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  "dataset": "ForceFolks Admin Exam Planner",
  "publisher": "ForceFolks",
  "page": "https://forcefolks.com/salesforce-admin-certification/",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 for original ForceFolks material. Credit ForceFolks and link to the page. Salesforce documentation retains its own rights.",
  "date_modified": "2026-10-06",
  "exam": {
    "name": "Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator",
    "code": "Plat-Admn-201",
    "questions_scored": 60,
    "questions_unscored_max": 5,
    "minutes": 105,
    "pass_en": 68,
    "pass_ja": 65,
    "fee_usd": 200,
    "fee_jpy": 30000,
    "retake_usd": 100,
    "retake_jpy": 15000,
    "prerequisite": "None",
    "experience": "6 or more months as a Salesforce Platform Administrator (recommended)",
    "delivery": "Proctored, onsite at a test center or online",
    "references": "None allowed",
    "version": "Summer '25",
    "maintenance": "1 Trailhead maintenance badge each year"
  },
  "pass_math": {
    "english_correct_needed": 41,
    "japanese_correct_needed": 39,
    "method": "Ceiling of the published pass percentage multiplied by 60. Practice planning only, not an official scoring formula."
  },
  "sections": [
    {
      "section": "Data and Analytics Management",
      "weight_pct": 17,
      "approx_questions": 10,
      "study": "Import and export tools, duplicate and validation rules, reports, report types, dashboards"
    },
    {
      "section": "Configuration and Setup",
      "weight_pct": 15,
      "approx_questions": 9,
      "study": "Company settings, users and licenses, security controls, sharing model, profiles and permission sets"
    },
    {
      "section": "Object Manager and Lightning App Builder",
      "weight_pct": 15,
      "approx_questions": 9,
      "study": "Object relationships, fields, page layouts, record types, Lightning pages, actions"
    },
    {
      "section": "Automation",
      "weight_pct": 15,
      "approx_questions": 9,
      "study": "Flow (screen, record-triggered, autolaunched), approval processes, assignment and escalation rules"
    },
    {
      "section": "Sales and Marketing Applications",
      "weight_pct": 10,
      "approx_questions": 6,
      "study": "Leads, opportunities, path, forecasting, territory management, campaigns"
    },
    {
      "section": "Service and Support Applications",
      "weight_pct": 10,
      "approx_questions": 6,
      "study": "Cases, assignment rules, queues, auto-response and escalation rules"
    },
    {
      "section": "Productivity and Collaboration",
      "weight_pct": 10,
      "approx_questions": 6,
      "study": "Activities, Chatter, the Salesforce mobile app, AppExchange and AgentExchange"
    },
    {
      "section": "Agentforce",
      "weight_pct": 8,
      "approx_questions": 5,
      "study": "Agentforce use cases, when to use AI, agent permissions, prompts and instructions in Agent Builder"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "publisher": "Salesforce",
      "title": "Salesforce admin exam guide",
      "checked_at": "2026-10-06",
      "url": "https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=005298966&language=en_US&type=1"
    }
  ],
  "note": "Approximate section questions equal weight x 60, rounded. The study schedule and practice calculator are learning aids, not exam-result predictions.",
  "practice_example": {
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    "weighted_score_pct": 70,
    "english_comparison_pct": 68,
    "japanese_comparison_pct": 65
  }
}