Salesforce certified Developer (DEV 401) practice questions – 1

These are original questions which I came up with from the “Force.com Fundamentals” to help folks to prepare for their DEV 401 exam.

Use these questions as a reference and preparatory tool ONLY. 
Please do provide feedback in the comments below. I hope these questions help you. I will keep adding questions in subsequent posts.

1. Force.com is a :

• public website
• programming language
• cloud operating system
• Platform for creating and deploying next generation cloud apps
• Force.com is a Platform for creating and deploying next generation cloud apps

2. Each Salesforce tab corresponds to

• Custom FIeld
• Object
• App
• APEX class
• Each Salesforce tab corresponds to an Object

3. A custom field stores:

• Metadata
• data/information
• A custom field stores:data/information

4. The Force.com platform is collaborative.

• True
• False
• The Force.com platform is collaborative. Multiple users can use it at the same time.

5. The Force.com platform employs a multi-tenant architecture.

• True
• False
• The Force.com platform employs a multi-tenant architecture.

6. The basic functionality of the Force.com platform including tabs, forms etc are defined as:

• metadata in a database
• hard coded in a programming language
• stored in a text file
• The basic functionality of the Force.com platform including tabs, forms etc are defined as metadata in a database

7. API stands for:

• Application Programming Interface
• Application Priority Interface
• Application Programming Idea
• Application Programming Interval
• API stands for Application Programming Interface

8. Visualforce is a/an

• Cloud computing programming language
• Complete framework for creating user interfaces
• Operating system
• debugger
• Visualforce is a complete framework for creating user interfaces

9. APEX is a/an

• Operating Language
• UI Tool
• Cloud computing programming language
• UI tool
• APEX is a Cloud computing programming language