Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Practice Exams

About the Salesforce Platform App Builder
The Salesforce Platform App Builder generally has 6 months to 1 year of experience building applications on the Lightning Platform and/or on a similar technology platform.

A candidate for this exam is not expected to be able to administer Sales Cloud or Service Cloud, have programmatic development experience (Apex, Visualforce, etc.), design custom interfaces using Visualforce, or design custom Lightning components using Apex or JavaScript.

About the Exam

Read on for details about the Salesforce Platform App Builder exam.

• Content: 60 multiple-choice/multiple-select questions and 5 non-scored questions

• Time allotted to complete the exam: 105 minutes

• Passing score: 63%

• Registration fee: USD 200, plus applicable taxes as required per local law

• Retake fee: USD 100, plus applicable taxes as required per local law

• Delivery options: Proctored exam delivered onsite at a testing center or in an online proctored environment.

• References: No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam.

• Prerequisite: None; course attendance highly recommended
  

Exam Outline

The Salesforce Platform App Builder exam measures a candidate’s knowledge and skills related to the following objectives. A candidate should have hands-on experience developing custom applications on the Lightning Platform and have demonstrated the application of each of the features/functions below.

Salesforce Fundamentals: 23%

• Given a scenario, identify the boundaries of declarative customization and the use cases for programmatic customization.

• Identify common scenarios for extending an org using the AppExchange.

• Apply features and capabilities available to restrict and extend object, record, and field access.

• Given a set of business requirements, determine the appropriate sharing solution.

• Identify the features and capabilities available when creating reports, report types, and dashboards.

• Given a set of requirements, determine the appropriate global, object-specific actions and layouts to optimize the Salesforce mobile user experience.

• Describe the customizations and use cases for Chatter.

Data Modeling and Management: 22%

• Given a scenario, determine the appropriate data model.

• Given a scenario, explain the capabilities of the various relationship types and the implications of each on record access, user interface, and reporting.

• Given a scenario, determine the considerations when selecting or changing a field data type.

• Explain the capabilities and considerations of the schema builder.

• Given a scenario, determine the options and considerations when importing and exporting data, including the capabilities of external data sources.

Business Logic and Process Automation: 28%

• Given a scenario, demonstrate the use of formula fields to meet stated business requirements.

• Given a scenario, determine the capabilities, use cases, and implications of roll-up summary fields.

• Given a scenario, demonstrate the use of validation rules to meet stated business requirements.

• Given a scenario, determine the capabilities and use cases for approval processes.

• Given a scenario, determine the capabilities and use cases for workflow, Flow, and Process Builder.

• Given a set of business requirements, recommend a solution to automate business processes while avoiding errors in automation.

User Interface: 17%

• Describe the user interface customization options.

• Demonstrate the capabilities and use cases for custom buttons, links, and actions.

• Given a scenario, determine the declarative options available for incorporating Lightning Components in an application.

• Describe the programmatic customizations available for incorporating custom Lightning Components in an application.

App Deployment: 10%

• Given a set of business requirements, recommend a solution for key milestones and considerations when managing the application lifecycle and various types of Sandboxes.

• Given a use case, demonstrate knowledge, viability, and troubleshooting when using change sets.

• Describe the use cases and considerations when using unmanaged and managed packages.

• Given a scenario, determine the appropriate deployment plan.