Financial-Services-Cloud Salesforce Financial Services Cloud (FSC) Accredited Professional (AP) Exam (WI25) Questions and Answers

The order of uploading Salesforce objects during an FSC data migration is important to ensure data integrity and avoid errors. The recommended order is:

Accounts and contacts: These are the coreobjects that store the basic information about the customers and their relationships. They should be uploaded first to establish the foundationfor the FSC data model4.

Financial accounts: These are the custom objects that store the financial information about the customers, such as balances, interest rates, fees, and transactions. They should be uploaded after the accounts and contacts, and linked to them using lookupfields5.

Account groups and households: These are the custom objects that group the accountsand contacts based on common attributes or relationships, such as family members or business partners. They should be uploaded after the financial accounts, and linked to them using junction objects6.

The System Admin can use the following Lead features for Intelligent Need-Based Referrals:

Lead Routing, which is a feature that allows users to distribute leads to the right users or queuesbased on criteria such as lead source, industry, or product interest.

Lead Assignment Rules, which are rules that specify how to assign leads to users or queues when they are created manually, captured from the web, or imported via Data Import Wizard.

Einstein Lead Scoring, which is a feature that uses artificial intelligence to analyze historical data and predict how likely a lead is to convert. Einstein Lead Scoring assigns a score and an insight to each lead, which can help users prioritize and follow upon the most promising leads.

 The relationships between the parties when the FinancialServices Cloud consultant sets up Rachel’s person account should be as follows:

Primary Group Household - Addams Household

Primary Member - Rachel Addams

Spouse - Nigel Adams

Trustee - Addams Charitable Trust

Household - Symonds Household

Primary Member -Neil Symonds

Beneficiary - Rachel Addams

Related Accounts - Addams Charitable Trust

Related Contacts - Ivan M. Kohl

To build the required sharing model for sensitive deal data, the consultant should use the Financial Deal object to capture the deal data and use restriction rules to block user access above the banking associate in the Role Hierarchy. The Financial Deal object is a custom object in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to track and manage complex deals that involve multiple parties, products, and stages. You can use the Financial Deal object to store sensitive deal information, such as deal name, amount, status, or participants. You can also use restriction rules to limit the visibility of Financial Deal records based on criteria such as role, profile, or ownership. Restriction rules can override the organization-wide default sharing settings and block user access torecords that they would otherwise be able to see through the Role Hierarchy or other sharing mechanisms. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 1 : Salesforce Help Article 2

To hide highly sensitive Life Events or Business Milestones until they happen, the Admin can hide them on the Events & Business Milestones Lightning Component page properties. The Events & Business Milestones Lightning Component isa component that displays a timeline of life events and business milestones for a client or a group. The Admin can use the page properties to customize the component and select which event types or milestone types to show or hide on the timeline2.Verified References: 2

The following statements are true for Rollup By Lookup (RBL) in Financial Services Cloud:

An RBL (Rollup By Lookup) rule displays summary calculations of financial account information, such as account balances. You can use RBL rules to aggregate financial account data across different levels of client relationships.

The Rollup By Lookup (RBL) configuration updates the corresponding RBL summaries at the diem and group levels. You can use RBL configuration to define which fields are rolled up and howthey are calculated for each diem and group type.

Salesforce does not recommend or provide support for creation or customization of Financial Services Cloud RBL rules. RBL rules are complex and require extensive testing and validation. If you need to create or customize RBL rules, you should contact a certified Salesforce partner or consultant. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 75. : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 76. : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 77.

Discovery Framework is a scalableassessment framework that financial institutions use to gather and evaluate customer information through digital and human channels. Some of the things to consider regarding Discovery Framework are:

Discovery Framework creates highly capable forms with integrations and advanced logic. The forms can be customized with various types of questions, validations, calculations, branching, andintegrations with external systems1.

Discovery Framework can create both standard and hierarchical questions. Standard questions are single-level questions that can be grouped into sections. Hierarchical questions are multi-level questions that can have subquestions based on the answer to the parent question2.

FSC Discovery Framework allows archiving questions. Archiving a question removes it from the active question pool and prevents it from being added to new forms. Archived questions can be restored if needed3.

Thefollowing names are Association Type picklist field values:

Trust, which is a value that indicates that the accounts are related through a trust relationship.

Family, which is a value that indicates that the accounts are related through a family relationship.

Peer, which is a value that indicates that the accounts are related through a peer relationship.

To create a new Business Milestone Type, you need to add a new picklist value on the Milestone Type field of the Business Milestone object. This field is used to categorize the different types of business milestones that can be tracked for a client. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 57.

