The Salesforce Platform is a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). A primary benefit of this model is that it abstracts the underlying infrastructure, providing developers with immediate access to a pre-configured and managed environment. This includes computing, database, and storage resources without the need to procure, configure, or maintain the hardware and software stack. This allows development teams to focus exclusively on building and deploying applications, significantly accelerating the development lifecycle and reducing operational overhead.

1. Salesforce Platform Basics (Trailhead Module)

"Understand the Salesforce Architecture" Unit: "Because the Salesforce platform is provided as a service

there’s no need to manage hardware and software. All your apps and data are available in the trusted

multitenant Salesforce cloud." This statement directly supports the benefit of having access to predefined and managed computing resources.

2. Apex Developer Guide

"Execution Governors and Limits" Section: "Because Apex runs in a multitenant environment

the Apex runtime engine strictly enforces limits to ensure that runaway Apex code or processes don’t monopolize shared resources." This official documentation explicitly contradicts the claim of unlimited resources.

3. Apex Developer Guide

"Deploying Apex" Section: "Before you can deploy your code to production

at least 75% of Apex code must be covered by unit tests..." This confirms the code coverage requirement but highlights its specificity to Apex code

making option A less general than option B.

4. Salesforce Help

"Data and File Storage Allocations": This document outlines the specific

finite storage limits for various Salesforce editions

which refutes the idea of it being a preconfigured "big data" platform with vast

ready-to-use storage.