Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Exam Guide

Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Exam Guide.

1. About the Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification Exam

The Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I credential is intended for individuals who have knowledge, skills, and experience in building custom applications on the Lightning Platform. 

	Content	60 scored, multiple-choice/multiple-select questions and up to 5 non-scored questions
	Time allotted	105 minutes
	Passing score	68% (41 out of 60 questions)
	Exam Fee	USD 200 plus applicable taxes
	Retake Fee	USD 100 plus applicable taxes
	Prerequisite	None

2. Exam Outline

2.1 Developer Fundamentals: 23% (14 Questions)

• Understand multi-tenant concepts and design frameworks, such as MVC architecture and Lightning Component Framework.
• Given a scenario, identify common use cases and best practices for declarative versus programmatic customizations, including governor limits, formula fields, and roll-up summaries.
• Given a scenario, determine, create, and access the appropriate data model including objects, fields, relationships, and external IDs.
• Given a scenario, identify the options and considerations when importing and exporting data into development environments.

2.2 Process Automation and Logic: 30% (18 Questions)

• Identify the capabilities of the declarative process automation features.
• Declare variables, constants, methods, and use modifiers and Apex interfaces.
• Given a scenario, use and apply Apex control flow statements.
• Given a scenario, write SOSL, SOQL, and DML statements in Apex.
• Given a scenario, follow best practices to write Apex classes and triggers.
• Given a scenario, identify the implications of governor limits on Apex transactions.
• Describe the relationship between Apex transactions, the save order of execution, and the potential for recursion and/or cascading.
• Implement exception handling in Apex, including custom exceptions as needed.
• Given a scenario, use declarative functionality and Apex together to automate business logic.

2.3 User Interface: 25% (15 Questions)

• Given a scenario, display content or modify Salesforce data using a Visualforce page and the appropriate controllers or extensions as needed.
• Describe the Lightning Component framework, its benefits, and the types of content that can be contained in a Lightning web component.
• Given a scenario, prevent user interface and data access security vulnerabilities. 
• Given a scenario, display and use a custom user interface components, including Lightning Components, Flow, and Visualforce.
• Describe the use cases and best practices for Lightning Web Component events.
• Given a scenario, implement Apex to work with various types of page components, including Lightning Components, Flow, Next Best Actions, etc.

2.4 Testing, Debugging, and Deployment: 22% (13 Questions)

• Write and execute tests for triggers, controllers, classes, flows, and processes using various sources of test data.
• Given a scenario, know how and when to use the Salesforce Developer tools such as Salesforce DX, Salesforce CLI, and Developer Console.
• Describe how to approach debugging system issues and monitoring flows, processes, and asynchronous and batch jobs, etc.
• Describe the environments, requirements, and process for deploying code and associated configurations.

3. Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification Exam Guide

Platform Developer I Exam Guide

4. Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification Exam Trail

 Study for the Platform Developer I Exam

5. Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification Exam Trailmix

Prepare for Your Salesforce Platform Developer I Credential

6. Superbadge

Apex Specialist

7. Important Topics for Salesforce Platform Developer I Certification Exam

7.1 Salesforce Fundamentals: 23% (14 Questions)

• Multi-tenant environment
• MVC architecture
• Lightning Component Framework
• Declarative versus programmatic customizations

• Objects, fields, and relationships
• Relationship types
• Data Import Wizard
• Data Loader
• Formula fields
• Roll-up summary fields

7.2 Process Automation and Logic: 30% (18 Questions)

• Flow
• Apex
• SOSL
• SOQL
• DML statements in Apex
• Apex classes
• Apex Triggers
• Apex Interfaces
• Apex Governor Limits
• Apex transactions
• Save order of execution
• Recursion
• Cascading
• Exception handling in Apex
• Custom exceptions
• Use programmatic techniques to prevent security vulnerabilities
• Invocable methods
• Platform Events

7.3 User Interface: 23% (14 Questions)

• Visualforce page
• Standard Controllers
• Custom Controllers
• Scheduled Job
• Batch Job
• Extensions
• Visualforce in Lightning Experience
• Lightning Component framework
• Aura Components
• Lightning Web Components
• Given a scenario, prevent user interface and data access security vulnerabilities. 
• Given a scenario, as a Salesforce Certified Platform Developer display and use a custom user interface components, including Lightning Components, Flow, and Visualforce
• Lightning Web Component vs Aura Component
• Next Best Action

7.4 Testing, Debugging, and Deployment: 17% (10 Questions)

• Test Classes
• Apex anonymous code
• VSCode
• Salesforce DX
• Salesforce CLI
• Developer Console
• Debugging system issues and monitoring flows, processes, and asynchronous and batch jobs
• Change Set
• Environment Connections

8. Additional Resources

• Free Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I Practice Questions
• Salesforce Developer Training by Apexhours

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