Salesforce Certified Data Architecture Practice Test

What would be the benefit of implementing a Master-Detail relationship between shipment and shipment item records?

1. It allows for easier reporting on shipment items.

2. It ensures that deletion of shipment records removes associated items.

3. It simplifies sharing and security settings for items.

4. It allows items to inherit ownership from shipments.

The correct answer is: It ensures that deletion of shipment records removes associated items.

Implementing a Master-Detail relationship between shipment and shipment item records provides the benefit that when a shipment record is deleted, all associated shipment item records are also automatically deleted. This cascading delete behavior is a fundamental characteristic of Master-Detail relationships in Salesforce. This feature is particularly valuable in maintaining data integrity and ensuring that no orphaned shipment items remain in the system after a shipment is removed. It helps streamline data management and minimizes the risk of having inconsistent or irrelevant data in the database. While other options touch on important aspects of relationships in Salesforce, they do not capture the unique deletion behavior that is central to the Master-Detail relationship. For example, reporting on shipment items and simplifying sharing settings are advantages of the relationship, but they do not have the same immediate and impactful effect on data maintenance as the cascading deletion feature. Similarly, while ownership inheritance is an aspect of Master-Detail relationships, it does not directly relate to the potential clutter and data integrity issues that could arise without the automatic deletion feature.