Salesforce Plat-Admn-301 Exam - Topic 5 Question 4 Discussion

Actual exam question for Salesforce's Plat-Admn-301 exam

Question #: 4
Topic #: 5

On the Contact record, if a contact has the value of 'CEO' in the Title field, the administrator wants to require the users to also put a phone number in the Phone field.

What formula should the administrator put in the Error Condition Formula of a validation rule to enable this?

ATitle = 'CEO' && NOT(ISBLANK(Phone))

BTitle <> 'CEO' && NOT(ISBLANK(Phone))

CTitle = 'CEO' && ISBLANK(Phone)

DTitle <> 'CEO' && ISBLANK(Phone)

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Suggested Answer: C

The error condition formula of a validation rule should return TRUE when the validation rule should fire and display an error message. In this case, the validation rule should fire when the Title field has the value of 'CEO' and the Phone field is blank. The formula Title = 'CEO' && ISBLANK(Phone) returns TRUE when both conditions are met, and FALSE otherwise. Reference: https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fields_useful_field_validation_formulas.htm&type=5

by Sharita at Dec 23, 2025, 07:25 AM

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Jacob

7 days ago

B is the correct answer. The validation rule should check if the Title is not 'CEO' and the Phone field is not blank.

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Paulina

13 days ago

C is the correct answer. The validation rule should check if the Title is 'CEO' and the Phone field is blank.

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Octavio

18 days ago

I’m confused; I thought we were supposed to allow entries when the Title isn’t 'CEO'. That makes me lean towards D, but I need to double-check.

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Kayleigh

23 days ago

I practiced a similar question, and I feel like we want to trigger an error when the Phone is empty for CEOs, which sounds like C again.

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Luann

28 days ago

I'm not entirely sure, but I remember something about requiring fields based on conditions. Could it be A instead?

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Marlon

1 month ago

I think the formula needs to check if the Title is 'CEO' and then see if the Phone is blank, so maybe it's C?

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Frederica

1 month ago

I think A is the right answer, but I'm not 100% sure. I'll make sure to explain my reasoning in the exam.

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Adell

1 month ago

I'm a bit confused on the negation with the NOT() function. I'll need to review that before deciding.

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Wei

2 months ago

I'm leaning towards A, but I want to double-check that the formula will correctly identify when the Title is 'CEO' and the Phone is blank.

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Luisa

2 months ago

Okay, let's see. We want to require a phone number if the Title is 'CEO', so that rules out B and D.

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Kami

2 months ago

Hmm, this looks like a tricky one. I'll need to think through the logic carefully.

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Aja

2 months ago

A is the correct answer. If the Title is 'CEO', the Phone field should not be blank.

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Jerry

2 months ago

I think A makes the most sense. If the Title is 'CEO', the Phone should be filled.

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Melina

2 months ago

I think it's C. We need to check if Phone is blank for CEOs.

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