Measured data
Apache Airflow Fundamentals
We scored 75 real Apache Airflow Fundamentals exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.
- 75 questions scored
- 5 domains
- 1.9/10 overall complexity
Complexity by exam domain
Higher scores mean more demanding question formats. The exam score is computed over the whole bank, not averaged across domains.
- Airflow Core Concepts19 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle
32% multi-select · 0% scenario · 32% interactive
- DAG Authoring and Scheduling19 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle
32% multi-select · 0% scenario · 32% interactive
- Execution and Production Deployment15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Operators, Hooks, and Connections15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Security, Governance, and Best Practices7 questions · complexity 1.1/10 · Gentle
14% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
Full per-domain breakdown
Blueprint weight, bank size and question format mix for every domain of the exam.
| Domain | Blueprint | Questions | Single | Multi | Interactive | Complexity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airflow Core Concepts | 25% | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1.9/10Gentle |
| DAG Authoring and Scheduling | 25% | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1.9/10Gentle |
| Execution and Production Deployment | 20% | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Operators, Hooks, and Connections | 20% | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2.0/10Gentle |
| Security, Governance, and Best Practices | 10% | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1.1/10Gentle |
How the score is calculated
The formula is fixed and public, so anyone can reproduce these numbers from the same bank.
Every question in the Apache Airflow Fundamentals bank is measured on four signals that can be read directly from the database. Each signal is expressed as a share of the questions in the domain, and the four shares are combined with fixed weights:
- Multi-select questions (40% weight). Items with more than one correct answer. The candidate has to find all of them, which is the single hardest format in the bank.
- Scenario questions (30% weight). Questions longer than 150 characters, which describe a situation instead of a definition and therefore test reasoning rather than recall.
- Interactive questions (20% weight). Items that require reading code or a configuration snippet.
- Deep explanations (10% weight). Questions whose explanation runs past 300 characters, which signals a concept with real nuance behind it.
The combined share is multiplied by ten to produce a 1-10 score. The exam-level score is computed over the whole bank rather than averaged across domains, so a small domain cannot distort the total. Figures on this page are recomputed from the live bank on every crawl.
Data set: Certilum Apache Airflow Fundamentals Foundation question bank, 75 questions, 5 domains. Published by CERTILUM. This is Certilum’s own measurement of its own question bank and is not an official Astronomer statistic.
- Questions analysed
- 75
- Exam domains
- 5
- Hardest domain
- Execution and Production Deployment (2.0)
- Most approachable domain
- Security, Governance, and Best Practices (1.1)
- Question mix
- 27 single · 24 multi · 24 interactive
- Measured on
- Foundation
Frequently asked questions
What our Apache Airflow Fundamentals complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.