** NOTE: This guide has been completely updated **
Guide to passing all Salesforce certifications!
Please use the above guide instead!
Did you know that you can get five Salesforce certifications without knowing how to write code?
That’s right! Even the Developer Certification (DEV 401) requires zero knowledge of code!
…this means you can easily get five certifications in just three months, without taking any classes!
Step 1: Certified Salesforce Administrator (ADM 201)
This test is pure memorization, which means it’s 100% study-able. The ADM 201 class is a nice to have, but certainly not required to pass.
Step 2: Certified Salesforce Developer (DEV 401)
No knowledge of code required! In my opinion the easiest cert since it requires the least memorization. Most answers can be solved logically.
Step 3: Certified Salesforce Advanced Administrator (ADM 301)
Extremely similar to the Salesforce Developer Certification, which means by now you’re nearly ready for this test. Don’t wait long after DEV 401 to take this one!
Step 4: Certified Salesforce Sales Cloud Consultant (CON 201)
A lot of the material overlaps with the Developer and the Advanced Administrator certification. Take this one ASAP before you forget the material!
Step 5: Certified Salesforce Service Cloud Consultant
I recommend this certification last since it covers material that doesn’t overlap much with the others. Also, only a portion of Salesforce orgs use Service Cloud.
Need a little extra motivation to succeed?
How Mayank got 5 certifications in just 6 weeks!
How Adam ALSO got 5 certifications in just 6 weeks!
…and so many others!
Don’t forget to reward yourself after each certification you pass!
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you recommend taking the official classes for the certifications?
If your only goal is to pass the certification, then skip the classes. $4,000 is a lot of money. You can fail and re-take each certification test 30 times and still spend less money than one class. The classes are awesome for teaching you general Salesforce knowledge, but for passing a certification, you’ll learn more from self-studying flashcards.
Note that if your company has Premier Support, you get access to the online video versions of all Salesforce classes, including the certification courses.
Should I take the tests online or at a testing center?
I took them all online, so convenient! I can’t think of a reason not to!
How does certification maintenance work?
There are only two maintenance tests every release: admin and developer. If you have Admin, Advanced Admin, Sales Cloud Consultant, Service Cloud Consultant, and/or Technical Architect, you’ll have to pass the admin maintenance test every release. For Developer and Advanced Developer, you need to pass the developer maintenance test. No matter how many certifications you have, you only need to pass at most two maintenance tests each release.
How did you study for your certifications?
I used these exact methods and flashcards to pass all six of my certifications and I was fortunate enough to pass them all on my first try. For every test I crammed all my studying the night before. The method worked so well that I decided to write a post about it.
What about the Advanced Developer and Technical Architect certifications? How do you recommend we study for those?
Each of those certifications are significantly more difficult to pass than the five I listed. They deserve their own post(s) that I’ll be writing up later! For now, five certifications is more than enough to make your resume jump to the top of the pile!
Looking for more information on how to advance your Salesforce career? Check out the
Salesforce career guidebook!
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you can also use below trailhead link to practice for the admin exam.
https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/content/learn/trails/administrator-certification-prep
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Good piece of information. I am currently enrolled in the data science program with https://pickl.ai/ and was also looking to add more credentials to my resume. With this detailed overview of the salesforce certifications and how to pass them, I’m sure it will be much easier to add one more feather to my hat. Really thankful for your quality content, I was actually looking for some similar informational and was not able to find but look I found what I needed. :)
Hello David! This is a great read. Thank you for all your help and for the guidelines – you are truly inspiring to all of us! I really needed this type of blog to understand various Salesforce Training and Certification programmes.
My journey in Salesforce began few weeks ago. One of my colleague suggested me to upskill and reskill myself with Salesforce Certifications and my search ended up at Edvanza after reading you blog.
At https://www.edvanza.com/ not only you can take weekly Salesforce training classes, short courses, upskilling and reskilling programmes but other professional training to learn new skills and help yourself to ready for big challenges that can lead you to transformational experience in your professional and personal sphere.
Nice Article. Very informative. I learned new information from your article, you are doing a great job.
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Hello David
I have followed your suggested, path for certifications and Got 10 certifications, I am planning after getting sharing and visibility and get artichture certs, Then stop and focus on build some hands-on experience, my question is by having pd2 and application articuture, certs and have not a lot of experience in salesforce but have other IT experience, how I should present that to employers, I did get pd2 after watching your videos and it took me one year to get 11 certs but I appreciate your kind advise. Thanks
Top of your resume and prominently displayed on social media!
Hi David,
Just come across your site, and ready to start passing ! But noticed some links are not working. Eg..Flash card 1 link for Salesforce admin not working? Please update.
Thank you
Es
See the note on top of the post!
Nice article, Thanks for sharing.
Thats a takeaway in one single bundle.
Thanks for sharing,
ADM201 – Flashcard Link 1, has no Flashcards.
I think The data need to be updated here. Few old documentations are retired from SF site.
Thanks I’ll take a look!
Wait this is the old version, I link the new version at the top of the page!
This is very useful information for those of you who have studied abroad, let us know in the comments if you can think of any more good reasons to study abroad and whether you agree with the list so far! Thanks again for the post.
Thanks for sharing very useful content, I really need this type of blogs I found some other blog-related of salesforce on JanBask Training. They also provide Salesforce Training and Certification.if need you can visit janbask Training
For step–
Read through the Official Admin Certification Study Guide,
The link says page not found.Can you plz update the correct url there.
Thanks!
Anubhav
This post is old, see the new link above!
For step–
Read through the Official Admin Certification Study Guide,
The link says page not found.Can you plz update the correct url there.
Thanks!
Anubhav
For step–
Read through the Official Admin Certification Study Guide,
The link says page not found.Can you plz update the correct url there.
Thanks!
varsha
See the new linked post up top!
Feeling so inspired by your story and want to start off with these 5 certifications and follow your method but oh no, the Official Admin Certification Study Guide link you provided isn’t working and neither is anything else from that site :(
I’m a Salesforce noob so all the information out there is sooo overwhelming right now and I have no idea where to start. Your blog seemed to be perfect, but with the lack of material I’m at square one again. Please help!
Updated for you =)
Thanks for the super swift response! Unfortunately, it still doesn’t seem to be working?
Also, the Quizlet flashcards are no longer available either? Are they still online and if so, can you please update the url or another resource? Appreciate this so much, because all this information is already confusing enough when new, so it definitely helps to have someone who knows it well provide information and study advice.
See the link up top of the page!
Hello,
I hope all is well! I have tried a few of the links they are not working ! Can you please help!
Thank You
Thx I will check them tomorrow!
Hello,
I hope all is well! I have tried a few of the links they are not working ! Can you please help!
Thank You
Hey did you figure it out ? Im at this point now when I dont really know what steps to take
Any idea from where I can get Salesforce advanced admin/app builder training. ( Any free resources will be highly appreciated).
Hi I need latest dumps for ADM-201 spring-19
someone can help me?
thanks
Hi ,
I’m an E-commerce BA and I want to go with the course of Sales force , can you please suggest me according to my forte.
Regards,
Geetanjali.
David,
I have the Platform Developer 1 certification and I have to take the Winter 19 Maintenance certification on Trailhead and it is asking to complete the following:
Create a Lightning component that references the new lightning:map component and include it in a custom Account record page. The component will use an Apex controller that applies the Inherited Sharing keyword to ensure reusability across multiple applications.
Do you know where I can get any assistance with this? I am not really a coder.
Thanks.
Jeffrey Lawler
Hi,
I was looking for some volunteer job in Australia(Sydney) and found the below salesforce link:
https://www.sfdc99.com/2014/12/04/how-to-get-your-first-job-in-the-salesforce-industry/
This link mentioned ” register to be a volunteer” but when i clicked on it can not get anything to register myself.
I have done a salesforce Training and also cleared my salesforce 201 Certificate.
Now working on trailheads and preparing for next certificate but for local experience the volunteer work would be the best option to start.
Can anyone please help to search a volunteer job in Sydney.
Regards,
Sarita
Check out the links on the bottom of that page!
Hi David,
http://www.salesforce.org/volunteers/probono/
At the end of this link i cant see anything to register. Can you please explain little bit more.
Appreciate your help.
Regards,
Sarita
Check out the “More Options” section, those sites will have opportunities for you!
Thank you .
Hello David, I came across your website by searching info about Sales Force on Google, thank you a lot for your tips. I am a college student but already have a degree in IT, and I am interested in getting a Sales Force certification, but I honestly don’t know where to start, their website has multiple options and I kinda got lost on it. I am looking for the Admin Certification, what would you recommend for me to start, please? Thank you.
Read every word in this guide =)
https://www.sfdc99.com/ultimate-salesforce-certifications-guide/
Hi David,
I’m biggest fan of yours.I’m following your blog from past three years. IT helped me to complete my Salesforce Admin certification in 2016 and Platform App builder in 2017. Now planning for Developer I and sales cloud certifications within couple of months. As the Platform developer exam changed from last month, are these flash cards are updated and good enough for those certifications? Please let me know. Thanks for your time!
Sree
Thank you Sree! I’d say focus less on the flashcards and more on understanding the core concepts – the flashcards are just extra =) Good luck!
Hello All,For Latest winter 18 Salesforce Certification Exact questions with answers,Practice Guide,Please write to me on rakesh.sdna@gmail.com
I will revert you ASAP
Hi Rakesh,
Could you please fwd me the latest dumps for app builder transition and pd1
Thanks
Do you have the latest PD1 practice guide?
You can send me email on my id.
need latest dumps for pd1 winter-19
HI Rakesh,
Can you please send latest “ADM-201 Dumps”. Thanks for your help.
email id : saha_sujit@yahoo.com
Hello All,
Can some one please help me with the dumps or flash cards for the SFDC Admin Certification , any help is highly appreciated . I have my exam on Feb 27th,2018.
Hi SK,
Have you cleared your exam? and I need to have some information on the can you please give your no. or can you please call me on 9902027997
Hallo David and everyone
I see a lot of people who still use the memorize method to get success
Even an colleague encouraged me to use this method.
Im just a little bit confused which method i should prefer or should i use
an combination from both ones.
So what do you think about your old method and whats the opinion
among the other people about memorizing
best regards john
No question the new method is better – it builds on top of this one. Memorizing is always important but there are other things you should do too!
If memorisation is the key? What document to memorise?
Read the full guide =)
https://www.sfdc99.com/ultimate-salesforce-certifications-guide/
Does anyone have Dev-401 latest dumps?
i am planning for this certification after i passed my ADM-201 in September.
Hi,
I need Salesforce service cloud dumps. Can you please provide me on:
mukesh_mca2007@yahoo.co.in
Thanks
Mukesh
hi,
did you get the dumps?
please share it with me if so, venkateshkumarsakthivel@gmail.com
Thanks
Venkatesh
please share service cloud exam dump, appreciate that. Thanks.
rajukris@gmail.com
is it free or charge basis?
hii
can you please send me dumps of ADM201 ,my mail id is mon.mukh@gmail.com
Are the flashcards for Step 2 Dev401 still relevant for the Platform App Builder exam or should I be looking for updated ones?
Does anyone have the latest dumps for service cloud?
After spring 17.
Please email me! Rong10@msn.com
Thanks for the inspiration!
ADM 201 is mine. I passed in the first try.
On my way for ADM 211.
Omer
CONGRATS!!!!
Do u have the dumps please share to bnaveenkumar@live.com
Hello,
Does anyone have the pardot consultant dumps (SU 17) ?
Dumps are bad!
Thanks For Your valuable posting, it was very informative
David,
The links to Quizzlet take you to the answers first. You may want to consider flipping them for the Flash cards to work properly.
Thank you Josh – great tip!!
I’ve updated to a new cert guide (see top of page) and that one shouldn’t have the same issue!
Hi Sri Kumar, could you please share the dumps for platform developer 1, app builder, sales and service cloud updated to spring 17′ to me at reddyprasanthy@gmail.com
Thanks,
Prasanth.
Please share the dumps for Service Cloud Spring 17 to rishikant.dubey1@gmail.com
Hi Sri Kumar,
Thanks for your email. I would like to get some details on the App Builder and Sales Cloud exam. Could you please send me the details on bikrambhuyan@gmail.com
Appreciate your help.
Thanks,
Bikram.
Does anyone have the most updated quizlets for the Service Cloud exam?
Just want to say “You Make salesforce always Again :)” . I passed my admin exam today by just studying for 7 days ,of course taking a short vacation from my job. And big thanks to you, and great flash cards you have made…Next step Dev exams …Keep up the good work for the people like me…as we say in swedish “Grattis och lycka till” .
CONGRATS Anil!!!
Credit to the folks out there who actually made the cards, I just link em =)
“Lycka till!”
Hi Anil,
Congrats for UR certification. Can U share inputs how did U prepare for Admin certification & did U follow any dumps if yes then can U share the same. U talking about flash cards please tell what these flash cards are & how helpful. Please help.
Thanks
Kind Rgd’s
Vineet Anand
Hi Anil,
Congrats for certification. I am also preparing for same. Please do let me know did U follow any Dumps for certification? If yes can U share the same. In UR statement U talking about Flash cards, can u tell / share about same.
Thanks
Hi! If anybody has dumps of SFMC will be great!! And I will owe him/her a great beer :) My mail is chema_est@hotmail.com,
Regards!
Hi Srikanth,
Please share the latest dumps of platform developer I certification to raghavan.aru5@gmail.com
Hi!
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Hi Rahavan,
Not sure you got the dumps. If yes can you please share kiran.konakalla7@gmail.com
Thanks
Kiran
Can u please share adm201 dumps to asyusy09@gmail.com
Hi Sri Kanth,
Can you please send the updated dumps to laxmimoparthy@gmail.com
Thanks,
Laxmi.
Hi srikanth,
Can you please send me updated dumps at khatri1923@gmail.com
Hi Srikanth,
Can you please share dumps for SFMC consultant on lastalavista@gmail.com
R
Hi Sri,
Could you please share dumps for platform app builder certification on this email id : dhalnidhi12@gmail.com
thanks
Hi
i need to complete exam code Dev 401, and i couldn’t find the code in the registration page also which is Dev 401 Platform App builder 1 (sp17) or platform developer 1(sp17).
kindly suggest equivalent of dev 401
Platform App Builder (DEV 402)
hi can i get dumps for adm 201, dev 401, and platform developer-1. It will be a great help
Hi Sri,
Thank you very much for the post. Very help full.
Please share your dumps sripathichaithanya@gmail.com
please share your dumps to b.veerendra123@gmail.com
For all those wanting another resource for Admin 201 and App Builder concepts, I recommend the book “Salesforce CRM – The Definitive Admin Handbook, 4th edition” by Paul Goodey.
I used this book primarily to study for my Admin 201 exam and passed on the first try. I also used it for passing my App Builder exam. Simply read the chapters and study the concepts and terms. Doing the exercises is optional if your goal is to just pass the exam. It also has *HIGHLY USEFUL* quizzes at the end of each chapter.
Hope this helps everyone and good luck studying!
Hey David!
I think you should also update step 2, since the DEV 401 is now the Platform App Builder cert. Oh, and I’ve began APEX academy as my future goal is to pass the first Platform Developer exam. The academy is awesome!
I have one question though. Since I am new to Salesforce, is it realistic to become a developer within a year? I have some coding experience so concepts such as loops, conditions, variables, etc, are not new to me.
Thanks and keep up this awesome sight!
Ok you did update it! :)
LOL!
Thank you for sharing Brian!
Hi All –
My Name is Raam, I have 15 years of IT experience in IT Project management and Applications admin/ IT Support./Architect. In Oracle Hyperion and SAP BO..now I’m planning to switch my career to Saleforce..
Please guide and provide your inputs.. Appreciate all your support on this..
Have a great day..
-Raam
Check out the jobs section!
https://www.sfdc99.com/how-to-get-a-salesforce-developer-job/
Hi I just wanted to confirm, if i can prepare using this flash cards since i am planning to write certification in may 2017 just wanted to check if this can really help for the upcoming tests. a
Check out the new guide for the latest info on this!
https://www.sfdc99.com/ultimate-salesforce-certifications-guide/
Hey David. So the flashcards for ADM 201 was updated recently? What did you generally need to update (i.e., what changed)?
Generally there are more flashcards on more recent features!
Sweet. Thanks!
Hi David i am quite new to Salesforce i cleared my ADM 201 certification yesterday and now i want to understand which certification should i take up if i want to see myself as a consultant as i am not coder.
Same order as here!
Thanks
how about AppBuilder
Hi Rakesh, Please share exam set with me as well at nowusman@gmail.com. thanks a lot in anticipation.
Hey do you exam set for adm 211. if you do please email me at radhillon26@gmail.com
I do have the exam set.
Can you also send me the set for Advanced Administrator (ADM211) certification exam ? Thanks in advance
Can you also send me the set for Advanced Administrator (ADM211) certification exam to franciscophernandez@yahoo.com? Thanks.
Ramesh can you Please email me exam set for ADM 211 om radhillon26@gmail.com
*Rakesh
Hi Rakesh, Please share exam set with me as well at nowusman@gmail.com. thanks a lot in anticipation.
Rakesh, could you send me the set for Advanced Admin (ADM211) certification exam to dnelson501@hotmail.com? I am taking the test next week and looking for all the material I can get to study. Thanks!
Hi Rakesh, could you send me the set for Advanced Admin (ADM211) certification exam to ravikumar.yuvaraj@gmail.com
How do you feel that the new lightning experience will impact the Admin 201 training
Honestly I expect Lightning to make each cert much more difficult to get in the medium to long term. Especially because there will be less certification specific resources that cover the new Lightning topics. So in short, get certified now!
Thank you. That’s exactly what I was thinking. I am planning to take one exam each month for the next few months while there’s material and exam help floating around.
Hi David,
Just take the App Builder exam today and I passed. Honestly, I can’t do it without this page, it helps me a lot.
You are doing an awesome work here, please keep it up.
Thanks again David!
Congrats Huy!!
Hey hit! Congrats on passing the app builder exam! What specific Quizlet did you use to pass the exam?
You can search for “Salesforce App Builder Certification” on quizlet, they are quite similar with each other so it doesn’t matter which one you choose. Just choose one or two sets to practice. Once you understand all the questions in the set then you don’t have to worry about the exam, the questions in the exam is easier :)
Hi all,
This question below is about App Builder, I’m so confuse about this one. Some said the answer are A and D, some said it B and C. Any ideas guy?
Which statement is true about an external id field?
Choose 2 answers
A. The field must be unique since duplicates are not allowed within salesforce.
B. The field can be unique based on case-sensitive or case-insensitive values.
C. The field must contain at least one number and at least one letter.
D. The field contains unique records identifiers from a system outside of salesforce.
I say BD!
A is not true, you can uncheck the “unique” box
C is not true, you can set a number field to be an external ID
Easy way to verify is just try making a new field in Salesforce!
One of the better Salesforce study guides I have come across. The flash cards have helped me the most so far. But I am still failing the practice test but not by a lot. Making progress. Can’t wait to be ready for test day.
If anyone could supply ADM 201/ DEV 401 dumps to me it would be much appreciated it. ingenix123@gmail.com Thank you for your time and help!
Any advice for passing the App Builder certification?
Check out quizlet.com! VERY HELPFUL!
Do you have a particular link for the quizlet? There about 4 – 5 of them and I want to see which one is the best to study off of?
Also, have you taken the certification yet?
Thank Again!
Know when to use formula fields, know the difference between full sandbox, partial copy sandbox, developer sandbox, and developer pro sandbox. Also know sandbox GB limits. Know when to use workflows, validation rules, visual workflow (hint: call center prompts!) Know what master-detail relationships are and the attributes behind them.
That’s all I can remember at the moment. I passed my App Builder exam last month – took the new Spring ’17 release edition.
Good luck studying!
Hi All,
You can contact sfdctutor007@gmail.com for online guidance on passing Salesforce platform Developer 1 and Appbuilder certifications.
Regards
Hi David,
Just wanted to thank you very much – I passed my Admin certification on Wednesday! It’s definitely all thanks to you. A small step for mankind…..
Much appreciated.
Terry
Thank you.Recently passed community cloud exam.One of the newest exam and it was too good
i wnt to start learning salesforce ..started using jeet sings video on youtube..how to learn in better way as the videos on utube are not sequence wise.
Congratulations Rakesh. Can you please help me for the preperation of Community Cloud exam?
Send me email on rakesh.sdna@gmail.com
Congrats Terry!!!
Hi David,
unfortunately the quizlet sets 2 and 4 in adm 201 are useless. They don’t ask questions the way the exam will and don’t offer answers to choose from. Are there any other sets that are worthwhile or the will the remaining two sets suffice?
