Exam format
Salesforce Certified Sharing and Visibility Designer Exam Format
Everything the official exam blueprint specifies: question count, time limit, scoring and the weight each domain carries. The Salesforce Certified Sharing and Visibility Designer exam validates a professional's ability to design and implement sophisticated data access and security architectures. Unlike administrator exams that focus on configuration, this certification focuses on the architectural design patterns required to manage massive datasets with complex, multi-layered security requirements. Candidates must demonstrate mastery over how data is surfaced to users across different profiles, roles, and external portals while ensuring that the principle of least privilege is strictly maintained without compromising system performance or user productivity.
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 25% |
| 15 |
| Data Access | 30% |
| 18 |
| Sharing Model | 25% |
| 15 |
| Design & Governance | 20% |
| 12 |
The heaviest domain is Visibility 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: Naming note: the current name is 'Salesforce Certified Platform Sharing and Visibility Architect' (formerly Sharing and Visibility Designer), listed by Salesforce in the Architect category: USD 400 (retake USD 200). Taxes excluded. Official exam page
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