
Measured data
Salesforce Certified Administrator
We scored 60 real Salesforce Certified Administrator exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.
- 60 questions scored
- 8 domains
- 2.1/10 overall complexity
Complexity by exam domain
Higher scores mean more demanding question formats. The exam score is computed over the whole bank, not averaged across domains.
- Agentforce5 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
40% multi-select · 0% scenario · 20% interactive
- Automation9 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Configuration and setup9 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Data and analytics management10 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle
30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
- Object Manager and Lightning App Builder9 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Productivity and collaboration6 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Sales and marketing applications6 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Service and support applications6 questions · complexity 3.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 33% scenario · 33% interactive
Full per-domain breakdown
Blueprint weight, bank size and question format mix for every domain of the exam.
| Domain | Blueprint | Questions | Single | Multi | Interactive | Complexity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentforce | 8% | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Automation | 15% | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Configuration and setup | 15% | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Data and analytics management | 17% | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.8/10Gentle |
| Object Manager and Lightning App Builder | 15% | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Productivity and collaboration | 10% | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Sales and marketing applications | 10% | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Service and support applications | 10% | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3.0/10Gentle |
How the score is calculated
The formula is fixed and public, so anyone can reproduce these numbers from the same bank.
Every question in the Salesforce Certified Administrator bank is measured on four signals that can be read directly from the database. Each signal is expressed as a share of the questions in the domain, and the four shares are combined with fixed weights:
- Multi-select questions (40% weight). Items with more than one correct answer. The candidate has to find all of them, which is the single hardest format in the bank.
- Scenario questions (30% weight). Questions longer than 150 characters, which describe a situation instead of a definition and therefore test reasoning rather than recall.
- Interactive questions (20% weight). Items that require reading code or a configuration snippet.
- Deep explanations (10% weight). Questions whose explanation runs past 300 characters, which signals a concept with real nuance behind it.
The combined share is multiplied by ten to produce a 1-10 score. The exam-level score is computed over the whole bank rather than averaged across domains, so a small domain cannot distort the total. Figures on this page are recomputed from the live bank on every crawl.
Data set: Certilum Salesforce Certified Administrator Foundation question bank, 60 questions, 8 domains. Published by CERTILUM. This is Certilum’s own measurement of its own question bank and is not an official Salesforce statistic.
- Questions analysed
- 60
- Exam domains
- 8
- Hardest domain
- Service and support applications (3.0)
- Most approachable domain
- Data and analytics management (1.8)
- Question mix
- 21 single · 20 multi · 19 interactive
- Measured on
- Foundation
Frequently asked questions
What our Salesforce Certified Administrator complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.