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Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II

An advanced Salesforce certification for programmatic Lightning Platform capabilities and data modeling for complex business logic and interfaces.

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Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II Exam
Evidence Claim Ids
["pdii-route-exam","pdii-registration"]
Prerequisite Credential
Salesforce Certified Platform Developer certification is required before registering and to earn PDII; it is a prerequisite applicant qualification, not another PDII examination or a new production target.
Qualification
Pass the PDII certification examination. Advanced Apex Specialist Superbadge is no longer required effective October 1, 2025, and its retirement did not change this examination.
Registration
Rolling appointments: log in to Trailhead Academy, select the exam and online-proctored or onsite delivery, choose date/time and onsite venue if applicable, then complete checkout. Online candidates review system requirements, run the system test and meet ID requirements; onsite candidates bring ID matching the booking.
Scope
Requested US national vendor certification only; no renewal or state route and no prerequisite exam investigation or new prerequisite identity.

Salesforce Certified Platform Developer II Exam

Provider
Pearson VUE / Pearson OnVUE
Format
English; proctored multiple-choice/multiple-select examination, 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
120 minutes
Passing score
70%
Exam fee
Registration US$200; retake US$100; plus applicable taxes.
Examination outline
  • Advanced Developer Fundamentals (15%)
    • Localization and multi-currency
    • Sharing objects and Apex managed sharing
    • Custom metadata and custom settings
  • Process Automation, Logic, and Integration (27%)
    • Declarative and programmatic process interactions
    • Optimal programmatic or declarative solutions
    • Apex trigger best practices
    • Error handling and transactional integrity
    • Advanced SOQL keywords
    • Asynchronous Apex
    • Dynamic Apex
    • Platform event publish / subscribe logic
    • Inbound and outbound programmatic integration
  • User Interface (20%)
    • LWC or Aura Component and Apex controller code analysis
    • Visualforce actions, partial refreshes, and asynchronous operations
    • Displaying errors
    • LWC, Aura Component, or Visualforce solution selection
    • Responsive markup and form factor
    • LWC and Aura event communication
    • Static resources
  • Testing, Debugging, and Deployment (20%)
    • Advanced Apex testing, mocks and stubs
    • Testing and debugging components, controllers, extensions, and JavaScript
    • Diagnosing unexpected Apex code, trigger, or test execution
    • Source-driven development and deployment
  • Performance (18%)
    • User interface performance
    • Logic, query structure, and large data volumes
    • Asynchronous callout performance
    • Code reuse
    • Identifying and resolving code inefficiencies
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