Thanks
I only studied from set 1 and passed my first time with almost 0 sf experience
How close is the actual certification test to the questions in set 1? Like are the questions word for word?
so all you did was study from set 1 and passed? were the questions on the exam identical to the questions on the flashcard?
Hey David,
Since there is overlap between Developer I and App Builder, I’m curious if as a hiring manager you take this into account when thinking how skilled or knowledgeable a candidate might be. Putting aside that the fact a person has more than one certification is a good sign.
Thanks,
Leandro
Hiring manager definitely won’t care. =). Either are good!
Hi David,
There is no flashcard for App Builder Cert on this page. Do you have any flashcard for this certificate?
Or just use the DEV401 flashcard for the App Builder Cert?
Thank you.
DEV401 for now!
Thank you :)
Thanks David :)
Hello, Guys does any one have dumps or have given certification exam for Social Cloud Specialist. Please share it if you have.
Have you found anything? let me know, i only have a little bit
Hey Danial no I didn’t find anything specific. It would be great if you share with me. My id is tarunchaudhary1903@gmail.com. And is it possible to connect with you on Linkedin..
Thanks a lot.
Cheerz..
HI david any dumps on email specialist marketing cloud , i have my exam on march 10th ,bit worried it would be awesome if i can go through the questions because i have no idea how could be the questions coming.
It’s appalling how many time the word “dumps” appears in these comments – 108 at the the time of this comment.. smh
What is a dump?????
short cuts.
questions from certification exams that people have taken. Let’s just say they would get you to pass, but not truly learn much,
Perhaps this deserves its own post some time =)
can someone please share some dumps – eatinghiswings@gmail.com
Hi
I am using your site for stuyding and got this question on one of the Flashcard. I am not sure if it’s correct. Shoudn’t Case team be a part of the answer as well?
Who can cases be assigned to when case assignment rules are being set up? (Choose 3)
A) Case team <–
B) Contact
C) Partner Portal User
D) Queue
E) Internal Salesforce Use
No – assigning a case changes the owner of the record. A record can only be owned by a Queue or a User
Hi David
Thanks for all your help – you are truly inspiring!
Can you please tell me about the update to dev 401 – is it app builder? any resources, quizlets, etc you can suggest. Is it a good idea to do several exams the same day to keep knowledge fresh?
Terry
That’s coming too!
I recommend doing exams close to each other (within ~3 months, ideally sooner)
Hi,
You can contact sfdctutor007@gmail.com for online guidance on passing salesforce platform dev 1 certification.
can anyone latest dumps for developer cerificaions to tharunyadav52@gmail.com
Hi, You can contact sfdctutor007@gmail.com for online guidance on passing salesforce platform developer 1 certification.
David, I’ve passed 201 exam just yesterday with first attemp. Just like you, I’ve also completed my graduation with Accounts and Statistics majors. But want to make my career in Salesfroce only. I’m preparing myself for 401.
Thanks for being great inspiration. You are the man!!!
Please fwd latest dump of Platform Developer1 to memohitkrastogi@gmail.com
Hi,
You can contact sfdctutor007@gmail.com for online guidance on passing salesforce platform dev 1 certification.
Hi guys, has any one have given Email Studio certification exam??
Hi! this is a good help for the exam.. I would like to have the ADM 201 dumb! can you email it to me at franciris1@hotmail.com
thanks
For latest dumps , contact raysmith.sfdc@gmail.com
Hi Mr. Smith I would appreciate it if you could help me to study for ADM 201 exam. Any study resources, flash card, study guide that you could email to me at libertycleaning2010@hotmail.com. Thank You
HI Smith,
Can you please forward me Admin Dumps.
Thanks in Advance
Thank you so much for the guidelines to pass any and all salesforce certifications. I think that step one would be easy because it is study-able; however, if you are a more people skills oriented person, it might not be that easy. I did not know that there is only so much you can study for. Any more advice on how to prepare mentally for the exams?
can some one please share salesforce ADM 201 exam dump
email me rakesh.sdnaatgmail.com
For latest dumps , contact raysmith.sfdc@gmail.com
Email raysmith.sfdc@gmail.com
Hi David,
I am going to work for a company that is into Salesforce and I will be joining soon as a Senior Developer. I have java background but I am completely new to SFDC. I have some free time available and planning to do certification. What would you recommend? Do you think I need to do SF Admin 201 certification to start off and then get into Developer certification? Please suggest a certification order that is useful for me.
Is the admin certification going to add any value to me as a developer?
Start off with ADM201 =)
Even as a developer, your admin skills are more important!
Hi David,
My company is asking me to get certified for Platform Dev I exam. I like learning through video tutorials than reading through pdfs. Is there good video tutorial place which can help me study for the exam that you would suggest.
Apex Academy of course!
https://www.sfdc99.com/apex-academy/
Also, check out the end of the first video here:
https://www.sfdc99.com/video-tutorials/
Get in touch with me for Jan 2017 Admin and Platform Developer original dumps.
Hi Rakesh,
Can you also send me the ADM201 dumps?
Thanks
Raksha
HI send me email -rakeshdotsdnaatgmaildotcom
Hi Rakesh,
Can you pl send me the ADM 201 dumps?
Thanks
You need to email me since i dont have you email id
hi rakesh pls send me latest dumps of salesforce admin and develper to spk2233@gmail.com
Hi,
You can contact sfdctutor007@gmail.com for online guidance on passing salesforce platform dev 1 certification.
For latest dumps , contact raysmith.sfdc@gmail.com
Can you pl email the dumps to tmrakesh@yahoo.com?
Thanks
For latest dumps , contact raysmith.sfdc@gmail.com
Hi Rakesh,
Can you please send me the dumps of ADM201 and Platform Developer dumps.
My email ID: muthumari3758@gmail.com
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Muthumari P
Any Dumps for 201 Winter 17, Please send to me sreyes1984@outlook.com. Thanks !
Hi David,
I am bit confused about the maintenance exam for ADM201 and Appbuilder. I got my certification as ADM201 SP16 and appbuider as SU 16.If i dont give exam ,will these expire? Also ,When i have to give the maintenance exam.
Thanks in advance
Hi David, great read. I see this was written in 2014, I’m assuming test questions have evolved since then with the many releases. Anyone have the latest and greatest for 201 and 401. I see alot of material online various sites but don’t want to study the wrong outdated materials. I’m looking to test in the next month. Appreciate any assist from anyone who has the recent materials.
Hi David,
I m new in salesforce. I m trying for salesforce developer certification. But, i am more confused regarding new patter in salesforce certification.
Which certification should i go for as given below:
1.App Builder
2.Platform developer 1
3.Platform developer 2
Get those in that order!
Hi,
You can contact sfdctutor007@gmail.com for online guidance on passing salesforce platform dev 1 certification.
Please send me the Dumps
Write back to me
Email me at raysmith.sfdc on gmailcom
Hi,
You can contact sfdctutor007@gmail.com for online guidance on passing salesforce platform dev 1 certification.
Can someone kindly send the 201 dumps to me. I’d greatly appreciate it! longedaisy@gmail.com
Hi, Can someone please send me the latest dumps for PLATFORM APP BUILDER (401)? Thank you!
markmartin719@gmail.com
Please send me PLATFORM APP BUILDER rakesh.mupiri@gmail.com
Can someone send me the latest material for DEV 401 and 501 to jbnjms@gmail.com
Thanks
Hi Anonymous/jbnjms,
These are obsolete exam/terms. The latest is Platform developer-I and Platform developer-II. I will highly recommend that you download the official study guide for them. The guide will also direct you to some very good material, which if sincerely followed will lead you to happy exam results.
All the best.
Kaps
And here you go for some short cut, but will still recommend you search yourself for official study guide on salesforce website. The below link is hyperlinked in that studyguide itself(I assume you know some of this jargon and you can ignore it altogether).
https://www.salesforce.com/form/conf/certification-journey-ebook.jsp
I jus completed my platform developer 1 (dev 401) exam couple of days ago. you can email me at srikanth9031@gmail.com for dumps
Hey David, I’m ready for 201, but still little nervous.. Is it feasible to provide me some more mock tests so I can be little more confident. Thanks for all your help in advance. My email address is maulikurl@gmail.com
Gonna have a course on that cert soon! But not yet!
Hi David, great post. Is there any study material you could help me with, for ADM201 certification, I’m planning to do it next week.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! nimitasugnani@gmail.com
Could someone please send me the latest admin dump? sccrkid96@hotmail.com
To me too please, adm201- knimrani@gmail.com
Can someone please send me the latest dump for ADM201 and DEV 401 exam? Thanks!
i jus completed my exam couple of days ago. you can email me for dumps at srikanth9031@gmail.com
please could you send me the dumps for ADM201 hanlingo@hotmail.com
Can someone please send me the study material for ADM201 at tmrakesh@yahoo.com?
Thanks
Rakesh
Hi,
Can someone kindly send me the latest dumps for PLATFORM APP BUILDER (401)
My email id is macharlasaikrishna77@gmail.com
Thanks
Krishna
It seems like the Flashcard Set 1 of ADM201 no longer exists anymore. Has anyone already saved it? It’s grateful if you guys could send me this flashcard set (or dumps) to me via mail truonganha1987@gmail.com. Thank you.
Hello Ha,
If you were able to get the set, can you send it to me as well? My email is stats.brianh@gmail.com. In return, I would also be more than happy to share resources, study tips, etc. via email.
Thank you,
Brian
Please provide with the latest ADM201 Dumps and do I need to set-up the tool to learn more closely to clear the certifications? Looking for your much-valuable comments..!!
Would you mind forwarding these on to me as well please? Email @ saraswatatul7@gmail.com
Please email me, I will provide you the dumps – sutha.parathasivam@gmail.com
please share ADM 201 dumps to me amitsap12@gmail.com
Please also share ADM 201 Dumps sreyes1103@gmail.com
please share with me pavancsms@gmail.com
please share with me pavancsms@gmail.com. If you have both ADM201 and DEV401 please share both.
Thanks!
Please share with me as well if you get any @ knimrani@gmail.com
Hi,
Can someone kindly send me the latest dumps for ADM 2012-Salesforce Certified Administrator (SU16).
My email id is balaji1012@gmail.com
Thanks
Bala
Would you mind forwarding these on to me as well please? jennifer.kelly314@gmail.com
can some forward these to me @ saraswatatul7@gmail.com.
Can anyone help with the latest ADM 201 Dumps. I need to complete by admin certification by next month so please help me. Also, give me suggestions of how to clear the examination. I am totally confused with a variety of resources available online.
Hi Sinku,
Did you complete the certification? How was it? Do you have any dumps were they useful? can you share them knimrani@gmail.com?
David, I love your site, has been a huge resource for me!
I currently don’t have the Dev 401, but am planning to write my App Builder. I find the resources for the App builder is very limited. Would you say the materials that are covered in Dev 401 is the same as the App builder?
Majority of the resources in Dev 401 does apply in App Builder as well, make sure you read the latest weightings of the study guide for ’17. I managed to passed by focusing on highest weightings.
Sorry for the late reply, but thank you Paul!
Thanks David, this approach still applies for the Platform App builder, I just got my Certification today thanks to your tips and strategies :)
Hi Paul @Paul “Bonhomie” K, it’s great that you got your certification. If you have done 201 certification, can you please share the dumps? I have to complete 201 certification in a week, so it would be really helpful to get some recent dumps. Email id: nimitasugnani@gmail.com
Thanks!
any one preparing for adm 201 need some help?
I do!
YYYYEEESSS PLEASE! I take mine next month and would LOVE some help!
Brandon.Nelson1983@gmail.com if you want to get a hold of me. THANK YOU!
Yes please, knimrani@gmail.com
Yes! I need help! I am trying to receive my certification within the next 2 weeks. I have already completed the trailhead for Admin, but I would love some more study resources for the exam. I know this is a late reply, but if you can help, I would appreciate it!
Hi Estevan Torres, did you do the certification? if yes, can you please share the dumps, nimitasugnani@gmail.com
Thanks!
Hi Hemanth. If you have done 201 certification, can you please share the dumps? I have to complete 201 certification in a week, so it would be really helpful to get some recent dumps. Email id: nimitasugnani@gmail.com
Thanks!
Hi Hemanth,
I am planning to write my certification exams in a couple of weeks.
Could you please send me the dumps to m.sreenithin@gmail.com
if u want pd1 dumps buzz me to abhishekhsfdc@gmail.com
Hi Nani, can you please send me the pd1 dumps?
Sorry, I sent you an email. Thanks!
Hi David,
i just wanted to ask you something.
i am planning to take up ADM 201 certification in couple of weeks.Do the flashcards contain latest info too.
will that be fine or is there is more to prepare for?
Please hklpe me
Big fan of yours.
rahul
Don’t settle for just these flashcards, use as many resources as possible!
sure i am.Referring to couple of online websites as well.trying to study close to 500-600 MCQs and some concepts.Hope this should help me clear the exam.
these flashcards are updated until the latest release i hope?
Can anyone please send me the ADM(201) Winter 17 dumps on my email id itzbiswajeet@gmail.com?
Hi David,
Thanks for this blog, as this helped me to gain my first certification – Salesforce certified Administrator ! thanks a lot !. Next, I was looking for DEV 401 or its alternative, but could not find the ‘Salesforce App Builder’ from the exam registration page.. Please let me know which is the alternative for DEV 401?
Below are the list of exams available,
Developer Exams
———————
1. Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I (WI17)
2. Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II – Multiple Choice (WI17)
3. Salesforce Certification Programming Assignment – Adv Dev (WI17) (Jan)
4.Salesforce Certification Programming Assignment – Platform Dev II (WI17) (Jan)
App Builder Exams
———————–
5. Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder (WI17)
Rosario – The Dev 401 has been replaced by the App Builder as you’ve listed
Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder (WI17) is the equivalent of DEV 401 (point and click App building)
Hi David, many thanks for setting up this web page and share you experience and knowledge. Six weeks ago I found myself with some free time between jobs and decided to start studying for the Admin exam. I followed your guide step by step and I passed it in few days. After that I became addicted and decided to make the most of my time off. I continued following your guide and here I am 6 weeks after with 5 certifications under my belt :)
The articles you wrote are truly inspiring and motivated me to keep studying hard for the next exam. I could never have done this without reading you. Thank you!
ps: I’m now planning a holiday with my girlfriend with the money I saved in classes :)
Proud of you Ivan, great effort!!!!!
Enjoy your vacation, well deserved!
When you get back, you’re more than welcome to write me your success story and I can post it up! sfdc99.mailbag@gmail.com
David
Hi David,
Could you please update this blog with the new flash card links as , these were old links and ADMIN 201 (SU16) exam seems to be more difficult, and only few questions were from these flashcards which you have given here. Could you please update new flashcard links so that it will be helpful for the new test takers like me !!
Writing up a course on this as I speak!
Note that the flashcards aren’t meant to be exactly like the ones on the test, and, each test taker may receive different questions than others. The key is to learn as much breadth of Salesforce as possible!
Hello David
Thank you for your blog. I would like to pass ADM certification, I read the study guide but I couldn’t find the courses for free..
Can you please advice?
Thank you
The courses aren’t free, but he’s explaining that you don’t need them to get any of these certs. Self-study is enough.
Hi David
Is these flashcards for 201 are good enough to clear the certification as i have to give exam on coming saturday. ?
Please let me know.
I would be cautious using these dumps you are finding. I looked very quickly and saw at least 3 questions with wrong answers.
hi Darrell,
Do you have ADM201 dumps? Please send it to me (nghiatran.spg@gmail.com) if you have. Thanks in advance!
Best Regards,
Nghia Tran
Hi David,
13. An app builder wants to show groups as the last navigation menu item in the salesforce1 mobile app. However, the app builder is not able to select groups as one of the items on the drop-down menu
A. Groups is not included in the selected list of the navigation menu
B. Groups is showing up in the recent section and not in the navigation menu
C. Groups cannot be the last item in the navigation menu
D. Groups is included in the smart search items but not on the navigation menu
i think the answer is A but B also sounds correct.
Please help me in sort this confusion.
Thanks,
Harish
LOL I have no idea on this one!!
Where was this question found? I know this is late but hopefully helps the next person.
This questions is written poorly in my opinion. Anything above the Smart Search Item in the Navigation Menu will appear in the Menu secion. Anything below the Smart Search Item in the Navigation Menu will appear in the APPS section. Regardless of which section Groups is in, it can be positioned at the bottom of either, but it can only appear in one section.
What drop-down menu is this question referring to?
So the way this question is written the answer could be both A and D because they are both referring to the placement of Groups below the Smart Section Item in the navigation menu.
C is definitely incorrect – can be in any position.
B is defintiely incorrect – this would show in recent section according to profile visibility and outside the scope of what the question is asking.
Hi, I am Dev 401 certified and have some working experience as Salesforce Developer. I am also looking to get my Admin Certification. As I do have some experience, I am thinking to go for ADM-301 directly and skip ADM-201. Is that allowed? Any suggestions?
I believe admin exam is a prequisite to take advanced admin exam..
Hi David,
First of all thanks for all your knowledge sharing.
I am planning to get certified and though that this sequence will be appropriate(below), From this post it seems I am doing all in wrong direction. Please help me point out what is more helpful in terms of giving more boost to the career.
I though
i) Platform App builder(thought its the most basic and should be attained first, please correct me, coz its just an assumption and have nothing to prove why I thought this way.
ii) Dev401
iii) Dev402
iv) to be planned(with some help)
Need your expertise to correct my priorities on these certifications. Don’t want to fall for a route that will drag my goals of boosting career longer. Thanks a lot in advance.
Thanks,
Kaps.
I’d really do them in the order on this page. Substitute DEV 401 with App Builder. Then Platform Builder last. That goes from easiest to hardest.
Hi David,
What resources do you recommend for Platform Developer I? Trying to pass this cert to gain credibility to transition from admin to dev. I have ADM 201 and DEV 401, currently.
Will that cert even give me street cred for a dev role?
Thanks!
Mazlow
Never taken that one so no idea!
Yes you need it for a dev role!
Hello David, I have 10+ years of IT experience in the areas of SOA,BPM etc.
I am a new to CRM and planning to switch my career to Salesforce.
Should I want to first read SF Administrator concepts and then to SF Developer? If that is the case then I should first write ADM 201 and then proceed the do other certifications?
Please guide me. Thank you,
Regards
Venkat
Admin first =) Follow exactly in the order of this guide!
Hi, did you get the answers, please forward to me. Thanks. boyealagbe@yahoo.com
Very nice blog.
I am planning to attend the ADM201 exam on 25th Aug, can any one help me with the latest dumps, I have a very short time to prepare for the Exam, as I have to be certified before attending for an interview next week.
Please help
Hi, can you also send the dumps my way as i am preparing for the ADM 201 exams shortly.Thanks. boyealagbe@yahoo.com
can you please send me the dumps for spring 19 adm 201 exam?
email id- atithilade@gmail.com
hi Atman,
Could you please share me the latest dumps for ADM 201 if you have it? My email is nghiatran.spg@gmail.com. Thanks in advance!
Best Regards,
Nghia Tran
If it doesnt take too much of your time could you send the dumps to me as well? Much appreciated!
Jonathanchow143@gmail.com
Very nice post and helpful too! I am planning to give Sales Cloud Consultant (CON201) certification exam. Can anyone help me to provide me the latest dumps for the same. Email me on – abharti007@gmail.com
Hey just wondering if anyone sent you any dumps and if so, can you send them my way at chrisballeto@gmail.com
Hi, I am planning to give Service Cloud Certification exam. Can someone please provide me any available latest dumps.
Hi, I am Rishabh . I am giving ADM 201 exam next week. Can anyone help me with providing latest dumps or suggestions ? i would sincerely appreciate that. Thank you. My email address is raj1rishabh16@gmail.com
Did you have any luck with the dumps? can you send them to chrisballeto@gmail.com if you did? Thanks and I hope you passed!
Hi,
I’m planning to write my admin201 exam in 1st week of aug16. Can u plz provide me with the latest dumps or these flash cards are enough to clear the exam. ?
Thanks
Sthiti
Hello David, I want to give the Dev 401 certification. But in the certification page, there is something called the platform developer certification. Is that a replacement for Dev 401? Is that the one I should be giving?
Hey Buddy, Dev401 has now been replaced by the App Builder. Go for that, there are websites online with guides to passing it, there are also cards on Quizlet
Hello David,
Thanks for all the great tutorials on Salesforce. I am planning to give platform developer 1 certification and would like to know if this the same as the earlier Developer 401? If not, can you or anybody out there please tell me where to see the sample questions and the preparatory material?
Any suggestion will be a lot helpful.
