Pass the Databricks® Data Engineer Associate certification with confidence.
This is the complete, up-to-date prep app for the Databricks® Data Engineer Associate certification on a modern lakehouse platform. Built from the ground up around the official exam objectives, with a real AI tutor on every question, full study guides, and 500+ hand-crafted practice questions across all 5 domains.
KEY FEATURES
— Complete Syllabus (10 chapters, 87 in-depth study guides)
Lakehouse™ platform architecture · control plane vs data plane · cluster configuration (driver / worker) · all-purpose vs job clusters · managed SQL compute (Classic / Pro / Serverless) · vectorized query engine · autoscaling and auto-termination · cost units · workspace hierarchy.
— Development & Ingestion
Versioned notebooks · local development · auto-ingest pipelines · schema inference and evolution · rescued data column · AvailableNow vs continuous triggers · incremental COPY INTO · database connectors · cloud object storage · file handling in governed volumes · debugging · Git integration.
— Data Processing & Transformations
Medallion architecture (Bronze / Silver / Gold) · open table format with ACID · OPTIMIZE bin-packing · Z-Ordering · VACUUM and retention · time travel · declarative ETL pipelines · DLT expectations · batch vs streaming · DDL / DML / MERGE syntax · managed vs external tables · schema auto-evolution · liquid clustering · predictive optimization.
— Productionizing Data Pipelines
Job orchestration · DAGs · repair and rerun · job parameters and task values · scheduling and triggers · deployment bundles (YAML) · alerts · secret management · CI/CD · Spark™ UI · serverless workflows.
— Data Governance & Quality
Data catalog metastore (catalogs / schemas) · GRANT / REVOKE · ownership transfer · table and column-level lineage · open data sharing · cost analysis cross-cloud · lakehouse federation · auditing · row-filtered views · volume governance · information schema · ABAC.
— PySpark™ Deep-Dive (Special Block, 20 guides)
DataFrame structure and schemas · wide vs narrow transformations · selection and aliasing · filtering · aggregations · joins and broadcast · null handling · window functions · string and regex · date/timestamp · JSON handling · UDFs and pandas vectorization · partitioning · caching · SQL ↔ DataFrame · format I/O · exception handling · execution plans.
— AI Tutor on Every Question
Stuck? Tap and get a personalized explanation based on your actual answer. Ask follow-ups in plain language.
— 500+ Practice Questions
Hand-crafted for the 5 domain weights (10% / 30% / 31% / 18% / 11%) — daily reps until you nail it.
— Timed Mock Exams
Full simulations with the official time limit and pass threshold.
— Offline Mode + No Ads on Content
Free with rewards (earn coins via streaks + daily rewards). Premium unlocks everything frictionless.
WHO IT'S FOR
Data engineers, analytics engineers, ETL developers, SQL & Python notebook users, platform engineers, cloud architects, and anyone preparing the Data Engineer Associate — the associate-tier certification for production data workflows on a modern lakehouse platform.
PRICING
Free with rewards. Premium unlocks all syllabus topics and gives the AI tutor without spending coins. Monthly or lifetime.
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