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FAQ: Developer
What’s Salesforce.com certification?
What’s in it for me?
Do I have to take classes to get certified?
How can I prepare for the exam?
What does certification cost?
Where and when can I take the exam? How do I sign up?
What’s the exam format? How hard is it?
What if I fail the exam?
Are there prerequisites?
For how long is a certification valid?
Q. What’s Salesforce.com certification?
It's a professional credential for Salesforce administrators and developers that validates your knowledge and skills. There are four levels of certification—2 for administrators and 2 for developers. To qualify, you have to pass a certification exam.
Q. What’s in it for me?
Benefits of certification include:
- A certificate
- A "Salesforce.com Certified" logo to use on business cards and in email signatures
- Free access to new feature content for 1 year to keep your certification current
- Personal growth and professional advancement
- Membership in the exclusive Salesforce Certified professional community
- Access to special events
Q. Do I have to take classes to get certified?
No, but we highly recommend it. You can download the relevant Developer Certification Study Guide to check the exam objectives and study the materials. If you think you already have the knowledge to pass the exam, you can register at www.webassessor.com/salesforce/.
Q. How can I prepare for the exam?
The best way to prepare for the initial certification exams is to review the materials in the Developer Certification Study Guide and to take the following courses:
- DEV 401 Force.com Essentials to prepare for the Force.com Certified Developer exam.
- DEV 501 Visualforce, Force.com Apex Code, and DaaS to prepare for the Force.com Certified Advanced Developer exam.
To prepare for maintaining your certification for a new release, review the new feature content you’ll receive automatically as a certified professional.
Q. What does certification cost?
The prices for the certification exams are as follows:
- Force.com Certified Developer: $ 200
- Force.com Certified Advanced Developer: $ 400
Note that the preparatory courses—DEV 401 Force.com Essentials or DEV 501 Visualforce, Force.com Apex Code, and DaaS—include the price of the exam.
Q. Where and when can I take the exam? How do I sign up?
Salesforce.com certification exams are proctored exams you can take at testing centers across the country. To register for an exam, go to www.webassessor.com/salesforce/ and follow the instructions to select the exam, the testing location and time, and to pay for the exam. If you take a course to prepare, you’ll be given a voucher number to use when registering for the exam .
Q. What’s the exam format? How hard is it?
Developer certification exams feature multiple-choice and multiple-select questions that cover a broad range of topics. Each exam includes between 60 and 69 questions and you’ll be given between 90 and 120 minutes to complete it. For the Force.com Certified Advanced Developer exam, you’ll also have to complete a programming assignment, which includes creating Force.com Apex Code and Visualforce code to meet a set of requirements and explaining your coding choices.
The exams test for understanding of the most important Force.com features rather than information that must be memorized. For this reason, the exams include few, if any, questions about limits, numbers, or items that can be easily looked up when needed. To get an idea of the level of difficulty, see the Developer Certification Study Guide for the exam you want to take .
Q. What if I fail the exam?
You can take it again for an additional $100.
Q. Are there prerequisites?
We highly recommended that you attend the related class to prepare for an exam, but it’s not required. However, if you want to take the Force.com Certified Advanced Developer exam, you must first successfully complete the Salesforce.com Force.com Certified Developer exam.
Q. For how long is a certification valid?
When you successfully pass an exam, you’re considered certified. To maintain the certification over subsequent releases, you have to study for and take interim exams that test your knowledge of new release features. You’ll be automatically notified when these tests become available. The cost of the new release exams is included in the initial certification fee for 1 year. After that year, maintaining your certification requires a yearly maintenance fee of $100.