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Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator
The senior administrator credential: the sharing model as layers that widen an organisation-wide default with restriction rules as the only mechanism that narrows, permission sets and groups replacing profile-heavy design, territory management granting access by assignment, and the data skew that causes locking at volume; then Flow with the before-save and after-save distinction, the order of execution that explains every unexpected field value, report types and dynamic dashboards, and sandbox and deployment choices.
What you get
Papers are cut from the bank and weighted like the real exam, and no question appears in two of them. Every wrong answer comes back on later days until you have it right.
What the exam covers
| Security and Access | 20% |
| Objects and Applications | 19% |
| Auditing and Monitoring | 10% |
| Cloud Applications | 11% |
| Data and Analytics Management | 13% |
| Environment Management and Deployment | 7% |
| Process Automation | 20% |
Two sample questions
1. What does a recall action in an approval do?
- Sends it back to the previous approver
- Withdraws the record from the process — correct
- Approves it on the submitter's behalf
- Escalates it to the next approver
Why: Whether the submitter may do so is configurable.
2. What does bulk loading benefit from?
- Deferral — correct
- A wide OWD
- More profiles
- A skinny role
Why: Bulk loads run faster with deferred sharing recalculation and proper indexing.
The real Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator exam
| Length | 105 minutes |
|---|---|
| Questions | 60 scored plus 5 unscored |
| Pass mark | 65% |
| Price | Purchased per attempt through Salesforce, with a reduced retake fee |
| Recommended before you sit it | The Salesforce Certified Administrator credential is required and must be maintained. |
| Valid for | Maintained through the release maintenance modules |
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