How to Pass the Salesforce Administrator Exam on Your First Attempt?

A Salesforce Administrator Exam is the best way for a Salesforce developer to certify his skills. These days, the Salesforce market is highly competitive, and so having a certificate can help to distinguish yourself from other Salesforce developers. Taking the Administrator exam can be daunting. You may also find it difficult. Here are a few tips to help you pass the exam on your first attempt:

Take Virtual Courses: There are several courses online that you can take. The right kind of courses will teach you about Salesforce, its practical uses and also prepare you for the exam. Here are some we recommend:

The Complete Salesforce Administrator Certification Course: This course on Udemy has a total of seventy-five lectures, with eleven hours of video lessons. It introduces you to the Salesforce platform and gives an overview of it as well. The video lessons cover in detail all the topics you need to know for the Administrator Certification exam.

Salesforce Trailhead: The Salesforce platform so offers free resources for learners. You will learn to use the platform by using the "trails" and projects that the resources have. When you complete different units of the resources, you get badges for your achievements.

Certification Preparation for Administrator (CRT-101): This one day course is more helpful than you can imagine. It gives you real-life business scenarios to work on. You have to use your problem-solving skills to come up with a practical solution for each situation. It covers exam topics and also makes it challenging.

Salesforce Proficiency Pack for Administrators: This course is a little lengthy (thirty days long) because it promotes self-paced learning. You can learn at your own pace by devoting not more than two hours a day. It is a comprehensive course that covers the topics in detail. At the end of the course, you all get a free voucher for a mock exam. By taking it, you will be able to determine how well prepared you are for the final one.

The Certified on Demand Study Guide: This one is not a course per se. It is a set of blog posts and videos made especially for the Salesforce exam. The full guide is available at $40. It is one of the best guides you will ever find because it tells you what you need to study in order of importance. You can focus on the important topics first and then move on to other minor parts. There are also many quizzes and questions to test your knowledge and help you practice for the exam. It is the best resource to check out if you do not have much time in hand.

Practice What You Learn: It is not just about taking courses and acquiring knowledge. It is also about practicing what you learn. Register yourself on the official Salesforce platform. Then each time you learn something new, check it out on the platform and try to use your skills.

Check Out Previous Exam Questions: Taking the Salesforce exam takes more than learning the topics. Most of the questions asked are scenario-based. So to get an idea of it to look up previous years' questions. Once you go through some of them, you will be able to understand the pattern and also determine what is more important in the current year.

Go Through the Exam Guide and About the Exam: The Salesforce website has an exam guide that you should download. There is also an "About the Exam" section. Go through them before taking the exam because they will help you.

Other Important Things to Remember:

The Salesforce Admin Certification exam is ninety minutes long. There are sixty multiple-choice questions. Practicing some papers beforehand will help you manage your time effectively in the final exam.

To pass the exam, you need to answer forty questions completely. You also need to score an average of sixty-five percent marks. So make sure you do not spend too much time on questions you cannot answer. Always start by answering the ones you are sure of and then move on to the others.

Some questions will have more than one correct answer. You must keep this in mind while doing practice papers, as well as the actual one.

You can take the exam at home or a registered exam center. Taking it at home requires you to fulfill certain conditions, failing which you have to take it at a center.

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