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6 Days to Salesforce Admin Certification - Day 2

Making sense of the chaos
Day 2
It was day 2 of the Six Days to Certification challenge, and I started the evening study session with an overabundance of confidence.  "I am the Trailhead Baby," I thought, "standard and custom objects are simple.  I can create a custom object with one hand while holding my bottle in the other.  Tonight will be easy!."  I soon discovered that I was sorely mistaken.  The quick evening turned into an all nighter, as I turned to Trailhead for several refresher modules.


Standard and Custom Objects (18%)

  • The positives:
    • Trailhead- Many helpful modules with fantastic in-depth information.  See- Data Modeling, App Customization Lite, UI Customization, Formulas and Validations
    • Certified on Demand - This tool was a huge help in identifying knowledge gaps!  For example, despite 50+ Trailhead Badges, I somehow overlooked the concept of record types.  
      • Trailhead Baby is an Admin Hero fan!
    • Admin Hero - This article provides a concise summary of the various types of fields and relationships. 
  • The negatives:
    • 18% of the test comes from "Standard and Custom Objects", so this category carries higher weight than any other on the Certification Exam.
    • I was up all night studying, so the warm June afternoon was spent napping instead of chasing my doggy.
        

Sales and Marketing Applications (9%)

  • Trailhead- Leads & Opportunities, Accounts & Contacts, Salesforce CPQ Basics, Marketing Cloud Basics
  • Trailhead Project- Build a Lemonade Stand App


    At the end of Day 2, I had a panic moment because there was too much to learn!  After a few moments and a small bottle of milk (Thank you Mom!), I stopped panicking and started planning.  What I needed was a review sheet - a guide that listed topics that were either unfamiliar or confusing.  The review sheet became my constant companion until the exam.  I added new topics and re-read several times a day.

     For example, a big source of confusion was the difference between "lookup" relationships and "master-detail" relationships.  I researched the topic on help.salesforce.com, watched a video from Certified on Demand and made notes. 
Sample Questions
Upon lead conversion, the following are automatically created (choose 3):
- Opportunity
- Account
- Quote
- Contact


At ACME School, you are the Salesforce Admin and are setting up the new Org.  Many of the children at ACME School take the bus to school.  You need to track which children take the Blue bus to school.  You have already created the custom object "Bus" and need to create a way to associate the custom object "Child."  You would use (choose 1):
- A master-detail relationship where "bus" is the parent.
- A master-detail relationship where "child" is the parent. 
- A lookup relationship on the "child" object. 
- A lookup relationship on the 'bus" object. 

For answers- highlight the area below:
Answers:  Lead Conversion (Opportunity, Account, Contact).  ACME School (A lookup relationship on the child object.)

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