Salesforce Platform Developer II (PDII)

Salesforce Platform Developer II Practice Exam: PDII Certification Practice Questions

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The Salesforce Platform Developer II exam is 60 scored questions in 120 minutes, you need 70% to pass, it costs US$200 to register (US$100 to retake), and it requires the Platform Developer I credential first. The single biggest 2026 change: since October 1, 2025, the superbadges are no longer required, so PDII is now earned by passing the proctored exam alone. It covers advanced Apex, asynchronous processing, integration, performance, and testing across five domains. It does not cover Agentforce or Einstein.

Last updated July 2026

The 2026 change that most prep material still gets wrong: no more superbadges

For years, earning Platform Developer II meant two things: passing the multiple choice exam and completing a set of superbadges (most recently Apex Specialist, Data Integration Specialist, and Advanced Apex Specialist). That is over. On October 1, 2025, Salesforce retired the Advanced Apex Specialist superbadge and removed the superbadge requirement from PDII entirely. Today you earn PDII by passing the proctored exam alone.

This matters because a huge amount of study advice, YouTube walkthroughs, and community trailmixes still say you must finish the superbadges first. Following that outdated path costs you weeks of hands-on Trailhead work you no longer need for the credential. The superbadges are still some of the best practice you can do for the exam content, so use them as prep if you have time, but do not treat them as a gate. The only requirement now is the exam and the Platform Developer I prerequisite.

What the Platform Developer II exam tests

The current exam guide lists five domains. Process Automation, Logic, and Integration is the heavyweight at 27%, and PDII folds integration into it rather than giving integration its own section. The Performance domain is the one with no PD1 equivalent, and it is where a lot of developers lose points. Here is the full weighting and what each domain actually asks.

Domain What is actually in it Weight
Process Automation, Logic, and IntegrationThe core. Asynchronous Apex (Batchable, Queueable, Schedulable, Future), dynamic Apex, advanced SOQL, platform events and pub/sub, trigger frameworks with transactional integrity, and inbound and outbound integration through REST and SOAP callouts and web services.27%
User InterfaceBuilding UI at depth: choosing Lightning Web Components versus Aura, Visualforce with asynchronous and partial-page actions, wiring components to Apex, and the security and performance tradeoffs of each approach.20%
Testing, Debugging, and DeploymentAdvanced testing with mocks, stubs, the Stub API, and HttpCalloutMock for callouts, plus source-driven deployment with Salesforce CLI and SFDX, and debugging complex transactions across triggers and async jobs.20%
PerformanceThe PDII-only domain. Query optimization for large data volumes, selective SOQL and indexing, governor limit tuning, bulkification at scale, and designing so a solution stays inside limits as data grows. This is where working experience shows.18%
Advanced Developer FundamentalsApex managed sharing, custom metadata versus custom settings, localization and multi-currency, and the deeper platform behaviors an enterprise developer has to reason about beyond the PD1 basics.15%

The weighting is spread across five real areas, so PDII rewards depth in every domain rather than mastery of one. That is what targeted drills are good for: generate practice questions from your own Salesforce notes across all five domains, with extra weight on Process Automation and Performance, rather than over-practicing the corner of the platform your day job already covers.

Exam fee
US$200
Format
60 Q / 120 min
Passing score
70%
Prerequisite
PD1 required

Why drill questions for Platform Developer II?

Because PDII is a judgment exam at enterprise scale. The questions describe a real system: a nightly batch that has to process millions of records, an integration that must survive a failed callout, a trigger that fires other triggers. Then they ask which pattern keeps it correct and inside governor limits. You can write working Apex and still miss these if you have never had to design for volume and failure. Practice questions that force the pattern choice are the fastest way to build that instinct before test day.

Where candidates lose points

The Performance domain, asynchronous Apex, and integration patterns. Developers who only ever write synchronous code for small orgs underestimate large data volume queries, batch chaining, and callout mocking. Drill selective SOQL, the async framework, platform events, and the Stub API, and you cover most of the exam's hardest ground.

The staleness test for your prep

Check two things. If your material says superbadges are required, it predates October 2025 and is out of date. If it quotes a 63% or 68% passing score, it is copying old figures; the current bar is 70%. Keep good material for the concepts, but generate your questions from the current five-domain guide and the current numbers.

Uploading your notes and generating questions from them is cheap insurance on a US$200 exam with a US$100 retake and no free second attempt. It forces you across all five current domains, weighted toward the areas PDII actually tests hardest, rather than practicing only the parts of the platform you touch at work.

Where Platform Developer II sits in the Salesforce path

PDII is the top of the Salesforce developer track. You reach it through Platform Developer I, and it assumes everything below it. Here is how the three developer-track credentials line up so you know what you are stepping into.

