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Free Salesforce Admin Exam Prep

Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator

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Can You Take the Salesforce Admin Exam?

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Age
Education
No formal education requirement
Experience
The exam guide recommends 6 or more months of experience as a Salesforce Platform Administrator; it is not a prerequisite.
Additional Requirements
  • •Review the current Salesforce exam guide and registration details before scheduling.
  • •Use Salesforce-approved study materials and avoid exam dumps or shared exam questions.
  • •No hard-copy or online references may be used during the exam.
  • •Complete annual Salesforce maintenance modules to keep the credential active.

Salesforce Admin Quick Facts

Exam Provider

Pearson VUE (book in Trailhead Academy)

Remote Testing Available
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Retake Policy

US$100 per retake (50% of the exam price). Each release cycle allows 3 attempts: wait 24 hours after a first failed attempt and 14 days after a second; after a third, wait until the next release cycle begins.

Total Cost Breakdown

Exam Fee$200 USD plus applicable taxes
Total Estimated Cost$200 for one attempt; each retake adds $100, plus applicable taxes
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Free Salesforce Admin Prep Tools

Reported exam pass rate: Salesforce does not publish a pass rate for the Platform Administrator exam.. These figures describe exam candidates, not OpenExamPrep user outcomes. Check the exam sponsor’s website for published statistics.

200 Practice Questions

Practice mapped to the current Platform Administrator domains, including data and analytics, automation, and Agentforce.

Scenario-Based Admin Logic

Learn how to choose Salesforce configuration, security, object, automation, reporting, and Agentforce options from real admin scenarios.

2026 Updated

Review the current Trailhead Platform Administrator prep outline and the Agentforce 8% domain.

Free Access

Prepare before paying Salesforce exam and retake fees.

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Kaplan $300+•Achievable $200+•OpenExamPrep $0

What You'll Study

11 chapters covering the exam topics in this guide

Salesforce Admin Exam Details

Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator

Administered by Salesforce

Official Source
68% (English version); 65% (Japanese version)
Passing Score
60
Questions
105
Minutes
$200 USD registration fee; $100 USD retake fee, plus applicable taxes
Exam Fee
Prerequisites: No required prerequisite; Salesforce recommends hands-on admin experience and official preparation resources
Valid for: No fixed expiration if required annual Salesforce maintenance modules are completed by the deadline

Exam Content Breakdown

Based on the official Salesforce content outline

Configuration and Setup15%

Company settings, user management, login/security controls, org-level configuration, business settings, UI controls, and setup troubleshooting.

Object Manager and Lightning App Builder15%

Standard and custom objects, fields, relationships, record types, page layouts, Lightning pages, validation rules, and data model implications.

Sales and Marketing Applications10%

Leads, opportunities, accounts, contacts, campaigns, products, price books, sales productivity, and sales-process configuration.

Service and Support Applications10%

Cases, queues, assignment rules, auto-response, escalation, Knowledge, support processes, and service-team operations.

Productivity and Collaboration10%

Activities, Chatter, Salesforce Mobile, collaboration patterns, user adoption features, and appropriate AppExchange governance.

Data and Analytics Management17%

Data import/export, Data Loader, Data Import Wizard, data quality, duplicate management, validation tools, reports, report types, dashboards, and sharing impact on analytics.

Automation15%

Flow Builder, approval processes, validation and assignment logic, automation selection, testing, governance, and operational troubleshooting.

Agentforce8%

Agentforce capabilities and use cases, when it's appropriate to use AI, security, troubleshooting agent permissions, and maintaining, updating, or installing prompts and instructions in Agent Builder with light testing in conversation preview.

What's Included

11 Chapters

Complete exam coverage

Practice Quizzes

With detailed explanations

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What's Next After the Salesforce Admin?

After passing the Salesforce Admin, you can pursue these career paths

Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder

Extend admin skills into declarative app design, data model decisions, automation, and user experience configuration.

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Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator II

Advance toward more complex administration, configuration maintenance, and best-practice platform operations.

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Salesforce Certified Agentforce Specialist

Deepen Agentforce setup, testing, data grounding, deployment, and AI operations beyond the administrator-level domain.

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