Thanks,
Sarah
Hello David,
I am planning to give Developer 1 certification in 2 weeks. I would like to know if it’s different from Dev 401 ??
Are there any dumps or sources to see how these questions have been asked?
Any suggestion will be helpful.
Thanks
Iam planning to write the platform developer 1 exam in 2 weeks. If you receive any dumps pls email me to.sangu@gmail.com
Thanks
Hi, I am Arshad. I am giving ADM 201 exam next week. Can anyone help me with providing latest dumps or suggestions ? i would sincerely appreciate that. Thank you. My email address is arshad88_pob@yahoo.com.
hello, i am giving ADM 201 exam next week. Can anybody help me with providing latest dump ? i would sincerely appreciate that. Thank you !!
Please provide me your email address. I’ll forward you the same.
Hi Shashi, I’m also looking for the latest dump for preparing ADM201 exam.
Would it be possible for you to share a dump file? many thanks for your help!
My email account is mijungjang89@gmail.com
Hi, can you also send the dumps my way as i am preparing for the ADM 201 exams shortly.Thanks. boyealagbe@yahoo.com
Thanks
Ade
Hi Shashi, could you please forward ADM201 dumps to nandhamurali@gmail.com
Hi Shashi, please share the latest material for admin certification at sunny.singh106@yahoo.com. I am planning to give the certification next week. Thanks for your help.
Hi,
can u also p’lz provide me the lastest dumps for admin201?
thanks
sthiti
Hi, can you also send the dumps my way as i am preparing for the ADM 201 exams shortly.Thanks. boyealagbe@yahoo.com
Hi Shashi, I am planning for it next week. My mail ID is Mohit.tripathi@paytm.com .Can you Please send me the latest dumps for that?
I would really appreciate your help.
Did you get the Dumps? If yes, then can you kindly share it onwards with me.
hello, i am also taking the ADM 201 exam next week (8/13). Can anybody help me with providing latest dump as well ? i would sincerely appreciate that. stpaultyler@gmail.com Thank you !!
Hi Shashi, I’m also looking for the latest dump for preparing ADM201 exam.
Would it be possible for you to share a dump file? Thanks for your help!
My email account is nitzsurana@yahoo.co.in
Hi Shashi,
Can you please send me latest dump for ADM 201 on my id: bholaimmu@gmail.com
Hi Shashi,
Can you also provide me with the latest admin 201 dump?
I appreciate it thanks at everyone1981@gmail.com
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Hi Shashi,
I’m planning to appear for AD201 SF Admin certifications. Could you please share me the latest dump. My email is gopinath.rs@gmail.com.
thanks in advance.
Regards,
Gopi
Hi Shashi,
I also planned to take ADM 201 this coming September. Can you also share with me the latest dump? My email is vchen03@gmail.com
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Victor
Hi all,
If anyone ended up getting these dumps please pass them along at jarvisp101@gmail.com
It would be greatly appreciated!
Hi Shashi,
Please forward the dumps to sujitha.nandigam@gmail.com
Hi Sashi, do you have the adm201 dumps.If yes could yu pls forward it to me- rahul.venugopal@ymail.com
Can you pl send dumps to kenleyds@gmail.com
Can you provide adm 201 dump to this email kenleyds@gmail.com
nimitasugnani@gmail.com
Hi Shashi, it would be really helpful if you can share 201 dumps. Thanks!
Hi David,
Your site has provided with great knowledge on Salesforce for me and i would like to thank you in regards to that.
I have Dev401 and Admin 201 certifications and came to know that dev 401 is no longer valid as it is being replaced with PD1.
I have went through the study guide and it feels really intimidating to me as it many deals with VisualForce,Apex and scenario based questions which was the not the case for Dev401
I would like to get your thoughts on this and your inspiration for clearing this exam.
Thanks,
Sundar
Check out the Platform App Builder exam, rather than the Platform App Developer exam.
Thanks Chuck for the suggestion, do you if Dev401 is no longer valid or is it considered to be a valid certification.
Hi David.
I just followed your post and it’s fantastic. I got my first certification and now I’m a Salesforce Certified Administrator :)…
This is just the beginning, now I will go for the Developer 1.
Thanks for your efforts on this blog, as you can see it’s helping a lot of people to achieve their goals.
Manuel from Australia.
Congrats Manuel!!
The second set of flashcards under Certified Salesforce Service Cloud Consultant – the link is broken.
After Salesforce Paltform Developer I is best to study for Salesforce Platform Developer II or to learn other language as HTML, CSS, JavaScripit etc? Thanks :)
Did you pass the exam recently?how was the exam?
Hi
Its seems the study guide (syllabus) for ADM201 has changed for Spring’16. Can you suggest me from where I can study the concepts .
Hi
I am a beginner in SF and have not given any certification so far.So which certification you will recommend me to do Admin or Dev one?.. I got confused looking at their syllabus( Exam outline).
I recommend the order in this post!
can you please share dump with me at ranjanpatel66@yahoo.com
Great site! I passed my admin exam today and will take the advanced admin next week.
I have a stupid question though: Does anyone know if there’s a site where the fastest passing times are listed? I’m asking cause I studied like a beast and took the exam in 15 minutes which my admin colleagues didn’t believe but luckily the time is saved on the webassesor profile.
Thanks and best regards
Claas
That’s a great idea for a site! Maybe you should create it =)
Hi Claas,
Can you please guide me where u got the dumps or preparation material..? It will be a great help
Answer to Question 69 is incorrect
Hi David,
I am having 7+ years experience in Mainframe Development. I want to switch career into salesforce. Could you please suggest the appropriate salesforce profile. Also, Please suggest all Certifications that needed to be completed for that profile.
Thanks,
Sam
Is this post not sufficient? =)
Hi Team,
Could you please help me in identifying the right answers to the below question?
As for me the answers should be b, c & e. Please confirm if this is the right answer. If not please help.
Thanks.
An App Builder has created a report for sales people to view records from a custom object. Some complained they are unable to see all of the appropriate records. What step should be taken to ensure data visibility within the report?
(Choose 3 Answers)
a. Check the users Profile for object settings.
b. Check Organization-Wide Defaults.
c. Check Report Filters.
d. Check the Report Folder Sharing Settings.
e. Check Sharing Rules.
I agree with B, C, and E!
Thank you David.
Hello Guys,
Could you please help me in answering the below questions. I went through the help article in salesforce, but it is really confusing to find the answer to this question.
Field type conversion. Which of the following are true? (Choose 2 Answers)
a. Data can be lost when converting from simple picklist to multi picklist.
b. Data can be lost when converting from auto number to text.
c. Data can be lost when converting from number to currency (assuming that field lengths are identical).
d. Information can be lost when converting from text area (rich) to text area (long).
Please suggest the right answers. Thanks.
I say C&D.
C because of conversions, and D because of HTML formatting.
Thanks David. Appreciate your help on this.
Also I would like to thank you for the 2 Apex Academy courses on PluralSight. I completed both of the courses over the week end. Need to complete the assignments in the next few days.
You are absolutely superb. The way you explained the DOT NOTATION is mind blowing. When I press DOT (.) on the editor your name pop up in my mind :)
hahaha, thank you Bik!
Hey David I have my Sales Cloud exam at the end of June’16. Plzz share the right answers for the dumps..All flashcards available on Quizlets, cram, Pro Profs have wrong answers, plzz help me with dumps for Sales Cloud having the right answer.Email at rukmanibhati90@gmail.com
I am back David et al ! (Anonymous / aka Thunder above) LOL
This time prepping for ADM 211 8 months later after passing the previous ones [ cheers David ;) ] and fishing for more incorrect questions — really pays to double-check and also sticks in your brain when you research the background of every question.
Having said that, just found yet another muddy sucker question — this time on the ADM 211 flashcards and searching high and low has not provided clarification (Looked through profile permissions just to make sure I hadn’t lost my touch [or my mind!])
FLASHCARD QUESTION:
What Permission is needed to export data?
Answer: Export Data
Where on earth is this permission? The closest I can find is Export Report or Read could apply to any API user utilizing the Data Loader interface.
Here are links to the same questions posted by others:
https://success.salesforce.com/answers?id=90630000000gpRiAAI
https://success.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=08730000000jlwXAAQ
http://salesforce.stackexchange.com/questions/7394/data-export-permissions-for-custom-profile
What gives?
That one’s probably just a bad question that won’t be on the test =)
I’d use this as the definitive answer to a similar question:
https://help.salesforce.com/HTViewHelpDoc?id=exporting_data.htm
Good luck!
Thanks David. You still owe me a T-Shirt though. =P
^_^
(Btw if I actually do owe you a t-shirt, I’ve sent them all out already and yours may have been lost!!)
This doesn’t make any sense either. Thoughts?
FLASHCARD QUESTION:
Will child records in relationships inherit the OWD from their parents?
ANSWER: No
Do they mean like if the Child is having a relationship with another parent on the side? ;)
This is talking about lookup/master-detail relationships, and it should be no
But I thought Child Records in Master-Detail relationships inherited their Organization-Wide Defaults from their parents (?) . Why is the answer No?
Thanks again!
Lookups won’t =)
I googled this too but couldn’t find a different answer, although the question has been asked in many places with the same answer as this Flashcard. Still it just seems wrong.
FLASHCARD QUESTION:
If a developer wants interviewers to view positions, but to never view the grade listed for a position, which tool would the developer use?
a) Field-level security on positions
b) Page layouts
c) Field-level security on grades
d) Record types
FLASHCARD ANSWER:
A
I keep thinking the answer should be C ?
Wherefore, I’m guessing Positions is an Object, and Grade is a field. Hence, it begs to be believed that one would be using FLS (Field-level security) on the Grades field and not rather on the Positions object which doesn’t make any sense?
It should be C, IMO. Generally people copy flashcards, so don’t put too much stock into them. You do need to know the general direction of the questions though!
Hi there,
I want to take the Sales Cloud Consultant exam soon but need help/advice on studying. I used quizlet.com, cram.com, the Salesforce documentation for each part of the study guide, and even watched some Premier Support videos but failed the test.
Has anyone recently taken this exam? All of the material online is old and I would really appreciate anything recent anyone can share.
Hi there Kelsey, I just passed the exam this morning. I will admit this one was pretty tough, certainly harder than Certified Administrator Exam or any of the other ones I’ve taken, although Platform App Builder was tougher for me, but I felt good about this one having done well with the Advanced Administrator and Platform App Builder prior to this one. Some of the questions in the one really tricked the heck out of me, but the key to success is to use process of elimination and look back to some of your own Salesforce experiences when assessing the questions.
I’ll be honest, a lot of the quizlet and cram questions are definitely spot on, but, beyond that, there really isn’t a simple way to prepare for the exams. A lot of it chalked up to experience and working with a free Dev Org, plus the trailheads too. For me, really, it was all real world experience, having to figure out how to solve complex business processes within Salesforce.
I tell you what email me habte.medhanie@gmail.com. I’ll be glad to provide some tips and pointers, even discuss some of the strategies in use.
I’ll tell you this, this site is a great place to start and has helped me and so many other a lot.
Would you recommend going for Advanced Admin before Sales Cloud Consultant? I only have the regular Admin cert, and having a hard time deciding on which one to go for second.
Hi David,
I am planning to sit for Certified Salesforce Administrator (ADM 201) in 2 weeks times. Is following the new name for Salesforce Administrator (ADM 201) course.
Salesforce Certified Administrator (SP16)
Please confirm
Ayesh
Hi Ayesh
Yes that is the same thing!
Yes Ayesh, thats the one ADM 201.
Hey David,
Can you give some tips for the new developer certifications, i.e. Platform Developer I and Platform Developer II
How different are they from old developer and advanced developer certifications?
Thanks!
BTW i recently discovered your blog, and i totally loved your Apex4Admins sessions. I just purchased head first java and I seriously wish to attend dreamforce one day and do wonders like you in my career :)
Thanks for the great website and all the great advice. I can happily report that I have passed 3 exams (201,211,401) in one shot. Although I had 4 weeks between 201 and 401 and a two week interval between 401 and 211. Sales and Service will follow shortly, probably a week, depending on how well I do with these flashcards. While this isn’t a record, unlike Mayank or Adam, I’m okay with it.
I took the Salesforce 211 course in Austin last October and while the class provided a very comprehensive outlook into the advanced administrator exam in such a short time, I found the flashcards to really help a great deal and supplement my knowledge of not only the exam questions but the processes in Salesforce.
The key to achieving a good passing score is to definitely study up on the study guides, and analyze all the different processes and items to be tested. Make great use of the free developer org, there are so many cool things you can do with it, and if you’re city has a community or user group, get involved. Also it definitely helps to post questions on the success communities and get engaged.
From my experience, I started using Salesforce as an Administrator two years when I landed a job at a mid-sized nonprofit with the task of setting up this thing called Salesforce, which was donated through the Power Of Us program. I’ve used it before in another position at a corporate org, although as a sales user. Prior to that, my experience mainly was with Blackbaud Raisers Edge, which while great for data management, was inefficient, required Windows or a VPN, and lacked the agility nonprofits need to continue moving forward.
Our team has a relatively small user base of about 10-15 users, with an audience of 100,000 contacts, give or take, with only one administrator, me. This experience, despite its difficulty, and all the freedom of being a sole administrator, helped a great deal in preparation, not only for certification, but building a Salesforce org from scratch and helping it transform our cause to the next level.
SFDC99 Definitely is the way to go! I’ll keep posted on how I do with the Sales and Service Cloud certifications, but the next big step is to master becoming a developer. Hopefully before Dreamforce.
Thanks again David!
Wow! Great job Medhanie!
I might post this as a separate success story – I think it needs more attention!
BTW email me if you want to talk about this! sfdc99.mailbag@gmail.com
Hi all, unfortunately the Service Cloud was a no go on the first attempt, but I think I know why. Nonetheless, I cannot complain, as I got the three I desperately and initially wanted (the 201, 401 and 211) plus the Sales Cloud. I thought this Service was the toughest of them all, given that so few orgs use it, although we do work quite extensively with cases and knowledge. At any rate, my next step is to get back on it again in a month or so!
Service Cloud was a TOUGH one, IMO hardest of them all! A lot of the concepts on that test are just not well documented. Try again soon!
Less than a year later, I passed the service cloud consultant exam! Thank you David for all you do. Now on to platform developer! Someday we shall meet and I’ll treat you to an HD strawberry smoothie.
David – fantastic information. Any plans to update this information with it being about 18 months now since the original post?
I plan to take it even further – make courses on certs! Coming soon…
Thanks, David. Saw your Dream Force talk and loved it. Im begining to study for the 201 now. Tha ks for all the great i fo.
HI all,
Are the flashcards for 201 still valid? If not, can someone provide updated resources?
Thanks,
Nikola
Forward me the dump on parul.trivedi29@gmail.com
Thanks in advance
Thanks David for awesome blog! I have only 6 months work experience and I could pass ADM 201 and Platform App builder exam on my first attempt in 2 weeks.
Hi Sangeeta, could you please help me understand how you stuided and prepared for platform app builder? Do you have any tips or insight for the exam?
Hi Jos!
Let me share to you the reviewer that I used when I prepared for the Platform App Builder Certification last February 2016. It’s a combination of questions from Quizlet and Proprofs and from my co-employees who first took the exam. This helped me passed the exam. I hope this will be a great help to you too. However, also take note that new feature releases might not be included in this reviewer. The last time it was used by my team mate(who also passed the exam)was end week of March.. Best of luck to you! ;)
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mtqxnjk3nqqqr6
Sangeeta Can you send me dumps @ email address mit_tinax@yahoo.com? Thanks in Advance
Hi Piyumi,
Can u plz share those dumps to me @ krishnaja.41@gmail.com
Can you plz share those dumps. I’m planning to take App Builder exam. Plz frwd the dumps or any kind of materials at krishnaja.41@gmail.com
Thanks in advance
Hi
Please pass on the dumps for Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder (SP16) at meghna003@gmail.com.
Thanks in advance
Hello David,
I have cleared the Admin Certification Exam (SP16). I was thinking of taking the Developer when i saw that its been re-named to “Sales force Certified Platform Developer 1”. Is this the same as Certified Salesforce Developer (DEV 401)? Are the flash cards that you have suggested for Quizzlet is up-to-date based on the new Exam outline?
Any updates on how to prepare for this exam will be helpful.
Thanks :)
Salesforce has decided to not offer any more of the DEV401 certifications. That has been replaced with the new Platform Dev 1 certification. This is their way of earning more money I guess
Hello Nehal,
I just took the Salesforce Platform Developer 1 test last week. I think it has changed some, because there were quite a few questions about code. They were mostly snippets of code with several options on how to best complete the code.
The flashcards were useful for everything but the code, I haven’t found much in the way of study materials for those questions. To better prepare for next time I’m taking on junior apex development projects at work to learn it a bit better.
Hi Nehal,
Can you please tell me if the study material for “Salesforce Certified Platform Developer 1” same as DEV401 exam?
I am planning to give DEV401 but now through your comment got to know that DEV401 is replaced now. Please give more info on this if possible.
Thanks :)
Hello Guys,
Registered for the App Builder Certification Exam, Looking for Dumps or useful material for perpetration, Suggestion appreciated.
Thank you in advance
Hi,
Can you please forward me your dumps at cheamala2@gmail.com?
Thanks,
Amala
Hi nsana,
Can you please forward me your dumps at cheamala@gmail.com?
Thanks,
Amala
Can you please forward the dumps to cheamala@gmail.com
Thanks,
Amala
Hi Abhishek,
Could you please send the materials for “App Builder” exam to my email address “bikrambhuyan@gmail.com”.
Appreciate your help on this.
Thanks,
Bikram.
Hi , i am preparing for exam . Please share a dump to me rmsmisra@gmail.com .. Thanks a lot :)
Hello Guys,
If anyone appeared the “Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder” exam recently, could you please share some details? Any study materials and other tips are appreciated.
Thanks,
Bikram.
Hi Bikram,
I took the App Builder when it first came out at Dreamforce ’15. I was planning (and studying) to take the Developer cert before they did away with it. Studying for the Developer exam proved to be enough to pass the App Builder . Of course, I reviewed the official study guide and consulted the official documentation in any area I felt weak in. In short, study any unofficial study guides for the developer exam and supplement with the official App Builder study guide.
Thanks Martin for your input. Appreciate it. I am planning to appear for the Platform App Builder exam by end of next month. So preparing based on that timeline in my mind.
Hi Could you plz help me by sharing those notes
Could you plz send the dump on my E-mail id
Thanks David for providing nice way to start in Salesforce. I just cleared my Admin 201.
Next stop is Dev 401
Hi David
how was exam level?
i have my exam tomorrow.
i have just go through syllabus and flashcards.
is this enough??
Can you send me dumps @ email address mit_tinax@yahoo.com? Thanks in Advance
Hi Can you plz provide the study material for Admin201
Hello,
i am planning to give ADM201 exam in next week.
i have learnt many topics of ADM201 but i am not confident about the exam.
is there any suggestion and dumps and material which can help me out????
is this flash cards are enough for the exam to pass??
which other websites and material is useful?
please please suggest me.
thanks in advance
my email id is shitaloza122@gmail.com. please send the material and links on this email id.
i ask to some of the persons from the mentioned comments that they provide dumps but they asked for charges for the dumps.
this page to help the people not earn money.
Thanks @nsana your questions were very helpful in clearning Platform Appbuilder.
Hello nsana, Could you please send the Platform App Builder related details to my email address “bikrambhuyan@gmail.com”. Thanks & appreciate your help.
Hi All, I am going to take my Adv Admin Certification (ADM211) in 3 weeks. Any dump questions that you have, please email to ben.siswanto@gmail.com; I do really appreciated.
Hi Ben , It would be great, If you could share some feedback on Adv Admin certification, If you received any dumps please share that with me.
Hi Ishan, ADM211 exam has lot of practical questions than theory and it will ask the best approach to get the job done; for instance making custom field required can be done thru page layout, field setting, validation rules, and upon creating custom field. the test will ask which one is the best approach so you have to understand the difference in order to answer the question. hope it helps and good luck!
anyone recently cleared Service Cloud Certification? Please share your experience and mail address
I passed Service Cloud certification by the end of February. For preparation, Most of the questions were related to KB articles, Service Console, Contact Centers and Service Social media. By studyng the flascards from cram.com you will have a good point for start. Good luck!
Which one of the flashcard sets did you use from cram.com?
Hey Mark,
Are having the latest information on the Service Cloud Certification, i am planning to appear for the same.
Please share some tips and links to prepare from at rkdubey.salesforce@gmail.com
Thanks in advance.