  Platform App Builder Platform Developer I Platform Developer II
StyleDeclarative, no codeProgrammatic entry: Apex and LWCAdvanced programmatic
Format60 questions, 65% to pass60 questions, 68% to pass60 questions, 70% to pass
Time105 minutes105 minutes120 minutes
CostUS$200US$200US$200
PrerequisiteNoneNonePlatform Developer I required
SuperbadgesNoneNoneNo longer required (retired Oct 2025)
Best forAdmins configuring apps without codeAdmins moving into Apex, junior developersWorking Salesforce developers

Not ready for PDII yet? Start with the Salesforce Platform Developer I practice exam, which is the required prerequisite and the entry point of the developer track. If your work is mostly declarative, the Salesforce Platform App Builder practice exam is the better fit, and if you administer a real org, the Salesforce Advanced Administrator practice exam is the admin-track counterpart.

How to build Platform Developer II practice questions that match the exam

The exam tests advanced developer judgment across five domains. Your questions should drill exactly that.

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Upload current material
Feed in notes built on the current five-domain guide and the 70% bar, not old material that still requires superbadges or quotes 63%. Questions built from stale sources drill the wrong path and the wrong numbers.
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Weight toward async and performance
Process Automation and Performance together are 45% of the exam. Make asynchronous Apex, integration, large data volumes, and governor limits the biggest share of your practice sets.
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Drill the pattern choices
Generate scenario questions that ask which pattern fits: Batchable or Queueable, platform event or callout, trigger framework or Flow. Retake until the right design for a described requirement comes back instantly.
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Lock in advanced testing
Build a dedicated set on mocks, the Stub API, and HttpCalloutMock for callouts, plus SFDX deployment. These are the reliable point-droppers for developers who never had to test integrations properly.

Platform Developer II exam questions, answered

Do you still need superbadges for Platform Developer II?
No. As of October 1, 2025, Salesforce retired the superbadge requirement, so PDII is now earned by passing the proctored multiple choice exam alone. The Apex Specialist, Data Integration Specialist, and Advanced Apex Specialist superbadges are still excellent practice for the content, but they are no longer a gate to the credential. A lot of older prep and community trailmixes still say superbadges are mandatory, and that is now out of date.
What is the passing score for Platform Developer II?
70%, which on 60 scored questions is roughly 42 correct. Watch out for prep sites quoting 68% and the retired 2018 PDF that says 63%; neither is the current figure. The live exam guide passing score is 70%, and Salesforce mixes in up to 5 unscored questions that do not count toward your result.
How many questions are on the Platform Developer II exam?
60 scored multiple choice and multiple select questions, plus up to 5 unscored questions that Salesforce integrates at random and that do not affect your score. You have 120 minutes, which works out to two minutes per question, and you will use most of it because PDII questions are long scenario problems rather than quick recall.
Do I need Platform Developer I before Platform Developer II?
Yes. Platform Developer I is a required prerequisite: you must hold the active PD1 credential before you can earn PDII. That is different from PD1 itself, which you can sit with no prerequisite. PDII assumes everything on PD1 and layers enterprise depth on top, so the requirement reflects a real gap in difficulty, not just paperwork.
How much does the Platform Developer II exam cost?
US$200 plus applicable taxes to register, and US$100 plus tax to retake, with no free retake. That is the same pricing as the other Salesforce exams. Because PDII is harder and the bar is 70%, it is worth drilling practice questions until you are consistently over the line before you spend the US$200 and book your slot.
How is Platform Developer II different from Platform Developer I?
PD1 covers the foundations: Apex basics, triggers, SOQL and DML, unit testing, and Lightning Web Components and Visualforce fundamentals. PDII assumes all of that and adds enterprise depth: asynchronous and dynamic Apex, platform events, advanced integration and callouts, advanced testing with mocks and the Stub API, and an entire Performance domain that PD1 does not have. PDII is the complex-solutions tier over PD1's foundational tier.
How hard is the Platform Developer II exam?
It is one of the harder Salesforce exams because it tests depth, not breadth. The questions are long scenarios about asynchronous Apex, large data volumes, integration patterns, and governor limit tuning, and they expect you to choose the correct pattern rather than recognize syntax. Developers who have shipped real integrations find it fair; people who only prepared the way they did for PD1 usually underestimate it.
Does Platform Developer II expire?
There is no fixed expiration date, but you must complete the annual Platform Developer II maintenance module on Trailhead to keep the credential active. Miss the yearly deadline and it expires. The maintenance module is a short, free release-knowledge check tied to each Salesforce release, not a full re-sit of the exam.

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