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Friday, December 29, 2017

Tips for passing Salesforce certified Integration Architecture Designer (WI18)

Today (28th Dec'2017), I have successfully passed Salesforce certified Integration Architecture Designer (WI18)  with an overall score 93%

I have faced total 60 questions. Unlike Sharing and Visibility exam and Deployment Designer exam, there are no additional questions. It has taken around 80 hours of preparation mostly one month time frame.



Exam Objective


The Salesforce Certified Integration Architecture Designer exam has the following characteristics:
  • Content: 60 multiple-choice/multiple-select questions* (5 unscored questions will be added)
  • Time allotted to complete the exam: 90 minutes (time allows for unscored questions)
  • Passing Score: 67%
  • Registration fee: USD 400, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
  • Retake fee: USD 200, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
  • Delivery options: Proctored exam delivered onsite at a testing center or in an online proctored environment. Click here for information on scheduling an exam.
  • References: No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam.
  • Prerequisite: None

*Please note that as of November 16, 2017, all Salesforce certification exams will contain five additional, randomly placed, unscored questions to gather data on question performance. The duration of each exam has been evaluated and adjusted to accommodate the inclusion of the unscored questions. These five questions will be in addition to the 60 scored questions on your exam, and will have no impact whatsoever on your score.

Preparing myself


Before I started my preparation, I have prepared a document and noted down all the points and advice mentioned by these guys. Thanks to all of them.

Topics I have received on Exam


  • Different types of APIs (SOAP, REST, BULK, Metadata), their usage, restrictions and limitations
  • Advantages of using them over another. 
  • Lots of questions of Outbound messages and following points to be noted
    • It has guaranteed delivery and may produce duplicate records in the consumer system.
    • It can pass SessionId
    • To consume it, the end point listener must have SOAP API implementation
    • Declarative way of making outbound call
    • It doesn't allow multiple objects
    • It allows junction object
    • Callback of this message should incur API limit
  • Bulk data load (Bulk API parallel mode and Serial mode with different batch size)
  • Confusing question on SOAP API (parallel mode)
  • API limit
    • Note that SOAP API callout to external system doesn't consume API limit.
    • Bulk API has separate API limit (refer documentation)
  • Unauthenticated and Authenticated mashup. First one is for Custom web tab, second one is for Canvas
  • Different types of testing, like regression, unit, UAT, Continuous integration
  • Different kinds of design patterns and which can be used over another
  • Apex Webservice (SOAP and REST based)
  • Data replication API, SOAP based getUpdated() usage.
  • Salesforce-to-Salesforce (when should be done and not to be)
  • Different kinds of authentication mechanism (including canvas)
  • Different types of sandboxes and which one is suitable for different types of testing
  • Data loading tools (Data loader, Data Import wizard, Workbench)
  • Usage of middleware (4 to 5 questions) and ESB (Enterprise Service Bus)
  • Off-platform de-duplication and Salesforce out-of-box duplicate management (when to use what?)
  • Encryption on rest and transmit - Base64 encoding, platform encryption, encryption with shared key
  • IP white-listing and considerations on firewall.
If anyone follows above links and study material completely then definitely could clear this exam at first try. All the questions are from study materials and based on real life scenarios.

Above all, it's a great relief passing this exam.

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Friday, December 15, 2017

Tips for passing Salesforce certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer

Today (14th Dec'2017) I have successfully passed Salesforce certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer exam.

