Salesforce Certified Platform Sharing and Visibility Architect (Plat-Arch-205) Exam - Topic 4 Question 61 Discussion

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Question #: 61
Topic #: 4

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Universal Containers (UC) sales managers are complaining that they cannot access their teams' Shipment records (a custom object). Initially, the admin suggested that this is happening due to a misconfigured Role Hierarchy (Shipment organization-wide default is Private). After investigation, they determined the Role Hierarchy for these users is correct.

What is the reason why UC sales managers are unable to see shipment records?

AThe Role Hierarchy implicit sharing was incorrectly disabled by the admin.

BThe Ownership-based sharing rule for Shipment was incorrectly disabled by the admin.

CThe Grant Access Using Hierarchies option on Shipment Sharing Settings was incorrectly disabled by the admin.

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Suggested Answer: C

by Bettina at Jun 10, 2025, 11:43 PM

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Bo

4 months ago

Nah, it's definitely not B. C is the right call!

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Jonelle

4 months ago

Wait, could it actually be B? What if the sharing rule was messed up?

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Sabra

5 months ago

Totally agree, C makes the most sense here.

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Claudio

5 months ago

I'm surprised this is even a problem. How did the admin miss that?

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Kattie

5 months ago

I think it's option C. Grant Access Using Hierarchies is key!

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Mari

5 months ago

I'm a bit confused about the differences between the options. I thought the Role Hierarchy was supposed to help with access, but maybe it's not enough without the right settings?

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Yuette

5 months ago

I feel like the Grant Access Using Hierarchies option is crucial for visibility. If that’s disabled, it could definitely explain the problem.

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Adelle

6 months ago

I think we practiced a similar question where ownership-based sharing rules were the issue. Maybe that’s what happened with the Shipment records?

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Kati

6 months ago

I remember something about implicit sharing, but I'm not sure if it applies here. Could it be that it was disabled?

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Adell

6 months ago

I've seen this type of question before. My strategy is to methodically go through each answer choice and eliminate the ones that don't make sense based on the information provided.

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Bethanie

6 months ago

Okay, let me think this through. If the role hierarchy is set up correctly, then the issue must be with the sharing settings. I'll focus on checking the Ownership-based sharing rule and the Grant Access Using Hierarchies option.

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Noel

6 months ago

Hmm, this one has me a bit stumped. I'll need to carefully review the sharing settings and role hierarchy to figure out what's going on.

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Yuette

7 months ago

I'm pretty confident I know the answer to this one. The key is to look at the sharing settings for the Shipment object.

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Marshall

9 months ago

I dunno, the role hierarchy seems sus to me. Maybe the admin forgot to include the sales managers in the right groups. Hey, at least they're not blaming the users this time!

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Eleni

8 months ago

C) The Grant Access Using Hierarchies option on Shipment Sharing Settings was incorrectly disabled by the admin.

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Rusty

8 months ago

A) The Role Hierarchy implicit sharing was incorrectly disabled by the admin.

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Iluminada

9 months ago

Hmm, I'm gonna go with B. That sharing rule seems like the most likely culprit here. Can't trust those sales managers to keep their hands off the data, am I right?

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Deonna

8 months ago

User 2: Yeah, those sales managers always find a way to mess things up.

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Jules

8 months ago

User 1: I think B is the reason. The sharing rule must have been disabled.

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Ryan

9 months ago

Hmm, that's a good point. Maybe the admin should check the Grant Access Using Hierarchies option as well.

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Glenn

10 months ago

I disagree, I believe it's because the Ownership-based sharing rule for Shipment was disabled.

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Jesusita

10 months ago

The answer is definitely C. The admin must have messed up the sharing settings for the Shipment object. Gotta love those pesky Salesforce admins, always causing trouble!

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