Financial-Services-Cloud Salesforce Financial Services Cloud (FSC) Accredited Professional (AP) exam Questions and Answers

Record alerts are a feature of Financial Services Cloud that let users create and display alerts on record pages to highlight important information or actions. Record alerts are based on OmniStudio, a low-code platform for building digital experiences in Salesforce. To access or extend permissions for record alerts in Financial Services Cloud, users need to have one of the following permission sets:

• FSC Standard permission set: This permission set grants access to the core features of Financial Services Cloud, including record alerts. Users with this permission set can view and create record alerts on supported objects, such as accounts, contacts, financial accounts, and opportunities1.
• FSC Foundations permission set: This permission set grants access to the common features of Financial Services Cloud that are shared across subverticals, such as retail banking, wealth management, and insurance. Users with this permission set can view and create record alerts on supported objects2.
• OmniStudio User permission set: This permission set grants access to the OmniStudio features, such as OmniScripts, DataRaptors, Integration Procedures, and Record Alerts. Users with this permission set can view and create record alerts on any object that has the Record Alert component enabled3.

References:

• FSC Standard Permission Set
• FSC Foundations Permission Set
• OmniStudio User Permission Set

The consultant should consider the following from a customer onboarding perspective:

• If the company struggles with the low efficiency of collecting data in questionnaires and meeting compliance with the company policies, Action Plan can be used to improve the current state. Action Plan is a feature in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to automate and standardize common business processes or service requests, such as customer onboarding, account opening, or loan application. You can use Action Plan to create templates that define the tasks, owners, and deadlines for each process or request. You can also use Action Plan to create instances of templates that apply to specific target records, such as accounts, contacts, or opportunities. Action Plan can help you collect data in questionnaires and ensure compliance with company policies by providing step-by-step guidance and validation rules for each task. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [4] : Salesforce Help Article [5]

The following standard Insurance Platform components can digitally enable the core insurance operations of getting an insurance quote or submitting a claim:

• Policy Administration, which is a component that allows users to manage the lifecycle of insurance policies, such as creating, renewing, canceling, or endorsing policies. By using Policy Administration, the consulting firm can enable customers to view and update their policy information online.
• Claims Management, which is a component that allows users to manage the lifecycle of insurance claims, such as creating, investigating, adjusting, or settling claims. By using Claims Management, the consulting firm can enable customers to submit and track their claims online.
• Quote, Rate, and Apply, which is a component that allows users to create and compare insurance quotes, calculate premiums and discounts, and apply for policies online. By using Quote, Rate, and Apply, the consulting firm can enable customers to get an insurance quote online

To enable Multiple Relationship Groups, which is a feature that allows users to add individuals to more than one group or household, the Admin needs to use Custom Settings. Custom Settings are similar to custom objects and enable application developers to create custom sets of data, as well as create and associate custom data for an organization, profile, or specific user. The Admin can use Custom Settings to enable Multiple Relationship Groups by following these steps:

• From Setup, enter Custom Settings in the Quick Find box, then select Custom Settings.
• Click Manage next to Group Member Record Type Mapper.
• Click Edit next to Default Organization Level Value.
• In Multiple Relationship Groups Enabled, select True.
• Click Save.

A gap analysis is a key step in identifying different business processes and outlining encompassing system flows based on the existing environment when setting up Salesforce Financial Services Cloud (FSC). A gap analysis is a method of comparing the current state of a system or process with the desired future state and identifying the gaps or differences between them. By conducting a gap analysis, a consultant can understand the customer’s pain points, requirements, and expectations and design a solution that leverages the best practices and features of Salesforce FSC.

References:

• Gap Analysis
• Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide

To configure customized nodes for display in Actionable Relationship Center (ARC), developers should reference the FlexCard in the Display properties of the custom ARC relationship graph. A FlexCard is a tool that allows users to create custom user interfaces for displaying data from Salesforce or external systems using OmniScripts and Integration Procedures. A custom ARC relationship graph is a metadata type that defines the nodes and edges of a custom relationship graph for ARC. By referencing the FlexCard in the Display properties of the custom ARC relationship graph, developers can customize the look and feel of the nodes and display data from various sources on them. 

