Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate Exams 2025

Databricks frequently updates their products, which means the content and question bank for their certification exams are also continuously evolving. I aim to provide an updated set of exam questions with high quality, including the latest and carefully curated ones, along with detailed explanations.

This exam will help learners prepare more effectively for the 2025 Data Engineer Associate certification exam.

About the exam :

• Type: Proctored certification

• Total number of questions: 45

• Time limit: 90 minutes

• Registration fee: $200

• Question types: Multiple choice (4 options for each question)

• Test aides: None allowed

• Languages: English, 日本語, Português BR, 한국어

• Delivery method: Online proctored

• Prerequisites: None, but related training highly recommended

• Recommended experience: 6+ months of hands-on experience performing the data engineering tasks outlined in the exam guide

• Validity period: 2 years

PS : you may encounter 50 questions in the real exam since sometimes Databricks evaluate the difficulty of new questions before releasing them. Your final score will be based on only 45 questions. For these new questions, you may also need to select 2 answers from the given 5 options.

The questions will be distributed by high-level topic in the following way:

• Databricks Lakehouse Platform – 24% (11/45)

• ELT with Spark SQL and Python – 29% (13/45)

• Incremental Data Processing – 22% (10/45)

• Production Pipelines – 16% (7/45)

• Data Governance – 9% (4/45)

Good luck and enjoy !