
Measured data
Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator
We scored 60 real Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.
- 60 questions scored
- 8 domains
- 2.2/10 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.
- Analytics & Reporting6 questions · complexity 2.7/10 · Gentle
50% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- AppExchange2 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
50% multi-select · 0% scenario · 0% interactive
- Configuration & Setup12 questions · complexity 2.3/10 · Gentle
42% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Data Management6 questions · complexity 2.7/10 · Gentle
50% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Object Manager & Lightning Apps12 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Productivity & Collaboration4 questions · complexity 1.5/10 · Gentle
25% multi-select · 0% scenario · 25% interactive
- User Management8 questions · complexity 2.4/10 · Gentle
38% multi-select · 13% scenario · 25% interactive
- Workflow/Process Automation10 questions · complexity 1.8/10 · Gentle
30% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analytics & Reporting | 10% | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.7/10Gentle |
| AppExchange | 3% | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Configuration & Setup | 20% | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2.3/10Gentle |
| Data Management | 10% | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2.7/10Gentle |
| Object Manager & Lightning Apps | 20% | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Productivity & Collaboration | 7% | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.5/10Gentle |
| User Management | 14% | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2.4/10Gentle |
| Workflow/Process Automation | 16% | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1.8/10Gentle |
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 Advanced 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 Advanced 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
- Analytics & Reporting (2.7)
- Most approachable domain
- Productivity & Collaboration (1.5)
- Question mix
- 22 single · 20 multi · 18 interactive
- Measured on
- Foundation
Frequently asked questions
What our Salesforce Certified Advanced Administrator complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.