Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant exam is designed for consultants who have experience implementing Sales Cloud solutions in a customer-facing role.
1. About the Salesforce Sales Cloud Consultant Certification Exam
- Content: 60 scored, multiple-choice/multiple-select questions and up to 5 non-scored questions
- Time allotted to complete the exam: 105 minutes
- Passing score: 68% (41 out of 60 Questions)
- Registration fee: USD 200, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
- Retake fee: USD 100, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
- Prerequisite: Salesforce Administrator credential
2. Salesforce Sales Cloud Consultant Exam Outline
Sales Practices: 11%
- Given a scenario, assess the factors that influence sales metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and business challenges.
- Describe common sales and marketing processes and key implementation considerations.
- Understand when to use Sales Cloud features and related products such as High Velocity Sales, Salesforce Inbox, Salesforce Maps, and Sales Cloud Einstein.
Implementation Strategies: 13%
- Given a scenario, determine how to facilitate a successful consulting engagement (plan, gather requirements, design, build, test, deploy, and document).
- Given a scenario, determine appropriate sales deployment considerations.
- Given a scenario, analyze the success of an implementation project.
Application of Product Knowledge: 18%
- Given a set of requirements, design an end-to-end sales process from Lead to Opportunity to Quote to Close to Order.
- Given a scenario, differentiate when it is appropriate to include custom application development vs. third-party applications.
- Describe the appropriate use cases for Account and Opportunity Teams and the effect on sales roles, visibility, access, and reporting.
- Discuss the capabilities, use cases, and design considerations for additional features such as territory management and forecasting.
- Articulate the capabilities, use cases, and design considerations when implementing Opportunity Products, Products, Price Books, and Orders.
- Describe the implementation considerations of multi-currency and advanced currency management.
Lead Management: 7%
- Explain how Campaign capabilities support the sales process.
- Given a scenario, recommend appropriate methods for lead scoring and criteria for lead qualification.
- Discuss the best practices for managing lead data quality in Salesforce.
Account and Contact Management: 11%
- Review how the ownership of Account and Contact records drives access to related records.
- Explain the various methods for establishing access to Accounts, Person Accounts, Contacts, and Opportunities.
- Describe the impact of account hierarchy on visibility, maintainability, and reporting.
Opportunity Management: 10%
- Given a set of requirements, determine how to support different sales process scenarios for an Opportunity.
- Summarize the relationships between sales stages, forecast, and Pipeline Inspection.
Sales Productivity and Integration: 8%
- Discuss use cases and considerations for using email productivity tools, such as Salesforce Inbox and Outlook/Gmail integration.
- Illustrate the use cases and best practices for using collaboration tools, such as Slack, Quip, Chatter, and mobile solutions.
Consulting Practices: 7%
- Analyze and prioritize valid use cases from a client.
- Understand the consulting project lifecycle.
Sales Metrics, Reports & Dashboards: 7%
- Determine the appropriate report, dashboard or reporting snapshot solution.
Data Management: 8%
- Explain the use cases and considerations for data migration in Sales Cloud.
- Given a scenario, analyze the implications of large data sets, transaction volumes, integrations, and moving data between Salesforce and other systems.
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6. Important Topics for Salesforce Sales Cloud Consultant Certification Exam
6.1 Sales Practices: 11% (7 Questions)
- Given a scenario, assess the factors that influence sales metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and business challenges
- Describe common sales and marketing processes and key implementation considerations
- Sales Territories and Forecasting
- Territory Management
- Salesforce Order Management
- Collaborative Forecasts
- Sales Process
- Account Teams
- Sales Teams
- Sales Forecast
- Enterprise Territory Management
- Opportunity Teams
- Opportunity Splits
- High Velocity Sales
- Salesforce Inbox
- Salesforce Maps
- Sales Cloud Einstein
- Call Center Integration
- Outlook Integration
6.2 Implementation Strategies: 13% (7 Questions)
- Given a scenario, determine how to facilitate a successful consulting engagement (plan, gather requirements, design, build, test, deploy, and document)
- Given a scenario, determine appropriate sales deployment considerations
- Given a scenario, analyze the success of an implementation project
- Data Modeling
6.3 Application of Product Knowledge: 18% (11 Questions)
- Given a set of requirements, design an end-to-end sales process from Lead to Opportunity to Quote to Close to Order
- Given a scenario, differentiate when it is appropriate to include custom application development vs. third-party applications
- Describe the appropriate use cases for Account and Opportunity Teams and the effect on sales roles, visibility, access, and reporting
- Discuss the capabilities, use cases, and design considerations for additional features such as territory management and forecasting.
- Opportunity Products
- Products
- Price Books
- Orders
- Multi-currency and advanced currency management
6.4 Lead Management: 7% (4 Questions)
- Explain how Campaign capabilities support the sales process
- Given a scenario, recommend appropriate methods for lead scoring and criteria for lead qualification
- Discuss the best practices for managing lead data quality in Salesforce
- Sales Cloud Einstein
6.5 Account and Contact Management: 11% (7 Questions)
- Review how the ownership of Account and Contact records drives access to related records
- Explain the various methods for establishing access to Accounts, Person Accounts, Contacts, and Opportunities
- Describe the impact of account hierarchy on visibility, maintainability, and reporting
6.6 Opportunity Management: 10% (6 Questions)
- Given a set of requirements, determine how to support different sales process scenarios for an Opportunity
- Summarize the relationships between sales stages, forecast, and Pipeline Inspection
6.7 Sales Productivity and Integration: 8% (5 Questions)
- Salesforce Inbox
- Salesforce and Outlook/Gmail integration
- Illustrate the use cases and best practices for using collaboration tools, such as Slack, Quip, Chatter, and mobile solutions
6.8 Consulting Practices: 7% (4 Questions)
- Analyze and prioritize valid use cases from a client
- Understand the consulting project lifecycle
6.9 Sales Metrics, Reports & Dashboards: 7% (4 Questions)
- Determine the appropriate report, dashboard or reporting snapshot solution
- Reports
- Dashboards
6.10 Data Management: 8% (5 Questions)
- Explain the use cases and considerations for data migration in Sales Cloud
- Large Data Volumes
- Big Objects
