Salesforce Architect Exams Sharing-and-Visibility-Architect Question # 4 Topic 1 Discussion

Private Organization-Wide Defaults (OWD):

Setting OWD to Private ensures that users only have access to records they own unless additional sharing mechanisms are implemented (e.g., Role Hierarchy, Sharing Rules).

Why Option C is Correct:

Sales Users: Can view all accounts via a sharing rule but only edit their own records (ownership-based access).

Sales Managers: Use the Role Hierarchy to view and edit records owned by their team.

Service Users: Add criteria-based sharing rules to exclude access to "Prospect" record types.

Why Others Are Incorrect:

Option A (Public Read/Write): Grants all users full edit access, which violates the "edit only their own records" requirement for Sales Users.

Option B (Public Read/Transfer): This is typically used for cases, not for granular access control as described.

For more information, see Salesforce OWD and Sharing Rules documentation: https://help.salesforce.com/