Salesforce Certified Platform Data Architect Practice Test
Salesforce Certified Platform Data Architect Practice Test is a Salesforce certification practice test with a free preview and paid full access. Every question is curated by our 24x-certified Salesforce Technical Architect. No signup required to preview, full access with an account.
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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.