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Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
The Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate certification validates a candidate's ability to perform core data engineering tasks on the Databricks Lakehouse Platform
- 90 min
- 70% to pass
- 45 bank questions
- 7 domains
Exam syllabus, organized by domain
The official Databricks blueprint, with the real weight each domain carries on test day.
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Sample Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate 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 data engineering team wants to automate the promotion of code across environments using DABs. Which steps are mandatory in their pipeline? (Select all that apply.)
Exam facts at a glance
Every figure below comes from the certification record or from the question bank itself.
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Passing score
- 70%
- Domains
- 7
- Questions in our bank
- 45
- Level
- ASSOCIATE
- Measured complexity
- 1.8 / 10
- Question mix
- 18 single · 14 multi · 13 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.
- Data Ingestion and Loading9 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Data Transformation and Modeling10 questions · complexity 1.4/10 · Gentle
20% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive
- Databricks Intelligence Platform3 questions · complexity 2.7/10 · Gentle
33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive
- Governance and Security7 questions · complexity 1.7/10 · Gentle
29% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% interactive
- Implementing CI/CD5 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle
40% multi-select · 0% scenario · 20% interactive
- Troubleshooting, Monitoring, and Optimization4 questions · complexity 1.5/10 · Gentle
25% multi-select · 0% scenario · 25% interactive
- Working with Lakeflow Jobs7 questions · complexity 1.7/10 · Gentle
29% multi-select · 0% scenario · 29% 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 Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate certification.