Databricks Certified Machine Learning Associate

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Databricks Certified Machine Learning Associate

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We scored 48 real Databricks Certified Machine Learning Associate exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.

48 questions scored
4 domains
2.1/10 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.

Exam complexity score2.1/10Gentle · measured across 48 bank questions
  • Databricks Machine Learning18 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive

  • ML Workflows9 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive

  • Model Deployment6 questions · complexity 2.5/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 17% scenario · 33% interactive

  • Model Development15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive

Full per-domain breakdown

Blueprint weight, bank size and question format mix for every domain of the exam.

DomainBlueprintQuestionsSingleMultiInteractiveComplexity
Databricks Machine Learning38%186662.0/10Gentle
ML Workflows19%93332.0/10Gentle
Model Deployment12%62222.5/10Gentle
Model Development31%155552.0/10Gentle

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 Databricks Certified Machine Learning Associate 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 Databricks Certified Machine Learning Associate Foundation question bank, 48 questions, 4 domains. Published by CERTILUM. This is Certilum’s own measurement of its own question bank and is not an official Databricks statistic.

Questions analysed
48
Exam domains
4
Hardest domain
Model Deployment (2.5)
Most approachable domain
Databricks Machine Learning (2.0)
Question mix
16 single · 16 multi · 16 interactive
Measured on
Foundation

Frequently asked questions

What our Databricks Certified Machine Learning Associate complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.