The following types of Account-Account relationships are displayed in the Actionable Relationship Center (ARC):

• Accounts & Businesses: This type of relationship shows the accounts that are related to a business account, such as owners, partners, or beneficiaries. You can use this type of relationship to understand the ownership structure and financial interests of a business account.
• Accounts & Peers: This type of relationship shows the accounts that are related to another account by a peer-to-peer relationship, such as friends, colleagues, or associates. You can use this type of relationship to identify potential referrals and cross-selling opportunities from an account’s network.
• Accounts & Groups: This type of relationship shows the accounts that are related to a group account, such as household members, trust members, or business group members. You can use this type of relationship to view the aggregated financial data and activities of a group account. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 2 : Salesforce Help Article 3 : Salesforce Help Article 4

 The following steps are required to disable Person Accounts and use the Individual object model in Financial Services Cloud:

• Log a case with Salesforce to perform the conversion from Person Accounts to the individual model. You need to contact Salesforce Support to request the conversion from Person Accounts to the individual model. This is an irreversible process that affects your data model and user interface. You should carefully evaluate your business needs and test the functionality in a sandbox or developer org before requesting the conversion in production.
• Remove Person Account record types from the Individual Record Type Mapper. You need to remove any Person Account record types that are mapped to Individual record types in the Individual Record Type Mapper. This is a custom setting that defines how records are created when using certain features, such as Einstein Data Capture or Salesforce Inbox. You can access this setting by going to Setup > Financial Services Settings > Individual Record Type Mapper.
• Assign the Individual record type to the user profiles. You need to assign the Individual record type to the user profiles that need to create or access Individual records. The Individual record type is a standard record type on the Account object that represents an individual person who is not directly related to your business, such as a prospect, influencer, or household member. You can assign record types by going to Setup > Profiles > Object Settings > Accounts > Record Types. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 5 : Salesforce Help Article 6 : Salesforce Help Article 7

To configure customized nodes for display in ARC, developers should reference the Lightning Web Component in the Display properties of the custom ARC relationship graph. A Lightning Web Component is a custom framework for creating reusable web components that run natively in browsers and leverage modern web standards. A custom ARC relationship graph is a metadata type in Financial Services Cloud that defines how account-account relationships are displayed in ARC, such as node shape, color, size, label, or icon. You can use Lightning Web Components and custom ARC relationship graphs to create customized nodes for ARC that show additional information or functionality for each account. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [9] : Salesforce Help Article [10]

The best way for the Admin to access a Financial Services Cloud pre-configured org, including data and the right licenses, to learn about the product is to request a 30-day Financial Services Cloud trial org. You can sign up for the 30-day trial using this form 4. You get preconfigured and preloaded sample data so you can start playing around in your new org right away. Once you’re done testing it out, you can transition your trial org to a production org with the help of your account executive or solution engineer. Verified References: : Trailhead Module 5

Rollup By Lookup (RBL) is a feature in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to display summary calculations of financial account information, such as balances, market values, and cost bases. You can use RBL to roll up financial data to all joint owners’ primary households by doing the following:

• Create custom RBL rules to rollup the joint owner balances using the Joint Owner field on the Financial Account object.
• Enable RBL rules that rollup balances using Financial Account Role for joint owners using the Account Role field on the Account Contact Relationship object. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 75.

 The relationships between the parties when the Financial Services Cloud consultant sets up Rachel’s person account should be as follows:

• Primary Group Household - Addams Household
• Primary Member - Rachel Addams
• Spouse - Nigel Adams
• Trustee - Addams Charitable Trust
• Household - Symonds Household
• Primary Member - Neil Symonds
• Beneficiary - Rachel Addams
• Related Accounts - Addams Charitable Trust
• Related Contacts - Ivan M. Kohl

The following standard fields are available to track a customer’s retirement goal progress:

• Actual value, which is a currency field that represents the current value of the goal.
• Target value, which is a currency field that represents the desired value of the goal.
• Target Date, which is a date field that represents the expected date of achieving the goal.

 The following out of the box capabilities come with Financial Services Cloud Lead & Referral Management:

• Referral Conversion: This capability allows you to convert a referral to an opportunity, a contact, or an account. You can use this capability to track the progress and outcome of a referral and measure its impact on your business.
• Assigning a Referral: This capability allows you to assign a referral to another user, queue, or line of business. You can use this capability to route a referral to the appropriate person or team who can best meet the customer’s need or interest.
• Accepting a Referral: This capability allows you to accept a referral that is assigned to you or your queue. You can use this capability to acknowledge that you have received a referral and are ready to work on it. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 1 : Salesforce Help Article 3 : Salesforce Help Article 5

Feed tracking has to be enabled for the Action Plan object in order to add a Chatter component to the Action Plan Lightning record page. Feed tracking allows you to see updates on records in Chatter feeds. You can enable feed tracking for custom objects, such as Action Plan, from the setup menu. Once feed tracking is enabled, you can add Chatter components, such as Feed or Publisher, to the record page using the Lightning App Builder. References: [Feed Tracking], [Chatter Components]

According to the Salesforce documentation1, record rollups at the group level allow you to aggregate information from related records for several objects in Financial Services Cloud. When you enable record rollups at the group level, all corresponding records are stamped with the Primary Group in the Rollup__c lookup field. This field is added to the Account, Contact, Account Contact Relationship, and Financial Account objects. You can then use this field to create reports and dashboards that show aggregated data for each group.