Hey David, any chance of you updating the certification info, looks like there have been some changes when I’ve looked up the exams or maybe a post to say how the new exam titles relate to the ones you’ve provided info for? Just a thought, still great info though, Thanks.
Gonna do even better – make a full-fledged certification course!
VERY excited about this! Any idea on timeline?
Next two courses are already planned, after that want to tackle certs!
Fabulous =D
Flashcard sets worry me…they could be out of date, like the documentation example link your provided (was a spring 16 link)
When you say click and study the documentation…what’s the best way to go about doing so? Some of the documentation for the topics are 600 plus pages. Is there a more effective way than another to get the right info out of each documentation page when we’re reviewing it?
Am I missing something. For the Administrator Cert. it says, “For each item on the exam outline above, Google its official documentation page. Example: Google “Salesforce Lead Management”.”
I looked on the exam outline and do not see what “items” he is referring to that I should google for official documentation on.
Any clarity appreciated.
You don’t see the section that says this? Make sure you’re using the right link!
http://certification.salesforce.com/SG_CertifiedAdministrator.pdf?v=18&v=14&SiteID=0DMG00000008Po7&v=14&SiteID=0DMG00000008Po7&v=14&SiteID=0DMG00000008Po7&v=14&SiteID=0DMG00000008Po7&v=14&SiteID=0DMG00000008Po7
Objective Weighting
Organization Setup 1%
Describe the components of the company profile
User Setup 9%
Identify the steps to set up and maintain a user
Given a scenario, troubleshoot common user access and visibility issues
Global User Interface 1%
Distinguish between and identify the implications of the various user interface features that an
administrator controls
Security and Access 15%
Explain the various organization security options
Describe the features and capabilities of the sharing model
Given a scenario, apply the appropriate security controls
Describe the various profiles controls
Given a scenario, determine the appropriate use of a custom profile
Standard and Custom Objects 18%
Describe the standard object architecture and relationship model
Explain how to create, delete, and customize fields, page layouts, and list views for custom and
standard objects
Given a scenario, determine the appropriate fields and page layouts for custom and standard
Salesforce Certified Administrator –Study Guide
TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
objects
Explain how to create, delete, and customize record types for custom and standard objects
Given a scenario, determine the appropriate record types and business processes for custom and
standard objects
Explain the implications of deleting fields
Describe when to use and how to create formula fields
Sales Cloud Applications 9%
Given a scenario, identify the capabilities and implications of the sales process
Given a scenario, identify when to apply the appropriate sales productivity features in both
Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience
Describe the capabilities of products and price books
Describe the capabilities of lead management
Given a scenario, identify how to automate lead management
Describe the capabilities of campaign management
Service Cloud Applications 6%
Describe the capabilities of case management
Given a scenario, identify how to automate case management
Describe the capabilities of solution management
Describe the basic capabilities of Communities
Describe the capabilities of the Community application, such as Ideas, Chatter Answers and Chatter
Questions.
Describe the capabilities of Salesforce Knowledge
Activity Management 3%
Describe the capabilities of activity management
Chatter 1%
Describe the features of Chatter
Data Management 11%
Describe the considerations when importing, updating, transferring, and mass deleting data
Given a scenario, identify tools and use cases for managing data
Describe the capabilities and implications of the data validation tools
Describe the different ways to back up data
Content and Folder Management 2%
Describe the capabilities of Salesforce Content
Describe how folders can be used to organize and secure communication templates, dashboards,
reports, and documents
Reports and Dashboards 13%
Describe the options available when creating or customizing a report
Describe the impact of the sharing model on reports
Describe the options available when creating and modifying dashboards
Describe the capabilities of custom report types
Workflow Automation 7%
Describe when workflow rules are evaluated
Describe the capabilities of workflow rules and actions
Given a scenario, identify the appropriate workflow solution
Describe capabilities and use cases for the approval process
Describe capabilities and use cases for the Lightning Process Builder
Desktop and Mobile Administration 2%
Describe the capabilities of Salesforce1 and SalesforceA
Describe the installation and synchronization options of Salesforce for Outlook
AppExchange 2%
Identify use cases for AppExchange applications
Can you be able to provide me with some training material for the the above listed things to pass the Admin and Adv Admin test.
Hi,
I just passed Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant (WI16). I can say, there were wery difficult questions! More more difficult that Admin cert. But I passed! Thank you David and thank you google:)
Hi Lukas,
I am planning to appear for Sales cloud exam in Feb. Please let me know if there were any lightning related questions. also any practice set which you used other than what David has mentioned above. Thanks
Can you help me with some advice, material and any other things to get certified as a Sales Cloud Consultant. Thanks
Is there a more efficient way to study for the admin test? I appreciate that you’ve broken it down this much, but there’s still close to 1000 flash cards to study and loads of documentation pages for a 90 question multiple choice exam…..
Can you share with me the dumps too?!?
Hi David,
Now that Salesforce has phased out the Developer Certifications, I’m aiming to get the App Builder and Platform Developer Certifications. Have you, or anyone on the forum any experience with this exam?
Thank you,
Felix
The plan is to have video courses on this too!
Hi,
I have collection of study materials for Platform Developer I, App Builder Full, App Builder Transition, Sales cloud, Service cloud, ADM-201 & ADM-301 anyone looking for the same can mail me at abhishekpowar76@gmail.com
Hi Abhishek,
I have Seen ur post and i am looking for latest dumps for adm 201 certification can u plz mail them to vadlamudiramu@gmail.com
Please don’t lie if you don’t have. I spent Rs.15000 however couldn’t pass and now you don’t even reply to my mails.
People are charging for this stuff?!?!
David. Some artful scammers are charging for stuff lol
Some artful scammers are charging for stuff lol
Hence I don’t rely on dumps only, I believe best way to prepare is study guide.
Good luck!
What’s a dump!?!?
Does anyone contacted abhishekpowar76@gmail.com? Is it a reliable person ? I want to contact him for having certification exams !!
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Hi Abishek can plz share those all notes ASAP. Thanks in advance
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Hi Abhishek,please provide me the material
Hi , abhishekpowar76@gmail.com Can you share dumps with me rmsmisra@gmail.com, i am preparing for the App Builder exam .
can we utilize the DEV 401 study materials for the App Builder exam?
Hi , nsana786@hotmail.com , please share the latest App builder dumps with me rmsmisra@gmail.com, Thanks a lot :)
The Dev 401 is not an exam anymore, and i know David responded stating that the Dev 401 = App Builder. My question should i use the DEV 401 material to study for App Builder cert?
Thanks for sharing and it was very informative..I need more tips from your side..I am working in Erp Development Company In India
I passed the 201 thanks in great part to this site. Thanks!
Very well done! Did you pass recently? And did you use any other resources?
Congrats!!
Hi All,
Is the set of questions provided above under Service Cloud is Good for Service Cloud Certification W16 exam? Or is there anyone here can share set of questions as a reviewer. I’ve heard that a lot in my team failed the w16 so any help will be much appreciated. You can share it to esmie.canoog@live.com.ph
Thanks Hips!
@sravs you have some questions that are not answered. Do you have those answers?
Hey David Liu! I was originally thinking of e-mailing you, but I am sure you are inundated with work and other administrative tasks. So I will passively put this up here and patiently wait for your response. :) Anywho, thank you once again for putting this tutorial together. I have been actively been observing the comments/tips/tricks from everyone on the comments here. Additionally I also am trying to follow your methodology, additionally some Udemy videos and Trailhead.
However, I do have a question about those flashcards. I notice how in the quizlet flashcards they were updated for Summer 2014. Will that have an affect on todays exam?
Also, for study plan,you listed studying the Official admin Study Guide, and Googleing “Salesforce Lead Management” and study the documentation. Not everything I googled is listed as a PDF.
So for example, in the study guide it gives me under the Objective >Describe the capabilities of campaign management. So I google, ‘Salesforce campaign management’, which i turn gives me a recent PDF to follow which is this: http://resources.docs.salesforce.com/198/16/en-us/sfdc/pdf/salesforce_campaign_implementation_guide.pdf.
But, when I try to look up something else, like; Objectives> Security and Access> Describe the various profiles controls and I google ‘Salesforce Describe the various profiles controls ‘, I find not a whole lot.
So with that being said what should I be specifically looking for? What, under those objectives, am I trying to study?
If you would like to move this off to e-mail, I would love to further discuss this with you!
I appreciate it bud!
-Michael B
Hey Michael,
Good luck on your certs!
The exams don’t change much year to year so you’ll be fine with older flashcards. Salesforce uses maintenance exams to make sure people are up to date on releases. The main exams are more general.
As for the PDFs, you won’t always find info on them online. Do your best, and if there’s nothing there, then move on! Salesforce’s study guide is not that accurate to be honest.
Good luck Michael!
David
THANK YOU for answering the question about the flashcards!!
Michael – Check this out!
http://salesforce-certification-notes.blogspot.ca/2013/01/organization-setup-1_6.html
Dude, that’s awesome!
Thanks.
Hi Experts,
I am preparing for “salesforce certified platform developer I” exam, Can you please share exam dumps for this. That would be very helpful for me.
Waiting for positive reply.
Many Thanks
Mukesh
I can help out with some questions as one of my friend cleared the certification for the same and obvious Quizlet is the best option for preparing exam as mentioned in the previous posts.
You can email me @ nchoudhary110792@gmail.com.
Hey Naveen
I want to give certification DEV 201. Can you please help me to pass this certification.
How to prepare and if you have any reference please provide me.
1. UV containers need to add an additional recipient to workflow email alert that is fired from the case object. What type of field could be added to the case object to allow the additional desired recipient on the email alert? Select 2 options.
a. Text field
b. Email field
c. Lookup field
d. Formula field
ANS : B, C
2. UVC would like to use a chatter group for their mergers and acquisitions team to collaborate on potential new projects. this group should not be visible for non-members to see or join , and can be accessed by invite only
3. Which chatter group type should the app builder recommend?
a. Private group
b. Unlisted group
c. Public group
d. Member group
Ans : B Unlisted Group.
4. UVC is rolling out a new customer service process. Customer service managers will need to edit cases for their subordinates, But not cases for other groups, managers and users should be able to view all cases
What is the recommended solution to configure this ? select 2.
a. Create standard role hierarchies.
b. Set organization-wide sharing defaults to public read/only
c. Create criteria based sharing rules
d. Set organization wide sharing defaults to private
Ans : B, A.
5. UVC has deployed custom tabs through change sets, without including the profiles , to production.
Which statement is true regarding to the visibility of custom tabs ?
a. Custom tabs are default off for all the users.
b. Custom tabs are hidden for all users
c. Custom tabs are exposed for all users
d. Custom tabs are default on for all the users
Ans : A
6. UVC, multiple departments utilize the case object for different purposes. Some users submit cases for IT and HR request. Other users provide customer support with case records.
How can an app builder enable different users to see different fields, based on the case type ?
a. Create different case field sets for IT,HR and customer support. Assign different fields sets by profile
b. Create different case field sets for IT,HR and customer support. Assign different field sets by role
c. Create different case record types for IT, HR, and Customer support, Assign different page layouts to each record type by profile.
d. Create different case record types for IT, HR, and Customer support. Assign different page layouts to each record type by role.
Ans : C
7. What is a use case for approval processes? Select 2
a. Approve expanse reports automatically when less than $50.
b. Update the PTO record field with the user’s manager.
c. Require CFO to review the salary range for all job offers
d. Ensure an opportunity has at least one product added.
Ans : A, C
8. UVC has a custom assessment object used by three divisions. Each division wants to track different information on the assessments, including different values for the status picklist. Division managers do not want their teams to be able to create another division’s assessment.
How to accomplish. ?
a. Create separate assessment record types for each division and use them to limit picklist values. Create separate page layout s for each record type and use profiles to restrict record type access.
b. Create three pages layout to determine the fields and picklist values for each user based on the division indicated on their user record. Use field level security to restrict access to division’s fields.
c. Create a separate page layout for each division and assign them using profiles. Use the profile settings to configure each division’s custom field list and picklist values for assessments.
d. Create additional custom assessment objects, one for each division, to track their assessment so information can be tracked separately. Use profiles to restrict access to the three custom objects.
Ans : A
9. UVC needs the ability to generate contract documents. All the data required for a contract resides in a custom object /
What is the recommend solution?
a. Enable the contracts feature and create a custom contract template based on the standard template.
b. Create the HTML template for contract and store it in the public folder.
c. Select and install an AppExchange product to meet the contract generation needs.
d. Store a template in the static resources and configure the action link template to use it.
Ans : A
10. A customer support manager at UVC would like to implement call scripting for their call center agents. What automation tool can be used to accomplish this?
a. Lighting process builder
b. Workflow
c. Visual workflow
d. Lighting connect
Ans : A
11. UVC uses a custom object to track site visits, When the status of a site visit is changed from “in process ” to “On hold ” the business wants the site visit owner to be automatically assigned to an “On hold ” Queue. Which capability can be used to accomplish this .
a. Assignment rule
b. Action
c. Visual workflow
d. Apex Trigger
Ans : Assignment rule
12. What is a section of the lighting app builder tool ? select 3
a. Canvas
b. Selected publisher actions
c. Mini page layout
d. Mobile card
e. Components
Ans : A, D, E.
13. UVC is importing 1000 records into salesforce . They want to avoid any duplicate records from being created during the import.
How can these requirement be met ?
a. After importing all of the custom objects , run a duplicate check report, export the report to CSV file and run a mass delete to purge any duplicates.
b. When importing the file , select the “prevent Duplicates” option on the last step of the import wizard and import the file.
c. Include a column in the import file that has either record names, Salesforce ID’s , or external IDs that can be used to match records
d. After importing all of the custom objects, review all records created and manually merge any duplicate records.
Ans : C
14. UVC has separate business requirements for consumer and business opportunities. The sales team works both of opportunities. The app builder created two record types on the Opportunity object. What action can be performed ? select 2.
a. Create unique opportunity stages by sales process
b. Specify a different page layout by sales process.
c. Enable field validation by sale process.
d. Prevent access to secure data fields by sales process.
Ans : B, C.
15. Which statement is true for embedding a visual force page in a page layout select 2
a. Visualforce pages on a field set have attributes for width and height.
b. Visualforce pages on a page layout have attributes for width and height.
c. Visualforce pages can only be places in the visual force section in the page layout
d. Visualforce pages can be placed anywhere in a page layout.
Ans : C, B
16. What Is true statement regarding roll up summary fields Select 2 .
a. Changes to the value of a roll up summary field can trigger assignment rules to run.
b. The roll up summary field inherits the field level security of the child object.
c. Roll up summary fields can only be created on the master of master-detail relationship.
d. Multi select picklist files can be used in the field column of the field column of roll up summary filters.
Ans : C , A
17. UVC uses a custom object to track open job positions. They would like to automatically post updates on a record’s feed whenever a position stage is changed. Which social feature can be used to accomplish this.
a. Workflow rule.
b. Feed tracking.
c. Feed quick Action
d. Auto response rule.
Ans : B
18. Which capability allows an app builder to grant object level access ? Select 2.
a. Assigning a user a permission set that allows for read and Edit access to an object
b. Assigning a user a public group that allows for read and edit access to an object.
c. Assigning a user a role that allows read access to an object.
d. Assigning a user a profile that allows read access to an object.
Ans : D, A.
19. A junction object has two master detail relationships.
What happens to junction object when either associated master record is deleted ?
a. The look up field on the junction object is cleared.
b. The master record can’t be deleted if has a child record
c. The record is deleted and placed in the recycle bin.
d. The record is permanently deleted and can’t be restored.
Ans : C
Junction object records are deleted when either associated master record is deleted and placed in the Recycle Bin. If both associated master records are deleted, the junction object record is deleted permanently and can’t be restored.
20. The customer service at universal containers uses a project object to track their customer projects. An app builder needs to create a relationship between the project object and related client account record. A private sharing model is in place for both accounts and projects.
Which statement is true when creating an account lookup field on the project object. Select 2.
a. The account record can include roll up summary field with data from the project records.
b. Users can only delete accounts in they have access to related project records.
c. The account lookup field on the project record can be made optional.
d. Cross object field updates between the project and account records are not supported.
Ans :
21. UVC has a junction object called invoice with primary master-detail relationship with accounts and a secondary master detail relationship with contacts. The app builder has requirement to change the primary master relationship to lookup . What happens to the master detail relationship with contacts.
a. The contacts master detail field is deleted from the object.
b. The contacts master detail becomes the primary
c. The contacts master detail values are cleared from invoice.
d. The contacts master detail also converts to lookup.
ANS :
22. What is the capability of sand box template ? Select 2.
a. Specify the data range for data being replicated in a partial copy sandbox environment.
b. Save a template for re-use when creating a partial copy sandbox environment.
c. Specify the objects whose data should be replicated in the partial copy sandbox environment.
d. Create a partial copy sandbox from a partial copy sandboxes environment.
Ans : B,C
23. What is the capability of schema builder ? select 2.
a. Editing custom settings
b. Creating a new record type.
c. Viewing page layouts in a new window.
d. Showing selected objects on a page.
Ans : D,C
24. Which setting is available to customize salesforce1 mobile app for branding ? Select 3.
a. Header and search bar color.
b. Action bar color.
c. Background color on loading page.
d. Notification and search icon
e. The image on loading page.
Ans : A,C,E
25. Users at UVC need to be able to quickly create a contract record from the account record’s chatter feed. How should the app builder enable this functionality ?
a. By creating a custom “Create a record” action on the account.
b. By creating a custom “Detail page ” Button on the account.
c. By creating a custom “Create a record” Action on the contract.
d. By creating a custom “Detail page” Button on the contract.
Ans : A
26. Which statement is true about an external ID field ? Select 2.
a. The field must contain at least one number and at least one letter.
b. The field must be unique since duplicates are not allowed within salesforce.
c. The field can be unique based on case-sensitive or case-insensitive values.
d. The field contains unique record identifiers from a system outside of salesforce.
Ans : B, C
27. When a user creates an account report, the user does not see industry as an available field in the report builder. However, this same user is able to see in the account page layout.
What scenario would cause this?
a. The industry field is not enabled for the particular record type.
b. The user does not have industry field visibility in the field level security.
c. The industry field has no record values in the account.
d. The user uses a custom report type which does not include the industry field.
Ans : D
28. UVC wants to display a message when a cause follow up. What can be used to display different text on the case record depending on the number of days a case is opened
a. Formula field
b. Workflow update
c. Case process
d. Lighting process builder
Ans : A
Where can a custom button be placed? Select 3 .
A. On a related list.
B. On a custom list view.
C. On the user object.
D. On the person account.
E. On a web-to-case form.
Ans : A,B,D
Q. In Order to delete Opportunities, UVC would like sales reps to submit requests for approval from their sales manager.
What can be used to meet Requirement?
a. Approval process with Apex Trigger.
b. Approval process with Time –Dependent workflow action.
c. Process Builder with submit for approval action
d. Two-step Approval process.
Ans : D
A divisional manager wants to add a report chart into a page layout. Which report format can be used as the source report to accomplish this ? Select 2
a. Matrix format with chart.
b. Summary format with a chart.
c. Tabular format with a chart.
d. Joined format with a chart.
Ans : A , B
Q. UVC wants to standardize their business logic. They want to ensure that workflow order is guaranteed to the same each time. Which feature can be used to accomplish this? Select 2.
a. Workflow
b. Lighting process builder
c. Chatter actions
d. Visual workflow
Ans : B,D
Q. Which values must be defined when creating a new Opportunity stage? Select 3
a. Close date
b. Type
c. Forcast category
d. probability
E. Amount.
ANS : B,C,D
Q. UVC provides access to salesforce for their sales, service and marketing teams, Manager want to ensure that when users log in, Their home tab provide access to links and documention that are specifically relevant to their job function. How to this requirement be met?
a. Create separate home page and custom components and layouts; Assign to users by profile.
b. Expose specific elements within a home page custom component determined by role.
c. . Create separate home page and custom components and layouts; Assign to users by role.
d. Expose specific elements within a home page custom component determined by Profile.
Ans : A
What is a feature that can extend record access beyond the Organization wide defaults?
a. Critiria based sharing rules
b. Owner based sharing rules
c. Dynamic role hierarchy.
d. Public or private groups.
Ans : A
Q. UVC wants to provide a different view for its users when they access an account record in salesforce1 instead of in the standard wed version. How can this accomplished? Select 2.
a. By adding Quick actions in the publisher section.
b. By adding actions in the salesforce1 action bar section.
c. By adding a mobile layout and assigning it to a profile.
d. By adding visualforce pages to the mobile cards section.
Ans : B, C
The app builder at UVC has been asked to ensure that the amount field is populated when the stage is set to closed won.
