Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Exam Guide
About the Salesforce Platform App Builder Credential
The Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder credential is intended for individuals who want to showcase their expertise in designing, building, and deploying custom applications using the declarative tools of the Lightning Platform. Candidates should be skilled in creating, managing, and updating data models, application security, business logic, and process automation.
Key Concepts for Exam Preparation:
- Designing data models, user interfaces, business logic, and security for custom applications
- Customizing applications for mobile use
- Designing reports and dashboards
- Deploying custom applications
Audience Description: Salesforce Platform App Builder
The Salesforce Platform App Builder Exam is designed for individuals with experience in developing custom applications on the Lightning Platform, applying the skills and concepts detailed in the exam objectives below.
Typically, a Salesforce Platform App Builder has six months to one year of experience in building applications on the Lightning Platform or a similar technology platform.
The Ideal Candidate for the Salesforce Platform App Builder Exam Has:
- A solid understanding of the capabilities of the Lightning Platform
- Knowledge of Salesforce license types and their related considerations
- The ability to design applications that support business processes and reporting needs
- Familiarity with customization options to enhance the mobile user experience
- Understanding of the Salesforce development environments and the available options for deploying applications and managing changes on the Lightning Platform
- Knowledge of the resources outlined in this exam guide, as well as additional study materials provided by Salesforce
What Is Not Expected:
Candidates for this exam are not required to have skills in administering Sales Cloud or Service Cloud, programmatic development experience, designing custom interfaces using Visualforce, or creating custom Lightning components using Apex or JavaScript.
Purpose of This Exam Guide
About the Exam
Here are the details for the Salesforce Platform App Builder Exam:
- Content: 60 multiple-choice/multiple-select questions, plus up to five non-scored questions
- Time allotted: 105 minutes
- Passing score: 63%
- Registration fee: US$200, plus applicable taxes as required by local law
- Retake fee: US$100, plus applicable taxes as required by local law
- Delivery options: Proctored exam available at a testing center or online in a proctored environment. Click here for scheduling information.
- References: No hard-copy or online materials are allowed during the exam.
- Prerequisite: None, though course attendance is strongly recommended
- Note: Exam takers now have the option to provide feedback on individual questions during the exam.
Recommended Training and References
To prepare for this exam, we suggest a combination of hands-on experience, completing relevant training courses, exploring Trailhead trails, and self-study focused on the topics listed in the Exam Outline section of this guide.
Recommended self-study materials for this exam include:
Exam Outline
The Salesforce Platform App Builder Exam measures a candidate’s knowledge and skills related to the following objectives. A candidate should have hands-on experience developing custom applications on the Lightning Platform and have demonstrated the application of each of the features/functions below.