From the Life Events card, a Wealth Advisor can take the following actions:

• Create Lead & Referral: This action creates a lead record for a new prospect or a referral record for an existing client based on the life event information.
• Request Record Approval: This action initiates an approval process for the life event record to ensure compliance and quality standards.
• Create Opportunity: This action creates an opportunity record to track the potential revenue from the life event. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 30. : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 31. : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 32.

Group Membership is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to define the relationship between a group and its members. You can use Group Membership to specify the following information:

• The role of the member within the group, such as Owner, Beneficiary, Trustee, etc.
• Whether the group is the primary group for the member, which affects how financial data is rolled up and displayed. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud User Guide, page 38.

Hank can see Action Plan Tasks in two places:

• On the related list of the Account page layout, where he can view all the tasks associated with an account and their status, due date, owner, and priority4.
• On the standard Salesforce task list, where he can view all the tasks assigned to him across different accounts and filter them by various criteria.

The System Admin can use the following Lead features for Intelligent Need-Based Referrals:

• Lead Routing, which is a feature that allows users to distribute leads to the right users or queues based on criteria such as lead source, industry, or product interest.
• Lead Assignment Rules, which are rules that specify how to assign leads to users or queues when they are created manually, captured from the web, or imported via Data Import Wizard.
• Einstein Lead Scoring, which is a feature that uses artificial intelligence to analyze historical data and predict how likely a lead is to convert. Einstein Lead Scoring assigns a score and an insight to each lead, which can help users prioritize and follow up on the most promising leads.

Actionable Relationship Center (ARC) is a tool that a Salesforce FSC consultant can recommend to a wealth manager who needs to make sense of complex client relationships and discover new business opportunities. ARC is an advanced visualization engine that provides a holistic view of customers and their relationships with actionable insights, all in one place5. ARC helps users understand relationships among people and businesses by presenting them in interactive components, such as graphs, cards, lists, and filters6. ARC also allows users to perform actions on the customer data, such as creating tasks, sending emails, or updating records7.

References:

• Actionable Relationship Center (ARC)
• Get Started with Actionable Relationship Center
• Work with Actionable Relationship Center

The following records support Document Checklist Items out of the box in Financial Services Cloud:

• Account: An Account is a record that represents a person or an organization that has a business relationship with your company. You can use Document Checklist Items to request and track documents from your account holders, such as identity proofs, tax forms, or contracts.
• Residential Loan Application: A Residential Loan Application is a record that represents a request for a loan to purchase or refinance a residential property. You can use Document Checklist Items to request and track documents from your loan applicants, such as income statements, credit reports, or property appraisals.
• Opportunity: An Opportunity is a record that represents a potential sale or deal for your products or services. You can use Document Checklist Items to request and track documents from your opportunity owners, such as proposals, quotes, or agreements. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 2 : Salesforce Help Article 3 : Salesforce Help Article 4

The Access Interest Tags for Financial Services Cloud permission is included in two permission sets that are provided by FSC:

• FSC Foundations permission set: This permission set grants access to the core features of FSC, such as financial accounts, account groups, households, goals, referrals, and interest tags7.
• FSC Extension permission set: This permission set grants access to additional features of FSC that extend beyond the core functionality, such as action plans, relationship groups, relationship maps, client tasks, client notes, and interest tags8.

To create a new FSC permission set that includes the Access Interest Tags for Financial Services Cloud permission, either of these permission sets can be cloned and modified as needed.

References:

• FSC Foundations Permission Set
• FSC Extension Permission Set

To enable advisors to capture Once-in-a-Lifetime events and prevent users from accidentally creating more than one event of such an event type, the consultant should configure Unique event types. Unique event types are event types that can only be created once for each contact or individual, such as birth, death, or marriage. By using Unique event types, the consultant can ensure that advisors can capture important life events for their customers and avoid duplication or inconsistency. 

