This Salesforce Administrator cheat sheet distills the ADM-201 exam's eight official domains into a printable rundown of the declarative facts examiners test most. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free Salesforce Admin toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
Salesforce Administrator exam at a glance
- Questions: 60 scored, plus up to 5 unscored (up to 65 total)
- Time: 105 minutes
- Passing score: 68% English (roughly 41 of 60 scored correct)
- Cost: US$200 registration; US$100 retake, plus applicable tax
What’s on the Salesforce Administrator cheat sheet
- Data & Analytics Management (17%) — Data Import Wizard vs Data Loader, upsert and external IDs, duplicate rules, and the four report formats plus dynamic dashboards — the single largest domain.
- Configuration & Setup (15%) — users and licenses, the profile-vs-permission-set-vs-role model, field-level security, and the org-wide-default record-access layers.
- Object Manager & Lightning App Builder (15%) — lookup vs master-detail relationships, junction objects, roll-up summary vs formula fields, record types, page layouts, and Lightning pages.
- Automation (15%) — Flow Builder and flow types, before-save vs after-save triggers, approval processes, and the which-tool decision tree.
- Sales, Service & Productivity apps (10% each) — lead conversion, opportunities and price books, case routing and Omni-Channel, entitlements, plus Chatter, activities, and AppExchange.
- Agentforce AI (8%) — the new domain — agent use cases, permissions and access, prompts, and troubleshooting agents grounded in trusted Salesforce data.
How to use it in your final week
- Lock in the three-way distinction first: a profile is what you can DO (one per user), a permission set adds more of what you can DO (many per user), and a role controls which records you can SEE via the hierarchy — this trips up more candidates than any other topic.
- Front-load the four heaviest domains — Data & Analytics Management (17%) plus Configuration & Setup, Object Manager & Lightning App Builder, and Automation (15% each) — which together are 62% of the exam.
- Drill the automation decision tree until it's reflex: validation rule to block a save, before-save flow to update the same record fast, after-save flow to touch related records or send email, and an approval process for human sign-off.
- Read the sheet the morning of the test for a final pass, then pair each review with a short timed practice set to keep your 105-minute pacing sharp for all 60 scored questions.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your Salesforce Administrator practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
Salesforce Administrator cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the Salesforce Administrator cheat sheet downloads as a PDF with no account, email, or sign-up required. It sits alongside Career Employer's free ADM-201 practice test, study guide, and flashcards, so your entire toolkit costs nothing.
It condenses the highest-yield facts from all eight official domains — the profile-vs-permission-set-vs-role distinction, the org-wide-default record-access model, Flow types, Data Import Wizard vs Data Loader, the four report formats, lead conversion, case routing, and the new Agentforce AI domain — into a fast quick-reference you can scan in minutes.
It's built to the exam outline refreshed December 15, 2025, which added the Agentforce AI domain (8%) and retired Workflow Rules and Process Builder in favor of Flow. We review it against Salesforce's published credential page and prep trail.
No — the cheat sheet is a cram and review layer, not a replacement for hands-on practice. The exam is scenario-based, so you still need reps in a real org and full-length practice tests; you need 68% (about 41 of 60 scored questions) on the English exam to pass.
Click the download button or the preview card at the top of this page to open the PDF instantly. Bookmark this page so you can pull it up again during your final week and on the morning of your exam.
References
- 1.Salesforce. “Salesforce Certified Administrator Credential.” trailhead.salesforce.com, 2026. ↑
- 2.Salesforce. “Administrator Certification Prep Trail.” trailhead.salesforce.com, 2026. ↑
- 3.Salesforce. “Control Access to Records (Data Security).” trailhead.salesforce.com, 2026. ↑
- 4.Salesforce. “Build Flows with Flow Builder.” trailhead.salesforce.com, 2026. ↑
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