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Salesforce Heroku-Architect Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Salesforce |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect |
| Exam Number: | Heroku-Architect |
| Exam Price: | USD 400 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Related Certifications: | Salesforce Certified Heroku Architecture Designer Salesforce Certified Architect |
| Exam Format: | Multiple Select, Multiple Choice, Scenario-Based |
| Exam Duration: | 105 minutes |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60 |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Requires periodic Salesforce maintenance modules |
| Passing Score: | 72% |
| Sample Questions: | ![]() |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored exam or onsite testing center exam |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended hands-on experience designing and deploying scalable applications on Heroku and integrating with Salesforce Platform. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://trailhead.salesforce.com/credentials/herokuarchitect |
Salesforce Heroku-Architect Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Scaling | 15% | - Reliability
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| Data | 17% | - Heroku Postgres
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| Platform Architecture | 28% | - Runtime and Infrastructure
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| Enterprise Integration | 20% | - Integration Patterns
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| Operations | 20% | - CI/CD and Automation
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Everything You Want to Know About the Salesforce Heroku-Architect Exam
The Heroku-Architect exam (Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect) is the official Salesforce exam that leads to the Salesforce Architect certification, a credential at the Architect / Expert level. Related certifications include Salesforce Certified Architect, Salesforce Certified Heroku Architecture Designer. ExamCost provides 172 practice questions to help you prepare for it with confidence.
The Heroku-Architect exam contains 60 questions and gives you 105 minutes to finish them. Before exam day, divide the total time by the question count so you know the pace you need to keep, and flag difficult items instead of getting stuck on them. Running at least one full timed session in the ExamCost test engine is the best way to make that time pressure feel familiar.
You need 72% to pass, and the official registration fee is USD 400. Keep in mind that a failed attempt means paying that fee in full again, so it pays to test yourself first. When your scores on the ExamCost timed practice tests stay consistently above the passing line, you are ready to book the exam.
Recommended hands-on experience designing and deploying scalable applications on Heroku and integrating with Salesforce Platform. Requirements can change over time, so always double-check the latest eligibility rules before you register on the official Salesforce exam page.
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The Heroku-Architect syllabus is organized into 5 exam domains. Among the first three are Operations (20%), Platform Architecture (28%), Enterprise Integration (20%). For the complete breakdown of topics and subtopics, see the Exam Topics section above.
Salesforce Certified Heroku Architect Sample Questions:
When designing a Heroku application, which two approaches observe the Twelve-Factor methodology?
Choose 2 answers.
- A. On startup, the application's source code fetches and installs any dependencies that are missing according to the application's list of dependencies.
- B. On deployment, Heroku fetches and installs any dependencies that are missing according to the application's list of dependencies
- C. The application's database configuration is stored in the application's Profile
- D. The application's database configuration is stored in the application's config vars.
Correct Answer: B,D 🗳️
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A customer runs Production Check on an application from the Dashboard. Which two runtime issues does it check for? Choose 2 answers.
- A. Dyno redudancy: ensuring at least 2 web dynos are available
- B. CDN ensuring a CDN is available to the web dynos
- C. Production-tier database: ensuring aproduction-tier database is being used
- D. Worker dyno scale: ensuring at least 1 worker dyno is available.
Correct Answer: A,C 🗳️
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A client has a web application that persists data to a local JSON file. They are migrating the application to Heroku. In order for the application to conform to the Twelve-Factor methodology, what changes should an Architect recommend?
- A. The application should persist the data to a database add-on.
- B. The application should use at least 2 dynos to ensure that the JSON file is highly available.
- C. The application should persist the data to a local SQLite database.
- D. The application should be stateless and therefore not persist data at all.
Correct Answer: A 🗳️
A hospital is planning to rewrite its on-premise patient registration system. Their current system is HIPAA- compliant as well as ISO 27018-compliant. They need to maintain these same certification levels after the rewrite. Their new app also needs to sync PII (personally identifiable information) data with their Salesforce org.
What Heroku Enterprise solutions should an Architect propose?
- A. Build the app in the Common Runtime, use a Heroku Postgres database, and use Heroku Connect to sync to Salesforce.
- B. Build the app in a Private Space with a Private Heroku Postgres database, and use Heroku Connect to sync to Salesforce.
- C. Build the app in a Shield Private Space, with a Shield Heroku Postgres database, and use Shield Heroku Connect to sync to Salesforce.
- D. Build the app in a Shield Private Space, with a Shield Heroku Postgres database, and use Apache Kafka on Heroku to stream from the Salesforce org.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
A client has data in a production Heroku Postgres database, and needs to quickly get access to a subset of that data for reporting needs.
Which two features does Heroku Dataclips provide to enable this? (Choose two.)
- A. CSV export of query results
- B. JSON export of query results, with CORS support
- C. A simple REST API access to query results
- D. Postgres dump file of query results
Correct Answer: A,B 🗳️
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