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Clarification on Updated Data Engineering Associate Exam Content

VK007 — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:17:29 GMT

Hi Everyone,
I’m planning to take the Data Engineering Associate Exam next month, and I’ve noticed a few changes in the course content. However, I couldn’t find any updated videos or practice test papers that reflect the changes.

From the previous replies, I understand that most of the content is still the same and that mainly the terminology has changed.

Can someone please confirm if this is accurate? Any guidance or links to updated resources would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

Re: Clarification on Updated Data Engineering Associate Exam Content

szymon_dybczak — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:23:34 GMT

Hi @VK007 ,

This is accurate. Effectively from 25 of July they changed syllabus for an exam. Here's an updated version:

databricks-certified-data-engineer-associate-exam-guide-25.pdf

Re: Clarification on Updated Data Engineering Associate Exam Content

VK007 — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:34:34 GMT

Thanks for the Response @szymon_dybczak.

Re: Clarification on Updated Data Engineering Associate Exam Content

szymon_dybczak — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:45:54 GMT

Hi @VK007

No problem 🙂 And if the answer was helpful please consider marking it as a accepted solution.

Re: Clarification on Updated Data Engineering Associate Exam Content

Rin2025 — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 01:26:46 GMT

Is there any change in the No. of questions, duration of exam and the passing score?

Re: Clarification on Updated Data Engineering Associate Exam Content

VK007 — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:04:21 GMT

@Rin2025There is no change in the questions or the passing score — they remain the same. Only the terminology has been updated, and a few additional concepts like Liquid Clustering have been added. The weightage of some topics has also changed."

Re: Clarification on Updated Data Engineering Associate Exam Content

cert-ops — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:17:48 GMT

Hello,

For details on all topics covered on the updated exam, please review the exam guide located on The Data Engineer Associated exam webpage: https://www.databricks.com/learn/certification/data-engineer-associate

Thanks & Regards,
@cert-ops