Salesforce Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Engagement Developer MCE-Dev-201 Exam Dumps: Updated Questions & Answers (January 2026)

A developer should request a new token once an hour when making multiple API calls in v1. Salesforce Marketing Cloud access tokens are typically valid for one hour, and refreshing them every hour ensures that the API calls are authenticated.

After using LookupRows to retrieve data when building a dynamic email, the next step before using this rowset within a FOR loop is to use RowCount to ensure the rowset contains data (D). This validation ensures that there are rows to iterate over, preventing potential errors or empty iterations in the FOR loop.

Example:

SET @rows = LookupRows("DataExtensionName", "FieldName", "Value") SET @rowCount = RowCount(@rows) IF @rowCount > 0 THEN FOR @i = 1 TO @rowCount DO SET @row = Row(@rows, @i) /* process each row */ NEXT @i ENDIF

In the provided AMPscript, the IF statement checks the length of the @point variable and sets @value accordingly. Since x = 'Tacos' has a length of 5, it meets the first condition Length(@point) > 1, which sets @value to 1. Subsequent conditions are not evaluated because the first condition is already true.

AMPscript IF-ELSEIF Example:

%%[ SET @point = RequestParameter('x') SET @value = 5 IF Length(@point) > 1 THEN SET @value = 1 ELSEIF Length(@point) > 2 THEN SET @value = 2 ELSEIF Length(@point) > 3 THEN SET @value = 3 ELSEIF Length(@point) > 4 THEN SET @value = 4 ENDIF ]%%

Salesforce AMPscript Documentation

The Describe method in the SOAP API provides metadata about the objects available in the system, including Profile and Preference Attributes. This method can be used to dynamically retrieve and display these attributes in a custom profile center.

Describe Method: This method returns the schema of the objects, including fields and their properties, which can be used to dynamically generate forms and interfaces.

Salesforce SOAP API Describe Method

To set a variable to use a field from a Sendable Data Extension in an AMPscript block, the following options can be used:

SET @firstName = %%First Name%% (B) - This syntax directly references the field value within AMPscript.

SET @firstName = AttributeValue('First Name') (C) - This function retrieves the value of the specified attribute (field) for the current subscriber context.

To alternate the background color of rows in an HTML table using AMPscript, the MOD function can be used to determine if the row number is odd or even.

MOD Function: The MOD function returns the remainder of a division operation. By using MOD(@numerator, 2), the function returns 1 for odd rows and 0 for even rows, allowing the background color to be set accordingly.

AMPscript Example:

%%[ SET @numerator = 1 FOR @i = 1 TO RowCount(@rows) DO SET @color = IF MOD(@numerator, 2) == 1 THEN 'Red' ELSE 'White' ENDIF SET @numerator = ADD(@numerator, 1) ]%% %%[ NEXT @i ]%%

Salesforce AMPscript Functions

To include Server-Side JavaScript (SSJS) in an email message, you need to use the : This is a valid way to include SSJS in an email. It specifies that the enclosed code should be executed on the server.

Salesforce SSJS Documentation

: This is another valid syntax. It specifies that the code within the script tag is JavaScript and should run on the server.

The Sent data view contains records of all emails that have been sent, including details such as JobID, EventDate, and other relevant information. To gather the required information about emails deployed in the last seven days, the Sent data view should be used.

Query Example:

SELECT JobID, EventDate, COUNT(*) as SentCount FROM _Sent WHERE EventDate >= DATEADD(day, -7, GETDATE()) GROUP BY JobID, EventDate

Salesforce Data Views

To successfully create a TriggeredSend object using AMPscript's API functions to send a confirmation email when an email is texted into their shortcode, the following objects are required:

Subscribers (A) - Represents the individual recipients who will receive the triggered email.

TriggeredSendDefinition (B) - Defines the parameters of the triggered send, including the email to be sent and the associated attributes.