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Salesforce Certified Application Architect
The Salesforce Certified Application Architect credential validates a candidate's ability to design complex, scalable, and secure solutions within the Salesforce platform
- 120 min
- 65% to pass
- 60 bank questions
- 4 domains
Exam syllabus, organized by domain
The official Salesforce blueprint, with the real weight each domain carries on test day.
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Sample Salesforce Certified Application Architect exam question
Answer this question the same way you would on exam day. No sign-up needed — one random question, three tries to swap it out.
An architecture team needs to link Projects to Tasks while allowing Tasks to survive Project deletion and have their own sharing model. Which relationship type is appropriate?
Exam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Time limit
- 120 minutes
- Passing score
- 65%
- Domains
- 4
- Questions in our bank
- 60
- Level
- EXPERT
- Measured complexity
- 2.1 / 10
- Question mix
- 20 single · 20 multi · 20 interactive
Where the hard questions actually are
We score every question in the bank 1-10 on a reproducible formula. Below is the per-domain breakdown.
- Data Architecture15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Development Lifecycle15 questions · complexity 2.2/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 7% scenario · 33% interactive
- Identity and Access Management15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Integration Architecture15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
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Frequently asked questions
What you need to know before attempting the Salesforce Certified Application Architect certification.
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