How to Pass the Service Cloud Consultant Exam
January 26th, 2011
I took the Service Cloud Consultant exam last week and thought I’d post some general pointers on how to pass it. We had a team call with Amy Mattes from Salesforce.com Certification and got some really great insight. There are 60 questions on the exam and you need a 73% to pass. You are allotted 1:45 to take the exam but I think it took me a little over an hour to complete it.
First of all, the exam is not a “how to configure the service cloud” test. Roughly 80% of the exam is based on industry knowledge of Service Cloud related topics, call center metrics, KPIs, etc. If you know the call center industry and terminology you’ll do really well. A few general pointers:
- Each question has a number of distractor answers that are obviously wrong. The best advice to is eliminate the distractor answers first and then narrow down the correct answer.
- Know the difference between Force.com Sites, Customer Portal, Partner Portal and Self-Service Portal
- There are large number of questions on Entitlements and Service Contracts (10-15)
- Know the difference between Email-to-Case and On-Demand Email-to-Case
- Brush up on CTI and IVR
- Brush up on Force.com Flow (Visual Process Manager)
What to Study
I think I studied about 6-8 hours for the exam. If you have access to the Salesforce.com Training and Certification, study the following courses:
- Implementing the Service Cloud
- Implementing CRM Essentials
- Administering Salesforce Knowledge
- Publishing Articles With Knowledge
Log into your Salesforce.com org and download the following PDFs and read over them. You may have to change the URL for your org’s pod but they are scattered around on this page.
- Salesforce CTI End User Cheatsheet
- Salesforce Solutions Cheatsheet
- Salesforce Agent Console Cheatsheet
- Salesforce Solutions Implementation Guide
- Salesforce Knowledge Implementation Guide
- Salesforce Self Service Cheatsheet
- Salesforce CTI Admin Cheatsheet
- Salesforce Case Implementation Guide
- Salesforce Support Admin Cheatsheet
- Salesforce Support Rep Cheatsheet
If you know all of this information you should have no problem passing the certification exam. Good luck!!
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Would of given you a 10 start if you pass it for me!
Great info thanks Jeff!
I couldn’t find the cheat sheets in my salesforce instance. Can you post?
Awesome post, Jeff!
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing, If possible please send me all the preparation & documents information regarding developer exam.
one thing i forgot to tell you, i will follow your blog as a guide.
i am newbie to programming & salesforce.
please suggest me
just scheduled for Feb…thank you for overview!
Jeff studied 6-8 hrs for the exam. Multiply that by how much more knowledgeable he is than me….and I have to study 60-80 hours for this exam. Awesome…?
But, at least I know where to start. Thanks Jeff!!
Thank you for the tips! This will certainly help!
Hi ,
Someone passed the sales Cloud ? need some advices
Thank u
They haven’t released the Sales Cloud certification yet. Probably in a month or two.
Hay Jeff,
Really gr8 help, Thanks a ton..:)
Thanks Jeff…
I think this will now kickstart my preparation for the certification.
Hi Jeff,
I can’t access the courses in Training & Certification . Are they not free?
Thanks Jeff,
Thanks for sharing your views on cloud consultant exams. Very useful tips shared here.
Thanks Jeff
It is really helpful!
Could you please provide the url for the Student guide?
Param
Hi Jeff,
I cleared the exam recently. Your post was quite helpful. Thanks a lot.
Regards,
Sunish
Which salesforce.com training access you mentioned in your blog?
Yeah..I cleared Service Cloud Consultant Exam today..:)
Thanks Jeff for this article..Given good direction.
Thanks,
Sumit
Congrats Sumit!!
Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the materials – it helped me not only to pass the exam but to improve my knowledge!