Which sandbox type is intended for development and testing with a subset of production data including metadata and configurations?

• A. Test Sandbox
• B. Developer Pro Sandbox
• C. Partial Copy Sandbox
• D. Full Sandbox

Answer: (B)

The concept here is choosing a sandbox that provides a realistic set of data for development and testing without pulling the entire production dataset. A Partial Copy Sandbox is designed for this: it copies a subset of production data based on a template, and it includes the relevant metadata and configurations so you can work with realistic records and the same schema. This makes it ideal for development and testing scenarios that need representative data without the overhead of a full production copy.

Developer sandboxes are mainly for development and unit testing and don’t come with a predefined subset of production data by default; you’d typically load data separately. Full sandboxes copy everything from production, which isn’t a subset. Test Sandbox isn’t a standard option in Salesforce, and it doesn’t describe a data-subset approach.

So for development and testing with a subset of production data, including metadata and configurations, the Partial Copy Sandbox is the right choice.