A Custom Relationship Group is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to model complex and dynamic relationships between clients and accounts. You can use it to represent collaborative customer business operations that arenot captured by standard household or account structures. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 67.

To change the configuration to summarizeFinancial Goals at the household level, you need to update the selection in “Activities & Objects to Roll Up” to include Financial Goals. This option is available in Setup > Financial Services Settings > Activities & Objects to Roll Up. By selecting Financial Goals, you enable Group-Level Rollups for Financial Goals, which display the total number of goals, completed goals, and completion percentage of all the goals that belong to a group. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 81.

A Financial Services Cloud consultant can suggest utilizing Insurance Flow Templates to resolve the issue of improving the call center’s productivity and reducing the time spent on capturing data for beneficiary details and premium payment details. Insurance Flow Templates are prebuilt flow templates that guide users through the steps of creating or updating insurance policies and beneficiaries in Financial Services Cloud. The templates can be customized to suit the specific needs and requirements of the insurance company. By using Insurance Flow Templates, the call center agents can streamline their data entry process and provide better service to their customers.

A screen flow is a type of flow that guides users through a seriesof screens to complete a task or collect information2. Screen flows can alsointeract with external systems using Apex actions or invocable actions3. Inthis case, the consultant can create a screen flow that collects the caller’s name and social security number from the agent, and then invokes an Apex action or an invocable action that makes a web service call to an external authentication service.

To prevent users from accidentally creating more than one event of such an event type, the Admin should create a validation rule that will stop the user if they attempt to add multiple one-time events. A validation rule is a rule that verifies that the data a user enters in a record meets the standards you specify before the user can save the record. By creating a validation rule, the Admin can ensure that only one event of a certain type can be created for each contact. 

Intelligent Need-Based Referrals and Scoring is a capability that helps bankers prioritize the most promising referrals by assigning a score based on the client’s needs, preferences, and interactions. It alsohelps bankers route referrals to the best suited specialists or advisors. 

To configure a custom field for reporting when relating two-person accounts to each other, the Financial Services Cloud consultant should configure the custom field on the Account Account Relationship object. The Account Account Relationship object is a junction object that links two accounts together and defines their relationship type and role. By configuring a custom field on the Account Account Relationship object, the consultant can capture additional information about how two-person accounts are related to each other and use it for reporting purposes. 

The following activities should be prioritized by the implementation team during planning for designing the Financial Services Cloud implementation:

Prepare for integrations with transactional systems, external data sources, custodians, and any other platforms that the company’s business relies on. Integrations are the connections or interactions that allow data or functionality to flow between different systems or platforms. You should prepare for integrations with your existing or new systems or platforms that support your business processes, such as transactional systems, external data sources, custodians, or other platforms. You should also consider the integration methods, tools, requirements, and challenges that you will need to address during the implementation.

Beyond the preconfigured settings, evaluate whether they need advanced customizations. Customizations are the changes or modifications that you make to Salesforce to meet your specific business needs or preferences. You should evaluate whether you need advanced customizations beyond the preconfigured settings that Financial Services Cloud provides out of the box, such as custom objects, fields, formulas, validation rules, workflows, triggers, or components. You should also consider the impact, benefits, and risks of your customizations on your data model, user interface, performance, security, or maintenance.

Review the out-of-the-box capabilities and compare them to the company’s current needs. Out-of-the-box capabilities are the features or functions that Financial Services Cloud offers without any customizations or configurations. You should review the out-of-the-box capabilities and compare them to your company’s current needs and expectations. You should also identify any gaps or opportunities for improvement that you can address with configurations or customizations during the implementation. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [12] : Salesforce Help Article [13] : Salesforce Help Article [14]

The following insurance processes are managed by the PolicyAdministration component:

Payments: Payments are the amounts that a policyholder pays to an insurance company for a policy or a claim. You can use the Policy Administration component to manage the payment schedules, methods, and statuses for your policiesand claims. You can also use the Policy Administration component to integrate with external payment systems and track the payment transactions and balances for your policies and claims.

Approvals: Approvals are the processes that an insurance company follows to review and authorize a policy or a claim. You can use the Policy Administration component to configure and automate the approval workflows, rules, and criteria for your policies and claims. You can also use the Policy Administration component to assign approvers, send notifications, and monitor the approval statuses and histories for your policies and claims.

Endorsements: Endorsements are the changes or modifications that a policyholder requests or an insurance company makes to a policy. You can usethe Policy Administration component to manage the endorsement requests, types, and statuses for your policies. You can also use the Policy Administration component to update the policy details, coverages, premiums, or terms based on the endorsements for your policies. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [9] : Salesforce Help Article [10] : Salesforce Help Article [11]

The following standard fields are available to track a customer’s retirement goal progress:

Actual value, which is a currency field that represents the current value of the goal.

