Certification

Administrators Track

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Step One: Get Started

Administrators are critical to a company's ongoing success with Salesforce.

As an Administrator with broad knowledge of Salesforce applications, you configure and manage Sales and Service Cloud applications and suggest ways for your company to get even more from additional features and capabilities.

With an Administrator credential, you'll demonstrate your core knowledge and your ability to take on the responsibilities of this job. It's an important investment in your career as an Administrator. To earn these credentials, you must pass a multiple-choice exam at a testing center or in an online-proctored environment.

Step Two: Get Ready

Are you ready to become a Salesforce.com Certified Administrator or Advanced Administrator? If you are comfortable with user management and security, have good experience with workflow and approvals, know how to get the most out of core Sales and Service Cloud features, and are a master in reporting, then you may be ready for the Administrator exam. If you are already a Certified Administrator and know how to build advanced analytics, automate, and extend using more complex functionality, you may be ready for the Advanced Administrator exam.

The Study Guides for these credentials include a detailed listing of what the exams cover and what else you should know to become a Salesforce.com Certified Administrator or Advanced Administrator.

Step Three: Get Certified

You're ready! Register for the exam now.

Step Four: Keep It Going

Congratulations! Download the certified logo to use on business cards, email signatures, and professional networking sites. Keep the credential by passing short online maintenance exams after each major Salesforce release. Don’t worry—we provide release training and a release exam schedule to help you keep your credential. To take it to the next level, consider preparing for the Advanced-level credential.

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Learn more about the:

The Salesforce.com Certified Administrator exam is intended for an individual who has experience performing as a Salesforce Administrator. Here are examples of the concepts you should understand to pass the exam:

  • Manage users, data, and security
  • Maintain and customize Sales Cloud and Service Cloud applications
  • Build reports, dashboards, and workflow

About the Exam

  • 60 multiple-choice questions
  • 90 minutes allotted to complete the exam
  • 65% is the passing score
  • Registration fee is USD 200
  • Retake fee is USD 100
  • No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam

Sample Questions

The samples below are representative of the questions on the Salesforce.com Certified Administrator exam and are designed to help you become familiar with the types of questions on the exam. The actual exam questions may be more or less difficult than the questions below.

For more sample questions, click here for the Study Guide.

What should a system administrator use to disable access to a custom application for a group of users?

  1. Profiles
  2. Sharing rules
  3. Web tabs
  4. Page layouts

The Answer is A.

What should a system administrator consider before importing a set of records into Salesforce?

  1. The import file should include a record owner for each record.
  2. Currency field values will default to the personal currency of the record owner.
  3. Data should be de-duplicated in the import file prior to import.
  4. Validation rules are not triggered when importing data using the import wizard.

The Answer is A,C.

The Salesforce.com Certified Advanced Administrator exam is intended for an individual who has advanced-level experience performing as a Salesforce Administrator. Here are examples of the concepts you should understand to pass the exam:

  • Leverage the advanced administration capabilities of Salesforce
  • Optimize and extend Sales Cloud and Service Cloud applications
  • Design advanced reports, dashboards, and business process automation

About the Exam

  • 60 multiple-choice questions
  • 90 minutes allotted to complete the exam
  • 67% is the passing score
  • Registration fee is USD 200
  • Retake fee is USD 100
  • No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam

Sample Questions

These samples are representative of the questions on the Salesforce.com Certified Advanced Administrator exam, and are designed to help you become familiar with the types of questions on the exam. The actual exam questions may be more or less difficult than the questions below.

For more sample questions, click here for the Study Guide.

An administrator notices there are too many duplicate records, numerous sharing rules, and a large number of manually shared records.

Which situation may this be a symptom of?

  1. A role hierarchy that has too few roles
  2. A sharing model that is too public
  3. A sharing model that is too private
  4. Object permissions on profiles that are too restrictive

The Answer is C.

In Salesforce Territory Management, which statement describes how a territory hierarchy is different from a role hierarchy?

  1. A territory hierarchy grants login access to all users in territory.
  2. A territory hierarchy supports assigning users to multiple territories.
  3. A territory hierarchy automatically assigns users to sales teams in the territory.
  4. A territory hierarchy gives users in a territory full edit access to all accounts in the territory.

The Answer is B.

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