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A developer is creating a page that allows users to create multiple Opportunities. The developer is asked to verify the current user's default } | Opportunity record type, and set certain default…

The correct answer is B. Use Opportunity. SObjectType.getDescribe().getRecordTypelnfos() to get a list of record types. The developer needs to find the current user's default Opportunity record type programmatically to set default values before inserting records.

Submitted by neha2k· Apr 18, 2026Logic and Process Automation

Question

A developer is creating a page that allows users to create multiple Opportunities. The developer is asked to verify the current user's default } | Opportunity record type, and set certain default values based on the record type before inserting the record. How can the developer find the current user's default record type? ns

Options

  • AQuery the Profile where the ID equals userInfo.getProfileID() and then use the
  • BUse Opportunity. SObjectType.getDescribe().getRecordTypelnfos() to get a list of record types,
  • CUse the Schema.userlnfo.Opportunity.getDefaultRecordType() method. < Create the opportunity

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  • C
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Why each option

The developer needs to find the current user's default Opportunity record type programmatically to set default values before inserting records.

AQuery the Profile where the ID equals userInfo.getProfileID() and then use the

Querying the Profile object and then attempting to infer the default record type is an overly complex and indirect approach; the `RecordTypeInfo` methods provide a direct and accurate way to retrieve this information.

BUse Opportunity. SObjectType.getDescribe().getRecordTypelnfos() to get a list of record types,Correct

To find the current user's default record type, a developer can use `Opportunity.SObjectType.getDescribe().getRecordTypeInfos()` to get a map of `RecordTypeInfo` objects and then iterate through them to find the one where `isDefaultRecordTypeMapping()` returns `true` for the current user's profile.

CUse the Schema.userlnfo.Opportunity.getDefaultRecordType() method. < Create the opportunity

The `Schema.userlnfo.Opportunity.getDefaultRecordType()` method does not exist in Salesforce Apex; the correct approach involves using `SObjectType.getDescribe().getRecordTypeInfos()`.

Concept tested: Apex Schema methods for Record Type information

Source: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.apexref.meta/apexref/apex_class_Schema_SObjectType.htm#apex_Schema_SObjectType_getDescribe

Topics

#Apex#Schema Class#Record Types#Metadata

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