Using the following hierarchy, if a sharing rule exists granting Operations Person Read/Write access to Sales Management on the Account Object, what access does Operations Management have to Sales Management’s accounts?

Using the following hierarchy, if a sharing rule exists granting Operations Person Read/Write access to Sales Management on the Account Object, what access does Operations Management have to Sales Management’s accounts?

Default access for the Account object is Public Read Only. Executive Management Sales Management Sales Person Operations Management Operations Person
A .  None
B .  Read Only
C .  Read/Write
D .  Read/Write/Transfer

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Answer: C  

Explanation: Read/Write is granted through role hierarchy permissions from the sharing rule. If the sharing rule referenced a sharing group then the Grant Access Using Hierarchies would not apply. This could also be true for a custom object; all standard objects require Grant Access Using Hierarchies.