Cloud Kicks has created accustom object called Interests which is joined to Accounts by way of a junction object called Account Interest. What is the…

The Account Interest object is a junction object, which by definition has two master-detail relationships—one to Account and one to Interest. In a master-detail relationship, a detail record (the junction record) inherits its security and sharing settings from its master records. For a user to view a junction object record, they must have at least read access to both associated master records.

In this scenario, the user lacks read access to the Interest object. Because access to one of the master records is denied, the user is consequently unable to view the Interest records and also the Account Interest junction records that link to them.

A. The user cannot have read-only access to Interest records because their profile or permission set explicitly denies read access to the entire object.

B. A user's access to a primary record, like an Account, is not revoked simply because they cannot see records in a related list.

D. This describes field-level security, not object-level security. The user is denied access to the entire Account Interest record, not just specific fields on it.

1. Salesforce Help Documentation, "Master-Detail Relationship": This document outlines the characteristics of master-detail relationships, stating, "The detail and subdetail records inherit the sharing and security settings of the master record." This principle is fundamental to understanding why access to the master (Interest) controls access to the detail (Account Interest).

2. Salesforce Help Documentation, "Control Access to Objects": This guide explains object-level security. It specifies that "Object permissions specify the base-level access users have to create, read, edit, and delete records for each object." Lacking the "Read" permission prevents a user from viewing any records of that object type.

3. Salesforce Help Documentation, "Object Relationships Overview": In the section on Many-to-Many relationships, it clarifies that junction objects are created using two master-detail relationships. The security behavior of both master-detail relationships applies, meaning access to the junction record is dependent on access to both master records.