Exam Certified Platform Developer II topic 1 question 7 discussion

Actual exam question from Salesforce's Certified Platform Developer II

Question #: 7
Topic #: 1

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The test method above calls a web service that updates an external system with Account information and sets the Account's Integration_Updated__c checkbox to
True when it completes. The test fails to execute and exits with an error: "Methods defined as TestMethod do not support Web service callouts. "
What is the optimal way to fix this?

A. Add Test.startTest() before and Test.setMock and Test.stopTest() after CalloutUtil.sendAccountUpdate.
B. Add Test.startTest() and Test.setMock before and Test.stopTest() after CalloutUtil.sendAccountUpdate.
C. Add if (!Test.isRunningTest()) around CalloutUtil.sendAccountUpdate.
D. Add Test.startTest() before and Test.stopTest() after CalloutUtil.sendAccountUpdate.

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by Hello_Sfdc at Feb. 18, 2021, 2:08 p.m.

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ar9555

Highly Voted 3 years, 8 months ago

b is correct

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drwebber

Highly Voted 3 years ago

B is the correct one

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FriedConsole2000

Most Recent 9 months, 4 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

You need to set a mock.

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Ethan__O

10 months, 2 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

The Test.setMock method is used to set up the mock response for the callout. This way, the test method doesn't actually make a real web service callout and will not generate an error.

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