The Databricks Certified Data Analyst Associate exam evaluates a candidate’s proficiency with the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, assessing their ability to manage data with Unity Catalog — discovering, querying, cleaning and managing certified datasets; import data using the UI, S3 ingestion, Delta Sharing for external systems, API-driven intake, Auto Loader and the Marketplace; and execute and optimize queries for data analysis — creating views, performing aggregate operations, combining tables with joins, filtering, sorting, and analyzing queries using auditing, history, logs and Liquid clustering. The exam also covers building Dashboards and Visualizations, developing, sharing and maintaining AI/BI Genie spaces, data modeling with Databricks SQL, and securing data with best practices for storage and management. Individuals who pass can complete basic data analytics tasks — managing data, analyzing data and using dashboards. All SQL in this exam adheres to ANSI SQL standards.
Exam blueprint
Exam sections
Executing queries using Databricks SQL & SQL Warehouses20%
Creating Dashboards and Visualizations in Databricks16%
Understanding the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform11%
Managing Data8%
Securing Data8%
Importing Data5%
Data Modeling with Databricks SQL5%
Skills covered
What you should know
Unity Catalog & Data ManagementImporting Data (S3, Delta Sharing, Auto Loader)Databricks SQL & SQL WarehousesAnalyzing Queries (Photon, Liquid Clustering)AI/BI Dashboards & VisualizationsAI/BI Genie SpacesData Modeling with Databricks SQLSecuring Data with Unity Catalog
Hands-on API usageDataFrame transformations, schemas, joins and aggregations.
Execution awarenessJobs, stages, shuffles, partitions and performance choices.
Production readinessTroubleshooting, tuning and working with common Spark workloads.
Step-by-step preparation guide
Start here and follow this plan until exam day
Use PySpark.in as the preparation hub: first verify the official Databricks exam details, then study every domain, practise hands-on and finish with timed mock tests.
Roadmap links open official Databricks documentation or registration pages. Use those pages for source-of-truth exam details, then return to PySpark.in for practice and mocks.
Step 1Understand the exam blueprint
Know the nine sections, their weightings, the 45-question/90-minute format and the registration path before you study.
Read the official Data Analyst Associate exam guide and the summary on this page.
Note the heaviest sections: Executing queries with Databricks SQL (20%), Dashboards (16%) and Analyzing Queries (15%).
Confirm the $200 fee, 2-year validity, English delivery, and that all SQL adheres to ANSI SQL standards.
Step 2Platform, Unity Catalog & managing data
Be fluent in the platform core: components, Catalog Explorer, managed vs external tables, lineage and data cleaning.
Learn the core components: Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, Databricks SQL, Lakeflow and the Marketplace.
Use Catalog Explorer for catalogs, schemas, managed vs external tables, certified tables, tags and lineage.
Clean data in SQL — remove invalid rows and handle missing values (NULL/NULLIF/COALESCE, dedup).
Do not book the official exam after one lucky score. Use short mocks for diagnosis, full mocks for stamina, and review every wrong answer before retrying.
Book the official exam when:You score 80%+ twice in full mocks, finish within 90 minutes, and can explain why each missed answer was wrong.
Databricks Certified Data Analyst Associate practice hub
Practise, pass and get your PySpark.in certificate automatically
Use the free mocks to diagnose weak areas, then take the full 45-question PySpark.in Data Analyst Certification Exam when you are ready for a certificate-backed assessment.
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Once the PySpark.in Data Analyst Certification Exam is cleared with 70% or higher, the platform generates a downloadable certificate with your name, score and certificate ID.
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PySpark.in Data Analyst Certification Exam
90 min45 questionsPass: 70%
A full-length 90-minute, 45-question Data Analyst assessment matching the official exam format and section weightings — Databricks SQL, dashboards, query analysis, AI/BI Genie, governance and data modeling. Clear it with 70% or higher and your downloadable PySpark.in certificate is generated automatically with your result.
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FREE MOCKMOCK-DAA-20
Data Analyst Core Readiness Check
45 min20 questionsPass: 70%
A free 20-question timed mock weighted to the official blueprint across all nine sections — Databricks SQL, dashboards, analyzing queries, AI/BI Genie spaces, platform, governance and modeling.
20 timed questionsBlueprint-weighted
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Data Analyst Guide Sample Practice
15 min10 questionsPass: 70%
The official Databricks sample questions from the Data Analyst Associate exam guide — the closest look at how the real certification questions are phrased.
Official sample questionsFast warm-up
Official exam path
Official exam links and extra learning options
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