I have faced 65 questions (including 5 unscored questions) and for me it has taken total 25 hours (almost 3 and half days) to prepare for this exam and my overall score is 84%


Exam Objective


The Salesforce Certified Development Lifecycle and Deployment Designer exam has the following characteristics:
  • Content: 60 multiple-choice/multiple-select questions* (5 unscored questions will be added)
  • Time allotted to complete the exam: 90 minutes (time allows for unscored questions)
  • Passing Score: 68%
  • Registration fee: USD 400, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
  • Retake fee: USD 200, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
  • Delivery options: Proctored exam delivered onsite at a testing center or in an online proctored environment. Click here for information on scheduling an exam.
  • References: No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam.
  • Prerequisite: None

*Please note that as of November 16, 2017, all Salesforce certification exams will contain five additional, randomly placed, unscored questions to gather data on question performance. The duration of each exam has been evaluated and adjusted to accommodate the inclusion of the unscored questions. These five questions will be in addition to the 60 scored questions on your exam, and will have no impact whatsoever on your score.

Preparing myself


Before I started my preparation, I have prepared a document and noted down all the points and advice mentioned by these guys. Thanks to all of them.



Topics I have received on Exam


  • What is the advantages and disadvantages of Waterfall and Agile methodology.
  • When to use what type of sandboxes (Developer edition, partial copy, fullcopy)
  • Deployment approach for hotfixes.
  • Deployment approach for Daily, Minor, Major releases
  • Metadata API
  • Given a scenario which deployment tool is most preferable (Force.com IDE, ChangeSet, Force.com Migration tool)
  • Role & Responsibilities of CoE, Architecture Review Board, Release Manager
  • Given a scenario for mitigating risk of deployments
  • Testing best practices
  • Ant based deployment with different types of braching
  • Continuous Integration with source code control system
  • Agile accelerator and its usage.
  • Managed and unmanaged package (when to use what)
  • Conflicting situation during salesforce release and your release and how to handle the situation

Overall, this exam is relatively easy as compared to my earlier architect exams like Sharing and Data designer exams. My real life project experience has helped me passing the exam with relatively few hours of preparation.

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017

Tips for passing Salesforce Certified Sharing and Visibility Designer




Today (24th July'2017) I have successfully passed after around 100 hours of studying which have taken around 4 weeks though I didn't get a chance to prepare everyday.

So, before preparing the exam, I have registered the exam and then started preparing exam.

Exam Outline

Content: 60 multiple-choice/multiple-select questions*

  • Time allotted to complete the exam: 120 minutes
  • Passing Score: 68%
  • Registration fee: USD 400; Retake fee: USD 200
  • Delivery options: Proctored exam delivered onsite at a testing center or in an online proctored environment. Click here for information in scheduling an exam.
  • References: No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam.
  • Prerequisite: None



I have faced 65 questions, some of the them are very descriptive and I was running out of time. Even if few questions I have marked for review to revisit, but didn't get time of review. But finally I am happy to see me passed.


Preparing myself


Before I started my preparation, I have prepared a document and noted down all the points mentioned by these guys which helped me focusing on certain areas.




And if anyone follows those blogs and prepare the way they have mentioned then anybody can pass this exam and I am really thankful to those guys.

I have also prepared an excel on Group Membership operation and sharing recalculation for my understanding and revision.






The worksheet can be downloaded from here : Notes on Designing Record Access

Topics I have received on Exam

  • Difference between profile and permission set
  • Use of System.runAs()
  • Login Hours and Login IP changes
  • How to restrict or grant access to the records by using Role Hierarchy, Public Groups, Team, Territory, Partners.
  • Default sharing model for Internal and External users
  • Given a code snippet to identify the security threat
  • When to use territory management
  • Encryption in rest and transit
  • Use of Protected Custom metadata types, Protected Custom settings, Crypto class
  • Locking related issues and how to overcome that.
  • Use of Salesforce Shield
  • Apex managed sharing and reason and when to use what.
  • Sharing Set
  • Manual sharing and what happens if ownership is changed.
  • Use of FLS, Recordtype, page layout, permission set and custom permissions
  • How reports and dashboards and files can be shared.
  • Listview

Read thoroughly following study materials: 


If you have a firm understanding then you can surely pass the exam.

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Note: I have not used any dumps and didn't prepare those, so please don't ask me for dumps.
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