Exam objectives – Salesforce Fundamentals
The knowledge and skills that app builders are expected to demonstrate in order to pass the Salesforce Fundamentals section of the Certified Platform App Builder exam are as follows:
- Describe the capabilities of the core CRM objects in the Salesforce schema.
- Given a scenario, identify the boundaries of declarative customization and the use cases for programmatic customization.
- Identify common scenarios for extending an org using AppExchange.
Reference: Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Exam Guide
This guide is published by Salesforce and can be referenced at https://trailhead.salesforce.com/help?article=Salesforce-Certified-Platform-App-Builder-Exam-Guide.
In the Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Exam Guide the total number of questions is given as well as, a percentage break-down for each of the objectives, and an indication of the number of features/functions that can be expected in each of the objectives.
By analyzing these objectives, percentages, and question counts, we can determine the likely number of questions that will appear in the exam and for the Salesforce Fundamentals objective.
Salesforce Fundamentals: Total number of exam questions
There are likely to be 5 questions in total. This is calculated as 8% of the 60 total exam questions, which is 4.8 or 5 questions.
Using these figures for the Salesforce Fundamentals objective and the number of items that are likely to be assessed, we can determine that there would be 1-2 questions for each of the following concepts:
- The capabilities of the core CRM objects in the Salesforce schema
- Where the boundaries lie between declarative and programmatic customization
- How and when to use AppExchange
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