Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate: Exam Prep
A 2-hour live online prep course for the Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate exam, built from the exam guide Databricks publishes. Every seat includes free access to Practice Tests.
USD $99
Per person, per exam
2 hours
Live online, not recorded
Free
Practicetests.co access, normally $30
Upcoming Databricks exam prep sessions
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Who this is for
Data engineers, and analysts moving into engineering, who build pipelines on Databricks and want the associate certification. Databricks recommends hands-on experience with the platform before you sit it, and the course assumes you have used a Databricks workspace.
What the course covers
- ✓The Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, workspace and architecture
- ✓Data ingestion and loading
- ✓ETL and transformation with PySpark and SQL
- ✓Lakeflow Jobs, CI/CD and deployment basics
- ✓Troubleshooting, monitoring and optimisation
- ✓Governance and security with Unity Catalog
The exam at a glance
| Format | Proctored, multiple choice |
|---|---|
| Scored questions | 45 |
| Time limit | 90 minutes |
| Registration fee | USD $200, paid to Databricks |
| Booked with | Databricks, directly |
Databricks updates its exams. Always check the current exam guide before you book.
Where it fits
The Data Engineer Associate is the usual first Databricks certification for engineers. Once you hold it and have run pipelines in production, the Data Engineer Professional is the next step.
Data Engineer Professional prep →Learn the content, not just the exam technique
A live, instructor-led review of what the exam covers. Learners work through scenario questions together and build the understanding to handle questions they have not seen before.
How the 2 hours run
Answer it yourself. We put a scenario question to the group, modelled on the style and topics of the exam. Learners commit to an answer before anything is revealed.
Talk it through. The answer is revealed and discussed as a group, covering why the correct option is right and why each of the others is not.
See it on the whiteboard. Where a concept needs more time, we build out the architecture and the scenario behind the question, live.
→Questions are welcome throughout, so the session follows what the group wants to dig into.
What learners take away
- ✓A clear grasp of the topics and scenarios the exam draws on
- ✓A way to work out what a question is really asking
- ✓The mental models to reason through unfamiliar questions
Every question is written for this course from the published exam guide. Real exam questions are never used or shared.
These are independent prep courses, not official Databricks training. Exams are booked and sat directly with Databricks.
Ready to book a session?
Pick a date on the calendar. Seats are per person.
What your seat includes
- ✓A 2-hour live online session
- ✓Live Q&A throughout, on your questions
- ✓Free access to Practice Tests, normally $30
- ✓A study plan to take into your own preparation
Not included
- –A recording of the session
- –The exam itself, which is booked and paid for with Databricks (USD $200)
Practice Tests access, normally $30
Practice Tests is our certification practice platform. Every attendee gets a coupon for it at the end of the session, so you can keep taking timed practice exams and see when you are ready to book the real one.
Visit practicetests.co →Preparing a whole team for certification?
We run private certification preparation for teams, built on your own Databricks workspace and data, as part of a custom program or on its own.
Databricks certification preparation for teams →Common questions
How many questions are on the Databricks Data Engineer Associate exam?
45 scored multiple-choice questions in 90 minutes. Databricks may include a small number of unscored questions, and it updates the format from time to time, so check the current exam guide.
How much does the Databricks Data Engineer Associate exam cost?
The exam is USD $200, paid to Databricks. Our prep course is a separate USD $99 per person.
Is this official Databricks training?
No. It is an independent prep course built from the published exam guide. Exams are booked and sat directly with Databricks.
Do you use real exam questions?
Never. Every question is written for this course from the published exam guide.
Can you run this for our whole team?
Yes. We run private certification preparation for teams on your own Databricks workspace.
Last updated: November 2026
Ready to book your exam prep?
2 hours live online, USD $99 per person, with free Practice Tests access.