Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder Practice Test

What this exam covers

This course prepares you for the Salesforce Certified Platform App Builder exam, designed for individuals experienced in developing custom applications on the Lightning Platform. The certification validates your ability to design applications supporting business processes and reporting needs, customize the mobile user experience, apply sharing and access controls, and manage development environments and deployment options—without requiring programmatic development skills like Apex, JavaScript, or Visualforce.

The exam covers five major domains:

• Salesforce Fundamentals (23%) — declarative vs. programmatic customization, AppExchange use cases, object/record/field access, sharing solutions, reports and dashboards, mobile UX, and Chatter
• Data Modeling and Management (22%) — data models, relationship types, field data types, Schema Builder, and data import/export including external data sources
• Business Logic and Process Automation (28%) — formula fields, roll-up summary fields, validation rules, approval processes, and process automation tool selection
• User Interface (17%) — UI customization options, custom buttons/links/actions, and declarative and programmatic Lightning component integration
• App Deployment (10%) — application lifecycle management, sandboxes, change sets, managed/unmanaged packages, and deployment planning

Ideal candidates have hands-on experience developing custom apps on the Lightning Platform, along with familiarity with Salesforce license types and deployment tools. The source material doesn't specify question count, exam duration, or passing score, so be sure to confirm these logistics directly with Salesforce when registering. Recommended self-study resources include Trailmixes and several Superbadges covering object relationships, user access, formulas, data quality, and flow fundamentals.