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CCA Spark and Hadoop Developer
The Cloudera Certified Associate (CCA) Spark and Hadoop Developer exam is a rigorous technical assessment designed to validate the ability to develop, deploy, and manage big data applications within the Cloudera ecosystem
- 120 min
- 70% to pass
- 10 bank questions
- 6 domains
Exam syllabus, organized by domain
The official Cloudera blueprint, with the real weight each domain carries on test day.
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Sample CCA Spark and Hadoop Developer exam question
Answer this question the same way you would on exam day. No sign-up needed — one random question, three tries to swap it out.
A governance initiative requires replacing hundreds of static Ranger rules with a dynamic model driven by data classifications. The organization uses Atlas for metadata management and Ranger for policy enforcement. Which two options correctly describe a valid tag-based security implementation and respect the intended information flow between Atlas and Ranger? (Choose two.)
Exam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Time limit
- 120 minutes
- Passing score
- 70%
- Domains
- 6
- Questions in our bank
- 10
- Level
- ASSOCIATE
- Measured complexity
- 1.7 / 10
- Question mix
- 6 single · 3 multi · 1 interactive
Where the hard questions actually are
We score every question in the bank 1-10 on a reproducible formula. Below is the per-domain breakdown.
- Cluster Management1 questions · complexity 1.0/10 · Gentle
0% multi-select · 0% scenario · 0% interactive
- Data Analysis2 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
50% multi-select · 0% scenario · 0% interactive
- Data Ingestion1 questions · complexity 1.0/10 · Gentle
0% multi-select · 0% scenario · 0% interactive
- Data Processing3 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Data Storage2 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
50% multi-select · 0% scenario · 0% interactive
- Security1 questions · complexity 3.0/10 · Gentle
0% multi-select · 100% scenario · 0% interactive
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The question bank with the correct answer and a written explanation for every item.
Frequently asked questions
What you need to know before attempting the CCA Spark and Hadoop Developer certification.