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Where do you really stand on the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam?

Most people preparing for this exam study what feels familiar. The exam grades what the official blueprint weights. The free readiness scorecard shows you the difference in about five minutes.

Rate yourself topic by topic across every official exam domain
Your scores are weighted exactly the way the exam is, so a weak heavy domain jumps out first
Charts show your readiness per domain at a glance
Progress saves in your browser, so you re-score as you study and watch the gaps close

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✦ Inside the scorecard

Your readiness, charted as you slide

Slide your honest rating for every topic and the picture updates live: readiness per domain, weighted study priorities, and the chart of where you stand.

The Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate readiness scorecard showing the domain chart, weighted study priorities, and topic sliders

The actual Data Engineer Associate scorecard, mid-assessment.

What the Data Engineer Associate exam actually is

These details come from the vendor's current certification page. Read the official exam page alongside this scorecard so you are working from the source.

What it is: An associate credential covering the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, ingestion, transformation, Lakeflow Jobs, CI/CD, troubleshooting, governance, and security.
Who it is for: Data engineers with foundational hands-on Databricks experience. No prerequisite is required.
Questions: 45 scored multiple-choice questions
Duration: 90 minutes
Cost: US$200
Passing score: Databricks does not publish the passing score
Domains and weights: Databricks Data Intelligence Platform 6%; Data Ingestion and Loading 21%; Data Transformation and Modeling 22%; Working with Lakeflow Jobs 16%; Implementing CI/CD 10%; Troubleshooting, Monitoring, and Optimization 10%; Governance and Security 15%.
Important preparation note: Data engineers with foundational hands-on Databricks experience. No prerequisite is required.

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✦ The blueprint, weighted

The official domain weights

Straight from the official exam guide, and exactly what the scorecard grades you against. The longer the bar, the more of the exam rides on it.

Databricks Data Intelligence Platform6%

Data Ingestion and Loading21%

Data Transformation and Modeling22%

Working with Lakeflow Jobs16%

Implementing CI/CD10%

Troubleshooting, Monitoring, and Optimization10%

Governance and Security15%

✦ How it works

Five minutes to an honest study plan

Rate yourself

Slide through every topic the exam tests. No login, no grading, just your honest read.

See your weighted gaps

Charts show your readiness per domain, weighted the way the exam actually scores.

Study where it pays

Put your next hour on the weakest heavy domain, then re-score and watch the gap close.

✦ Your instructor

Mike Wheeler, founder of Velza Training and Consulting

Built by Mike Wheeler

Mike Wheeler is an AI and Salesforce trainer and O’Reilly author who has taught well over 500,000 global learners on platforms such as edX, LinkedIn Learning, Pearson, and Udemy. He built this scorecard for people preparing for the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam.

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