Exam format
NVIDIA Certified Associate - Accelerated Data Science Exam Format
Everything the official exam blueprint specifies: question count, time limit, scoring and the weight each domain carries. Designed for data scientists and ML engineers, the NVIDIA Certified Associate - Accelerated Data Science certification demonstrates the ability to use RAPIDS and GPU accelerators to handle large datasets without leaving the familiar Python data science stack. The exam tests practical knowledge of cuDF for data preparation, cuML for machine learning, cuGraph for graph analytics, and Dask for scaling workflows.
- 50 questions
- 60 min
- 70% to pass
- 8 domains
Exam facts at a glance
What we know about this exam, and where the information comes from.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Questions | 50 |
| Time limit | 60 minutes (72s per question) |
| Passing score | 70% |
| Domains | 8 |
| Level | Associate |
| Question bank here | 50 questions |
| Source | Certilum's own record — the vendor does not publish this figure |
Official domain weights
The percentage of the exam each domain carries. Weight your revision by these numbers, not by what you find hardest.
| Domain | Weight | Topics | Practice Qs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advance Data Structures | 11% |
| 6 |
| Introductory MLOps Practices | 10% |
| 5 |
| Data Manipulation and Preparation | 23% |
| 12 |
| Machine Learning With NVIDIA RAPIDS | 16% |
| 8 |
| Software and Environment Management | 9% |
| 4 |
| Descriptive Analysis and Visualization | 10% |
| 5 |
| Foundations of Accelerated Data Science | 10% |
| 5 |
| Data Science Pipelines and Workflow Automation | 11% |
| 5 |
The heaviest domain is Advance Data Structures at 11%, and that is where lost points cost you the most. Certilum scores you per domain so you can see the difference between a knowledge gap and a formatting problem.
Note from the vendor record: Official price per exam on NVIDIA (online proctored, Certiverse). Subject to local taxes; 14-day waiting period between attempts; maximum 5 attempts per year; valid for 2 years. 50-60 questions, 60 min. Official exam page
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