Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect Exam — Information & Free Practice
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Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect Exam
- Provider
- Salesforce; proctored delivery through Pearson VUE / Pearson OnVUE
- Format
- English; multiple-choice/multiple-select; proctored online or at a testing center; no hard copy or online references
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 60–65; Scored questions: 60; Unscored questions: 0–5; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
- Time limit
- 105 minutes
- Passing score
- 72%
- Exam fee
- Registration US$400 / JPY 60,000; retake US$200 / JPY 30,000; plus applicable local taxes
Examination outline
Heroku Platform (10%)
- Building and deploying apps
- Scalability during high-traffic spikes
- Elements Marketplace add-ons, buildpacks and Heroku Buttons
Data (17%)
- Heroku Postgres, follower databases and Dataclips
- Streaming communication with Apache Kafka on Heroku
- Heroku Key-Value Store (KVS)
- Third-party add-ons and add-on sharing
Security (15%)
- Architectures for security certifications
- Private Space Peering and VPN connections
- Private Space Runtime versus Common Runtime
Heroku Enterprise (28%)
- Heroku Enterprise architecture features
- Private Spaces and Common Runtime networking
- Heroku Shield compliance features
- Enterprise Teams
Architect Applications (15%)
- Twelve-Factor App methodology
- Microservices orchestration using Apache Kafka on Heroku
Integrations (15%)
- Heroku Connect and External IDs
- Integrating Heroku apps with the Salesforce Lightning Platform
Examination sources
- Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect Exam Guide
Purpose of This Exam Guide
- Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect Exam Guide
Exam Outline, all six domains and all objective bullets (formal scope index blocks 57–82)
- Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect Exam Guide
Audience Description, explicit exclusion
- Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect Exam Guide
About the Exam, Version
- Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect Exam Guide
About the Exam, complete details list and immediately following unscored-item paragraph
- Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect Exam Guide
About the Exam, Delivery options through Prerequisite
- Schedule a Salesforce Certification Exam
Schedule an Online-Proctored Exam (Pearson OnVUE), Pre-registration Requirements and Registration Steps
- Schedule a Salesforce Certification Exam
Schedule an Exam at a Testing Center (Pearson VUE), Pre-registration Requirements and Registration Steps
- Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect catalog
Certification header, Language
Related license preparation
This examination may be required or accepted as an alternative, depending on the license and application pathway.