Tips to pass Salesforce Admin Certification exam

Here are few tips which I followed and passed my exam.

First thing to go into is the trailhead.......

Trails are guided learning paths that chart your course through Salesforce skills.

Following is the trailhead recommnded for beginers.

https://trailhead.salesforce.com/en/trails/force_com_admin_beginner

About the Exam
All proctored Salesforce certification exams can be scheduled as an onsite or online exam. Learn more about scheduling an exam.
Quick facts about the exam:
  • 60 multiple-choice/multiple-select questions* (5 unscored items will be added)
  • 90 minutes allotted to complete the exam (time allows for unscored questions)
  • 65% is the passing score
  • Registration fee is USD 200, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
  • Retake fee is USD 100, plus applicable taxes as required per local law
  • No hard-copy or online materials may be referenced during the exam
  • Available in English, French, German, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, additional details here
  • No prerequisites, however; Administration Essentials for New Admins (ADM 201), and  Administration Essentials for New Admins and Certification (ADM 201C), are recommended
Study Guide
Once you have completed this, you can should go and search study guide for exam.
Here is link for study Link
Now in order to study as per this study guide map every and each topic in 
help.salesforce.com

For example,

In Organization Set up section there is bullet about company onformation. You will go to help 
and search it. You will reach to following link
https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=company_information_fields.htm&type=5
This is how you will study all bullets.
Do not go in too much detail, as its admin not advance admin course.

When you are done with trailhead and study guide, do practise online mock exam.
This will help you understand how the scenario based questions will come in exam 
and how to solve them.
Here are few useful links for mock exams.
http://www.salesforceben.com
https://focusonforce.com
https://www.simplilearn.com/
http://sfdcstudy.org/


Once you are getting morethan 90% in your mock exam, you rae ready for giving actual exam,
as per my experience. So go and schdule a exam on webassessor portal.
https://www.webassessor.com/wa.do?page=publicHome&branding=SALESFORCE



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