Free Data Cloud ConsultantPractice Test

A retail company wants to begin using Data Cloud to unify customer data from multiple sources. What is the first step they should take in the Data Cloud setup process?

A Data Cloud consultant needs to ingest customer transaction data from an external e-commerce platform that updates every 15 minutes. The platform supports API access but does not have a pre-built connector. Which ingestion method should the consultant recommend?

An organization has successfully mapped data streams to the Customer object in Data Cloud. Which identity resolution matching rule type would be MOST effective for matching records when customers use different email addresses across systems but have consistent phone numbers?

A consultant needs to activate a segment of high-value customers to Marketing Cloud for an email campaign. What is the recommended activation method in Data Cloud?

A financial services company must comply with GDPR and needs to ensure customers can request deletion of their personal data from Data Cloud. Which feature should be implemented to support this requirement?

During Data Cloud implementation, a consultant discovers that the client has three different customer ID systems across their Sales, Service, and Marketing platforms. What Data Cloud capability is designed to address this challenge?

A retail company wants to ingest point-of-sale (POS) transaction data into Data Cloud. The data includes product purchases with timestamps, store locations, and customer identifiers. What is the appropriate data model object type for this transaction data?

A Data Cloud administrator needs to grant a marketing team member the ability to create and publish segments but not modify data streams or identity resolution rules. Which permission set should be assigned?

A company has ingested customer data from Salesforce CRM and an external loyalty program. After running identity resolution, they notice that some customers have multiple unified profiles when they should have only one. What is the MOST likely cause?

A consultant needs to create a segment of customers who made a purchase in the last 30 days AND have a lifetime value greater than $5,000. What type of segment building approach should be used?

An organization wants to bring Salesforce Service Cloud case data into Data Cloud to enhance customer profiles. Which data ingestion method is MOST appropriate for this use case?

A Data Cloud implementation requires ingesting data from a legacy system that can only export full data snapshots once per day. The files contain 5 million customer records. After the initial load, what ingestion strategy should be recommended for ongoing updates?

A company wants to activate a segment to an advertising platform that is not a standard Data Cloud connector. The platform requires data in a specific JSON format via SFTP. What activation approach should be used?

During identity resolution configuration, a consultant needs to decide between using a high match threshold (90%+) versus a moderate threshold (70-80%) for fuzzy name matching. What is the primary trade-off?

A company needs to ensure that personally identifiable information (PII) in Data Cloud is visible only to users with specific compliance training. What Data Cloud feature should be configured?

A Data Cloud consultant is designing the data model for a B2B company. They need to store both Account (company) and Contact (individual) information with appropriate relationships. How should this be structured in Data Cloud?

After activating a segment to Salesforce Marketing Cloud, the marketing team reports that the segment count in Marketing Cloud is significantly lower than in Data Cloud. What is the MOST likely cause?

A consultant needs to configure Data Cloud to ingest data from three different regional databases that use different date formats (MM/DD/YYYY, DD/MM/YYYY, and YYYY-MM-DD). What should be implemented to ensure consistency?

An organization wants to test their Data Cloud configuration in a sandbox environment before deploying to production. What is the recommended approach for managing Data Cloud environments?

A segment of customers needs to be activated to both Marketing Cloud and a third-party advertising platform simultaneously for a coordinated campaign. What is the BEST way to accomplish this in Data Cloud?