About the Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Exam

The Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Exam is designed for individuals who would like to demonstrate their skills and knowledge in designing, building, and deploying custom applications using the declarative customization capabilities of the Lightning Platform. The candidate can create, manage, and update data models, application security, business logic, and process automation.

Here are some examples of the concepts you should understand to pass the exam.

• How to design the data model, user interface, business logic, and security for custom applications
• How to customize applications for mobile use
• How to design reports and dashboards
• How to deploy custom applications

 

Audience Description: Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder

The Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Exam is intended for an individual who has experience developing custom applications on the Lightning Platform, including practical application of the skills and concepts noted in the exam objectives below.

The Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder generally has 6 months to 1 year of experience building applications on the Lightning Platform and/or on a similar technology platform.

The Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder candidate has the experience, skills, and knowledge outlined below.

• Familiarity with the capabilities of the Lightning Platform
• Awareness of Salesforce license types and related considerations
• Ability to design applications to support business processes and reporting requirements
• Familiarity with capabilities and customization used to enhance the mobile user experience
• Familiarity with the Salesforce development environments and the options available to deploy applications and manage changes on the Lightning Platform
• Comprehension of the resources listed in this exam guide and the additional required study materials provided by Salesforce

A candidate for this exam is not expected to be able to administer Sales Cloud or Service Cloud, have programmatic development experience, design custom interfaces using Visualforce, or design custom Lightning components using Apex or JavaScript.

 

Purpose of This Exam Guide

This exam guide is designed to help you prepare for the Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Exam. This guide provides information about the target audience, the recommended training and documentation, and a complete list of exam objectives. Salesforce highly recommends a combination of on-the-job experience and self-study to maximize your chances of passing the exam.

 

About the Exam

Here are details about the Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Exam.

• Content: 60 multiple-choice questions and up to five unscored questions
• Time allotted to complete the exam: 105 minutes
• Passing score: 63%
• Version: Exam questions align to the Spring ’24 release
• Registration fee: US$200, JPY¥30,000, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
• Retake fee: US$100, JPY¥30,000, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
• Delivery options: Proctored exam delivered onsite at a testing center or in an online environment; find more information on scheduling an exam here.
• References: No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam.
• Prerequisite: None

This exam may contain up to five additional unscored questions to gather performance data. Unscored questions are randomly integrated and have no impact on your final exam result.

 

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.