Salesforce Certified Platform Data Architect Practice Test

What this exam covers

**Salesforce Certified Platform Data Architect** exam prep covers how to assess architecture requirements and design scalable, high-performing data solutions on the **Customer 360 Platform** for enterprise data management. This course prepares candidates to work with information architecture frameworks — data sourcing, integration/movement, persistence, master data management, metadata management, semantic reconciliation, governance, security, and delivery — while addressing data quality, deduplication, and data stewardship practices, and communicating design trade-offs to business stakeholders. The exam objectives are organized into the following weighted domains: - **Data Modeling/Database Design** (25%) — objects, fields, relationships, big objects, metadata, data skew - **Salesforce Data Management** (25%) — license types, consistent data persistence, single customer view, multi-org consolidation - **Large Data Volume Considerations** (20%) — LDV-aware modeling, archiving/purging, virtualized data - **Data Migration** (15%) — data quality at load time, LDV migration performance, exporting data - **Data Governance** (10%) — GDPR-compliant modeling, enterprise governance programs - **Master Data Management** (5%) — MDM implementation styles, golden records, attribute consolidation, hierarchy management Recommended background includes **2 to 3 years of Salesforce experience** and **5+ years supporting or implementing data-centric solutions**, typically suited to Advanced Administrators, Data Architects, Technical/Solution Architects, and Advanced Platform Developers. Candidates are not expected to know non-Salesforce database technologies, integration tool configuration, MDM tool specifics, Lightning development, or programming languages. The source material does not specify question count, exam duration, or passing score.