What can be used to meet this requirement?
a. Validation rule
b. Approval process
c. Lighing process builder
d. Work flow
Q. What type of field can be used to filter a report chart that has been added to page Layout?
a. Formula field
b.Name field
c. Standard field
d.Matching ID field.
Ans : D MatchingID.
29. To synchronize accounts, orders, and shipments in real time, a developer has built a custom interface between an external system and salesforce. Prior to deployment, the developer needs to confirm that the interface can sustain the syncing of thousands of records at a time. Which sandbox environment is recommended to complete performance and load testing.
a. Full sandbox
b. Partial sandbox
c. Developer sandbox
d. Developer pro sandbox
Ans: Full sandbox. A
30. An app builder has created a report for salespeople to view records from a custom object. Someone complained they are unable to see all of the appropriate records. What steps should be taken to ensure data visibility within the report? Select 3.
a. Check the user’s profile for object settings
b. Check organization-wide defaults
c. Check report filters
d. Check the report folder sharing settings.
e. Check sharing rules.
Ans : A,B,C
31.
A custom object named assignment has a private sharing setting that grants access using hierarchies. The organization has a role hierarchy where the “Specialist” role reports to a “Manager” role which reports to a “Director” role. The Director role is at the top of the role hierarchy. A user who is in the manager role create a new assignment record. Who can see this record?
a. The record owner and the directors in their Hierarchy.
b. The record owner and the managers in their hierarchy.
c. The record owner and those above the specialist role in their hierarchy.
d. The record owner and the specialists in their hierarchy.
ANS : A
40. Which must be defined when creating a new Opportunity Stage ? slect 3
a. Closed date
b.Type
c.Forecast category
D. Probability
E. Amount.
B,C,D
Please correct the answers..
I have App builder full exam..
Please HELP !!!
Have you taken the exam yet?
Hi Sravz,
Can you please forward me the dumps at piyumi49@gmail.com
Thanks
Hi Sravz,
Do you have any more questions from the exam? I have taken (and failed) the full exam and some of these questions were on my test!
Any information would be very helpful!
Thanks!
michaelwilliam1738@gmail.com
Hi Sravz,
Can you please forward me the dumps at sta77ion@gmail.com
Thanks
Hi Sravz,
I have my Platform App Builder exam next week. If you has dumps/study materials on new app builder(full exam) please send to mail2yammu@gmail.com. It would be very help full.
Thanks in advance
Hi Sravz,
Could you PLEASE send the dumps to sabygill91@gmail.com
This would be really a great help!
Thanks!
Hello, I gave my App Builder exam and got failed. There were many questions (Almost 35 questions) in the exam out of these 40 questions. The answers which you mentioned here are wrong. If you have the correct answers for these questions please send to nitin2_jain@yahoo.co.in. What is a feature that can extend record access beyond the Organization wide defaults? for this question there should be 2 answers.
Hi David,
I got some doubts on few questions of service cloud exam, can you help me out with correct answers.
How can i approach you.
Post your questions here!
Hi David,
I am planning to appear for the SFDC service cloud consultant certification. Request you to send me study materials at rkdubey.salesforce@gmail.com
Also, do let me know whether this certification is to be given only once, or do we need to give upgrade exams 2-3 times every year as in case of ADM 201 and DEV 401.
Thanks in advance.
Hi David,
Just pointing out Step 5: Certified Salesforce Service Cloud Consultant , Flashcard Set 2 link is not working properly. Thanks.
Other than that, also want to say thanks for the effort for putting up all the flashcards, i found them very useful! although i think admin201 might be a bit outdated, but still a good reference :)
Hi ,
Thanks for such wonderful information.
I could not find ADM201 and DEV401 on the official saleasforce website. Can you please guide me on to the same and what sequence should if follow to do multiple Salesforce certifications( which one first and which one after that …).
Pardon my ignorance if its already covered, and direct me there in your blog. I will keep reading meanwhile to find the answers.
Many Thanks,
Kapil
ADM 201 = Administrator
DEV 401 = App Builder
=)
Hi David,
Iam pretty confused over Salesforce Certifications.Found from the above comments
Admin 201=Administrator.
Admin 401=Platform App Builder.(but App builder certification is only on Administration and doesn’t involve Development part)
Then what are Platform Developer 1 and Platform Developer 2
Please help !!
Thanks
Basically DEV 501 part 1 and 2 =)
Hi David,
so cool you have all 5 certifications. Till end of 02 2015 I have plan to pass Sales Cloud concultant cert.(now i have only admin 201) Please do you have some good materials for preparation? Many thanks for reply and I wish you lot of success.
kind regards
Lukáš
Thanks Lukáš!
Other than the guides listed here – this page is due for a revamp!
Working hard on my first video course so can’t focus on this unfortunately in the short-term!
David
Hi David, thanks for reply. I wish you lot of power for your course.
best regards
Lukáš
David, you’re a busy busy guy!!
Would it be possible to leverage the skills of your colleagues/fanbase who have completed these certifications to help complete the guides (if they’re willing of course), with you as moderator and guru extraordinaire? That way, you could concentrate on the super cool new videos, and your dayjob and family of course, and your guides here could get a refresh for us newbies.
Just a thought :)
Ha ha ha, yes I would be interested in that! How would it work? =)
I will volunteer to help as well for the update. You asked “how would if work?”. Perhaps appointing a Project Leader for your primary contact point and organizer?
Do you want to be the project leader? =)
If so let’s get this started!
You’ve done great job mate. Keep it up
Thanks!
Hi all,
I am planning to do my Sales Cloud Consultant exam next. I am currently going through the flashcard set posted above, but was wondering does anyone have any other notes/ materials that will be of any help?
Kind Regards,
Theepa
Hi Abhishek – I just sent you an email as I would love the most recent dumps. Wanting my Sales Cloud Certification soon. Thanks.
hi David, i am veeresh. i joined salesforce before 1 week. so i want to learn more concepts & i want to start my career in salesforce. so kindly help me , wt i have to do ? can u pls suggest me how to i learn???
Right here!
https://www.sfdc99.com/beginner-tutorials/
Hello,
I am planning to give salesforce app builder exam. The problem is it has new pattern now (60 questions). I searched the net but failed to find any dumps. Any suggestion please help.
I have already attempted once and failed.
If anybody has dumps on new app builder exam please send to vivekgupta726@gmail.com
Hi David,
when I can expect dumps from for salessforce App Builder?
alok.pandey@889@gmail.com
Thanks,
Aok Pandey
Hi David,
Have you had a chance to create any dumps for the App Builder Exam? Any information you have on the new App Builder Cert would be very helpful!
Thanks!
michaelwilliam1738@gmail.com
Actually planning to do some full-fledged courses on certs, will definitely cover this!
Very excited about this! Any indication of an expected date?
End of the week is likely!
Hi David,
I can’t find the dumps you mentioned in this string for app builder. Can you please point me in the right direction? Sorry if I totally overlooked them.
Thanks!
D
Hi David,
In the Step 5 of preparing for Salesforce service cloud constant exam, the FlashCard Set 2 is no longer available. When clicked on the link, it shows “Page Unavailable”. Could you fix it please?
Hi David,
I want to take Platform developer 1 exam. I’ve already completed DEV401 and ADM 201.
Could you please suggest any study material and how to prepare for this exam.
Any tips will be highly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dibya
I will have a tutorial on this one day, but not soon!
Hi Dibyaranjan, Can you help me for 201 and 401 certification prepration. my mail id is shwetasinghsfdc@gmail.com
Hi David,
Found out that the Dev Exam has changed.. Instead we have 3 options including
App builder, Dev platform 1 and 2. Do you any guide on this? Please let me know..
Thanks for sharing the details and explanations..I want more information from your side..I Am working in ERP In Dubai should you need for any other clarification
I gave my Certified App builder (SU15) some days back but could not clear it. I did not have the Dev 401 hence I took the full exam. Salesforce expects you to know each and every use case of the functionalities & processes they have mentioned in the study guide. For eg. just knowing the capabilities of Schema Builder wont do, you must know each and every use case and customization of it. I am not saying its difficult but it was ‘difficult for me’ as I dont work and havent worked on every single feature within salesforce.
Some topics to pay extra attention on;
App Builder
Process Builder
Visual Workflow
Salesforce1
Order of execution
Also, do not ‘just’ refer any past questions/dumps of Dev 401 and expect to clear the exam.
If anyone in this community has cleared this exam, any tips/tricks/materials will be appreciated.
Kind regards
Kaustubh
Hello Guys,
If anyone recently appeared “Platform App Builder” exam, could you please share more details how to prepare for it. I am planning to appear for this exam, but need some guidance from the experts on how to go about it.
Thanks,
Bikram.
You can start with Developer Trail @ https://developer.salesforce.com/trailhead
Dear Sir,
I am Interested to do SFDC Dev 401 Certification, But am struggling to register independently.
and in the certification there is also dev 501 topics so i;m confused .
so pls help me out.
–and also i need a complete contents(topics) for dev-401
Could please tell me the Certification Registration process steps(Step by Step). I possible send me the sample screens to register.
Thanks
vishal
app builder belong admin or developer?can you please help me
Developer
Thanks for sharing the details and explanations..I want more information from your side..I Am working in Cloud Erp In Indiashould you need for any other clarification please call in this number.044-6565 6523.
Hi David
I just wanted to drop you a thank you note for all of the great content on your site and for the encouragement and support you give to people developing their Salesforce knowledge.
My progress through the “golden five” certifications has been slow but steady but I got there in the end. The resouces and guides on this site have been hugely helpful for each step of the journey. Thank you once again!
Best regards
Iain
Hi Iain,
Very well done! I am just starting my journey and was wondering how relevant the content is for the current exams, given that this post is a year old now. Are the flashcards conclusive or did you have to source study material elsewhere?
Do you have any tips you could share that might help budding students like myself?
Thanks and well done again!
Hi Rob
Many thanks for your note and good luck with your studies. David’s recommended flash cards were still pretty relevent when I was revising, I also used a bunch more that I listed on this blog post: http://mysalesforcestuff.blogspot.com.au/2015/03/cleared-my-adm-211-salesforce-certified.html#more
My general approach to the flashcards was to look for the most recent one with a good number of cards. Then if I found 2 or more cards that were incorrect I would move on and find another one.
I’d definitely recommend lots of time on Trailhead https://developer.salesforce.com/trailhead and getting access to the Premier catalogue if your company has it.
Best regards
Iain
Hi David,
I want to give certification Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder (SU15). Can you please help me to pass this certification.
How to prepare and if you have any reference please provide me.
Dear David,
Greetings.. Your Blog on Sales force is very interesting , i got lot of important information from this, iam from IT Recruitment firm , looking forward for some Sales force Enthusiasts for My client(Location Hyderabad) , Either they might be from other field like Java/dotnet(strong in Development)who are looking for an opportunity in Salesfore/sales force developers , Please can allow me to post this so that it will reach to the right people , please can contact me to 9701667354 /send a mail to padma@neontech.in
Email me!
Hi Padmavathi,
I am interested in working for SFDC. But I have no hands on experience. If that is ok let me know.
Regards,
Chandu
This is all you Chandu!
https://www.sfdc99.com/how-to-get-a-salesforce-developer-job/
Hi David,
Now passed Admin 201. This site was really very help full.
and what should my next step regarding certification. what would be next goal in certification?.
Please suggest, waiting for positive response.
Many Thank’s
Mukesh
Everything in this post!
Congrats Mukesh! How long did it take to prepare for the exam and did you have any
experience before?
Ray
Hi Experts,
Which data can be highlighted in a report using conditional highlighting?
Choose 3 answers
a. Date fields
b. Summarized totals
c. Group by field names
d. Summary formulas
e. Grand totals
Many Thank’s
Mukesh
B, d e
Hi Muksesh,
The answer for question is B, D, E
Hi David, with the new certification changes for developer track with Platform app builder and Developer I and II certs coming in, would be great if you can update this post to reflect the changes and migration paths from DEV 401 to app builder or Developer I for example/ things like that. Look forward to see those soon. Thanks.
Hi David,
Can you please share the right answer for this question.
this Flash card1 -> question 337
What is a capability of the Data Import Wizard? (Select 2)
a. Example import values are displayed to help with field mapping
b. An import file can be dragged into the wizard for uploading
c. Field mappings can be saved and used in later imports
d. Records can be imported for all standard and custom objects.
what is the best answer for this.
Waiting for positive response.
Many Thank’s
Mukesh
I don’t use that tool much but I’d go with D for sure. The other I don’t know!
The correct answer will be A and B. I use the tool a lot and I believe A and B are correct answers.
With Data Import Wizard you can import all custom objects but only 4 Standard Objects: Accounts, Contacts, Leads and Cases.
So, D is wrong.
C can be done using Data Loader but not with a data import wizard.
So, C is wrong.
A and B are possible with Data Import Wizard.
A nd B are correct answers
It’s A & B.
A & B the other two options are for the Data Loader
Just passed DEV401! Thank you David for providing such a great resource. The only pointer I have which will be valid for the next 48 hours, is don’t focus on memorizing numbers. The maximum number of lookups, master-detail, picklist values, etc… never came up on any of my questions.
Congrats fatty!!
Hi Experts,
this Flash card1 -> question 337
What is a capability of the Data Import Wizard? (Select 2)
a. Example import values are displayed to help with field mapping
b. An import file can be dragged into the wizard for uploading
c. Field mappings can be saved and used in later imports
d. Records can be imported for all standard and custom objects.
here on this site answer is (a, c) and according to me should be(b, d) so please suggest, what is the right answer?
Many Thank’s
Mukesh
Answer is (A, B)
Can I register for DEV 401 exam to take in Next week 20th Sept 2015 ? please let me know. I heard that they are changing the pattren ..not sure
I agree b and d
Hi David,
Can you please share the right answer for this question.
this Flash card1 -> question 337
What is a capability of the Data Import Wizard? (Select 2)
a. Example import values are displayed to help with field mapping
b. An import file can be dragged into the wizard for uploading
c. Field mappings can be saved and used in later imports
d. Records can be imported for all standard and custom objects.
what is the best answer for this.
Waiting for positive response.
Many Thank’s
Mukesh
D is wrong you can’t do it for all standard objects a and b is correct
Hi David,
I successfully completed Salesforce Developer Certification yesterday, thanks to this wonderful guide on your website. My journey in Salesforce began on exactly a month before and it was a leap of faith going for the exam.
Congrats Harsh!!!
Hi David,
I just successfully completed the DEV401 certification examen, thanks to your guide.
But do you also have a guide for the App Builder and Platform developer certifications?
Thnx
Gotta take em myself first, slacking!
I need SF Admin and Adv Admin training and Certification material. Can you please help me. Thank you
Hi David,
Can i write the DEV401 before 9/14/2015? or it is no more now!!….if yes what is the similar one.? can you please help me?
No idea on these new certs, never taken them!
You can if you have a slot available. I took it yesterday.
Hi David,
I am from IT recruitment background and would like to switch my career to SFDC Developer.
please help me below points
1. From where should I start my journey, what should I learn first?
2. from where I will get all study materials?
3. what are the things I should learn to get certified into SFDC development certification?
Please do reply to my email id too. shubh.n@gmail.com
Everything here!
https://www.sfdc99.com/how-to-get-a-salesforce-developer-job/
How will you know when you’re ready to take the DEV 401 exam? I don’t want to fail it and can pass all of the flash cards.
Leap of faith =) You’re ready!
Ok, thanks for that.
It seems like the developer certification just changed? Will I need to study something else?
I passed! Thanks again.
CONGRATS!!!!!
Hi ,
I am preparing for ADM201 but not able to find the study guide. Is it not available free.
The above link for study guide gives only the contents but not the actual material.
Can any one please help.
Thanks,
Raga
Hi David,
Its time to update this page.As you know we got new certifications ,it will be helpful if you can light on them.
I need a vacation LOL
Yes please!! Actually, just saw the note about no more SalesForce Developer Certification, and the first place I went to was SFDC99.com! :-)
Hi David,
I just came across your website. I have no experience working as a Salesforce Administrator, however I would like to pursue a career in it. I know most companies want candidates who have at least the ADM 201 certificate. Is it only possible to pass once I have already worked with it, or do you think I can study and pass the exam? Also I noticed the links you provided to study for the exam, are these up to date? I know that there has been a new summer release. If you could please give me advice on the best way to study I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much.
Heya Henry,
You definitely need to see this page =)
https://www.sfdc99.com/sfdc99-reader-success-stories/
David
Please Update it for App builder and Platform I and II exams.
This platform moves too quickly for me!
Back to turtle mode =)
Still works though :). Last Tuesday I took my fourth exam and passed the Sales Cloud Certification. Thanks for your tips, I felt like I breezed through it. I celebrated with my kids having Happy Meal with Hello Kitty and Monster Jam toys. I got one too of course :). Talking about turtle LOL.Working on the Service Cloud and just ordered my Advanced Apex Programming 3rd edition. Everyone, don’t miss the half price deal! http://advancedapex.com/2015/08/31/advancedapex3rdeditiondeal/. (I think I just revealed too much of myself. Deals, Happy Meal, Kids, Hello Kitty:)
Tell your kids to give you a high five for me!!! Congrats Candy wooohooo!!!!!
Thank you :) And to you…”Keep on keeping on! More power!.
Hi Candy
Grats! Could you pl. share the material you used in addition to this?
Email: sarmad.saleem@gmail.com
Thanks
Hi Candy,
Can you please provide me the links what to read and study for Salescloud?
Thanks
After significant practical experience in the field and even a year’s work on a Dev Org, I studied for almost 6 months and PASSED the ADM201 Certified Administrator Exam on my first attempt 3 weeks ago.
Fairly soon thereafter, the other day I went to take the DEV401 Certified Developer exam and FAILED. This is ironic given the purported belief of the relatively easier nature of the exam and the fact that I crammed even more intensively for the DEV exam using above flashcards and a large number of additional resources including the new Trailhead.
What’s wrong with this picture?
I even had 10 minutes left to check my answers. I was more sure of my answers this time than I was before submitting the ADM201 exam answers. So when the ‘Fail’ result flashed across the screen, I sat there staring at it for a few minutes. I am this close to thinking that something went wrong with the scoring system at the end of the exam, but I know that can’t really be.
Has this happened to anyone else? Passed ADM201 but failed DEV401 ?
Everyone is different, so don’t feel too bad. A lot of people fail ADM 201 their first try and get discouraged, so you’re already one step ahead of the curve.
The two tests are totally different so it’s natural to fail one and pass the other. The biggest difference in my mind is ADM201 is more memorization of facts, whereas DEV401 is more application of knowledge. These are wide generalizations but it could be that you approached DEV401 too much like you approached ADM201. Aim for less memorizing, more hands on practice.
Hope someone else with similar experiences can chime in too!
Hey everyone,
The DEV 401 flashcards seem to have emanated yet another wrong-ish answer ;(
I seem to now be questioning every answer — and unlearning — because I was previously taking notes on the answers, even if sometimes rather perplexed. Luckily googling the questions ironically brought me right back here to this comments section, believe it or not; whereby two of the most ridiculous answers had been reported already [Thank god, or I would have crossed my brain out]
Here is my latest find:
What can not be done with the profiles ?
A. Control the tab access
B. Set the CRUD permissions
C. Give access to records by modifying the record types
D. Control password settings
Flashcards answer is C. However I find both B and C are correct.
David, might you kindly confirm this, please? Thanks!
=====================================================
PS: In case, anyone is wondering the other two wrong in the Flashcards (that Googling for only brought me back here to) are these following below:
[…Previously reported above by Monica]
Number – 252
Dynamic Dashboards deliver data based on login credentials of the user viewing the report as opposed to the “running user”
***-David agreed that This should be True.
[…Previously reported above by Niranjan Reddy]
True or False – It is possible to share a custom object record manually.
A. True
B. False
***-David agreed that this should True.
Hey Anon,
First off, nice post. Well organized and detailed. You will do well on the exam if you study similarly to the way you comment =)
As for the answer, I chose “C” before reading what the actual answer was.
A. Control the tab access – this is on the top section of profiles
B. Set the CRUD permissions – this is on the bottom section where there’s a Create, Read, Edit, Delete, Modify All, View All checkboxes for each object. CRUD stands for Create, Read, Update (aka Edit), Delete
C. Give access to records by modifying the record types – you can control record type settings but you’ll never grant access via record types this way, so I chose C
D. Control password settings – “Password never expires”
Enjoy =)
LOL Cheers Thanks David!! Glad you have faith in me. =)
Actually I’m a spaz to have posted that question which is clearly asking “What can NOT be done with the profiles” …D’oh..since I know fully well that Profiles = CRUD (amongst other things!) Standard and Custom Tab settings are there, and even Password Policies are down the Profiles page. Nevertheless that wasn’t even the question I wanted to ask nor the right alphabets which I posted as the answer !
