Prerequisite:

Question: Is the CDP-3002 exam still in beta? Answer: The exam is in beta, which means minor edits may occur. However, you can still earn your certification if you pass.

Question: Who is the ideal candidate for the CDP Data Engineer exam? Answer: This exam is designed for data engineers with a strong understanding of:

• Data workflow design, development, and optimization using Cloudera tools
• Data modeling, storage formats, partitioning, and schema design (including Apache Iceberg)
• Performance optimization, troubleshooting, and resource management
• Cloud-based Cloudera cluster deployment with Spark and Airflow
• Security configuration and monitoring

Question: What are the exam details? Answer:

• Exam Number: CDP-3002
• Questions: 50
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Passing Score: 55%
• Delivery: Online, proctored (Review system requirements on QuestionMark)
• Resources: No reference materials are allowed during the exam.
• Support: Email [email protected] for assistance

Question: What topics are covered on the exam and their weightage? Answer:

• Spark (48%)
• Fundamentals of Spark on Kubernetes
• Working with DataFrames
• Understanding distributed processing
• Hive/Spark Integration
• Airflow (10%)
• Incremental data extraction
• ETL pipeline scheduling
• Implementing quality checks
• Working with DAGs
• Performance Tuning (22%)
• Basic Spark performance tuning tools
• Optimization frameworks and query plan analysis
• Schema inference
• Join performance
• Caching and data reuse
• Partitioned and bucketed tables
• Deployment (10%)
• Using the API and CLI
• Cloudera Data Engineering (CDE) Service
• Iceberg (10%)
• Understanding CDP Iceberg

Question: What training is recommended for exam preparation? Answer: While not mandatory, these Cloudera Educational Services courses cover relevant topics:

• Preparing with Cloudera Data Engineering
• Advanced Spark Application Performance Tuning
• CDP Iceberg Integration (FREE OnDemand)

Hands-on experience is strongly recommended. For the best preparation experience, consider resources available on https://www.QuickTechie.com.

FAQ:

Question: What are the Earning Criteria for clearing Cloudera CDP-3001 Certification?

Answer: The exam tests the skills and knowledge required by Data Developers to use the Cloudera Data Platform to design, build and maintain data applications and pipelines. Skills and knowledge that must be demonstrated include:

• Connect and move data between systems
• Build and manage a data warehouse
• Build, schedule, execute, and monitor data pipelines
• Clean and serve data to the end-users
• Perform data quality checks
• Debug data issues reported by end-users
• Data backup and disaster recovery  

Question: What is the sample link for CDP-2001/ CDP-3001 certification?

Answer: You can check here for sample certificate issued and publicly viewable

Question: What is the full name of the CDP-3001 certification?

Answer: Full name of this certification exam is “CDP Data Developer” and Exam code is “CDP-3001”.

Question: How many questions would be there in real exam?

Answer: There would be in total 65 Number of Questions.

Question: What is the Duration for real exam?

Answer: Real exam would have 90 minutes duration.

Question: Do Cloudera publishes my score in certificate or as part of result?

Answer: No, this is a pass-fail exam. We do not publish exam pass scores. Candidates should not be trying to achieve any particular score. Rather they should be aiming for the highest score possible.

Question: Are there any resources of reference material allowed during this exam?

Answer: No, in previous exam Cloudera was allowing to use reference material. However, for this particular exam this is no more allowed.

Question: Can you please share section wise weight for this CDP-3001 certification exam?

Answer: Yes, this is the most important thing to prepare for the real exam. Which is as below

• Connect and move data between systems 18% (12 Questions)
• Build and manage a data warehouse 13% (9 Questons)
• Build, schedule, execute, and monitor data pipelines 16% (10 Questions)
• Clean and serve data to the end-users 25% (16 Questions)
• Perform data quality checks 11% (7 Questions)
• Debug data issues reported by end-users 6% (4 Questions)
• Data backup and disaster recovery 11% (7 Questions)

Question: I am quite interested to upgrade my Career and looking for this certification quality preparation material. Who can help?

Answer: Only https://www.quicktechie.com can help you to prepare for this certification exam in right manner.

Question: I heard there are two CDP platform for Private Cloud, what are those and what is the difference?

Answer: Yes, you are right there are two CDP platform for private cloud which are as below

• Cloudera Data Platform: Private Cloud Base
• Cloudera Data Platform: Private Cloud Plus

Question: What is the CDP: Private Cloud Base?

Answer: This is very similar to what you have been seeing from last many years like CDH and HDP. This is designed to run on self-contained clusters deployed on bare metal and does not use the cloud native containerized approach upon which the self-service experiences are built. 

Question: What is the CDP Private Cloud Plus?

Answer: This is Private Cloud Base + Integrated with other services and provide services like Data lakes and provide data storage and SDX services.