SALESFORCE ADMIN CERTIFICATION 175 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Permission Set. Answer: A collection of settings and permissions
that give users access to various tools and functions. The settings
and permissions in permission sets are also found in profiles, but
permission sets extend users' functional access without changing
their profiles
◉ Profile. Answer: Defines how users access objects and data and
what they can do within the application When you create users, each
one gets a profile.
◉ 2 reasons you can't deactivate a user. Answer: User is a recipient
of workflow email, user is a customer community administrator
◉ Admin can't change Created Date field- why?. Answer: It's a
system audit field and can't be changed without logging a case
◉ Need to store CC account numbers. 2 ways to enhance security.
Answer: Create encrypted text field. Update field level security
settings
, ◉ What feature allows same picklist fields for different teams?.
Answer: Record Types
◉ What should you update to support different stage values for
opportunities?. Answer: Sales processes
◉ Too many record types for all profiles- need to bypass choosing a
record type every time. Answer: User updates default record type in
My Settings / Remove record types from users' profiles
◉ Customer support wants a different page layout for closing cases.
Answer: New page layout called Case Close Page Layout
◉ What is a formula field. Answer: Read only field showing a value
computed by an admin-defined formula: Number, currency, percent,
date, date-time, checkbox, text
◉ What is a custom object. Answer: a user-created object having five
standard fields
◉ What is a roll up summary field. Answer: Custom object field that
compiles values from related records or related lists. Creates a value
in a Master Record by looking at fields in a detail record. Master-
Detail only.
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ Permission Set. Answer: A collection of settings and permissions
that give users access to various tools and functions. The settings
and permissions in permission sets are also found in profiles, but
permission sets extend users' functional access without changing
their profiles
◉ Profile. Answer: Defines how users access objects and data and
what they can do within the application When you create users, each
one gets a profile.
◉ 2 reasons you can't deactivate a user. Answer: User is a recipient
of workflow email, user is a customer community administrator
◉ Admin can't change Created Date field- why?. Answer: It's a
system audit field and can't be changed without logging a case
◉ Need to store CC account numbers. 2 ways to enhance security.
Answer: Create encrypted text field. Update field level security
settings
, ◉ What feature allows same picklist fields for different teams?.
Answer: Record Types
◉ What should you update to support different stage values for
opportunities?. Answer: Sales processes
◉ Too many record types for all profiles- need to bypass choosing a
record type every time. Answer: User updates default record type in
My Settings / Remove record types from users' profiles
◉ Customer support wants a different page layout for closing cases.
Answer: New page layout called Case Close Page Layout
◉ What is a formula field. Answer: Read only field showing a value
computed by an admin-defined formula: Number, currency, percent,
date, date-time, checkbox, text
◉ What is a custom object. Answer: a user-created object having five
standard fields
◉ What is a roll up summary field. Answer: Custom object field that
compiles values from related records or related lists. Creates a value
in a Master Record by looking at fields in a detail record. Master-
Detail only.
