Salesforce Administrator Certification Practice

The Salesforce Administrator Certification Practice is a free 20-minute skill test from Science of Apps. Practice questions for the Salesforce Administrator exam — org setup and user management, objects, fields and data management, security and the sharing model, and automation with Flow, reports and dashboards. Score 70% or more on its 20 questions to earn a verifiable Salesforce Administrator Exam Readiness certificate (SOA-SFA). Every question is based on published standards and research — including Salesforce Help (Salesforce) — and each answer is explained with its source.

Read the four skill areas on this page, then take the 20-minute test online — no fee, course or sign-up. You see every answer explained when you finish. Score 70% or more and you get a Salesforce Administrator Exam Readiness certificate straight away, on screen, as a PDF and by email, with a credential ID anyone can verify.

Yes. The questions are original scenarios written by Science of Apps, and each one is based on a public source you can read: Salesforce Help (Salesforce). The source is shown under each question and linked in the answer review. Science of Apps doesn't copy questions from other tests.

Four skill areas with five questions each, drawn from a bank of 10 per area so a retake brings new questions: Configuration and User Management (Company settings and users, Profiles and permission sets and Sandboxes and deployment); Objects, Fields and Data Management (Relationships, Record types and layouts and Data import and quality); Security and Sharing Model (Org-wide defaults and role hierarchy, Sharing rules and manual sharing and Field-level security); Automation and Analytics (Flow, Approvals and assignment and Reports and dashboards). Every question is an original scenario based on a published standard, official documentation or research, named under the question.

Salesforce Administrator candidate, Salesforce admin, CRM analyst, Sales operations specialist and Business systems analyst. It suits anyone who wants a quick, verifiable way to show Salesforce Administrator skills, from students and career switchers to experienced professionals.

No. It is an independent practice test written to the publicly available Salesforce Administrator content outline, for checking your readiness before you book the real exam. Science of Apps is not affiliated with Salesforce, Inc., and passing earns a Science of Apps certificate rather than the official credential.

Yes. The test is online, in English and free everywhere — people take it from India, the US, the UK, Europe, Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Your certificate is dated with your own local date and can be verified from anywhere at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/.

20 questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — with a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

We rate it Advanced: assumes years in the role or deep specialist knowledge. It has 20 scenario questions — 5 from each of 4 skill areas — and a 20-minute limit. You need 70% (14 of 20) to pass and 90% for distinction.

Nothing. There is no fee to take a test, to receive the certificate, to have it emailed or to verify it, and no sign-up.

On our server, not in your browser. The answers never reach the page until you submit, so a certificate can only be earned by passing. Each certificate gets a unique credential ID stored by Science of Apps.

You see your score for each area and every question with the correct answer and why, with the published source behind it. You can retake after 30 minutes, and the retake draws questions you haven't seen yet.

No. Every certificate is dated, so it always shows when you passed. Retake a test any time for a newer date or a higher score.

Yes. After you pass, Add to LinkedIn opens the Licenses & certifications form with the certificate name, Science of Apps as the issuer, the issue date, your credential ID and the verification link filled in. You can also download it as a PDF or PNG, and it's emailed to you as a PDF.

Every certificate has a credential ID and a QR code. Scanning it, or entering the ID at scienceofapps.com/certification/verify/, shows the holder's name, the certification, the score and the issue date from our records.

No. They are Science of Apps' own assessments of applied skill. They aren't issued by a university or standards body, and they work best alongside a portfolio that shows the skills in real work.