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Databricks Databricks-Certified-Professional-Data-Engineer Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Databricks |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Databricks Certified Professional Data Engineer Exam |
| Exam Number: | Databricks-Certified-Professional-Data-Engineer |
| Exam Duration: | 120 minutes |
| Related Certifications: | Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate |
| Certificate Validity Period: | 2 years |
| Real Exam Qty: | 60-70 |
| Exam Format: | Scenario-based questions, Multiple choice, Multiple select |
| Passing Score: | 70% |
| Exam Price: | USD 200 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Recommended Training: | Databricks Academy |
| Exam Registration: | Databricks Certification Portal |
| Sample Questions: |  |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored exam |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended: Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate or equivalent experience with Spark and Databricks platform. |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://www.databricks.com/learn/certification |
Databricks Databricks-Certified-Professional-Data-Engineer Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Objectives |
|---|---|
| Topic 1: Production Pipelines and Orchestration | - Automate ETL pipelines and scheduling - Pipeline reliability and fault tolerance - Build and manage workflows using Databricks Jobs |
| Topic 2: Data Ingestion and Transformation | - Ingest data using Apache Spark and Databricks - Transform and clean datasets using Spark SQL and DataFrame APIs - Handle batch and streaming data pipelines |
| Topic 3: Data Modeling and Storage | - Delta Lake table design and optimization - Design scalable data lakehouse architectures - Schema evolution and data partitioning strategies |
| Topic 4: Security, Governance, Monitoring, and Optimization | - Cost optimization and performance tuning - Monitor and optimize Spark workloads - Implement Unity Catalog governance and access control |
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The Databricks Certified Professional Data Engineer exam contains 60-70 to complete within 120 minutes. Timed simulation in the Prep4SureReview Desktop Test Engine teaches that rhythm before exam day does.
The official Databricks Certified Professional Data Engineer outline defines 4 domains. The leading three are Production Pipelines and Orchestration, Security, Governance, Monitoring, and Optimization, and Data Modeling and Storage. The full list is in the topics section above, and Prep4SureReview's 217 practice questions cover each one.
Recommended: Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate or equivalent experience with Spark and Databricks platform. Since requirements change over time, confirm the latest on the official Databricks exam page before scheduling.
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The Databricks-Certified-Professional-Data-Engineer exam is a Databricks certification exam validating the Databricks Certified Professional Data Engineer syllabus shown above. It belongs to these credential paths: Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate. Candidates in 2026 start with Prep4SureReview's 217 practice questions, available as a printable PDF, a Windows Desktop Test Engine, and an Online Test Engine — three versions of the same materials.
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Databricks Certified Professional Data Engineer Sample Questions:
The following table consists of items found in user carts within an e-commerce website.
The following MERGE statement is used to update this table using an updates view, with schema evaluation enabled on this table.
How would the following update be handled?
- A. The update is moved to separate ' ' restored ' ' column because it is missing a column expected in the target schema.
- B. The update throws an error because changes to existing columns in the target schema are not supported.
- C. The new nested field is added to the target schema, and files underlying existing records are updated to include NULL values for the new field.
- D. The new restored field is added to the target schema, and dynamically read as NULL for existing unmatched records.
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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A data team is implementing an append-only Delta Lake pipeline that needs to handle both batch and streaming data. They want to ensure that schema changes in the source data can be automatically incorporated without breaking the pipeline. Which configuration should the team use when writing data to the Delta table?
- A. validateSchema = false
- B. mergeSchema = true
- C. ignoreChanges = false
- D. overwriteSchema = true
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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The data governance team is reviewing code used for deleting records for compliance with GDPR. They note the following logic is used to delete records from the Delta Lake table named users .
Assuming that user_id is a unique identifying key and that delete_requests contains all users that have requested deletion, which statement describes whether successfully executing the above logic guarantees that the records to be deleted are no longer accessible and why?
- A. Yes; Delta Lake ACID guarantees provide assurance that the delete command succeeded fully and permanently purged these records.
- B. No; the Delta cache may return records from previous versions of the table until the cluster is restarted.
- C. Yes; the Delta cache immediately updates to reflect the latest data files recorded to disk.
- D. No; files containing deleted records may still be accessible with time travel until a vacuum command is used to remove invalidated data files.
- E. No; the Delta Lake delete command only provides ACID guarantees when combined with the merge into command.
Correct Answer: D 🗳️
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A workspace admin has created a new catalog called finance_data and wants to delegate permission management to a finance team lead without giving them full admin rights.
Which privilege should be granted to the finance team lead?
- A. Make the finance team lead a metastore admin.
- B. MANAGE privilege on the finance_data catalog.
- C. GRANT OPTION privilege on the finance_data catalog.
- D. ALL PRIVILEGES on the finance_data catalog.
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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A Delta Lake table representing metadata about content posts from users has the following schema:
* user_id LONG
* post_text STRING
* post_id STRING
* longitude FLOAT
* latitude FLOAT
* post_time TIMESTAMP
* date DATE
Based on the above schema, which column is a good candidate for partitioning the Delta Table?
- A. post_id
- B. post_time
- C. date
- D. user_id
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
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