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Has the question bank been updated based on the recent changes made by Salesforce in the curriculum?
Hi Yuvraj, thanks for your interest in our course. Some new questions are already added, but the update is still in process and we expect it to be completed in a few weeks.
Hi all. Passed PD1 (WI20) today. First things first, I am not a developer and never will be: I just needed to get the Application Architect “bonus” cert. I am happy for myself, but I have mixed feelings on all the rest.
The exam itself is way more difficult than anything on the internet (here included) lets you think. I am well aware that there are some topics on which I have only a limited knowledge (Visualforce, Lightning experience, test classes) and so I am a sort of borderline case, but I am pretty sure that a “normal” Platform Developer does not know outright at least of the questions I got today. I mean some (apparently the majority) of the questions are not really about developing and/or can be solved with a good train of thoughts from basic principles. But some of them are really discouraging: exoteric syntax questions, remote visualforce tags, etc. Things that, IMO, if known by heart, absorb brain real-estate that can be surely allotted for more interesting things.
But, more importantly, these questions are, still IMO, quite useless, if not supported by a “study-for-the-exam” oriented documentation, taht is actually missing.
Moreover, from my functional perspective, I noticed also that what I think is the most important and (not easily found) skill of a developer is not highlighted and tested in the exam: when you should NOT develop and go for customization instead.
Anyway, the tests here were useful and I would recommend them. even though I think a bit old: for example, today I had at least ten question on details of developing lightning components and here there are just a few and at a much general level. More than that, the questions I had today were definitely less straightforward than the ones found here, even if they were apparently about the same topic.
I have done these tests to skill up and they actually boosted my general knowledge (but I started really from zero) and exam-oriented self-esteem, but, as I wrote in the feedback at the end of the exam, “Exam is hard and quite impossible to prepare. Trailhead is useless.”
Thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts on the exam. We are continually updating them e.g. adding more on lightning components, and with the latest revamp of the exam structure, adding new content and updating most of the other sections.
Hi Martin, thanks for publishing my rant, that, I hope it is clear, is not against you and your great platform. Apart form giving me basic concepts, it has a great boost for my self-esteem and really helpful for facing the exam.
Passed PD1 certification exam on my first attempt today! FoF Practice Exams were incredibly helpful, although I would not solely rely on this resource for studying/preparing as it is missing a lot of granular detail and a few core concepts, it was definitely a major contributor to my success and I am not sure I would have passed without it.
Congratulations, goldfarbmh! Cheers!
I passed the PD1 Certification exam today. The practice tests helped me a lot to pass the exam! Thank you.
Congrats on passing, we’re happy to hear that our materials helped!
PD1 Course and Practice Exams were really very helpful. Yesterday I passed my exam in first attempt. Many thanks FocusOnForce Team – I’ll recommend you to anyone who will ask how did I prepare. Keep up good work !
Awesome news, Kris! Congratulations! The whole team is happy to know that our materials helped!
Hi Kris,
practice exam are enough for clearing the PD1 exam ?
Would highly recommend the practice tests. I passed the Admin, App Builder, and Developer I within 4 months of each other using Trailhead and these tests.
Great news, Carl! Congratulations on clearing the exams!
I have been through the Topic exams and the Practice exams; however, it seems like there’re barely any questions related to Aura development, components, Force:recordData, LWC, batchable apex or asynchronous coding. Is Visual Force still the most relevant to PD exam when most of the developments are done in Aura and LWC components these days?
Hi sharif, we update our study guide and practice exams to match with the Platform Developer 1 exam objectives. Visualforce is still a big part in the exam guide. For Lightning Components, one is required to have good understanding of what their benefits are, as well as the resources they contain. Batch Apex or asynchronous coding are mentioned in the Platform Developer 2 exam guide.
I checked that the code coverage data is stored in some Tolling API object: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_tooling.meta/api_tooling/tooling_api_objects_apexcodecoverage.htm. The below sentence form the explanation section is wrong:
‘No data about coverage information is stored.’
hi Agnieszka, thanks for the feedback. I assume you are referring to an exam question regarding skipping code coverage for an Apex test run in the Developer console? If the Skip Code Coverage option is ticked in the Developer console, then no data about coverage information is stored nor displayed. Can you please post your question/feedback in the exam question you are referring to so that we can track it? Thanks!
I would suggest that you have the right/wrong answers scroll with the page when reviewing the tests. It’s annoying to scroll back up just to find the next wrong question.
Thank you for your feedback! We will be in touch via email to ask more about your experience.
I passed my developer exam yesterday and got around 80%. I was very confident on testing section but got the lowest marks on that :). Anyways, I want to say thanks, this course really helped. The questions are not exactly same but similar, so going through the explanation link is important. Best of luck to everyone and happy thanksgiving.
Congrats on passing, and thanks for sharing your experience. Happy Thanksgiving!