Exam format
Salesforce Certified System Architect Exam Format
Everything the official exam blueprint specifies: question count, time limit, scoring and the weight each domain carries. The Salesforce Certified System Architect credential is a prestigious professional certification designed to validate the high-level technical expertise required to design and implement complex Salesforce solutions. This exam focuses on the foundational pillars of a robust enterprise ecosystem: how systems communicate, how users are securely authenticated, how code and configurations are reliably deployed, and how massive datasets are structured for performance. Unlike developer-centric exams, the System Architect exam demands a holistic view of the entire platform, requiring candidates to weigh trade-offs between various architectural patterns to ensure scalability, security, and maintainability in a multi-cloud environment.
- 60 questions
- 105 min
- 65% to pass
- 4 domains
certilumExam facts at a glance
What we know about this exam, and where the information comes from.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Questions | 60 |
| Time limit | 105 minutes (105s per question) |
| Passing score | 65% |
| Domains | 4 |
| Level | Expert |
| Question bank here | 60 questions |
| Source | Certilum's own record — the vendor does not publish this figure |
Official domain weights
The percentage of the exam each domain carries. Weight your revision by these numbers, not by what you find hardest.
| Domain | Weight | Topics | Practice Qs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integration Architecture | 25% |
| 15 |
| Data Modeling & Management | 25% |
| 15 |
| Identity and Access Management | 25% |
| 15 |
| Platform Development Lifecycle & Deployment | 25% |
| 15 |
The heaviest domain is Integration Architecture at 25%, and that is where lost points cost you the most. Certilum scores you per domain so you can see the difference between a knowledge gap and a formatting problem.
Note from the vendor record: Architect category price: USD 400 (JPY 60,000) tax not included, retake USD 200. 'Salesforce Certified System Architect' appears in the official Architect retake table (USD 200). Taxes collected by Pearson VUE at registration. Official exam page
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