Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
Prepare for the Databricks Data Engineer Associate exam with lessons and mock exams on ingestion, transformation, Lakeflow Jobs, CI/CD, and governance.
- Chapters
- 15
- Official exam
- 90 min
- Exam fee
- $200
- Course language
- English
Course outline · 15 lessons
- 01
The Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, Delta Lake, and Unity Catalog
- 02
Choosing Databricks Compute for Each Workload
- 03
Ingestion Patterns and COPY INTO
- 04
Incremental Ingestion with Auto Loader
- 05
Lakeflow Connect, JDBC/ODBC, REST, and Choosing an Ingestion Method
- 06
Cleaning and Combining Data with PySpark and SQL
- 07
Deduplication, Aggregations, and Basic Spark Tuning
- 08
Gold Layer Objects and Data Quality with Lakeflow Spark Declarative Pipelines
- 09
Orchestrating Pipelines with Lakeflow Jobs
- 10
Scheduling and Triggering Lakeflow Jobs
- 11
CI/CD with Git Folders and Declarative Automation Bundles
- 12
Monitoring Jobs and Troubleshooting Spark Workloads
- 13
Data Layout Optimization: Liquid Clustering and Predictive Optimization
- 14
Unity Catalog Tables and Access Control
- 15
Row Filters, Column Masks, and ABAC Policies
Frequently asked questions
What is the format of the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam?
The official Databricks exam covers these domains: Databricks Intelligence Platform (6%) ; Data Ingestion and Loading (21%) ; Data Transformation and Modeling (22%) ; Working with Lakeflow Jobs (16%) ; Implementing CI/CD (10%) ; Troubleshooting, Monitoring, and Optimization (10%) ; Governance and Security (15%). Our mock exams follow the certification’s official exam outline.
How long is the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam?
The official exam lasts 90 minutes.
What are the prerequisites for Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate?
No formal prerequisite. ; Course attendance and about six months of hands-on experience with Databricks are highly recommended. ; The certification is valid for 2 years and renewed by taking the current live exam.
How do I access the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate course?
Lessons are free to read. Quizzes, mock exams and the PDF book require a signed-in (free) account.