Exam PDI Topic 1 Question 22 Discussion

Actual exam question for Salesforce's PDI exam
Question #: 22
Topic #: 1
A developer is asked to write helper methods that create test data for unit tests.
01: public TestUtils {
02:
03: public static Account createAccount() {
04: Account act = new Account();
05: // ...set some fields on act...
06: return act;
07: }
08: //...other methods...
09: }
What should be changed in the TestUtils class so that its methods are only usable by unit test methods?

Suggested Answer: B Vote an answer

Answer B is correct. Salesforce delivery depends on repeatable testing and controlled deployment. Apex tests create isolated data, validate behavior, and supply code coverage for production deployment. Salesforce CLI, scratch orgs, sandboxes, debug logs, trace flags, and Apex Jobs give developers the tooling needed to build, test, diagnose, and release changes across environments. The other options either use the wrong platform feature, apply at the wrong layer, or ignore a key Salesforce constraint. For Platform Developer I, the important point is not just syntax; it is choosing the feature that aligns with transaction behavior, security enforcement, maintainability, and supported metadata capabilities. Reference focus: Salesforce Apex Developer Guide, Salesforce CLI Developer Guide, Tooling API documentation, and Salesforce Help deployment guidance. This distinction is important in production orgs because small design mistakes can create deployment failures, runtime exceptions, data-quality defects, or user-visible security gaps once automation is executed in bulk or from multiple entry points.

by Pamela at Oct 03, 2026, 06:11 AM

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