Salesforce Platform Developer I Practice Exam
SF-PDI
Validates skills in Salesforce platform development including Apex and Lightning components.
Exam Details
Official SF-PDI exam format
Exam Domains
The Salesforce Platform Developer I exam covers 6 domains with different weight percentages
Domain 1: Salesforce Fundamentals
10%Understanding the foundational concepts of Salesforce and its multi-tenant architecture.
- Considerations in a Multi-Tenant Environment
- Salesforce Platform Features and MVC Pattern
- Core CRM Objects Capabilities
- Extending Application Capabilities with AppExchange
- Declarative Customization Use Cases
Domain 2: Data Modeling and Management
12%Knowledge of data structures and management practices within Salesforce.
- Determining Appropriate Data Models
- Relationship Types and Implications
- Impact of Schema Design on Apex Development
- Visualizing and Creating Entity Relationships
- Data Importing and Exporting Considerations
Domain 3: Logic and Process Automation
46%Understanding automation techniques and logic implementation in Salesforce.
- Programmatic Access to Object Schema
- Formula Fields Capabilities
- Roll-Up Summary Fields Capabilities
- Declarative Process Automation Features
- Declarative vs. Apex Automation
- Declaring Variables and Constants in Apex
- Apex Data Types
- Apex Control Flow Statements
- Writing Apex Classes and Interfaces
- Basic SOSL, SOQL, and DML Statements
- Trigger Patterns
- Writing Triggers
- Governor Limits Implications
- Apex Transactions and Execution Order
- Exception Handling in Apex
- Writing Visualforce Controllers
- Standard vs. Custom Visualforce Controllers
- Preventing Security Vulnerabilities in Apex
- Apex Impact on Declarative Changes
Domain 4: User Interface
10%Understanding how to display and manage data in the user interface.
- Displaying Data with Visualforce Pages
- Incorporating Web Content into Visualforce
- Integrating Visualforce Pages into Lightning Applications
- Benefits of Lightning Component Framework
- Resources in Lightning Components
Domain 5: Testing
12%Knowledge of testing frameworks and practices for Salesforce applications.
- Testing Framework and Deployment Requirements
- Writing Unit Tests for Apex
- Using Test Data Sources
- Executing Test Classes
- Differences in Apex Execution Contexts
Domain 6: Debug and Deployment Tools
10%Knowledge of tools and processes for debugging and deploying applications.
- Monitoring Debug Logs
- Developer Console, Workbench, and Force.com IDE
- Deploying Metadata and Business Data
- Development and Deployment Environments
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