Target value, which is a currency field that represents the desired value of the goal.

Target Date, which is a date field that represents the expected date of achieving the goal.

When using Data Loader to insert new records into Salesforce,if the Account Owner field is not specified in the import file, the default owner will be the user who is logged into Data Loader. In this case, since the administrator is logged into Data Loader with their own credentials, they will be assigned as the owner of all the new Business Account records. This behavior is consistent with the standard Salesforce rule that every record must have an owner.

The following are the building blocks of Flow Orchestration:

Steps: Steps are discrete units of work that can be performed by a user or a system within a flow orchestration. Steps can have different types,such as user input steps, system action steps, decision steps, or subflow steps. Steps can also have different attributes, such as name, description, icon, input variables, output variables, or preconditions.

Stages: Stages are logical groupings of stepsthat represent phases or milestones within a flow orchestration. Stages can have different attributes, such as name, description, icon, entry criteria, exit criteria, or completion actions.

Work Items: Work Items are instances of flow orchestrations that track the progress and status of each execution. Work Items can have different attributes, such as name, description, owner, assignee, due date, priority, status, stage history, or step history. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [7] : Salesforce Help Article [8] : Salesforce Help Article [9]

To make sure that Scott’s data is rolling up to the Adams Household, the Banker should make the Adams Household Scott’s primary Group and edit the Activities & Objects to Roll Up. A primary Group is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to define the main group for a client.You can use primary Group to roll up financial data from all the financial accounts that are related to the client or the group. By making the Adams Household Scott’s primary Group, the Banker can ensure that Scott’s financial data is included in the household summary. The Banker can also edit the Activities & Objects to Roll Up to specify which items, such as financial accounts, goals, or referrals, should be rolled up for Scott. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 4

 In an existing Financial Services Cloud org using the individual account model, custom objects are used to represent other assets, liabilities, and goals. These objects are related to the Account object via lookuprelationships. For example:

The Other Asset object is used to represent non-financial assets owned by an account holder, such as real estate properties, vehicles, or jewelry.

The Other Liability object is used to represent non-financial liabilities owed byan account holder, such as mortgages, loans, or taxes.

The Financial Goal object is used to represent financial objectives pursued by an account holder, such as retirement planning, education funding, or debt reduction. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [10] : Salesforce Help Article [11] : Salesforce Help Article [12]

The following FSC features should be part of the solution design for managing confidential deal information and notes sharing among deal teammembers:

Financial Deal Management: Financial Deal Management is a feature in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to track and manage complex deals that involve multiple parties, products, and stages. You can use Financial Deal Management to store confidential deal information such as deal name, amount, status, or participants. You can also use Financial Deal Management to associate opportunities, products, or tasks with a deal.

To give users access to the Financial Services Cloud Commercial Banking features, such as Commercial Banking Console Lightning app, Referrals List component, and Treasury Services object, the Admin needs to assign permission sets to the users. Permission setsare collections of settings and permissions that give users access to various tools and functions4. The Admin can use the following permission sets to enable Commercial Banking features for the users4:

FSC Commercial Banking Console User: This permission set givesusers access to the Commercial Banking Console Lightning app, which is a custom app that provides a unified view of commercial banking clients and their financial needs4.

FSC Commercial Banking Referrals User: This permission set gives users access to the Referrals List component, which is a Lightning component that displays a list of referrals related to a business account4.

FSC Commercial Banking Treasury Services User: This permission set gives users access to the Treasury Services object, which is a custom object that represents a treasury service product or offering that a commercial banking client uses or is interested in4. Verified References: 4

The following types of Account-Account relationships are displayed in the Actionable Relationship Center (ARC):

Accounts & Businesses: This type of relationship shows the accounts that are related to a business account, such as owners, partners, or beneficiaries. You can use this type of relationship to understand the ownershipstructure and financial interests of a business account.

Accounts & Peers: This type of relationship shows the accounts that are related to another account by a peer-to-peer relationship, such as friends, colleagues, or associates. You can use this type ofrelationship to identify potential referrals and cross-selling opportunities from an account’s network.

Accounts & Groups: This type of relationship shows the accounts that are related to a group account, such as household members, trust members, or business group members. You can use this type of relationship to view the aggregated financial data and activities of a groupaccount. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 2 : Salesforce Help Article 3 : SalesforceHelp Article 4

The following considerations should be reviewed before implementing Flow for customer onboarding:

Use FieldLevel Security on Milestones, which is a setting that controls whether users can view and edit fields on records. The Admin should use Field Level Security to restrict access to the Milestones field on the Flow Template object, which is used to track the progress of customer onboarding flows2.

