About Course
Become a certified Salesforce Admin, free.
Earn the certification most Salesforce careers start with. Learn every exam section, practice until the scenarios click, and know you’re ready before you pay $200 for the exam.
Live now: all 8 exam sections, each with lessons, flashcards and a practice quiz.
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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.
All 8 exam sections
The exam has 8 sections, and all of them are available now:
- Configuration and Setup (15%)
- 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 every section is in your dashboard.
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.
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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.
What it costs
Free. Create a free account and every section is open; there's nothing to pay.
How long it takes
About 42 hours, or roughly 9 weeks at 5 hours a week. That's based on what's in the course: 46 lessons at about 30 minutes each, a section check and flashcards for each of the 8 sections, 263 section-quiz questions, and 4 practice exams of 60 questions, each with time to review the explanations.
What you get out of it
- Lessons follow the official exam guide sections and weights, so your time goes where the points are.
- Every quiz question explains why each option is right or wrong and links to the official Salesforce documentation.
- A section check and flashcards close every section, so you review before you move on.
- 4 full practice exams of 60 questions each, weighted like the real exam, show your weak sections before you book.
Why practice tests work
Drilling practice tests works because of retrieval practice: pulling an answer out of memory strengthens it more than rereading does. In a 2006 study by Roediger and Karpicke, students who practiced recall remembered about 61% a week later, against about 40% for students who reread. A 2013 review led by John Dunlosky rated practice testing as one of only two high-utility study techniques. Read more in The Science of Studying for Salesforce Certifications.
FAQ
How much does the Platform Administrator Cert Lab cost?
Free. Create a free account and every section is open; there's nothing to pay.
How long does it take to study for the Platform Administrator exam with Cert Lab?
About 42 hours, or roughly 9 weeks at 5 hours a week, based on the lessons, section quizzes and 4 practice exams in the course.
What's in the practice exams?
4 full practice exams of 60 questions each, weighted by section like the official exam guide. After you submit, you see the correct answers and an explanation for every question.
Why do practice tests help?
Retrieving an answer from memory makes it stick better than rereading. This is called retrieval practice, or the testing effect.
Course Content
Configuration and Setup (15%)
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CS1: What lives in Company Settings?
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CS2: Which UI tool changes what users see?
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CS3: Setting up a user: name, locale and licenses
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CS4: Freeze, deactivate, or delete? And how do users log in?
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CS5: Who gets in, when, and from where?
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CS6: Who changed what? And what can an agent reach?
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CS7: Who can see this record? Start with the floor
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CS8: Opening access: rules, groups, teams, manual shares and folders
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CS9: Profile, permission set, or permission set group?
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Configuration and Setup: Section check
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Configuration and Setup: Flashcards
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Configuration and Setup: Practice Quiz
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%)
Practice Exams
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