(…That Starbucks across the street from your NYC building was closing and I was typing away in a mad rush!) So apologies, but I am certain your rather eloquent clarification will help someone else nevertheless.
What I was actually really wanting to seek insight on was this one from a different flashcard set:-
Which statement is TRUE about a profile?
A. It can revoke access granted by sharing
B. It enables object level permissions and grants access to all data
C. It can grant access to records using record types
D. It controls use passwords settings
My possibly partially misinformed take:
B. It enables object level permissions and grants access to all data
— This is the answer they gave in the FlashCards and Yeah this I thought was true.
D. It controls use passwords settings
— Shouldn’t this also be true???? they only said B alone is the correct answer.
Based on the above I come up with at least B and D. What’s wrong with me???
Sorry I didn’t mean to give you another headache! Can I still have a T-Shirt at Dreamforce ? :P
LOL. You silly =)
Which statement is TRUE about a profile?
A. It can revoke access granted by sharing – (False, these are sharing rules)
B. It enables object level permissions and grants access to all data – (TRUE!! CRUD + Modify All Data)
C. It can grant access to records using record types (False, record type access doesn’t control access to records, just what record types you can change to)
D. It controls user passwords settings (Partially true, but I think the intent of this is global password policies so I’ll go with false since B was VERY true)
I wrote all the above without reading further in your comment, so it looks like we have a similar thought process. Basically, B is far more true than D. In some edge cases D is true but it depends on a very flexible interpretation of the question.
I’ll have a post soon on how to get a t-shirt lol =)
Found another sucker.
How many External ID’s are allowed on an object?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Flashcards answer is C meaning 3. HOWEVER, this was increased to 7 as of the Summer 2014 release. SCORE!
Reference Link: https://success.salesforce.com/ideaview?id=08730000000Br8sAAC
Good job Thunder!!!! Thanks for the info!
I guess that means I automatically qualify for the T-Shirt! :P
LOL!!! You’re a joker, Thunder that’s for sure!!!!!!
Hi david,
Salesforce has released 3 new certifications. can you please give more details on preparation ?
Once I wrap my head around them!
Hi…..any idea regarding when is the final date for appearing and getting certified for Dev 401 (SU 15) exam credentials before Winter 16 release ? As want to appear for Dev 401 ( Summer 15 ) certification
Hi Rashmi,
certification.salesforce.com/developers says:
“Please note: Effective September 14, 2015, we will no longer be offering this credential to new applicants. Existing Salesforce Certified Force.com Developers will continue to be recognized in the Salesforce Certification program and can maintain their credentials.”
The corresponding Exam Registration website (that button at the top right of that page on my link above) gives the last date to take the exam in my area to be September 14th with the last sitting at 4:00 PM.
Hope this helps.
Hi David,
It looks like the developer certification track is changing a lot starting next month. If you could provide some information about it in one of your next topic of discussion that will be great. We need some guidance on what exactly we have to prepare to pass these exams.
I was planning to appear my first exam starting next month but the DEV401 is being deprecated and new exams are coming as replacement. So we need some guidance from you regarding this.
Thanks,
Bikram.
I’ll update it once I pass those certs, ha ha ha.
Hi David,
is it right that DEV401 is deprecate and new exam will replace?
Can you please suggest and about the new exam?
Many Thank’s
Mukesh
Salesforce isn’t retiring the Force.con Developer Cert just yet. Basically after 9/14/15, they won’t offer it to new applicants, but existing ones can pay to maintain it. My guess is after a few years, it will be retired. The Platform App Builder is the new certification, and existing certified Force.com Developers can take a 20 question transition exam for $100 to get the new certification (I took mine the other day). They recommend people looking to take the Force.com Developer over the next few weeks to take the Platform App Builder exam instead. The material is similar, the transition exam basically just covered what was unique to App Builder. I’m not sure though if you were to take the Force.com Developer exam before 9/14, if they would let you take the transition exam or not. So basically come 9/14, no new Force.com Developers, existing ones can maintain their certification for now, and new people need to get the App Builder. I can choose to let my Force.com Developer cert expire on it’s own, but I will likely maintain it, even though it will cost me another $100 a year. For maintenance costs:
Force.com Developer – $100
Admin/Advanced Admin/Sales Cloud/Servic Cloud – $100
Platform App Builder – $100
The transition exam has a due date or you can take some times to prepare and take it ?
Thanks
Matteo
Hi David,
I just wanted to get your thoughts and see what you think about all the new Salesforce Certifications that have recently been release?
Great question – will have a post on this soon!
hey David,
as you may have heard, salesforce has release 3 new certifications: salesforce platform app builder, platform developer I, platform developer II. here’s my question. I already have the dev401 and is it really worth it to get the app builder or should i strive to work towards the platform developer I which revolves around coding. just seems the the app builder and dev401 stand side by side. the only difference being one is newer than the other.
your thoughts….
-CoolCodingChad
My opinion – get them all! I certainly will =)
hi all am going to take dev 401 exam on august 28th 2015 can anyone help me by giving the material to study because dumps alone cannot let me pass the exam.can anyone can send me material and dumps needed for it…
Harika,
Study hard and try not to take shortcuts, they will catch up to you eventually!
You have the material you need, BE BRAVE AND GO FOR IT!!!
David
Hi,
Thanks a lot for guiding me on salesforce certification. I just passed my Administration 201 certi today. Last month completed developed.
Looking out for some voluntary work now.
Your guidance David has been a key factor. Thanks a lot.
Nishant
My pleasure!
Hi Nishant,
Congratulations!
I am also preparing for Admin 201 , which types of question you have faced and this site material is sufficient for crack this.
Waiting for positive reply!
Many Thank’s
mukesh gupta
Hi David! I earned my Advanced Administrator Certification today. Your post was very helpful and inspirational,
Hi Xavier,
Congratulation!
I preparing for Admin 201, Can you please share your success views and share some exam dumps that you face in exam!
it’s would be helpful to me
Many Thank’s
Mukesh
Hi,
Can you tell me how you prepare for that?
@xavier
Hello David & fellow readers,
What is the best way to prepare for the exam when doing the practice tests Quizlet? I’ve been doing Term/multiple choice.
Thanks,
Ryan
Hi guys,
i passed my 201 and 401 certifications in 3 weeks time, thanks for this site it helped me a lot, 201 was piece of cake after going through dumps here, 401 was bit tough as i thought this site questions would repeat in certification,but i havent seen any questions from here but concepts were helpfu,. my advice for those who are going to take 401 is please concentrate on recruitment app, do it twice, i am sure you will pass as 90% questions were about universal containers and scenario based questions.
thanks for all the updates on this site,and special mention to david…:)
Great tips Niranjan, and, congrats!!
Hi niranjan,
Congratulation!
I am preparing for Admin 201. So please share some your success views and some exam study material.
email:- mukesh_mca2007@yahoo.co.in
Waiting for positive response.
Many Thank’s
Mukesh kumar gupta
Hi Mukesh kumar gupta ! Can you forward me some of your materials ? Thanks a lot ! (belibiothomas@gmail.com)
Hi Thmos,
I am preparing to focus on SFDC99 flash cards and certificateondemand.
Thank’s
Mukesh
Hi niranjan congrats
I passed 401 successfully, now want to try 201 but I don’t know where to start what to study. Could u plz share your exam study materials? Is 15 days enough for preparation? Here is my email address nikm468@gmail.com
TIA
Niky
hi ,
Can you please let me know the flashcards set 1,2,4 are good enough to pass 201, I am planning to give the certification exam next month… TIA
Hi Niranjan,
Congrats for clearing both the exam in a short time span !!!
I am planning to do Admin 201 Certification. Could you please help me with the course materials. It will be helpful to prepare for the certifications! If you can please mail me at nevesundar@gmail.com
Hello Niranjan,
Can you please tell me where I can get MCQs on the recruitment app? Can you please send me the links or sample questions on my mail id(banerjee_ritam@yahoo.com)?
Hi David – thanks for this great website and for this post in particular – it’s an inspiration – I’ve just written a second blog posting pointing more people to it. Keep up the excellent work.
Why thank you Iain! =)
Several years of experience, 4 hours of studying, and I passed 201 first try in 30 minutes. I appreciate you putting this information together. I was unsure how hard the test would be and this site gave some extra confidence to pull the trigger and finally get certified.
Well done Brad! See, not so bad! Especially for someone who did their research beforehand! =)
Thanks for this reference material! Because of you I just passed my 3 certification in the last 4 weeks (Force.com Developer, Certification Salesforce.com Administrator Certification. Salesforce.com Advanced Administrator Certification). The goal is to study for and take the Sales Cloud exam in the next two weeks. Again, really appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us.
Congrats Michael!! Woot!
I just did it! 5 certifications in less than 6 weeks. Start date 6/20/15, end date 7/29/15! Thanks David for the inspiration!
Congratulations Michael!
Can you please let us know, how many hours you were studying/preparing each day for a certification ?
His official story coming soon – stay tuned! =)
Thanks Shiba. As David mentioned, he is going to post my story soon, but it really varied test by test. My whole life I’ve never been one that studied long periods of time for an exam, I learn by doing. As I was pretty experienced with all the exam topics (except for the Service Cloud), my high level guess for total amount of hours studied:
Force.com Developer – 4 hours
Admin – 6-8 hours
Advanced Admin – 5-8 hours
Sales Cloud – 2 hours (possibly less)
Service Cloud – 5-7 hours
Please don’t go by my totals above, as everyone learns things at a different pace. Best of luck to you!
Hi Micheal,
whatever you studied for Service or Sales cloud, can you share with me please abdullahsikandar@hotmail.com
How often do the questions change on the ADM 201 certification test?
I have no idea sorry!
From what I have been told every release they change.
Hi,
I have a chance to work for a company as a Salesforce consultant helping new companies set up and implement Salesforce. I currently use Salesforce in my other job but not really in depth. I need to get certified as fast as possible to get this job. Is Dev 401 an easier certification to get and would that be as good as ADM 201 for this consulting job? How much time to study for this or ADM 201 exam?
Thanks!
Ray
Play it safe and get them both =)
https://www.sfdc99.com/2015/03/10/adam-also-gets-5-certifications-in-6-weeks/
David,
Which would you say is the easier one to start with?
I’d stick to the order that’s on this page – skipping across any you might already have.
True or False – It is possible to share a custom object record manually.
DEV-401 FLASHCARD SET 1
QUESTION 115
ANSWER IS TRUE PLEASE KINDLY UPDATE PLS
THANKS
I agree, it’s true!!
(I actually don’t own the flashcards though!)
I did my Admin 201 two years back. Then went completely out of touch with salesforce.com. Can I do my Sales Cloud Consultant certification only by studying the Official Sales Cloud Consultant Certification Study Guide and the flash cards, without studying for Dev 401 and Admin 301 ?
Yup!
Check out this post for inspiration!
https://www.sfdc99.com/2015/03/10/adam-also-gets-5-certifications-in-6-weeks/
David,
I had posted on here asking for guidance about the ADM 201 test but didn’t receive a reply. I stand here at a loss. I took the test after studying your flashcards for months but I have no idea how I did just that I failed the exam. I stand here asking once again for guidance as I do not know what to do. I have been told doing classes like the http://www.simplilearn.com/sales-and-marketing/salesforce-administrator-training#/ilt is a way that we can get the knowledge that we need but spending money like that is not easy to just let go. What would you recommend I do?
-Josh
Hey Josh,
First off don’t feel too bad, ADM 201 is the biggest toss up when it comes to certifications. There’s just too much to memorize and it’s not intuitive at all.
Do you remember which sections you didn’t answer confidently on? As a general practice I recommend making a mental note on the areas you struggle in during any certification test. If you fail, you know where you improve for next time.
As for additional study material, check out some of the earlier comments here to see what was helpful for other people. I purely used flashcards but I had been using the platform for at least a year before I took the test.
I don’t think you’ll need to take a class to pass. Just find more material online and study hard. You probably already know most of the information you need, so a class would be even more overkill at this point.
David
Thank you for the response David. I struggled with the questions due to them being situational. I feel like I might do something different than someone else would etc. How would you advise about that kind of an issue?
Josh
Situational type questions are pretty common across the certification tests. It’s easy to overthink them and put too much consideration into the edge case scenarios. I recommend taking a more simplistic view towards those questions and you’ll see there’s only one “right” answer then.
David,
I am taking my Admin 201 next week. I feel like I know the material well but am extremely nervous. Besides the flashcards that you have given us above is there any other recommendations that you would recommend?
Thanks,
Josh
Hi,
Thanks a lot for guiding me on salesforce certification. I just passed my Developer 401 certi yesterday.
Looking out for some voluntary work now.
Also starting today with Apex tutorial.
Nishant
Hello Nishant,
I am supposed to appear for the exam in a week.Can you please suggest if the flashcards in Quizlet helped?? Are the answers correcta nd what all needs to be prepared.!!
TIA
ADM 201, done! DEV 401, done! ADM 301, done! CON 201 looks like a lot of material, especially if our org do not use a lot of the features….I feel like i need to take a longer time in studying for this one. Any thoughts? David, I know you said to take it right away – Does ADM 301 overlap more than DEV401?
You know I believe in you =) CON 201 is less intimidating than you might think – a lot of it is softer, non-technical stuff!
HI guys. I just fail my ADM201 today and all questions were based on scenario. It’s weird couse they give you scenario questions in Advence Admin not in ADM201…. Anyone have any idea?
If anybody have sample question and answers dumps for developer exam then please share with me on Jagtap.vinay@gmail.com
Hi David,
You are website is Gem of all prepration material I have came across over internet. I was looking for overall steps /process involved to appraoch Salesforce certification. After going through your website I feel I have acheived it already. The way you have oragnized the content and steps gives us clear staircase towards all certifications.
Let me promise you to crack down ADM201 this year,countdown begins ..! :)
Thank you very much for such great resource.
Regards,
Amit
Hi,
Im planning to give my salesforce advance admin cert this week.Need some tips and practice questions for the same.
Thanks
Sandhya
I want to do, certification course, for that i want to take training also. I am Arts Graduate, I have used Sales force.com continuously 2 Years in My previous work place. Now i want to do certification course. Please let me know the Process.
My No. 9999318190
Can you make the password for the Sales Consultant flashcards available?
Thanks,
Chris
Updated!
For each item on the exam outline above, Google its official documentation page.
Example: Google “Salesforce Lead Management” and study the documentation.
Can you please explain where exactly did you find ‘Salesforce Lead Management’ in the study guide?
Hi David Liu et al
Can you please explain where to find the official documentation?
Thanks
In 6 weeks so far got 201 and 401. Now working on 301. Going to give it a week. Thanks for this site!
Hi Dale,
Congratulations! I am about to take DEV 401 on Thursday. Any points on big distinction between the two?
Thanks in advance :)
Hi Dale,
Congratulations! that you dit it in such a short time.
What preperatgion for the 301 do you plane to use?
Ho can I change my certification’s sharing setting. I have cleared the certification but when I go to verify it, it doesn’t show any record and says that make sure you have shared the certification setting. Please Help me to change the setting or finding the issue.
Any chance you can make the Sales Cloud flashcards available? It’s listed as private.
Thank you!!
Same request here – the flash cards are coming back as private and can’t be accessed. Thanks!
Hi David, Is there any way to access Sales cloud quizlet, as it seems nobody got the access apart from Creator.
Any help will be much appreciated
Hello frnd
I had scheduled my adm-210 on 25th may but due to some reason I have cancelled it today from my web assessor account, I have doubt that will I get my USD 200 amount back or not if I will get then how many days will it take to return amount.
Please do reply so it can help me, thanks in advance.
Hi David,
I have one question , is there any Ideal sequence to clear the certifications or we should prepare for any one and clear it without having thought of sequence.
Did you happen to read the content of this blog?
Hi David,
SalesCloud flash card ;ink is not working… :(
same problem ..
Hi David
I have cleared my Dev 401 Exam Last year . I have an experience of 1 year in Apex and VF Page Development. Now I am planning to clear CON 201. But I am not able to register for the exam .I dont have any other certification except Dev 401. Please help me out. Do i need to clear ADM 201 and ADM 301 before attempting the CON 201?.
Regards & Thanks
Rinku Pawriya
Salesforce Developer
Email-rpawriya@gmail.com
Hi Dave, Sales Cloud quizlet link and Service cloud 4th quizlet links are not working Could you please fix them. Thank you
Hello David,
You are awesome man, you are doing great job.
I have passed DEV-401 recently 1 month back,I have followed the guideline provided by you. Now I am planning to go for ADM-201 but I do not have any info regarding this exam like what would be the status and what exactly I have to read and from where I have to read.
I am following the guideline provided by you for that, still I want know how would be the level of ADM-201 exam as compare to DEV-401 tough or equal , I am reading flash card , please let me know if it would be enough instead of searching for dumbs.
Hi Rahul,
I passed my ADM201 exam 3 weeks ago and I just passed my DEV401 exam a week ago. I took the ADM201 first and found that it was more difficult than the DEV401. The DEV401 is more straight-forward with it’s questions while the ADM201 makes you think more about situations and functionality. I would study up on the flash cards for ADM201, but what really helps is understanding the basic functionality of Salesforce (I would refer to the official documentation for the study guide). Study up and understand the parts that are mentioned in the study guide. Play around with the SF console to get some hands-on experience that you can draw from for the exam. Hope this helps.
Thankyou so much Richard , I will follow the same !!
I have to say thank you David and Adam a lot. I just cleared my Service Cloud Consultant (CRT 261) today. It took me only 2 weeks to crack all of 5 certificates. I am a non-technical girl having NONE coding and programming experiences. I am going to share my stories soon.:)
Congratulations! Good to hear that I also could achieve it, even if I’m an non coder too.
Hi Kiwi,
1st of all many congrats.Can you please let me know how to prepare for service cloud
exam.
Or any suggestion or preparation note you can send
Hello David,
I have done with DEV-401 2 month back and now I am planning to write ADM-201, I am following the guideline provided by you for it, may I know how would be the level of ADM-201 compare to DEV401 , will be it comparatively equal or tough.
Reading flashcard is enough or I have to check for dumbs. Please let me know your valuable feedback.
Hi David,
great job with this Blog, unfortunately the Sales Cloud Flashcard Set is offline.
Maybe you want to update your blog with another Link to a helpful URL or at least remove the link to the dead end.
Regards from Switzerland
Hello, The link for the Sales cloud flashcrads doesn’t work :-(
I second Toufik’s comment. I’m looking for the Sales Cloud flashcards, too. There are lots of sets out there, but would love to know which ones worked for you!
I am also looking for Sales cloud flash card. the link is not working, please provide correct link
I second this as well!! I was hoping to utilize the flashcards for the Sales Cloud Consultant exam I’m taking on Saturday
Hi David,
I was wondering if there are any particular ways to find the Official Documentation of certain parts in studying for these exams? I’m scheduled to take my ADM201 exam this Friday and I just stumbled upon your blog post today. I’ve been having trouble being able to find the official documentation PDFs through Google and I tried finding them on my Developer Account in the “Help” section. Thanks again for all of these tips, I feel even more motivated to get more than the ADM201 certification and start a career with Salesforce now. (I used to work in sales and found SF to be interesting and a great place to start a new career)
-Richard
Also another question I forgot to include above, is it helpful to still study the older material (like flashcards for Spring ’14 release) when I am taking the exam for Spring ’15 release? I guess this question is for later on as well as I’m studying for more certifications
NOPE not helpful at all!
Ah, does that mean some of the flashcards and sources you put on this post aren’t helpful for studying to take the certification exams now?
The maintenance exams are totally different than the “core” cert exam. The core exam doesn’t really change, while the maintenance exam is very specific to the specific release!
Oh! That is really helpful. I don’t think I’ve read about that anywhere. Thanks for the speedy replies David, I really appreciate it. I’ll update you when I finish my exam this Friday!
Hello Poor,
I do have Admin 201 exam next week,I am just like you,Preparing myself and watched videos and study online Matrial,Can you please help me with some reference,I am bit nervous.Is this Flashcard practice will help me ? same kind of questions are there as we’ll in exam ?
Thanks in advance
Best Regards
Swati
Some things don’t have official documentation so don’t feel too bad if you don’t find something. Just do your best to Google it and if not, move on!
David! I passed the ADM201 exam and I’m working towards the DEV401 exam now. All the while I’m going to start applying for entry level Salesforce jobs, I read the post you wrote about how to start a career in SF. It’s helpful! I know this is a weird question to ask, but do you have any tips for self-motivation and driving myself to keep investing more into starting my young professional career?
