Salesforce · Plat-Admn-301
Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator II (Plat-Admn-301) Practice Tests
Validates advanced Salesforce platform administration skills, including security, data quality, analytics, process automation, application configuration, collaboration, and change management.
Exam Details
Practice Questions
600
≈ 10 practice exams
Duration
105 minutes
Passing Score
65%
Difficulty
ProfessionalLast Updated
Sep 2026
Topics Covered
Security and AccessObjects and ApplicationsProcess AutomationData and Analytics ManagementCloud ApplicationsAuditing and MonitoringEnvironment Management and Deployment
Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator II (Plat-Admn-301) Practice Exam Preparation
Use this Plat-Admn-301 practice exam to prepare for Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator II (Plat-Admn-301) with realistic questions, detailed explanations, and focused study modes. The practice bank includes 600 questions for Salesforce Plat-Admn-301, so you can review the exam steadily instead of relying on one long cram session.
As you practice, pay extra attention to recurring topics such as Security and Access, Objects and Applications, Process Automation, Data and Analytics Management, and Cloud Applications. Start with short sessions to identify weak areas, then move into timed quizzes once your accuracy is consistent.
The explanations are especially useful when you want to connect exam wording to the responsibilities and scenarios described in the official certification guidance. Use the free preview first, then unlock the full question bank when you are ready to build a complete study routine.
Exam Domain Breakdown
Security and Access20%
Process Automation20%
Objects and Applications19%
Data and Analytics Management13%
Cloud Applications11%
Auditing and Monitoring10%
Environment Management and Deployment7%
Exam Overview
The Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator II (Plat-Admn-301) credential validates the skills of an experienced Salesforce administrator across the breadth of the platform: advanced security and access, extending objects and the user interface, process automation, data and analytics management, Sales and Service cloud features, auditing and monitoring, and moving metadata between environments. The exam is scenario-based and expects hands-on administrator experience with each feature in its outline.
The credential is a step up from Platform Administrator and is commonly used as a benchmark for senior and lead administrator roles.
Who Should Take This Exam
This certification is designed for experienced Salesforce administrators who manage complex orgs and want to demonstrate mastery beyond day-to-day configuration. Salesforce expects candidates to have hands-on experience as an administrator and to have applied each feature in the exam outline. Job titles commonly held by candidates include Senior Salesforce Administrator, Salesforce Platform Manager, CRM Administrator, and Salesforce Business Systems Analyst.
The credential is also pursued by consultants, developers, and solution architects who want to formalize their administrative depth, particularly in security, automation design, sandbox management, and change management.
Prerequisites
Candidates must hold the Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator certification before taking this exam; Salesforce lists it as the prerequisite. Beyond the formal requirement, the exam outline assumes hands-on experience with sharing and security, declarative automation, reporting, data management tools such as Data Loader and the Data Import Wizard, and sandbox-based deployment with change sets.
Familiarity with Sales and Service features (products, price books, quotes, forecasting, Knowledge, entitlements, Omni-Channel) is also tested in the Cloud Applications domain.
Exam Format
The Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator II exam consists of 60 multiple-choice and multiple-select questions, plus up to five unscored questions used to gather performance data. Candidates have 105 minutes. The passing score is 65%, roughly 39 of the 60 scored questions. The exam is proctored, either at a testing center or online, and no reference materials are permitted. The registration fee is $200 USD with a $100 USD retake fee, plus applicable taxes.
Questions are scenario-based, asking candidates to choose the best tool or combination of tools for a business problem. Salesforce's exam guide lists the exam as aligned to the Summer '22 release, so always check the current guide before you book.
Skills Measured
- 1.Security and Access (20%): Record and field data access (sharing model, controlled by parent, hierarchies, report, dashboard and email folder access, Territory Management), comparing custom profiles, permission sets, and delegated administration, user authentication, and complex business models such as person accounts and contacts to multiple accounts.
- 2.Process Automation (20%): Choosing the best declarative tool or combination of tools for a complex scenario, troubleshooting declarative automation, the capabilities and limits of each tool, and the order of execution.
- 3.Objects and Applications (19%): Extending objects (master-detail, lookup, junction objects, related lists, record types, Schema Builder, Object Creator) and extending the UI/UX with App Manager, Lightning App Builder, Dynamic Forms, standard Lightning page components, and consoles.
- 4.Data and Analytics Management (13%): Data quality (validation, duplicate management, enrichment, archiving), complex reporting (custom report types, reporting snapshots, joined reports, bucketing, cross filters, dynamic dashboards), connecting to and archiving data outside Salesforce (big objects, external objects, Salesforce Connect), and importing data with the Data Import Wizard, Data Loader, and external IDs.