Flow for Financial Service Cloud is not available for the Individual Object Model, which is an alternative data model that uses the Individual object instead of Person Accounts to store information about people. Flow for Financial Service Cloud only supports Person Accounts as the primary object for customer onboarding flows2. Verified References: 2

To grant restricted accessto users like Bank Tellers who need only limited access to Financial Services Cloud features, the Admin can use Financial Service Cloud Basic permission set license. This license enables user access to a license with contractual restrictions for FinancialServices Cloud and provides access to core objects such as accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, cases, activities, reports, dashboards, and custom objects. This license also provides access to some Financial Services Cloud features such as Action Plans, Actionable Relationship Center (ARC), Branch Management, Complaint Management, Data Consumption Framework (DCF), Discovery Framework (DF), Document Generation (DG), Groups (Householding), Intelligent Document Automation (IDA), Intelligent Need-Based Referrals and Scoring (INRS), Referral Management (RM), Relationship Builder (RB), Relationship Groups (RG), Relationship Map (RM), Timeline (TL). 

The recommended approachfor implementing Financial Services Cloud at Lake Tahoe Bank is to implement Financial Service Cloud in a new org (Green Field) and redesign business capabilities in the new org. This approach allows Lake Tahoe Bank to leverage the best practices and features of Financial Services Cloud without being constrained by their existing customizations and data model. It also minimizes the impact on users during implementation, as they can continue to use their current system until the new org is ready to go live.A green field implementation requires careful planning, data migration, and change management, but it can result in a more efficient and customer-centric solution. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 8.

As explained in the previous question, Action Plans are a feature that can help users track and manage common client processes. By creating an Action Plan Template with associated pre-determined Tasks, such as reviewing credit & debit card usage, reviewing account payables, and discussing credit needs, users can ensure that these activities are tracked and followed up on in a timely manner. Users can also automate the periodical creation of Action Plans for customer accounts using Process Builder or Apex triggers. 

The unmanaged extension package for Intelligent Need-Based Referrals and Scoring provides users access to referral dashboards and reports, as well as referral scoring and routing features.

The following objects dosupport Group-Level Rollups:

Financial Accounts: You can use Group-Level Rollups to display the total balance, total market value, and total cost basis of all the financial accounts that belong to a group.

Action Plans: You can use Group-Level Rollups to display the number of action plans, the number of completed action plans, and the completion percentage of all the action plans that are associated with a group.

Opportunities: You can use Group-Level Rollups to display the total amount, expected revenue, and weighted amount of all the opportunities that are related to a group. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 80. : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 81. : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 82.

To ensure that all users see Person Accounts, but only specific users can view Financial Accounts, the Admin should take the following steps:

Grant users access to the Financial Account object with permission set, which isa collection of settings and permissions that give users access to various tools and functions. The Admin can use permission sets to grant access to the Financial Account object and its fields to specific users or groups of users1.

Change Organization-wide Defaults (OWD) sharing on the ‘Financial Accounts’ object to Private’, which is a setting that determines the baseline level of access that users have to records they do not own or share. By setting the OWD sharing on the ‘Financial Accounts’ object to Private’, the Admin can ensure that only the record owners and usersabove them in the role hierarchy can view the Financial Accounts. Verified References: 1

A suitable use case for Flow Builder is to collect input from internal users with a form placed on a Lightning page or launched by a button. Flow Builder is a tool that allows users to automate business processes by building flows that guide users through screens, executelogic, manipulate data, and interact with Salesforce and external systems. By using Flow Builder, the system administrator can create a flow that collects input from internal users with a form and performs actions based on the input.

The following steps are needed to document the requirement for digitizing and automating the customer onboarding process following the discovery session:

Document the business process flows. You need to document the current and future state of the business process flows for customer onboarding, such as the steps, inputs, outputs, decisions, and dependencies involved in each flow. You can use tools such as diagrams, charts, or tables to illustrate the process flows and identify the pain points, gaps, or opportunities for improvement.

Understand the journey for the multiple personas involved in the process. You need to understand thejourney for each persona that participates in or interacts with the customer onboarding process, such as the customer, the client specialist, or the manager. You can use tools such as personas, journey maps, or user stories to capture the needs, goals, pain points, and expectations of each persona and how they experience the process from their perspective.