My experience has been considerably different than the other uses listed. Only a little of the Dev material was included in my testing, and even less was included in the Adm 301 course. Not sure if they changed up the material or if it varies by proctoring. I studies my butt off and also went through the online videos AND tips/guides. The items on my test were extreme minutia details questions that I don’t know how anyone could remember. The fact that the questions are setup with select the two or three correct answers makes it considerably more difficult. While I feel confident I know A LOT of data based on the flashcards, I don’t have the data needed to pass the test questions. My words of wisdom as beautifully laid out as this site is and the data that is available don’t be fooled into thinking this site alone is enough. UNLESS, perhaps you have extensive experience with all of the different aspects presented.
….back to studying….
Oh no!! If you find any other resources that are useful, please post them here so I can update the page!
Good luck!!
Hi David, I have to thank you for your suggested order of exams and studying tips. I’ve passed four exams on my first try, starting with Admin 201 on Jan 27, 2015, Dev 401 on Feb 2, Advanced Admin on Feb 9 and Sales Cloud Consultant on Mar 4 (we had an ice storm that closed the testing center and pushed my exam date out by an extra week and a half). I have Service Cloud Consultant scheduled for Mar. 19.
It’s a lot of work, but I highly recommended banging out your exams one after another while the material is fresh. There is significant overlap between them.
Oh man what an accomplishment Karl!
Your success story would be killer if you ever want to write one! You have my vote!
David, let’s talk after the Service Cloud exam. Don’t want to jinx myself ;-)
Go get em Karl!!!! =)
Passed Service Cloud today. Cert number 5 complete!
Took 8 weeks instead of 6 (bad weather and a nasty cold didn’t help the scheduling).
But it’s over :-)
hii
congrats. .
I need materials for dev 401 the latest. cud yu pls help sending thosea
Honestly, follow David’s instructions in Step 2 above for Developer. I used all of these resources. I also purchased a print copy of the Force.com Fundamentals book. Amazon now has it. Just make sure you get the version dated Oct 15, 2013 (Version 8) or later: http://www.amazon.com/Force-com-Platform-Fundamentals-Introduction-Application/dp/1625174918
The current PDF version (Version 9) is here: http://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/fundamentals/salesforce_creating_on_demand_apps.pdf
or you can use the HTML version David links to.
As for quizzes, the two Quizzlet decks linked in Step 2 are pretty good. There are plenty of question sets on the web, but many of them suffer from out of date info and/or are poorly written.
The Udacity course is a great way to get structured hands-on experience. I highly recommend it.
The other resource I HIGHLY recommend is the http://certifiedondemand.com/ course for Admin 201. It’s a paid site ($40 if you can’t find a coupon–but worth triple the price), and it’s incredibly complete and up to date. The site might claim to be a study aid for Admin 201, but it’s invaluable for Dev 401, too.
Finally, if you have access to Salesforce’s Premier online training, take the training (available under the Help & Training link in your Salesforce org). Some of the online training is a bit slow and can be tedious, but there are practice questions in the training that appear verbatim in the exam. Also, if you take the Premier online training, be sure to do all of the exercises in the training org.
Hi Karl,
I have total 7 years experience in development filed (.Net, Actionscript3.0, Flash, Flex, Adobe AIR), but now i want to switch into salesforce.
Could you please provide me Certification material for First Admin 201,
As i think certification in a better way to move in salesforce.
Please suggest and help so that, i will move to salesforce.
Thank’s
Mukesh
Hi Karl
Congratulation.
I am planning to book Admin exam in couple of weeks. Please would you give any particular advice.
Also do you work as Salesforce Admin.
Thank you.
I appeared for adm 201 but didn’t pass. It was tough. I have to pass this exam within 2-3 weeks as required for my job Please guide me.
Try to remember which areas you struggled on and make sure to study those extra!
You’re on a blog that’s basically outlines the path to certification and everyone wants a handout – questions, answers, study materials. Stop being lazy and study!
“Stop being lazy and study” – WINNER!!!!
Hello David
Good news! I’ve just passed the Sales Cloud Consultant Certification. :) :) :)
Wouldn’t want to let the momentum slip and want to go for Service Cloud now. I haven’t got the opportunity to work on Service Cloud yet. But I am confident I can cover the technical challenges through studying Salesforce Help and trying them out in my Dev org. What I am concerned about is the functional aspect of Service Cloud as I can see from the Study Guide that there is a lot of focus on the industry knowledge and existing practices. Any suggestions or pointers on where to start from in order to develop this understanding?
Looking forward to your being the saviour, as always!
Dipayan
Dipayan : Can you help me please on Salesforce Sales Cloud Questions… Like which type of questions you got? and from where you get prepared.
Hi,
The questions are generally scenario specific where you would have to read carefully to eliminate the incorrect options one by one. Check out the flashcards that David has mentioned in the relevant section and you should get hold of all the key concepts you need to study in detail. Don’t expect the same questions, but similar to what you find there. Also cover the reference materials enlisted in the official study guide.
Dipayan
Hi Dipayan,
Congrats..!!
And could you please send me some tips and areas to focus for Sales cloud exam.my email is anupamapradeep111@gmail.com
Dipayan: Can you please help me on Salesforce Sales Cloud Questions? like what type of questions you had in exam and from where you got prepared?
Well done Dipayan!!! You’re on a great track!!
I just passed the Service Cloud (having never used Service Cloud before) and all I used were the materials on this page =)
So I think that’s more than enough for you to pass!
Thanks David. That gives me the much needed confidence boost!! Lets hope I’ll have another good news to share soon :-)
Hi David,
I am new to salesforce,just an user i would say coz i just need to use support console to provide resolution and fixes to user cases and issues. I am planning to move ahead in my career in the field of salesforce admin.i have just finished normal trainings to get an overview of salesforce such as navigating salesforce,service and support,using service cloud etc and started to go through “administor salesforce for new admin”.i request you to please guide me so that i can get certified in salesforce and find a job as salesforce admin.i am planning to take 201 exam once after going through the course material and flashcards so that i can give myself a start in this field.the info shared by you is very motivating and
I would really appreciate if you can guide me so that i can excel in this filed which is quite new but interesting for me.
Best of luck in your journey =)
Everything you need is right here!
https://www.sfdc99.com/how-to-get-a-salesforce-developer-job/
Thnak you for the wonderful notes. This is very helpful. I have prepared passed my Dev401 and this is my starting point.
Congrats Ujwal!!
Hi David, please help me out in providing some material or documentation for Salesforce Administration(ADM 201) certification. Till now i have searched a lot but i have got any. Please help me out. Am planning to write the exam soon. Thank you :)
All you need is on this page!
Hi David,
Congratulations for your achievement. I am currently a student doing my MS and want to certification in Cloud computing , I dnt want to go in developer track , so can u suggest me which certification is best suited for me.
Thanks !!
All 5 of these =)
Thanks for the info on the site, after reading this yesterday i passed advanced admin today. Thumbs up!
Woohoo!! Good job Zoran!!
Hey Zoran, Can you tell me what sort of questions did it appeared in exam?
Won the Certified Developer’s badge today. Thanks, David, and thanks to all commentators on this post… you’re a great motivation to just “go ahead and try”. I wouldn’t have done it so quickly without this site, seriously!
Congrats Daniel!! =)
Hey David, I have cleared ADM 201 Certification yesterday. Thanks for all your help. Flashcards helped a lot.
My pleasure Monika and congratulations!
Hi guys,
i would like to ask you a question. I passed my dev 401 exam last december. Now, i’m planning to take the Sales CLoud Consultant Ceritification. The problem is that I read in the study guide that for taking this exam the prerequisite is the ADM certification. Now, given that the dev 401 is a higher-level certification than the adm 201, there should be no problem for me to take the sales cloud certification exam. Am I reasoning right?? Can I take this exam??
Thanks!!
Sales Cloud Consultant and ADM201 have very little in common. But if you passed 401 you’re probably ready for the consultant exam.
But note that you MUST do ADM201 first since it’s a requirement by Salesforce!
Hello David
i am planning to write adv admin 211 is that flash cards enough to clear the exam..
I finished my adm 201 and dev401 long back
Please suggest
Check out a few of the comments here that refer to other resources!
Check out some of the other comments here that point to other resources
Hi David,
Do you think SF certifications/careers are valuable for the long-term, or do you think it’s more of just an “in the now” type of thing? Also, what other jobs would you say learning and working with SF makes you qualified for? In other words, if SF were to die out tomorrow, what type of jobs would you be applying for?
Thanks,
Sean
Certs are always going to be in demand =) There will be more certs as time goes on, so you’ll be further behind if you don’t get started!
There will always be CRM related jobs. The question is which CRM will be next =)
Hi David, I have cleared ADM 201 Certification last week. Thanks for all your help. I put my study strategy to my blog @ http://sudipta-deb.blogspot.in/2015/02/cleared-adm-201-guides-to-pass.html. But again thanks for all your guidance.
Congratulations Sudipta and great site!
Hi David,
Can you point me detailed study material to start prep for ADM 201?
Check out Sudipta’s site!
http://sudipta-deb.blogspot.in/2015/02/cleared-adm-201-guides-to-pass.html
Hi David, thanks so much for all of this. I am new to IT and have never used Salesforce. I was told that getting certified would help my resume stand out. How difficult would it be to pass these exams (specifically ADM201 and ADM211) using your study guides/flashcards if I have never used the program? How long would you recommend studying for each? Thanks so much
This guy did it in 6 weeks total for 5 certs, so that’s your baseline =)
https://www.sfdc99.com/2015/01/28/mayank-gets-5-certifications-with-just-1-5-months-of-studying/
Hi David,
Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us. Your blog is a treasure of inspiration and guidance, as well as needed material, for those who are preparing for salesforce certification exams.
I have a finance degree with statistics minor. Actuarial science was very appealing to me during college years, but after studying for exams for long time and clearing a few of them, I came to the realization of toughness of job market for entry level positions. Then a friend of mine introduced salesforce to me not long ago. I recently passed ADM-201, and planning to take DEV-401 at latest by the first week of February. I think i have enough knowledge to execute daily assignment IF I work under a supervisor. I do not have any hands-on experience(other than completing several app tutorials in salesforce workbooks and udacity.com),
So, here is my question:
Do you think I can get an admin job with two certifications and having no real experience? Eventually I am going move in to developing side, but right now I want to start with the declarative tools to fully understand what are the capabilities of salesforce. As you said, a good developer must be a good admin first :)
Also I would like to share my thoughts on some of the sources I studied, and still am studying, for exams. Some of them are already being listed on your blog, some not. I benefited a lot from them, maybe someone else do the same:
Udacity introduction to point and click app development video tutorial: This is the most I benefited. Sam and Andy do a great job explaining concepts that are hard to understand by reading from workbooks. Please pass my thank you note if you see them around :)
Salesforce workbooks: Salesforce offers many more workbooks other than The Official Admin Fundamentals Workbook. I started with the aforementioned one, then tried to cover some others like Security Workbook, Sales Cloud Workbook and some others. They offer a more detailed understanding on related topics.
Apexoverload.com: Good summary of DEV-401 study guide, I am using it for self-assessment.
This was my two cents for my fellow salesforce developer/admin candidates.
Thanks again for being an inspiration,
Numan
Numan,
You sound like you have a good head on your shoulders =) Success is guaranteed for a guy like you if you persevere!
You can find a job right now in the industry, but to play it safe, do some volunteer administrative work during your downtime:
https://www.sfdc99.com/2014/12/04/how-to-get-your-first-job-in-the-salesforce-industry/
Thank you for the resources!
David
David,
After your response, I applied a volunteer project through Taproot. I received an email today saying that I was selected for interview. In this project I will be helping a NYC school project that aims to teach public school students about their won health through interdisciplinary kitchen and garden classes. They are currently using Salesforce, but they are looking for a consultant to help them to further utilize the system and set up some key reports and new ways of organizing their data. It says on the project page that once I am selected for the project, project managers and I will plan out action steps and milestones for the project. This later part sounds easier, but I do not have interview experience for a Salesforce project.
How should I get prepared for the interview?
David, you are like a lighthouse.
Thanks a million,
Numan
Response is here =)
https://www.sfdc99.com/2015/01/27/mailbag-passing-the-first-interview/
Hey David, just passed my ADM 201 exam thanks to your website! Thanks for your help and am going to get started on studying for DEV 401!
Sweeeeet! Congrats!
Hi Adam,
Many Congratulations for clearing the exam. Can you give me the link of AMD 201 Study guide.
Hi David,
There is a question in the flashcards that is kind of confusing.
Chatter External license allow users outside the company to join public Chatter groups. The answer given is False. Should the answer not be true?
Thanks!
This one’s a bad question, don’t worry about the answer. There will be nothing similar on the test. In case there is, go with your gut =)
Hi David.
I found a blog with some notes for the ADM 201 exam http://salesforce-certification-notes.blogspot.co.uk/
Could you have a quick look and let me know if there is all the info I need to study the certificate?
Thanks for blog David!
That guide is not bad and will be helpful for Adv Admin, DEV 401, and Sales Cloud Consultant!
I would use it as a supplement to the flash cards however, since those aren’t presented in a Q&A format.
Thanks a lot David! I will let you know how it goes the the exam!!
Chatter external license lets the users join only private groups they belong to and not public groups. So the answer is false
David,
I passed my Sales Cloud exam last night. That makes it 4 certifications within a month :) Now off to preparing for the Service cloud exam and writing my success story. Thanks again!
You are what they call a SUPERSTAR!
I passed my Service Cloud exam today (that makes it 5). It’s time to take a break and prepare for Advanced Dev and Technical Architect exams after that. Thanks a ton for putting up such helpful resources. This wouldn’t have been possible without your site’s/your guidance.
I’ll be religiously using your site for learning how to code in Apex and let’s see how long it takes. Thanks again!
WOW!!! Amazing effort Mayank!!!
If you ever want to tell your success story, a lot of people can learn from you!
https://www.sfdc99.com/sfdc99-reader-success-stories/
HEy Mayank Srivastav, can you help me what type of question you had face in exam?
Hi mayank, Can you tell me what sort of questions there was in Advanced?
Hey,
Stick to the study guide topics and you will be fine. Most of the questions I can remember were about using point and click or Apex/VF for automation, products and price books, data migration related and other miscellaneous topics.
Hey David,
How are you, thanks for your effort, question for you, will that questions be enough for me to pass the Salesforce Advanced Administration (213), I already passed Salesforce Administration and Salesforce Developement, now i am looking for the third one to complete, Please let me if this Flash Cards would be enough for me to pass or do you have any other dumps?
Thanks
Those two will be enough =)
Thanks
Hey David,
Can you give me some type or sample type of questions of ADM 211?
The ones here are the best I know of!
Hi David,
I have a small doubt regarding to dev 401 certification.
I have scheduled my exam on Feb 7 and i came to know that the exam will be on winter 15 release.For that exam the above mentioned flash cards will be useful or not?
Do i need to concentrate on any other resources?
The releases have little effect on the exam =) Proceed!
Hey David,
Thanks to your site that I have passed my ADM 201, DEV 401 and the Advanced Admin exams within a month. I recently started preparing for the Sales Cloud exam and this one seems like a really tough nut to crack. Do you think this exam can be passed based on theoretical study and not much hands on experience with areas like Territory Management, Communities, Sites etc?
There is so much to grasp, remember and understand! Just curious, how much time did you spend studying for this one?
Three certifications in one month??
You should write a success story about that! =)
https://www.sfdc99.com/sfdc99-reader-success-stories/
No hands-on experience necessary for any of the topics covered, although I do recommend spinning up your own dev org, activating those features, and at least playing around with them there.
Advanced Admin is one of the easier ones =) You passed DEV 401 already and the two are very similar! To be honest I usually cram all studying the night before, except for 501.
David
Thanks David. I will sure write one after I’m done with my Sales Cloud Consultant exam.
Hi Mayank,
How are you? Can you please help me little bit please in Advanced Admin certification, i tried once didn`t able to pass it so i need little bit help in it.
Thanks
Hi David,
Will studying the flashcards alone help me pass the adm 201 exam?
Your posts are awesome in helping budding admin and developers
thanks a ton!
Yup they sure will =)
David , I have a quick question regarding one of the Flashcards listed under Admin 201 certification.
Slide 31 on http://quizlet.com/45415528/flashcards
Will a user be able to login if their IP Range is in the ‘Trusted IP Ranges’ but does not fall within the IP Range restriction in their profile?
In this case, when a user tries to login , He/She gets a verification code in the email. Using this code, user can login. Is that correct?
thanks, appreciate your help !!
Monika
I don’t remember any question even remotely close to this one, so I wouldn’t worry about it too much.
If I had to choose one answer though I’d say the one it listed is correct. The requirement of a verification code is enough to assume it’s not completely allowed.
Ok. Thanks for your help !!
I was wondering about the same question!
David,
I can’t thank you enough for this site. I’m starting the year off RIGHT. passed my dev401 yesterday!!! Took a little longer than I expected but i got it and now it’s time to move on to my other goals for salesforce.
Keep this site alive!!! It is great resource for everyone!!!
thank you!!
Will do Chad!
David – You are great man!
Any plans to put up material to cross the Advanced DEV bridge ? (both the MCQ exam + programming assignment)
Cheers
KB
One day for sure! But not until I finish the chapters likely =)
Hi David! Thanks for the site. Using self-study and some of your website information I have passed the 401 Certification!
Thanks!
WOOT!!!!!
Thanks! David if you have a moment, in hiring a Developer what are some of the things you look for? I’d like to focus on that now, as I get my coding stronger.
Overall understanding of the Salesforce platform and business tradeoffs!
Of course all that on top of top notch coding skills =)
Hi can anyone help me out.I am planning to write certification dev401.Some of the questions are too confusing.Can anyone give me the answers for the following .I would be greatful
1. A manager in an organization wants to share specific fields of data to his subordinates that only he has access to. What is the best way to share specific fields of data?
Please select two (2) choices.
a) Run As on dashboards
b) Folder Permission on a Report
c) Run As on scheduled reports
d) Folder Permission on a Dashboard
2. Universal Containers needs to make all records of an object visible to all users when it is in “Approved” status. The records are created with “New” status and are only visible to a select set of users.
How will a developer implement this?
a) Set the object level sharing to Private, add a workflow rule to update the sharing rule when status changes.
b) Set the object level sharing to Public Read-Only, restrict the sharing when status is ‘New’.
c) Set the object level sharing to Private, create a public group with appropriate users, modify manual sharing to public group based on status
d) Create role hierarchy, modify the user profiles when status changes
3. An application was designed with Object, Validation Rule, Approval Process, Reports and Dashboards but not visibility settings. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a) The data model will support all the requirements of the application including reports and dashboards with sharing security.
b) Reports and Dashboards will not be able to see by Users.
c) Sharing security will not be able to complete later as it not defined.
d) Approval Process created will be processed without any sharing settings
.
4. In Apex Data Loader upsert method called with same ids for two records in. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
e) Data loader will throw an error.
f) First record will be get updated.
g) Second data will be get updated.
h) New record will be created for second record
5. What can be done with report summary totals? Select two (2) choices.
A) Calculate values from a previous report
B) Calculations based on report summary totals
C) Highlight outliers
D) Historical analysis
6. Manager is above the role hierarchy and wants to share some of the account records with his team mates/sub-ordinates. What do you do to achieve this functionality? Select 2 choices:
a) Update dashboard folder.
b) Update dashboard running user.
c) Update report folder.
d) Update report running user.
7. What are the components of the dashboard that use grand totals? Choose two (2) items.
A) Chart
B) Metric
C) Table
D) Gauge
8. In a recruiting application a position that is of type critical should not be kept
open for more than 14 days. How will you develop the business logic to cater
to this?
a. Time-dependant workflow action to send an e-mail to the owner after
14 days
b. Time-dependant workflow action to send the record for review to
owner after 14 days
c. Time-dependant workflow action to send an e-mail to the owner
before 14 days
d. Time-dependant workflow action to close the position after 14 days
9. An application was designed without considering whether requirements
for reports include dashboards. Out of the following statements which
one is TRUE?
a. The data model will support all the requirements of the application,
Including reports and dashboards
b. Reports are part of the application and application design will take
care of it
c. No special considerations for reports or dashboards are required as
Salesforce can natively take care of the requirements
d. The data model and the application will not cater for reports and
dashboards
10. What will cause the analytic snapshots run to fail? Please select 3 choices.
a) The source report has been deleted.
b) The target object has a trigger on it.
c) The running user has been inactivated.
d) The target object is a custom object.
e) The source report is saved as Matrix report
11. A developer needs to support multiple currencies for a custom object in an application. The multi-currency feature has been enabled for the organization.