- 5.Cloud Applications (11%): Sales features (products, price books, schedules, orders, quotes), Forecasting and Territory Management, Salesforce Knowledge, service entitlements and entitlement processes, and agent and customer interaction channels such as Chat, Case Feed, the Agentforce Service Console, Experience Cloud sites, and Omni-Channel.
- 6.Auditing and Monitoring (10%): Monitoring and troubleshooting with debug logs and the setup audit trail, protecting sensitive data for compliance in production and sandboxes, and reviewing security settings including pending updates.
- 7.Environment Management and Deployment (7%): Moving metadata between environments with change sets, sandboxes, and managed or unmanaged AppExchange packages, and change set best practices.
Study Tips
- Use the official Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator II Exam Guide on help.salesforce.com as your checklist. It lists every domain with its weight and every objective in scope.
- Practice in a Developer Edition org or sandbox: build multi-condition Flows, configure Territory Management, create joined reports with custom summary formulas, and deploy change sets between orgs. Scenario questions are easier with hands-on muscle memory.
- Prioritize Security and Access (20%) and Process Automation (20%) together, since they account for two fifths of the exam. Make sure you can distinguish profiles, permission sets, sharing rules, and delegated administration, and know when each applies.
- Work through the Trailhead preparation content for Platform Administrator II and review the Salesforce Help documentation for every tool named in the outline.
- Learn the order of execution and the limits of each declarative automation tool. Many automation questions ask which tool, or which combination, fits a scenario.
- Take timed practice exams at 105 minutes for 60 questions to build pacing, and review every wrong answer against Salesforce Help to understand why the best answer wins.
- Check the release notes for recent changes to Flow, Dynamic Forms, and security features. The exam guide is aligned to an older release, so expect the current UI to differ from older study materials.
Career Benefits
Earning the Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator II credential supports moves into senior administrator, platform lead, and CRM manager roles. It gives employers a verifiable signal of advanced administration skill beyond the core Platform Administrator credential, and many employers use Salesforce certifications as an initial screening filter.
It also positions holders for further specialization, including consultant credentials and the Salesforce architect paths.
Sample Questions
5 sample questions with answers and explanations. The full bank has 600 questions, enough for 10 full-length practice exams.
Preview — answers shown1. Cloud Kicks wants an executive dashboard component that displays a single number: total open strategic opportunities. The number should be prominent and not include a chart axis, ranges, or row table. Which dashboard component should the administrator choose? (Select one!)
AMetric
BGauge
CTable
DScatter chart
Explanation
A metric component is designed to show a single key value, such as a grand total. Gauges compare a value to defined ranges, tables display rows, and scatter charts visualize points across axes.
2. AW Computing is planning a data remediation project. The administrator must delete obsolete custom object records, export a backup of the same object, and later upsert corrected records using an external ID. Which tool provides the required operation set? (Select one!)
AData Loader
BData Import Wizard
CReport Builder
DDuplicate Jobs
Explanation
Data Loader supports operations such as export, insert, update, upsert, delete, and hard delete for standard and custom objects, subject to permissions. Data Import Wizard is more limited and guided. Report Builder can export report results but is not a delete or upsert tool, and duplicate jobs identify duplicate records rather than perform broad import/export/delete operations.
3. A sales operations team wants a formula field on Opportunity to display "Enterprise" when a picklist field named Segment equals Enterprise. The administrator’s first formula compares the picklist directly to a text string and fails validation. Which function should be used for the comparison? (Select one!)
AISPICKVAL
BINCLUDES
CTEXTVALUE
DCASESAFEID
Explanation
ISPICKVAL is used to compare a picklist field to a specific value in a formula. INCLUDES is used for multi-select picklists. TEXTVALUE and CASESAFEID are adjacent formula concepts but do not solve direct picklist comparison in this scenario.
4. Cloud Kicks wants an executive dashboard component that displays a single number: total open renewal pipeline for the current fiscal quarter. Executives do not need a range, breakpoint colors, or a table of underlying records in that component. Which dashboard component should the administrator use? (Select one!)
AMetric
BGauge
CTable
DStacked bar chart
Explanation
A metric component is used to show a single key number, such as a grand total. A gauge is better when the value must be evaluated against ranges or breakpoints, a table shows rows of data, and a stacked bar chart is for visual comparison across categories.
5. Cloud Kicks reorganized its sales roles but wants forecast rollups to follow a different management structure than record visibility. The forecast leaders do not exactly match the role hierarchy used for sharing. What should the administrator configure? (Select one!)
AForecast hierarchy
BRole hierarchy only
COpportunity team hierarchy
DTerritory type priority
Explanation
Collaborative Forecasts use a forecast hierarchy for forecast rollups, and that hierarchy can be managed separately from the role hierarchy used for record access. Opportunity teams support collaboration on individual deals, and territory type priority is part of territory organization rather than the primary forecast rollup hierarchy.
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