Thursday 12 January 2012

All About Application Design (5%) for Dev 401 Exam

Hi Guys,

Alright Now Guys Here are some pointer and important things which must be covered for Application Design, as per force.com below are points which needs to be covered for Application Desing

The Below Points Belongs to force.com and are there property.

1. List and describe components of an application

2. Describe the model-view-controller design paradigm

3. Given a scenario, determine whether sufficient information is available to plan/build/design an application



Now in this what points which should be covered and some mock question related to above points.

1. List and Describe Components of an Application are as follow

Declarative Components And

2. Describe the model-view-controller design paradigm
 
 View / Bussiness Logic / Database(Data model) as described below 

Declarative Components
User Interface : Applications,Tabs,Page Layouts, Record Types
Business Logic : WorkFlow, Validation Rules, Assignment Rules

Data Model : Object, Fields, Relationship


Programming Components


User Interface : Visaulforce Pages, Web Controlers, FDC Sites

Business Logic : VF Controller, Apex, Web Service Api.

Data Model : Web Service API, Metadata API.


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As Dev 401 is all about doing things without code, we will Be looking and learning more about Declarative side of Force.com

Lets have a look at User Interface first

Applications :

An application is a logical container for all of the objects, tabs, processes, and services associated with a given business function.

- Custom app can have a custom logo under 20KB size, any gif or jpg from document tab
- When you specify a default landing tab when creating or editing app.

Tabs :

A custom tab is a user interface components you create to display custom object data or other web content embedded in the application

- Custom Object tab display the data of your custom object in user interface.

- Web tab displays any external web-based application or web page is user interface tab

- Custom tab will have a tab style(Color Scheme and icon)

Page Layouts  : 

page layout defines the organization - Fields, Custom Links, Related lists on an object details or edit page.

page layout customization includes Field locations, page sections,  Field properties( Visible, Read-only and required)


FDC Sites : 

It cannot be Changed, once it is registered.
Normally it is your company name.


Guys this is a short overview and it only covers 5% so above things are covered in the section.
Please see below for detail view







Mock Questions for this section
 
In a MVC architecture, which of the below corresponds to View (Select 2)

a. Page layouts
b. Validation rules
c. Custom objects and Tabs
d. Workflows

What are the examples of Data Centric and Process Centric apps (Choose 3)
a. Time card Application
b. Word Processor
c. Online Auction Management
d. Inventory management

By creating a new tab, which of the following features are available?
a. The View Page.
b. Create a new instance of the object.
c. Sidebar search is enabled.
d. An option under create new in the sidebar

What needs to be done if the user wants to create the record using the create new drop down from the left navigation?
a. Create a sidebar components.
b. Create a VF page.
c. Create a Apex Class.
d. Create a object Tab.

In the Custom application what are the following represents view.
a. Validation Rule.
b. Apporval process.
c. Tabs and page layouts
d. Application.
 
What can you do in with page layouts.
a. Create a validation rule.
b. Make Field required.
c. Hide a field.
d. Make 2 column Display


In MVC, Data model refers to ?
a. Custom Field
b. Custom Tabs.
c. Workflow rules.
d. Validation rule.

Please hang on for next section : Data Model(32%) Coming Soon.....

Saturday 7 January 2012

Force.Com Dev 401 Certification Tips for Exam

Hi Guys,

This is my first blog, I am new to blogging :)
Ok now about force.com 401 certification.

When I started working on force.com, I had no idea about what I was doing, but As time passed I gained a little bit of knowledge on force.com and finally decided to go for force.com 401 certification,

I had a lot of tension of tension from where I should start and what should I Do ??? Blah Blah Blah

After waiting for almost an year(As in between I was working on Java) I decided to take a week off from my work and study hard on force.com platform and get ready for the certification.

What I will recommend to study before you go for certification is as follow,

1. Itunes Videos, The first 16 hours video after that it is all about Visual Force pages,
2. Recruting application PDF is must as the questions which come are more from this applications.
3. Help and support Training for un know topics.
4. Go through tabs on the sidebar of force.com once(Don't look into customize tab)
5. Data loader and import Wizard.

Tips for Exam,

1. When you go through the video, take screen shots of slides and go through it before exam.
2. Go through Props Exam.

What I can say about the exam is if you go through the above material, the exam is very easy, just you need to dedicate your 90 minutes in exam to read the questions carefully, there are almost 45 questions which have some direct and easy answers,

I fount around 8 questions which were tricky and difficult to understand.

I have made some analysis of number of questions for various topics in force.com platform, please see below

Application Design   :  3 Questions
Overview FDC         :  5 Quesions
Data Model           : 20 Questions
User Interface       :  7 Questions
Business Logic       : 13 Questions
Data Mgmt            :  6 Questions
Reports and Anlytics :  6  Questions

Total 60 Questions......

I am posting some questions, this is the format of questions asked...

Remember if you are prepared there are almost 45 questions which are very easy to understand and answer

Sample Questions :

1.In a MVC archietecture, which of the below corresponds to View (Select 2)
  a. Page layouts
  b. Validation rules
  c. Custom objects and Tabs
  d. Workflows

2. Can a standard object have more than one master Detail relationship ?
     a. True
     b. false

3. How can  user record be related to other user in the system ?
     a. Master- Detail
     b. Self Relationship
     c. Parent Child
     d. Hierarchical

4. How can you share a particular record with a user ?
     a. Sharing rules
     b. OWD
     c. Manual Sharing
     d. Role Hierarchies

5. Can you run a scheduled data import every night at 1 am, if so using which of the following:
     a. Import Wizard
     b. Data loader
     c. Data loader using command prompt
     d. Scheduled jobs

6. History tracking cannot be disabled for: 
     a. Cases
     b. Accounts
     c. Contacts
     d. Solutions
     e. Contracts

Please note this is not the exam questions, 

Be well prepared before you go for exam,

Please post a comment if you need any more info, this is my first blog. So little bit excited

You feel good once you are done with it(After all this preparation it took me only 40 minutes to complete the exam)


Some online Questions papers and important links for personal mock

http://salesforceexamquestions.com/Documents/401%20paper%201%20quiz.swf


http://salesforceexamquestions.com/Documents/401%20paper%202%20quiz.swf

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=dev-401-certification

http://www.forceprepare.com/forcecertificationfaq.html

http://www.salesforcetrainingpodcasts.com/podcasts/

http://salesforcechannel.com/pages/developer-training

All the Best :)

Please see next blog covering Application Design 5% quetions

Hang On Guys 501 Material and Blog Coming Up !!!