What does the developer need to know in order to successfully support this application?
Choose 2 answers
a) The multi-currency feature will automatically track historical exchange rates.
b) Roll-up summary fields on a parent record will calculate incorrectly if the child records have multiple currencies
c) Administrators can add additional currencies after the application has been built
d) Currency ISO code will need to be supplied when inserting records in different currencies.
12. Which mechanism allows for authenticated access to a Force.com site? Choose 2
a) It is not possible to provide authentication for a Force.com Site
b) An active Customer Portal
c) An active Partner Portal
d) Setting restricted IP ranges for your site
13. A developer had added a custom object tab to an application
Which additional feature will become available by default for the object in the application?
Choose 3 answers
a) Create a new sidebar component
b) Custom reporting
c) Search
d) Quick create
e) Recent items
14. In a recruiting application, all users should be able to see positions with a status of Open. If the status is anything other that Open, the position should be visible only to the record owner.
How would a developer accomplish this? Choose 2 answers
a) Set the organization-wide default for position to private, then use a criteria based sharing rule to automatically share open positions
b) Set the organization-wide default for position to public read-only, then use a sharing rule to restrict access to closed positions
c) Set the organization-wide default for position to private, allowing owners to use manual sharing to add or remove access as positions change status
d) Specify view only access for open positions on users profiles
15. A developer wants to build an application on the Force.com platform. The data model, the business logic and report and dashboard requirements have been considered. The user access requirements have not been considered. What is the implication of building the application given the available information? Choose 2 answers:
a) The developer cannot establish security controls if not completed upon initial setup
b) The approval process security controls may not support requirements
c) The developer will not be able to build any reports or dashboards if the security controls have not been established
d) The data model may not support the required security controls.
16. What occurs in an upsert operation if the external ID is matched on more than one record?
a. An error is reported
b. Duplicate records will be created with matching external Ids
c. The upsert operation fails
d. Only the first matching record will be updated
17. A custom object has an organization-wide default setting of private with Grant Access Using Hierarchies check box turned off. Which users can select the Sharing button on record for that object?
a) The record owner, a user shared to the record, any user above the record owner in the role hierarchy administrator profile
b) The record owner, a user above the record owner in the role hierarchy, and a user with the system
c) Only the record owner and a user with the System Administrator profile
d) The record owner, a user with the System Administrator profile, and a user shared to the record.
18. The organization-wide default settings for Accounts is Private. A manger resides above a team in the role share some of the account data with the team.
30. Which feature can extend the viewing privileges of the team to allow them to see each other’s data? Choose 2 answers
a) Report Folder setting
b) Dashboard Running User
c) Report Running User
d) Dashboard Folder setting
19.How can a developer configure an approval process to prevent a record from being edited by the submitter
a) Records are locked by default on submission, no action required
b) Set an action to lock record upon submission
c) Create a workflow field update to make the page layout ready only
d) Develop a sharing rule that is set to read only
20. The organization wide default setting for Accounts is Private. A manager resides above a team in the role hierarchy. The manager wants to share some of the account data with the Team. Which feature can extend the viewing privileges of the team to allow them to see each other’s data? (Choose 2 answers)
a) Dashboard running User
b) Report running User
c) Dashboard folder settings
d) Report folder settings
21. Within an approval process, what can be used to configure the list of initial submitters? (2 answers)
a) public groups
b) approval team members
c) profiles
d) Roles and subordinates
22. Which statement is TRUE about a profile?
a) It can revoke access granted by sharing
b) It enables object level permissions and grants access to all data
c) It can grant access to records using record types
d) It controls use passwords setting
23. The library needs to make all records of an object visible to all users when it is in ‘Approved’ status. The records are created with ‘New’ status and are only visible to a select set of users. How will a user implement this?
a. Set the object level sharing to private, add a workflow rule to update the sharing rule when status changes
b. Set the object level sharing to public read-only; restrict the sharing when status is ‘New’
c. Set the object level sharing to private, create a public group with appropriate users, modify manual sharing to public group based on status
d. Create role hierarchy, modify the user profiles when status changes
Hey David
Can you help me find answers for these questions?
Thanks
Neenu
Gonna be honest with you Neenu, my head hurts just looking at that list!
Try the forums =)
Most valuable resource of a successful SFDC Admin is being resourceful. This demonstrates opposite! All the answers are out there, just gotta be willing to look (and validate and test and break and fix!)
Amen =) Most of the time, simply having the discipline to Google something is what separates the good from the best!
Can you email me these questions, i will give you the answer
Hey David,
What are your thoughts regarding the official training courses, assuming cost is not a factor? I’m relatively new to Salesforce (less than 2 months), but have learned a ton due to only being one of a few admin/developers at my company and really “learning by doing”. A lot. However, I have the approval to purchase whatever training I want if needed (quite fortunate for someone just launching their career!).
I know you can learn all this with self-study using your resources, but I’m hoping to accelerate my learning.
My thoughts were that I can knock down ADM 201, DEV 401, ADM 301 (basically all of the certs in this post), and then I was curious about your thoughts on the following courses?
– DEV 401: probably unnecessary but that’s one of the courses my Salesforce rep was somewhat pointing me towards. Could be valuable for best practices?
– ADM 231: Intro to OO Oriented Programming and Apex – http://www2.sfdcstatic.com/assets/pdf/datasheets/DS_ADM231.pdf
– DEV 501: Apex and Visualforce Controllers – http://www2.sfdcstatic.com/assets/pdf/datasheets/DS_DEV501.pdf
The last two seem quite interesting, especially ADM 231. What is your knowledge of those and how they might overlap with the resources you’ve provided here? With cost not being a factor would they be a more efficient path for me to take? Should I wait to pass the first few certs before taking 231? I’m worried that going through a self-study path might be a bit much when working 50-60 hours and trying to have a strong work/life balance in a new city.
My goal is to develop a strong foundation in the basics of the early admin/developer skills in order to go down the advanced developer route in the next 6-12 months, with potentially opening myself up for the Architect path down the road.
Lastly, the site is amazing! It’s the only thing I’ve found anywhere that comes close to answering my many questions regarding my learning path in SFDC.
Thanks,
Dylan
Great questions!
Say you have $4,000 to spend on any training (that’s the cost of your typical Salesforce course).
If your goal is to get DEV 501, I’d recommend finding your local college and using that money towards Java classes. If you can afford beginner and intermediate classes, great! If not, read half of Head First Java and use the money towards just an intermediate level class. Make sure to get a B or higher – you’re forced to learn!
Now if you need to use the money towards a Salesforce course, don’t bother with ADM 201, Advanced Admin, DEV 401, Sales Cloud Consultant. Those classes aren’t horrible but honestly you won’t get any bang for you buck (or time). Plus, with no real homework (or incentives), you’re really not going to learn anything. Passing the certification isn’t homework because studying the resources above is going to get you there much quicker!
231 and 501 both look like legit choices. In my experiences most beginner classes are a waste of time, and it certainly seems like the same would be true if applied to you since you’ve been good at “learning by doing”. In that case, I’d recommend again reading half of “Head First Java” then taking the 501. I can’t fully recommend the 231 because I just have this feeling that it’ll read you the basic documentation then cover 5 lines of code the entire week.
Hope this helps!
David
Hey David,
Thanks for the quick response!
One thing I would like to note (and from reading your site I think this is your general philosophy), is that the main goal isn’t about the certifications, but rather the development of knowledge that is applicable to the work I’m doing. It should also be knowledge that helps scale my company and my own personal career – be more efficient with daily processes and tasks, become better at managing projects, and to generally take a more creative and intellectual approach when solving important business problems. So 501 isn’t the goal, but simply a measuring stick for my understanding of what SFDC is truly capable of.
Sounds like your advice regarding the initial courses aligns with my initial judgments of them, so that’s good to hear.
Your comment on 231 is interesting, and also something I fear. I suppose the advantage of the course is the fact that I’m really spending money on a support network, a platform to ask questions, and actually allocating an entire week to investing in my knowledge (which just isn’t something I can do when working other tasks and getting bombarded with requests on the daily). But that’s all really a judgment call for me to make.
And out of curiosity, why do you think it is that there are no personal stories, reviews, etc. regarding these SFDC training courses? Does Salesforce keep these people hostage? Are they agreeing to not share information? Is no one taking them? It’s been very odd to me that I can’t find anything out there going into more detail about these courses.
Lastly, you did say that 231 and 501 seem like attractive choices. Could you perhaps go into more detail regarding what you know about 501?
Head First Java is in my Amazon Wish List – perhaps that will be some holiday reading/New Year’s Resolution! :)
Thanks again!
Dylan
I’ve sent many people (new and experienced) to Salesforce official training. So I’ve definitely received a lot of feedback and seen the results of these trainings!
I think in general, it’s difficult to cram the Salesforce admin side into a single week of training. There’s of context, a lot to teach, and people aren’t really equipped to learn and apply that much in such a short period of time. The curriculum could make an entire college syllabus!
Never took 501 or sent anyone there, but I think it’s valuable since it’s the only technical training that you listed. What I said about the admin training doesn’t apply as much to a technical training since code is less business oriented and doesn’t need the wrapping of business context to your understanding of the material. It’s also the closest thing to an intermediate Java class which I believe is by far the best option for someone in your position!
Go get em Dylan!!
David
Thanks David! Everything you’re saying certainly makes sense and I can’t really disagree.
One last thing I forgot to mention is that ADM 231 used to be DEV 531, and is what Salesforce considers the bridge between DEV 401 and 501, particularly for those with limited technical knowledge and who need to fully understand the principles of OO programming before attempting to master. Not sure if DEV 531 rings a bell.
I’ll be sure to share my results and progress as I go, in hopes that others may find my techniques useful. Hopefully the beginning certifications will be knocked off in the next month or two, and I’m registered for ADM 231 on Feb 9th – let’s hope it’s more than just rehashing documentation. The benefits of using company budgets, I suppose!
Cheers!
Great company, stick with it you will definitely be rewarded in the long run =)
Hi David,
I am a mainframe developer and have overall experience of 6 years spanning acorss developing mainframe code and managing the projects. I now need to change my skillset as Maniframe market does need something additional. Can you please suggest where to start from? I know only basics of Java and willing to join classes or self stufy as per your suggestion.
Hi David,
Thanks for the Admin tips. They are very helpful. Quick question, Answer to this flashcard seems wrong to me http://quizlet.com/35268499/flashcards .. Please confirm I think it should be True instead of False. thanks
What number flashcard?
(By the way, a small percentage of answers will be wrong – follow your gut if you have a bad feeling about some!)
Number – 252
Dynamic Dashboards deliver data based on login credentials of the user viewing the report as opposed to the “running user”
I’d put true for that one too =)
Thanks David.
Hey David,
Your website is great and appreciate your time for checking out and responding to the question from enthusiasts of salesforce. I have completed Dev 401 certification and planning to go for 501. But, its a biggie. I’m going through workbooks right now and following materials.
Can you please provide your advise on how to proceed?
That one’s a bigggggg one – I think it’s tough to do without at least a year’s experience coding strictly in Apex, since there’s a ton of things to memorize! The multiple choice is really hard!
David-
Could you re-post the link to the 16 week 201 admin class?
Thanks
Ryan
I have no idea which class you’re taking about actually =O
David,
I recently passed three certification exams — Developer, Sales Cloud Consultant, and Service Cloud Consultant — in less than 30 days. Your post was a huge help.
Service cloud was the toughest exam of the three. I highly recommend that candidates go through the Quizlet flashcard sets three and four that you listed; I saw a number of nearly identical questions on the exam.
Thanks again for a wonderful and very helpful post!
Congratulations Garrett and thank you for the tips!
Your stock price just went wayyyyy up =)
Hey David,
Amazing posts that drive me to take action!
I am an University student and previously worked on Salesforce platform as a co-op developer in a company, and I found myself being interested in working on it. I really want to become an Salesforce “expert” as my career.
Should I study and apply for a certification? I am considering Certified Developer as a start. Any advices will be helpful!
Thanks!
Definitely get certified!
Companies will LOVE you if you have a certification by the time you graduate / seek internships! It shows a lot of drive, which is probably the most important trait in new hires!
David
Thanks David. I plan to take action .. Good stuff
Hiii ,
i want to do both ADM certification , the Q&A which u r posted that enough for that
Yes it is enough =)
Hi David,
I am preparing for Sales Cloud cert and have failed in my last attempt.
I am doing some practice on questions available on internet . Can I send you some sample questions where I need some guidance
The flashcards in this post are pretty darn close to the real thing!
You mean flashcards in Quizzlet? No , it is not close to real thing. As i mentioned, i appeared for exam after preparing quizlet flash cards and I failed. It seems exam has been updated.
Can I send you a word document with my doubts? Or post some questions where i have doubt over here?
In that case try posting your questions to the forums and we’ll see if we can help you!
https://www.sfdc99.com/forums/forum/beginning-apex/
Just passed my Dev401 exam!! Thanks David for the website!
hahaha awesome, more validation that this is a great formula!
Congrats Max, keep em coming! Your hard work is paying off!!
David this is Awesome!! I’m sharing with my Austin Girly Geeks!! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!! :)
My pleasure Stephanie =) Say hi to the geeks for me!!
Thanks David for the inspiration, help, tips and support. I have successfully completed my dev-401 certification today.
Very much appreciated !!
Congrats Monika!! Not bad, right? =)
Thanks for your answer. I guess that’s where my confusion is, where can I find a list of all the items I need to good for I.e. “Salesforce Lead Management”
Click the links on the post to the official study guides and scroll to the “Exam Outline” section =)
WHOOO HOOOO. Just passed advanced developer multiple choice exam! Trying to be like you David! Took me a couple tries but a win is a win.
How insane were the programming assignment requirements?
The MC was the hardest part, CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!! Go Robert!!!!
Hey Robert,
Can you please share the details of what materials you studied to pass the advance developer certifications.
Fun fact you can’t tale a test on the webassessor website with a windows 8 computer apparently. I will have to wait a little more for my DEV401 certification.
Ouch!!
After taking the test so many times I must say the software sucks. I use an older computer two generations back when taking it.
Can’t use it on Chrome OS either. To the testing center for me!
Chrome OS? NICE!!! Trail blazer!!!
Completed my Dev 401 certification David !
On my way to Admin and Advanced Admin …
I do know how to write triggers and classes. I want to learn REST and SOAP and integration. Any help?
(What all you have done till now .. is nothing less than commendable .. God bless you bro )
Oh boy I will write on those but still too far behind! I recommend the official documentation for that!
Hi David,
I saw in the certifications site that there are 2 new certifications for Pardot. Are those worth getting in your opinion?
The vast majority of orgs don’t use Pardot and may never use it too, so I certainly wouldn’t say you should stretch yourself for it. If I saw a resume for our org (doesn’t use Pardot), the Pardot certifications would only be marginally helpful for general marketing knowledge.
That said, if an org DOES use Pardot, your resume will stand out lots with Pardot certifications since you’d be one of the few people that have those certs!
My recommendation is first to scout out if your target companies use Pardot (or any marketing automation) and evaluate how interested you are generally working with marketing automation too.
Hope this helps!
David,
Thank you for the materials and inspiration..
I did my ADM 201 and now preparing to take my DEV 401 certification !
Lipsa I wish you the best on DEV 401, you can do it!!
hey lipsa
can you help me for preparation of DEV 201
Hey David,
Really need ur help.Actually I had taken a break fr about an year , Now planning to join back to work startd up with certification Planning for 201, So pease tel me how to prepareI am worried how to start u?
Thanks in advance……
SILPI
Everything you need is on this page!
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Try going to your local developer group, they should have plenty!
Well if you say those are more difficult, does that mean that if you see those two in one’s CV and see the 5 you mentioned, you would prefer the guy that has the two certifications?
The others are pre-requisites actually!
But say they weren’t pre-requisites. This is the point breakdown:
Technical Architect: 100 points
Advanced Developer: 45 points
Advanced Admin: 10 points
Sales Cloud Consultant: 8 points
Developer: 3 points
Admin: 2 points
Service Cloud: Unknown
This is my view but to be honest most employers will just count the number of certifications and call it a day =)
That’s sad to hear that most employers don’t weigh the certifications. I was thinking that certifications (based on their quality) could kind of cover up for few years of experience but that does not seem to be the case
In all honestly certifications do a poor job overall of evaluating someone’s Salesforce knowledge. I’ve worked with people with 0 certifications who are much better than I am, and I’ve also worked with people with 5 certifications who I wouldn’t trust to build a simple formula field.
Sadly that’s the nature of this beast! But no matter how broken the system might be, it’s never a bad thing to get certified (often)!
i want to study to take the ADMN test, in your post above, you said “For each item on the exam outline above, Google its official documentation page” I don’t or undertand which items you are referring to, can you please elaborate a bit?
Each item has an official help page made by Salesforce that gives an overview of what it is and how to configure it =) You need to find that page and study it!
“Note that if your company has Premier Support, you get access to the online video versions of all Salesforce classes, including the certification courses”.
David we have premier support. Can you please guide me where to get access to all the videos.
Thanks.
Click the “Help & Training” link on the top right of your main Salesforce page!
Hi David,
You are helping us a lot..Thank you for your valuable time..For new releases will there be any updations to these questions.Planning to write exam on Feb-March.so are theses dumbs fine for that?
The updates are minimal =)
Thanks David for writing this.
I have passed Admin, Advanced Admin, and Sales Cloud from Ground Zero background for CRM in one and half month. I never implement or work as BA to support any SFDC organizations. When I first had a glance of cloud computing, I do believe this thing will change the entire enterprise application industry and whole world based on my 7 years experience on Oracle eBusiness implementation. Therefore I study based on the certification guide and quizzlet you mentioned as well.
Another want to mention, it is better have take the assessment online instead of going to the exam center. I failed once when I attended the test in one test center in Singapore, I had a project there. The experience was terrible, there were so many noisy as people came in and out.
I am going to take Service Cloud exam probably two weeks late.
Sounds like you have a good head on your shoulders =) Keep up the good work and try to get hands-on experience!
Can you jumpo into ADM 301 directly or do you have to go through all stages?
*previous stages
Gotta do ADM 201 at least first!
Thanks David for detailed information about the certification.
I hold Salesforce Developer certification and now want to take up Admin 201.
Can you please brief about the ‘online video versions of all Salesforce classes, including the certification courses’ for Premium account.
We have an Unlimited Edition, Can you pls let me know how can i access the certification courses or videos that you mentioned.
Thanks again
Go to the Help and Training portal (link on the top right of your screen) and you’ll have access to all training videos there.
Thank you for this. You are really helping us and I am very grateful. I had responded on people’s invitation to ask them how they passed their certificaton on other Social Media apps and they are merely selling for profit.
Bless you :)
Hello,
I had ADM 201 and DEV 401 so will prepare for Advanced Admin and Sales Cloud. DEV 501 seem to be very difficult for me now. However, will get more code packages and fight for it. No more time to waste. The boat will leave within 2-3 more month, as you said.
Thank for your always useful guideline.
I will have another interview next week. Will keep you posted again.
Visal
David –
The timing of this post could not have been any better! I am preparing to take my DEV 401 certification exam next month and the resources you have suggested are exactly what I have been looking for. I’m also looking forward to attending one of your sessions at Dreamforce.
Thanks again for all that you do for the aspiring coders of the world.
Hi Devid,
Very nice post,I have completed my dev-401 certification. Looking forward to read your dev-501 certification posts.
David – Nice post!
I have completed Administrator, Sales Cloud & Service Cloud. Developer is my next target. I thought of putting a period to my Salesforce Certification after Developer. But after reading your post, I think I should go for Advanced Developer as well :)
hahaha yes keep going!
Wow! More than great tips. Thank you David you’re awesome! How about a bit interruption ‘Procedure to register for a SF cert exam’ or ‘Taking SF exam tips n tricks’ as your next post? I’m in Vietnam (Thanks God! Nick Tran has just dropped by Saigon in his SFDC meetup tour so VN would not be left alone, eh) and taking it online might be the feasible choice? I would like a Dev 401 one as my first gift :)!
One more question David, what if (always) Salesforce releases new version, would it take me to re-take the same cert which has been passed before in order to maintain the cert?
BTW some thing like this one is really useful http://www.laceysnr.com/2014/05/the-salesforcecom-advanced-developer.html
Thank you and nice day David and everyone!
Your questions were so good I added them to the FAQ!
By the way, Nick Tran is awesome!
You can register for online tests here:
https://www.webassessor.com/wa.do?page=publicHome&branding=SALESFORCE
David
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