Salesforce Platform Administrator Practice Test

Most Missed Salesforce Admin Questions

These are the Salesforce Admin practice questions that people on Tigertest get wrong most often, from the answers of 5 people. Each one shows the share who missed it, the right answer and why.

Updated 2026-11-12 by the Tigertest team. Based on the Salesforce Certified Platform Administrator exam guide. Original questions; 60 per test, weighted like the real exam, 68% to pass. Not affiliated with Salesforce.

1. 46% of people missed this (13 answers)

   1. A user needs one extra object permission that no one else on her profile should get. What is the best way to grant it?

   • A.Add a sharing rule
   • B.Assign a permission set
   • C.Clone and edit her profile
   • D.Create a new role

   Answer: B. Permission sets add permissions to individual users without changing their profile, so one user can get extra access while the rest of the profile stays the same.

2. 38% of people missed this (13 answers)

   2. The admin wants accounts in the West region, whatever their owner, shared with a West Sales public group. Which sharing rule type fits?

   • A.Owner-based sharing rule
   • B.Manual sharing by each owner
   • C.Apex managed sharing code
   • D.Criteria-based sharing rule

   Answer: D. A criteria-based sharing rule shares records whose field values meet the criteria, such as Region equals West. Owner-based rules share by who owns the record.

3. 45% of people missed this (11 answers)

   3. A user can see an opportunity on an account she cannot otherwise access. What gives her read access to that parent account?

   • A.Implicit sharing
   • B.The account team
   • C.A manual share
   • D.Her profile's View All

   Answer: A. Implicit sharing grants read access to a parent account when a user has access to its child opportunities, cases or contacts.

4. 45% of people missed this (11 answers)

   4. On a junction object, which master-detail relationship sets the look and owner of its records?

   • A.The one with more records
   • B.The one chosen by the user
   • C.The first one created
   • D.The second one created

   Answer: C. The first master-detail relationship created on a junction object is the primary one; it controls the junction record's look and feel and ownership.

5. 36% of people missed this (11 answers)

   5. The security team asks who changed a profile's permissions last month. Where does the admin look?

   • A.Field history tracking
   • B.Debug logs
   • C.Setup Audit Trail
   • D.Login History

   Answer: C. Setup Audit Trail records changes made in Setup, such as profile and permission edits, along with who made them and when.