Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator Practice Exam

The Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator program is designed for administrators capable of configuring Marketing Cloud products following industry and product best practices. Candidates typically have familiarity with data structure in subscriber data management and exhibit adeptness in navigating Setup comprehensively. 

Who should take the exam?

The Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator should have an understanding of the features accessible to end users and the available configuration options within Marketing Cloud. Candidates must be capable of sustaining the Marketing Cloud platform, addressing common business needs, and executing administrative tasks within Marketing Cloud. Moreover, candidates should have three to six months of experience in administering a Marketing Cloud instance and prior exposure to digital marketing.

Skills requirement for the exam:

The Salesforce Certified Marketing Cloud Administrator candidate should demonstrate proficiency, skills, and experience across the following areas:

• Understanding of governance and compliance in the context of digital marketing.
• Identification of security best practices about data management, users, and permissions.
• Implementation of account configuration, including business unit structure, permissions, and security settings.
• Management of subscriber data and assessment of data quality.
• Configuration of Marketing Cloud products such as builders and studios.
• Ability to troubleshoot account configuration issues and fulfill user requests.
• Monitoring of account activities, including auditing, reporting, and setting up notifications.
• Familiarity with Marketing Cloud extension products and features such as Intelligence Reports for Marketing, Marketing Cloud Personalization, Audience Builder, etc.
• Understanding of Marketing Cloud integration options including FTP, API, and MC Connect.

Exam Details

• Exam Name: Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator
• Exam Languages: English
• Exam Questions: 60 Questions
• Passing Score: 67%
• Time Duration: 105 minutes

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Administrator Exam Course Outline 

The Exam covers the given topics  - 

Topic 1: Understanding Digital Marketing Proficiency: 13%

• Describing governance and compliance in relation to digital marketing.
• Recognizing security best practices for data, permissions, and PII. 
• Describing Marketing Cloud product inventory and product offerings.

Topic 2: Learn about Subscriber Data Management: 18%

• Describing the contact model. 
• Evaluating data quality.
• Explaining preference and profile center concepts.

Topic 3: Setup: 38%

• Implementing the configuration of business units, users/permissions, and security/passwords.
• Determining how to configure integrations.  
• Describing the features in Setup Home.
• Describing Marketing Cloud extension products.

Topic 4: Understand Channel Management: 16%

• Describing the configuration of Mobile Studio.
• Explaining the configuration of Email Studio.
• Describing the configuration of Social Studio and Advertising Studio.
• Explaining the concepts and typical use cases of Journey Builder.

Topic 5: Maintenance: 15%

• Describing solutions for data extraction and report generation.
• Monitoring a Marketing Cloud account and provide system availability. 
• Evaluating benefits of additional Marketing Cloud products.