PLAT-ADMN-201 Question #104: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

A Delegated Administrator at Universal Containers cannot edit the Created Date field for the Account record. What reason should the System Administrator give for why this is occurring?

Options

• AThis user does not have Edit permissions on the Account object.
• BThis field is defined as Read-Only on the Page Layout.
• CThis is a System Audit field and it is Read-Only for existing records.
• DThis field is Read-Only in Field-Level Security settings.

Explanation

A Delegated Administrator cannot edit the Created Date field because it is a system audit field in Salesforce, making it read-only for existing records.

Common mistakes.

• A. Even if the user has Edit permissions on the Account object, system audit fields like Created Date remain uneditable at a fundamental system level.
• B. While a field can be read-only on a page layout, system audit fields are read-only regardless of page layout settings, which cannot override this system-level restriction.
• D. Field-Level Security (FLS) can restrict field access, but the Created Date field is intrinsically read-only as a system audit field, making FLS irrelevant for enabling edit access on existing records.

Concept tested. System audit field properties

Reference. https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=sf.fields_about_audit_fields.htm&type=5

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