build resilience in an integration solution for system updates.
Maintain Integration 8%
  • Given an integration maintenance use case, identify performance monitoring needs for integration requirements.
  • Given a use case, identify the appropriate error handling, escalation, and recovery procedures for a failed integration.
  • Given a use case, identify reporting needs for integration monitoring.
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