Determine the best e-signature solution to use. You need to determine the best e-signature solution to use for collecting and processing digital signatures from customers during the onboarding process. You can use tools such as research, analysis, or comparison to evaluate different e-signature solutions based on criteria such as functionality, compatibility, security, cost, or user feedback. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [11] : Salesforce Help Article [12] : Salesforce Help Article [13]

The following limitations should be considered before enabling Person Accounts in Financial Services Cloud:

Person Accounts cannot be disabled once they were enabled. Enabling Person Accounts is an irreversible action that affects your data model and user interface. You should carefully evaluate your business needs and test the functionality in a sandbox or developer org before enabling it in production.

Creating a client record via Salesforce Inbox is not supported. Salesforce Inbox is a feature that allows you to access Salesforce data and actions from your email application. However, you cannot use Salesforce Inbox tocreate a client record as a Person Account. You can only create a client record as an Individual Model record using Salesforce Inbox. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 4 : Salesforce Help Article 5

Hank can see Action Plan Tasks in two places:

Onthe related list of the Account page layout, where he can view all the tasks associated with an account and their status, due date, owner, and priority4.

On the standard Salesforce task list, where he can view all thetasks assigned to him across different accounts and filter them by various criteria.

The following referral metrics are tracked withcustom components included in Financial Services Cloud:

Expressed interests: This metric shows the number of referrals that have a specific expressed interest, such as a mortgage, a credit card, or a checking account. You can use this metric to understandthe customer needs and interests that generate the most referrals.

My Top Referrers: This metric shows the top referrers who have created referrals for you, ranked by the number of referrals and the conversion rate. You can use this metric to identify andappreciate your best sources of business.

Referrals Assigned to me: This metric shows the number of referrals that are assigned to you and their status, such as New, In Progress, or Closed. You can use this metric to monitor and manage your referral pipeline and prioritize your follow-up actions. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 40. : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 41. : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 42.

To ensure the correct profiles and permissions for an API integration between Salesforce and a risk control system, the consultant should do the following steps:

Create a dedicatedIntegration User that will be used to authenticate and authorize the API calls between Salesforce and the risk control system. The Integration User should have a unique username, password, and security token that are not shared with other users or systems.The Integration User should also have the minimum permissions and access settings required to perform the integration tasks.

Create a new custom profile and ensure API Only is selected. The API Only option restricts the user from logging in to the Salesforce user interface, but allows the user to access the Salesforce API. The custom profile should also have the appropriate object permissions, field-level security, record types, page layouts, and other settings that are relevant for the integration. The custom profile should be assigned to the Integration User.

The following statements are correct about the Actionable Relationship Center Manager (ARC):

To enable users to see the ARC, you will need to add the component forARC to the page layout. The ARC is a Lightning component that can be added to any Lightning page that supports components, such as record pages, app pages, or Home pages. You can use the Lightning App Builder to drag and drop the ARC component to the desired location on the page layout.

ARC displays up to 5 related lists that have a configured compact layout. The ARC shows a graphical representation of the account-account relationships for a selected record, as well as related lists of other records that are associated with the account, such as contacts, financial accounts, or opportunities. The ARC can display up to 5 related lists at a time, and each related list must have a compact layout configured to show relevant fields.

The Association Type picklist controls the account-account relationship that display in the ARC. The Association Type picklist is a field on the Account Relationship object that defines the type of relationship between two accounts, such as Household Member, Business Owner, Trustee, orFriend. The ARC uses this field to filter and display the account-account relationships for a selected record. You can customize this picklist to add or remove values according to your business needs. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 3 : Salesforce Help Article 4 : Salesforce Help Article 5

The following considerations should be considered regarding the data model for the broker web portal:

The Broker Assistant should bemodeled as a Contact. Then, leverage Contact to Multiple Account features if this assistant needs to work for multiple brokers. This is because Contacts are records that represent individuals who are associated with an account. By using Contacts, the consultant can capture the personal information of the broker assistants and relate them to their employers. By using Contact to Multiple Accounts features, the consultant can enable a contact to have relationships with multiple accounts and specify different roles and start and end dates for each relationship.

Brokers need to be modeled as Account and Contact individually, as each broker is a legal entity in Salesforce. Then, use a Group to model their company. This is because Accounts are records that represent business entities or organizations that are involved in business transactions with your company. By using Accounts, the consultant can capture the business information of each broker and treat them as legal entities in Salesforce. By using Contacts, theconsultant can capture the personal information of each broker and relate them to their accounts. By using Groups, which are records that represent collections of accounts or contacts that share financial goals or characteristics, the consultant can modelthe broker company and associate multiple brokers with it