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00) CTA Exam Structure
The exam is typically no more than 8 pages and it breaks down into the following sections:
- Company Overview
- Current Systems
- Business Process Requirements
- Migration Requirements
- Accessibility/Visibility Requirements
- Reporting Requirements
- Project and Dev Requirements
It is a 4 hour and 25 minute long exam presented in front of a board of 3 other CTA's, and it consists of the following 3 events:
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180 minutes to read, solution, design and justify an architectural solution based on the 8 page scenario given to you.
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45 minutes to present the solution to the judges
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40 minutes for Q&A discussion (judges ask questions about your solution you presented)
- During the CTA Exam the only software you can use are google sheets, google slides and google docs.
- Pens
- Paper
- Flipchart paper and/or whiteboard
- Phone to take pictures
The virtual exam is currently administered through webex and you must use a virtual machine that Salesforce controls. You also need to have a camera the is positioned so that they can see all of your screens, your hands, and surroundings while taking the exam.
During the exam you will be judged in the 7 areas listed below. You can fail up to 2 sections and be able to retake the exam for free (referred to as a section retake), however, only failing one section gives you an easier retake with (a smaller scenario) that focuses heavily on the section you failed. If you fail 2 sections you have to retake the entire exam (a full scenario) during your section retake. In either scenario you still must FULLY solve the scenario, not just the section you failed. If you fail more than 2 scenarios you fail the exam, if you get a section retake and fail any of it, you fail the exam.
Exam Sections:
- System Architecture
- Security
- Data Model
- Solution Architecture
- Integration Architecture
- Development Life Cycle
- Communication