The following statements about Action Plans are true:

• When you work with Action Plans, you first create Action Plan Templates, which are reusable sets of tasks that define a common client process1.
• Action Plans make it easy to create reports and dashboards, so you can monitor progress and ensure compliance. Users can use standard report types or custom report types to create reports on action plans, action plan templates, action plan items, action plan item templates, and action plan item owners1.
• Action Plans can be used to automatically assign task owners and deadlines for specific client engagements. Users can specify task owners by using assignment logic such as specific user, role, queue, action plan creator, or account team1. Verified References: 1

The following statements are true for a Group in Financial Services Cloud:

• Financial Services Cloud includes a group record type for households, which is a record type that represents a collection of individuals who share financial goals, such as family members or roommates.
• A group is a type of account record that people and businesses can be related to through the account contact relationship object, which is a junction object that links an account to a contact or an individual and defines their role or relationship with that account. 

To display the most important fields on the side panel of ARC, the Admin must configure the Compact Layout for each object. The Compact Layout is a layout that determines which fields appear in key places in Salesforce such as record highlights areas, list views, lookup dialogs, and global search results. The Admin can use the Compact Layout to select up to 10 fields that are most relevant for each object and display them on the side panel of ARC

Salesforce provides features and tools to help financial institutions improve the efficiency of their mortgage processes and provide better experiences for their customers. Some of the features and tools that a consultant can suggest to Cumulus Bank to implement are:

• The standard mortgage flow templates to build a mortgage flow in Financial Services Cloud: These are prebuilt flow templates that guide users through the steps of creating a mortgage application, capturing borrower information, and submitting the application for approval7. The templates can be customized to suit the bank’s specific needs and requirements8.
• Flow Builder to automate these business processes: Flow Builder is a point-and-click tool that lets users create flows to automate business processes in Salesforce9. Flow Builder can be used to create custom mortgage flows that integrate with other Salesforce features, such as data models, objects, fields, validation rules, and actions10.

References:

• Flow Builder for Mortgage
• Customize Mortgage Flows
• Flow Builder
• Create a Mortgage Flow

To configure Financial Services Cloud to allow users to relate two business accounts, the administrator should update the Role picklist on the Account-Account Relationship object with new value. The Role picklist is a field on the Account-Account Relationship object that defines the type of relationship between two accounts, such as Household Member, Business Owner, Trustee, or Friend. The Role picklist is used to filter and display the account-account relationships in the Actionable Relationship Center (ARC). To update the Role picklist, you need to go to Setup > Object Manager > Account-Account Relationship > Fields & Relationships > Role and add or remove values according to your business needs. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [10] : Salesforce Help Article [11]

To set up the new record types for Person Accounts, the administrator should configure Individual Record Type Mapper custom metadata. The Individual Record Type Mapper is a custom metadata type in Financial Services Cloud that defines how records are created when using certain features, such as Einstein Data Capture or Salesforce Inbox. The Individual Record Type Mapper maps Person Account record types to Individual record types, so that when a new Individual record is created from an email or calendar event, it automatically creates a corresponding Person Account record with the same record type. To configure Individual Record Type Mapper custom metadata, you need to go to Setup > Custom Metadata Types > Individual Record Type Mapper > Manage Records and create a new record for each Person Account record type and its matching Individual record type. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [8] : Salesforce Help Article [9]

The Referral Score is updated when an opportunity associated with the Referral is Closed Won. The Referral Score is a metric that measures the quality and quantity of referrals that a user creates or receives. The Referral Score is calculated as the number of referrals converted to opportunities divided by the total number of referrals. The Referral Score is displayed in the Referral Summary component on the user’s Home page or record page. The Referral Score is updated whenever a referral is converted to an opportunity or an opportunity is closed as won or lost. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 2 : Salesforce Help Article 4

 The following considerations should be included when configuring the report with branch management reportable objects:

• Bankers with Branches with Opportunities, Accounts, Leads, and Contacts report types are available for creating reports with Branch Unit Related Records. These are standard report types that allow users to create reports that show data from Banker, Branch Unit, Opportunity, Account, Lead, Contact, and Branch Unit Related Record objects.
• The reportable objects include Banker, Branch Unit, Branch Unit Related Records, and Branch Unit Customer. These are custom objects that are part of the branch management feature in Financial Services Cloud. Banker is an object that represents a banker or an employee who works at a branch unit. Branch Unit is an object that represents a physical location where bankers provide services to customers. Branch Unit Related Record is an object that represents a record that is related to a branch unit, such as an opportunity, an account, a lead, or a contact. Branch Unit Customer is an object that represents a customer who has a relationship with a branch unit.
• When Branch Unit is the primary object, the administrator can select Branch Unit Customers or Branch Unit Related Records as related objects. This means that the administrator can create reports that show data from Branch Unit and its related objects by using lookup fields or junction objects

