How to pass the Salesforce Business Analyst exam

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Today, I’m sharing what I did to pass the Salesforce Business Analyst exam.
If you have a project management and scrum background, this should be an easy win for you.


First thing, if you’re part of an underrepresented group, sign up for the Talent Alliance Career Cohorts to get a chance to connect with others in the SF community, get training, and get free vouchers for almost any exam, including the BA and admin certs. The deadline passed, but check back in Sept or Oct to join the next one. https://quip.com/yvvmADVDci6d

Related: Join the Trailblazer community https://trailhead.salesforce.com/trailblazer-community/groups?tab=featured


Some info about the exam – 60 questions, 105 mins, and you need a 72% to pass. There are 2 trailheads to complete that will help you pass:

Once you complete those trailheads, Mike Wheeler has a course on Udemy. It’s 5 hours and you’ll have everything you need to pass. He also has a practice test course, but it wasn’t like the exam format, so skip that.

I have a Google doc that I’ll add below with notes from what was on the exam.

There are also study guides from Automation Champion and Dinesh.
– https://automationchampion.com/2022/07/13/how-to-pass-salesforce-business-analyst-certification-exam-2/
– https://dineshyadav.com/salesforce-business-analyst-certification/
– https://dineshyadav.com/salesforce-business-analyst-interview-questions-answers/

Some videos to watch are from Anna Szabo and Salesforce Emily.

For exam tips, there 3 videos from Dave J Massey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PfNpurxEJY&t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbijk_hg1js
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRqfVyz78wM

After you take the exam, check out the score checker from Focus on Force to see how you did.

Focus on Force also has courses and practice exams for all the SF certs. Their practice questions were close to those on the exam.

To renew or maintain your SF credential after you pass, it’s a super easy process.

All you’ll do is complete a trailhead before your cert expires (which takes less than 10 mins) and you’re good to go for, i believe another year.

Another benefit of joining the cohort i talked about earlier is you get hands-on training from Clicked
Here are some example sessions.

Related
Essential skills for a BA https://youtu.be/hXGEcn2B3ck?si=vyfMXUg3YTk3uzvy
Launch a BA career https://youtu.be/GOg2A_sQhsY?si=xKBJlIXtkpSBv-lR
The Salesforce Business Analyst Handbook https://amzn.to/3yOfm56

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