About Course
for the Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator exam
Live now: Configuration and Setup (9 lessons, flashcards and a practice quiz). The other sections are coming soon, and they appear in your dashboard as they go live.
Pass the Admin exam with a free, structured study plan
Cert Lab is a free course for the Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator exam (Plat-Admn-201). Create a free account and start. There’s no card, no trial and no catch.
What’s inside
- Short lessons for each exam section, built around the official exam objectives, with clear diagrams and “which feature when” tables.
- Exam traps: the wrong answers people pick most, and why they’re wrong.
- Quick checks after each idea, so you practice recalling it, not just rereading.
- Try it steps you can do in your own free Salesforce Developer Edition org.
- Practice questions with an explanation for every option and a link to the official Salesforce documentation.
- Flashcards for the facts and terms worth memorizing.
Sections roll out one at a time
The exam has 8 sections. They go live one at a time, starting with Configuration and Setup (15% of the exam):
- Configuration and Setup (15%), live first
- Object Manager and Lightning App Builder (15%)
- Sales and Marketing Applications (10%)
- Service and Support Applications (10%)
- Productivity and Collaboration (10%)
- Data and Analytics Management (17%)
- Automation (15%)
- Agentforce (8%)
Enroll once and new sections appear in your dashboard as they go live.
Exam facts
60 scored multiple-choice/multiple-select questions plus up to 5 unscored ones, 105 minutes, 68% to pass, $200 to register and $100 to retake (source: the official exam guide on Salesforce Help).
Who it’s for
- You’re booking the Admin exam in the next few months.
- You’re switching careers or became the “accidental admin” and want a clear path.
- You missed a pass and want focused practice on your weak sections.
- You learn better by testing yourself than by watching hours of video.
How it’s built
AI agents draft the lessons and questions from the public exam objectives. Facts are checked against official Salesforce documentation, and every practice question links to its source.
Help us publish a real pass rate (optional)
Access is free whether or not you take part. If you’d like, tell us what studying with an AI-built course was like, and whether you passed after you sit the exam. We’ll publish the pass rate with fails included. Names and quotes appear only with your permission.
Pair it with the free study guide
Prefer to read first? Start with the Salesforce Administrator Certification Study Guide or browse all Salesforce certification study guides.
Independent study material. This course is an independent product created by Nick Frates. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Salesforce, Inc. All questions are original, written from the public exam guide objectives and official documentation, and are not actual exam questions. Using it doesn’t guarantee a passing score.
Salesforce, Agentforce, Trailhead and other marks are trademarks of Salesforce, Inc. and are used here only to identify the exam and products this material helps you study.
Course Content
Configuration and Setup (15%)
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What lives in Company Settings?
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Which UI tool changes what users see?
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Setting up a user: name, locale and licenses
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Freeze, deactivate, or delete? And how do users log in?
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Who gets in, when, and from where?
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Who changed what? And what can an agent reach?
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Who can see this record? Start with the floor
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Opening access: rules, groups, teams, manual shares and folders
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Profile, permission set, or permission set group?
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Configuration and Setup: Flashcards
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Configuration and Setup: Practice Quiz