Salesforce Certified Associate Practice Exam

What do profile level security grants in Salesforce?

1. Access to individual fields

2. Additional access to objects and data

3. Permissions on records

4. Manual sharing access

The correct answer is: Additional access to objects and data

Profile level security in Salesforce is designed to control user access to various objects and the data within those objects. When a user is assigned a profile, it defines what objects they can access, as well as their level of access (read, create, edit, delete). This means that profiles play a crucial role in managing the baseline permissions for users across the organization. Granting additional access to objects and data through profiles ensures that users can interact with the necessary records to perform their jobs effectively. Profiles determine permissions for standard objects, custom objects, and app permissions, making them foundational elements of Salesforce's security and sharing model. While access to individual fields and permissions on records are important aspects of security, they are typically managed at the field level or within specific record-sharing settings, rather than being the main focus of profile configurations. Manual sharing is a more granular control mechanism that allows users to share records with specific users or groups and is not governed directly by profiles. Thus, the core function of profile level security is indeed to provide users with additional access to the objects and data they need based on their role in the organization.