Salesforce Education Cloud Consultant Exam 2025 – 400 Free Practice Questions to Pass the Exam

When converting a lead to a person account in the Education Data Architecture (EDA), the person account type should be deselected. This is because the process of converting a lead to a person account inherently involves creating a new person account, which will automatically be classified under the person account type in the Salesforce ecosystem.

By deselecting the person account type, you ensure that the lead conversion process will seamlessly generate a person account that is correctly associated with the individual's record. This also helps in preventing any configuration issues that might arise if the option was inadvertently selected, as it indicates that the record would not transition successfully into the correct type of account.

The other options, such as account type or lead source, typically do not need to be deselected during this process since they pertain to the characteristics and origins of the lead and populated account rather than the fundamental account type itself.