Everyone studies differently, so ActualCollection offers the Salesforce Essentials for New Lightning Experience Administrators prep material in three formats: a printable PDF, a desktop test engine for Windows, and an online test engine that runs in any browser. All three carry the same 251 practice questions.
Salesforce ADX-201 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Salesforce |
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| Exam Name: | Salesforce Administrator Certification Exam (associated with Lightning Experience administration track) |
| Exam Number: | ADX-201 (legacy training code; certification exam typically mapped to Salesforce Administrator CRT-101 / former ADM-201) |
| Related Certifications: | Salesforce Platform Developer I Salesforce Platform App Builder Salesforce Advanced Administrator |
| Exam Duration: | 105 minutes |
| Passing Score: | Variable scaled score (~65% equivalent passing threshold, subject to Salesforce updates) |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Exam Price: | USD 200 (may vary by region; taxes not included) |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 3 years |
| Available Languages: | English, Simplified Chinese, German, Korean, Japanese, French, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil) |
| Exam Format: | Multiple choice, Multiple select |
| Recommended Training: | Salesforce Trailhead Administrator Learning Path |
| Exam Registration: | Salesforce Certification Registration (Webassessor) |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored exam or onsite testing center (via Kryterion Webassessor) |
| Pre Condition: | No formal prerequisite required, but familiarity with Salesforce CRM and Lightning Experience is strongly recommended. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://trailhead.salesforce.com/credentials/administrator |
Salesforce ADX-201 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
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| Topic 1: Organization Setup | - Company settings and configuration
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| Topic 2: Activity Management and Collaboration | - Productivity tools
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| Topic 3: Process Automation | - Automation tools
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| Topic 4: Sales and Service Applications | - CRM functionality
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| Topic 5: Analytics and Reporting | - Reports and dashboards
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| Topic 6: Security and Access | - User management and access control
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| Topic 7: Data Management | - Data import, export, and quality
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| Topic 8: Standard and Custom Objects | - Data model configuration
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Salesforce ADX-201 Exam: Frequently Asked Questions
The Salesforce Essentials for New Lightning Experience Administrators exam is the official Salesforce test registered under exam code ADX-201. Passing it earns you the Salesforce Certified Administrator certification, a credential at the Associate / Professional level. It is also linked to the related certifications: Salesforce Advanced Administrator, Salesforce Platform App Builder, Salesforce Platform Developer I. Salesforce exams are valued because they test job-ready skills, so a passing score here carries real weight on a resume.
The Salesforce Essentials for New Lightning Experience Administrators exam includes 60 questions to be completed within 105 minutes. Do the pacing math before exam day: with that many items on the clock, you need a steady rhythm and the discipline to flag a hard question and move on instead of stalling. Two or three full timed sessions with the ActualCollection test engine will show you exactly what that pace feels like, so time pressure stops being a factor on the real day.
To pass the Salesforce Essentials for New Lightning Experience Administrators exam you need Variable scaled score (~65% equivalent passing threshold, subject to Salesforce updates), and the official registration fee is USD 200 (may vary by region; taxes not included). A retake is not discounted: a failed attempt means paying the full USD 200 (may vary by region; taxes not included) again, so treat your first sitting as the expensive one. A sensible rule is to book your seat only after you are scoring comfortably above the passing mark on the ActualCollection practice tests, not just squeaking past it once.
No formal prerequisite required, but familiarity with Salesforce CRM and Lightning Experience is strongly recommended.
Eligibility rules do change from time to time, so confirm the current requirements before you register on the official exam page.
Registration for the Salesforce Essentials for New Lightning Experience Administrators exam goes through the official channels below.
As for the delivery format, the exam is taken Online proctored exam or onsite testing center (via Kryterion Webassessor).
Salesforce points candidates toward the following training options for Salesforce Essentials for New Lightning Experience Administrators.
Course work builds the foundation; question practice makes it stick. The 251 practice questions in the ActualCollection ADX-201 package let you rehearse each topic under exam-style pressure before the real thing.
Yes. ActualCollection offers a free PDF demo of the Salesforce Essentials for New Lightning Experience Administrators material so you can judge the question quality and format before spending anything. After purchase, your license includes 365 days of free updates, and if you want to keep receiving updates after that period, renewals are available at a 50% discount.
If you take the Salesforce Essentials for New Lightning Experience Administrators exam within 60 days of your purchase and do not pass, ActualCollection backs you with a 100% money-back guarantee. The claim must match the exam your product covers: attempts taken within 3 days of purchase are not eligible (that is too little preparation time), and neither are downloaded-but-unused products, free materials, or expired orders. The candidate name must match the payer name, and you need to submit a scanned enrollment slip plus the official Score Report PDF within 2 days of the exam; claims are processed within 7 days. Prefer not to refund? You can swap instead and receive two other exam products of equal value for free while keeping the update service on your original purchase.
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The official Salesforce Essentials for New Lightning Experience Administrators syllabus is organized into 8 domains. Key areas include Sales and Service Applications, Process Automation, and Activity Management and Collaboration. The complete, up-to-date topic list appears in the exam topics section above; work through it line by line and flag anything you cannot yet explain in your own words.
Salesforce Essentials for New Lightning Experience Administrators Sample Questions:
Question 1
An administrator at Cloud Kicks is building a flow that needs to search for records that meet certain conditions and store values from those records in variable for use later in the flow.
What flow element should the administrator add?
A. Create Records
B. Assignment
C. Update Records
D. Get Records
Question 2
New Leads needs to be routed to the correct sales person based on the lead address.
How should the administrator configure this requirement?
A. Assign with an escalation rule.
B. Use lead assignment rules.
C. Create formula field.
D. Configure a validation rule
Question 3
Aw computing wants to prevent user from updating the Account Annual Revenue field to be a negative value or an amount more than $100 billion.
How should an administrator accomplish this request?
A. Make the Account Revenue field required on the page layout.
B. Enable the Account Revenue limits in setup, with 0 as minimum and 100 billion as maximum
C. Create a validation rule that displays an error if Account revenue is below 0 or greater than 100 billion.
D. Build a scheduled report displaying Account with Account revenue that is negative or greater than 100 billion.
Question 4
The Sales manager at DreamHouse Realty wants the sales users to have a quick way to view and edit the Opportunities in their pipeline expected to close in the next 90 days.
What should an administrator do to accomplish this request?
A. Enable Sales Console and show users how to open a tab for each opportunity in the pipeline that meets the requirements.
B. Create a custom report and schedule the sales users to receive it each day as a reminder to update their opportunities.
C. Make a new Sales dashboard and add a component that shows all opportunities that meet the criteria.
D. Create a list view on the Opportunity object and recommend users switch the view to Kanban to edit by drag and drop.
Question 5
Cloud kicks needs to ensure appropriate shipping details are used in orders. Reps should have a streamlined solutions to update the shipping address on selected orders associated with an account when the shipping address is changed on the account.
How should the administrator deliver this requirement?
A. A screen flow on the account page that lets the reps choose the updated account shipping address in all open associated orders
B. A screen flow on the order page that lets the reps choose the updated account shipping address in all open associated orders
C. An autolaunched flow on the account page that updates all open orders shipping addresses whenever the account shipping addresses changes.
D. An autolaunched flow on the order page that updates all open orders shipping addresses whenever the account shipping addresses changes.
Solutions:
| Question 1 Answer: D | Question 2 Answer: B | Question 3 Answer: C | Question 4 Answer: D | Question 5 Answer: A |
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