Practice questions

1. A single source of truth is otherwise known as what?
2. What is the source of record MDM implementation method?
3. What's the difference between a consolidated golden record and the coexistence of the golden record when implementing MDM?
4. In a simple point-to-point integration between Salesforce and one other system, where should the ID of the record in the other system (as linked to the Salesforce record) live?
5. If no external registry is available and external system IDs are not to be stored in Salesforce, yet Salesforce is connected through a middleware to other systems, where is the ideal place to store record ID associations?

Answers

1. A golden record.
2. A single system being used by everyone for access to the same single set of information.
3. A consolidated golden record is the initiator of change in connected systems. The coexistence of the golden record means any connected system may initiate a data update (bi-directional...