Salesforce Architect ARC-101

Booking the ARC-101 exam is an investment, and a failed attempt means paying the registration fee all over again. With 108 practice questions from Getcertkey, you walk into the Salesforce Design and Build Integration Solutions exam knowing exactly where you stand.

Salesforce ARC-101 Exam Overview:

Certification Vendor:	Salesforce
Exam Name:	Design and Build Integration Solutions (ARC-101)
Exam Number:	ARC-101
Related Certifications:	Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator
Available Languages:	English
Exam Format:	Instructor-led course (training format), Scenario-based questions (architecture/case study style)
Recommended Training:	Platform Integration Architect Learning Path Salesforce Integration Architecture Trailhead Modules
Exam Registration:	Trailhead Academy Registration Page
Sample Questions:
Exam Way:	Instructor-led training course and scenario-based architectural evaluation (no standalone public proctored exam details officially published under ARC-101 as a certification exam code; ARC-101 is primarily a Trailhead Academy course identifier)
Pre Condition:	Typically requires experience as Salesforce Administrator, Developer, or Architect; recommended prior certifications include Platform App Builder, Platform Developer I, or Platform Administrator.
Official Syllabus URL:	https://trailheadacademy.salesforce.com/classes/arc101-design-and-build-integration-solutions

Salesforce ARC-101 Exam Syllabus Topics:

ARC-101 Exam FAQs for 2026 Candidates

Which certification does the ARC-101 exam lead to?

The ARC-101 exam is the official Salesforce exam behind the Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect certification, validating the skills measured by the Salesforce Design and Build Integration Solutions credential. It sits at the Expert level of the Salesforce certification program. It also connects to Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder, Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator, Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I, Salesforce Certified Platform Integration Architect, so the knowledge you build here carries over to those tracks as well.

Are there any prerequisites for the ARC-101 exam?

Typically requires experience as Salesforce Administrator, Developer, or Architect; recommended prior certifications include Platform App Builder, Platform Developer I, or Platform Administrator. Requirements can change when Salesforce revises its certification program, so confirm the current eligibility rules on the official exam page before you register.

How do I register for the ARC-101 exam?

You can book the Salesforce Design and Build Integration Solutions exam through the official registration channels below:

• Trailhead Academy Registration Page

As for delivery, the exam is offered in the following format: Instructor-led training course and scenario-based architectural evaluation (no standalone public proctored exam details officially published under ARC-101 as a certification exam code; ARC-101 is primarily a Trailhead Academy course identifier). Choose the option that suits you best when you book your seat.

What official training is recommended for the ARC-101 exam?

Salesforce recommends the following training resources for the Salesforce Design and Build Integration Solutions exam:

• Salesforce Integration Architecture Trailhead Modules
• Platform Integration Architect Learning Path

Official courses build the foundation; the 108 practice questions from Getcertkey then show you how that knowledge is examined, so the two work best together.

Can I try the ARC-101 practice questions before I buy?

Yes. Getcertkey provides a free ARC-101 PDF demo so you can review the question style and answer quality before purchasing. Every purchase also includes 365 days of free updates — if Salesforce revises the exam during that period, the updated material reaches you at no cost. Once the free-update year ends, you can extend your update service at a 50% discount.

What if I fail the ARC-101 exam, and how is my order delivered?

Every Salesforce Design and Build Integration Solutions purchase on Getcertkey is covered by a 100% money-back guarantee with clear conditions: if you take the corresponding exam within 60 days of your purchase and do not pass, you can claim a full refund by submitting a scanned copy of your exam enrollment slip and your official score report as a PDF within two days of the exam date; claims are processed within seven days of submission. The guarantee does not apply to exams taken within three days of purchase, to material that was downloaded but never used in an exam attempt, or to free products and expired orders, and the candidate name must match the payer name. If you would rather not take a refund, you can instead exchange your purchase for two free exam preparation products of equal value and keep the update service on your original product.

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What topics are covered in the ARC-101 exam?

The Salesforce Design and Build Integration Solutions exam blueprint is organized into 5 domains. The first three are:

• Monitoring, Performance & Reliability
• Security in Integration
• Salesforce Integration Technologies

For the complete domain-by-domain breakdown, scroll up to the full exam topics outline above and use it to plan how you distribute your study time.

Salesforce Design and Build Integration Solutions Sample Questions:

Question #1
A large enterprise customer operating in a high regulated industry is planning to implement Salesforce for customer facing associates in both Sales and Service, and back office staff. The business processes that Salesforce supports are critical to the business.
Salesforce will be integrated to multiple back office systems to provide a single interface for associates. Reliability and monitoring of these integrations is required as associates support customers.
Which integration solution should the architect consider when planning the implementation?

A. Leverage Middleware for all back office system integrations ensuring real time alerting, monitoring and reporting capabilities.
B. Build a custom integration gateway to support back office system integrations and ensure reliability and monitoring capabilities.
C. Architect Services in back office systems to support callouts from Salesforce and build reliability, monitoring and reporting capabilities.
D. Decouple back office system callouts into separate distinct services that have inbuilt error logging and monitoring frameworks.

Question #2
Northern Trail Outfitters wants to improve the quality of call-outs from Salesforce to their REST APIs. For this purpose, they will require all API clients/consumers to adhere to RESTAPI Markup Language (RAML) specifications that include field-level definition of every API request and response payload. RAML specs serve as interface contracts that Apex REST API Clients can rely on.
Which two design specifications should the Integration Architect include in the integration architecture to ensure that Apex REST API Clients unit tests confirm adherence to the RAML specs?
Choose 2 answers

A. Implement HttpCalloutMock to return responses per RAML specification.
B. Require the Apex REST API Clients to implement the HttpCalloutMock.
C. Call the Apex REST API Clients in a test context to get the mock response.
D. Call the HttpCalloutMock implementation from the Apex REST API Clients.

Question #3
Universal Containers has a requirement for all accounts that do NOT qualify for a business extension (Custom field on the account record) for the next month to send a meeting invite to their contacts from the marketing automation system to discuss the next steps. It is estimated there will be approximately 1MilIion contacts per month.
What is the recommended solution?

A. Use Trigger.
B. Use Time-based workflow rule.
C. Use Process builder.
D. Use Batch Apex.

Question #4
Northern Trail Outfitters (NTO) has an affiliate company that would like immediate notifications of changes to opportunities in the NTO Salesforce instance. The affiliate company has a CometD client available.
Which solution is recommended in order to meet the requirement?

A. Create a connected app in the affiliate org and select the "Accept CometD API Requests".
B. Configure External Services to call the subscriber in Apex in the Onchange Trigger event as part of the flow.
C. Create a PushTopic update event on the Opportunity Object to allow the subscriber to react to the streaming API.
D. A Implement a polling mechanism in the client that calls the SOAP API getupdated method to get the ID values of each updated record.

Question #5
Northern Trail Outfitters has a registration system that is used for workshops offered at its conferences. Attendees use a Salesforce community to register for workshops, but the scheduling system manages workshop availability based on room capacity. It is expected that there will be a big surge of requests for workshop reservations when the conference schedule goes live.
Which integration pattern should be used to manage the influx in registrations?

A. Remote Call-In
B. Remote Process Invocation-Fire and Forget
C. Remote Process Invocation-Request and Reply
D. Batch Data Synchronization

Solutions: