Updated for the 2026 exam outline
Salesforce Platform Administrator
Practice Exam
The Salesforce Platform Administrator certification, formerly Salesforce Certified Administrator, is a foundational Salesforce credential with no prerequisite. It is focused on managing and configuring a Salesforce org, maintaining users, data, security, and automation. The exam has 60 scored questions plus 5 unscored questions, a 105-minute time limit, and a 68% passing score. Its official outline covers 8 weighted sections, the largest being Data and Analytics Management at 17% of the exam.
The Platform Administrator credential (formerly Salesforce Administrator) is the most common first Salesforce certification — and the 2026 exam outline added Agentforce and AI topics while trimming legacy configuration. Practice against the current outline, not last year's.
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Reviewed practice questions
How many reviewed Platform Administrator practice questions are there?
312 reviewed Platform Administrator questions, and every one is written to the current official exam outline.
Every question in this bank is written to the current official Platform Administrator exam outline, and each one is verified against Salesforce documentation before it is published — no dumps, no recycled answer keys.
Full practice exam
60 questions in 105 minutes, drawn to match the real exam's section weighting.
Practice one section
Focus on one exam section and practice its questions until you feel more confident.
Reviewed questions by exam section
| Exam section | Weight | Reviewed questions |
|---|---|---|
| Configuration and Setup | 15% | 50 |
| Object Manager and Lightning App Builder | 15% | 47 |
| Sales and Marketing Applications | 10% | 31 |
| Service and Support Applications | 10% | 29 |
| Productivity and Collaboration | 10% | 31 |
| Data and Analytics Management | 17% | 53 |
| Automation | 15% | 46 |
| Agentforce | 8% | 25 |
| Total | 100% | 312 |
How long is the Platform Administrator exam and what score do you need?
60+5
Scored + unscored questions
105 min
Time limit
68%
Passing score
$200
Registration (retake $100)
Facts last verified against the official exam guide in July 2026. Always confirm current details in the official Salesforce exam guide.
What is on the Salesforce Platform Administrator exam?
The official Platform Administrator outline has 8 weighted sections. Practice exams use the same mix of sections as the real exam. Your score shows how you're doing in each section.
| Exam section | Weight |
|---|---|
| Configuration and Setup | 15% |
| Object Manager and Lightning App Builder | 15% |
| Sales and Marketing Applications | 10% |
| Service and Support Applications | 10% |
| Productivity and Collaboration | 10% |
| Data and Analytics Management | 17% |
| Automation | 15% |
| Agentforce | 8% |
Is there a Platform Administrator study guide?
Yes. The Platform Administrator study guide has 28 units, one per official exam-guide topic, each verified against Salesforce documentation and linked to the practice questions that test it. Every unit's exam expectations and key facts are free to read.
What do Platform Administrator exam questions look like?
Three questions from our free diagnostic. Try them, then take the full 12-question diagnostic for a readiness score.
Configuration and Setup
1. Sales reps at Cloud Kicks should only see the opportunities they own, but their managers need visibility into every opportunity owned by their direct reports. What should the administrator configure?
- a.Create a sharing rule that shares all opportunities with the sales manager public group
- b.Create a permission set with View All access on opportunities and assign it to managers
- c.Set the opportunity org-wide default to Public Read Only
- d.Set the opportunity org-wide default to Private and use the role hierarchy to grant managers access
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
A Private org-wide default restricts record visibility to owners, and the role hierarchy automatically grants users access to records owned by people below them. A permission set granting View All would expose every opportunity in the org, and a sharing rule targeting the sales manager public group would grant each manager access beyond their own team.
Configuration and Setup
2. The compliance team wants to restrict when and from where employees can log in to Salesforce. Which two settings should the administrator configure? (Choose 2)
- a.Setup Audit Trail
- b.Login IP ranges on the user's profile
- c.Login hours on the user's profile
- d.Session timeout in session settings
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: C, B
Login hours control when users can log in, and login IP ranges control where they can log in from — both are set at the profile level. Session timeout only ends idle sessions, and the Setup Audit Trail records configuration changes rather than restricting access.
Object Manager and Lightning App Builder
3. Ursa Major Solar tracks Expenses against Projects using a custom object. Every expense must be linked to a project, expenses should be deleted automatically when their project is deleted, and each project should display the total of its expenses. Which relationship should the administrator use?
- a.Master-detail relationship with Project as the master
- b.Junction object between Expense and Project
- c.Lookup relationship from Expense to Project
- d.Hierarchical relationship on the Expense object
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
A master-detail relationship makes the parent required, cascades deletes to child records, and enables roll-up summary fields such as SUM of expenses — all three requirements. A lookup can't do roll-up summaries natively, a junction object models many-to-many, and hierarchical relationships exist only on the User object.
Why use reviewed practice questions?
Written to the current outline
All 312 questions map to a section of the current official Platform Administrator outline, so you won't spend time on retired topics.
Verified against the docs
Every question and explanation is checked against Salesforce documentation by a human reviewer before it goes live, and the sources travel with the explanation.
Practice exams and focused review
Take a 60-question practice exam in 105 minutes, then focus on the section where you need the most work.
Common questions about the Platform Administrator exam
How many questions are on the Salesforce Platform Administrator exam?▾
The Platform Administrator exam has 60 scored questions plus 5 unscored questions, with a time limit of 105 minutes.
What is the passing score for the Platform Administrator exam?▾
The passing score is 68%. Certifyforce's readiness score weights your practice results by the official section weights so you know whether you'd clear that bar.
How much does the Platform Administrator exam cost?▾
Registration is USD $200 plus applicable taxes, and retakes cost USD $100. Quality practice is the cheapest way to avoid paying for a retake.
Is there a prerequisite for the Platform Administrator exam?▾
No. The Platform Administrator exam has no certification prerequisite. Salesforce positions it as a foundational credential.
How many practice questions are in the Platform Administrator question bank?▾
312 reviewed questions across all 8 sections of the current official exam outline. Every question is checked against Salesforce documentation before it is published. A timed practice exam draws 60 questions and gives you 105 minutes, with the same mix of topics as the real exam.
Are these real exam questions or braindumps?▾
No. Certifyforce writes original practice questions aligned to the official exam outline. Using leaked exam questions (dumps) violates the Salesforce certification agreement and can get your credentials revoked — original scenario practice builds the same skills without the risk.
What topics are on the Platform Administrator exam?▾
The exam covers 8 sections: Configuration and Setup (15%), Object Manager and Lightning App Builder (15%), Sales and Marketing Applications (10%), Service and Support Applications (10%), Productivity and Collaboration (10%), Data and Analytics Management (17%), Automation (15%), Agentforce (8%).
How is Certifyforce different from other practice exams?▾
The Platform Administrator questions follow the current official exam outline. Every question is reviewed by a person and checked against Salesforce documentation. You can see your score by section and practice the topics you missed without taking the full exam again.
Which other Salesforce Administrator certifications are there?
Configure, secure, and run a Salesforce org.
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