The setting in Action Plans that helps to avoid non working hours, company holidays, and other non working days for deadline calculation is Skip Non-Work Days for Deadlines. This is a custom setting that determines whether to exclude non work days when calculating the due date for action plan items based on the action plan item template duration. By enabling this setting, the Admin can ensure that the deadlines are realistic and achievable

The recommended approach for implementing Financial Services Cloud at Lake Tahoe Bank is to implement Financial Service Cloud in a new org (Green Field) and redesign business capabilities in the new org. This approach allows Lake Tahoe Bank to leverage the best practices and features of Financial Services Cloud without being constrained by their existing customizations and data model. It also minimizes the impact on users during implementation, as they can continue to use their current system until the new org is ready to go live. A green field implementation requires careful planning, data migration, and change management, but it can result in a more efficient and customer-centric solution. Verified References: : Salesforce Financial Services Cloud Implementation Guide, page 8.

The following Permission Set Licenses give users access to Financial Services Cloud features:

• Financial Services Cloud Standard: This license enables user access to a license with contractual restrictions for Financial Services Cloud and provides access to core objects such as accounts, contacts, leads, opportunities, cases, activities, reports, dashboards, and custom objects. This license also provides access to some Financial Services Cloud features such as Action Plans, Actionable Relationship Center (ARC), Branch Management, Complaint Management, Data Consumption Framework (DCF), Discovery Framework (DF), Document Generation (DG), Groups (Householding), Intelligent Document Automation (IDA), Intelligent Need-Based Referrals and Scoring (INRS), Referral Management (RM), Relationship Builder (RB), Relationship Groups (RG), Relationship Map (RM), Timeline (TL)1.
• Action Plans: This license enables user access to the Action Plans feature, which allows users to create templates for common client processes, such as loan approval, account opening, or financial review. Action Plans can create repeatable tasks and automate the task sequences when executed2.
• FSC Insurance: This license enables user access to the Insurance feature, which allows users to manage insurance policies and claims for clients. This license also provides access to some Insurance objects such as Policy, Claim, Coverage Type, Policy Product, Policy Product Offering. Verified References: 12

To modify a published Action Plan to support an additional task, Jen should use the Action Plan item feature to add an additional task to the published Action Plan. An Action Plan item is a construct in Financial Services Cloud that allows you to add, edit, or delete tasks in an existing Action Plan. You can use Action Plan items to customize your Action Plans according to your specific needs and preferences. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article 1

The following considerations should be reviewed before implementing Flow for customer onboarding:

• Use Field Level Security on Milestones, which is a setting that controls whether users can view and edit fields on records. The Admin should use Field Level Security to restrict access to the Milestones field on the Flow Template object, which is used to track the progress of customer onboarding flows2.
• Flow for Financial Service Cloud is not available for the Individual Object Model, which is an alternative data model that uses the Individual object instead of Person Accounts to store information about people. Flow for Financial Service Cloud only supports Person Accounts as the primary object for customer onboarding flows2. Verified References: 2

The Admin can change the color of important life events to red by using custom CSS in a Lightning App Builder theme layout component. This way, the agents can quickly scan the Life Events component and find the information they need without much effort. The color red can draw attention and indicate urgency or importance for certain life events.

To give a group of users access to a Financial Deal, you need to share a financial deal record with a group by adding them as participants to the record from the Financial Deal Participants related list. The Financial Deal Participants related list is a custom related list on the Financial Deal object that allows you to add users, groups, or queues as participants of a financial deal. Participants can have different roles and access levels for a financial deal, such as Owner, Collaborator, Viewer, or Approver. By adding a group as a participant, you can grant access to all the members of that group for a specific financial deal. Verified References: : Salesforce Help Article [6] : Salesforce Help Article [7]

When using Data Loader to insert new records into Salesforce, if the Account Owner field is not specified in the import file, the default owner will be the user who is logged into Data Loader. In this case, since the administrator is logged into Data Loader with their own credentials, they will be assigned as the owner of all the new Business Account records. This behavior is consistent with the standard Salesforce rule that every record must have an owner.

References:

• About Data Loader
• Mass update Account ownership with Data Loader