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Cloud Security

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Cloud Security Operations Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Cloud Security Operations Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of cloud security operations. You will be evaluated on your skills in security monitoring and analysis, security operations management, incident management and response, disaster recovery and business continuity planning, and network and infrastructure security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of operations related to cloud security discipline and has had some working exposure to CCSP cloud application security principles and practices.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of secure cloud computing concepts, architecture, and design principles. You will be evaluated on your recognition of service and deployment models, cloud reference architecture, security principles and requirements, cloud security models, and design principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of the cloud computing conceptual discipline and has had some working exposure to CCSP cloud concepts, architecture, and design principles and practices for secure cloud computing.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Cloud Data, Platform, and Infrastructure Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Cloud Data, Platform, and Infrastructure Security Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of securing cloud platforms, infrastructure, and cloud data. You will be evaluated on your skills in data classification, retention, encryption, leakage and loss prevention, storage security, and backup and recovery. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many security areas concerning cloud platforms, infrastructure, and cloud data. They have some practical experience with CCSP topics, including securing cloud data, virtual and physical components, network design, application development and deployment, vulnerability and identity and access management, and incident response and recovery principles and procedures.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Legal, Risk, and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Legal, Risk, and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of legal, risk, and compliance cloud computing concepts. You will be evaluated on your recognition of relevant laws and regulations, risk assessments and management, compliance frameworks and standards, auditing and assessments, and privacy and data protection. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of the legal, risk, and compliance discipline and has had some working exposure to the CCSP legal, risk, and compliance aspects of cloud computing.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Cloud Application Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Cloud Application Security Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of software and application security. You will be evaluated on your skills in securing Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, securing software development and testing, implementing application security controls, and securing application deployment and maintenance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of the software and application security discipline and has had some working exposure to CCSP cloud application security principles and practices.

Information Security

• CISSP: Security Architecture and Engineering Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The CISSP: Security Architecture and Engineering Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security architecture and engineering. You will be evaluated on secure design principles, cryptography, design vulnerabilities, and site and facility security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding security architecture and engineering terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Software Development Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The CISSP: Software Development Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to software development security. You will be evaluated on software development lifecycles and ecosystems, and software development security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key software development security terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Security Operations Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The CISSP: Security Operations Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security operations concepts. You will be evaluated on security concepts for site and facility security, security operations, and business continuity planning. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key security operations terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Identity and Access Management (IAM) Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 25 questions

  The CISSP: Identity and Access Management (IAM) Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to identity and access management. You will be evaluated on identity and access management principles and deploying identity and access management. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key identity and access management terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Security Assessment and Testing Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The CISSP: Security Assessment and Testing Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security assessment and testing proficiency. You will be evaluated on security assessments and testing, pen testing, and software assessment. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to security assessment and testing proficiency terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Security and Risk Management Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The CISSP: Security and Risk Management Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security and risk management. You will be evaluated on security and risk principles, security governance principles, security policies, risk management, and business continuity planning. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key security and risk management terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Communication and Network Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 15 questions

  The CISSP: Communication and Network Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to communication and network security. You will be evaluated on security governance, communication and network security, and network hardening. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of communication and network security terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Asset Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 15 questions

  The CISSP: Asset Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to asset security. You will be evaluated on asset classification, lifecycle, and change management practices as they relate to security best practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key asset security terminology and concepts.

Software Development

• CSSLP: Secure Software Supply Chain Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Secure Software Supply Chain Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of pedigree and provenance verification and acquisition process support delivery. You will be evaluated on your skills in applying compliance auditing, vulnerability response and reporting, supplier sourcing challenges, best practices for various controls, SLAs, support structures, and product deployment and configuration management. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to incorporate best practices for supply chain and software acquisitions.

• CSSLP: Secure Software Concepts Competency (Intermediate Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Secure Software Concepts Competency benchmark will evaluate your knowledge of the secure software concepts of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA), in addition to concepts that support CIA, such as authentication, authorization, accountability, and non-repudiation. You will be evaluated on your skills in ensuring key design principles are incorporated into the software development lifecycle, such as least privilege, separation of duties, defense in depth, fail-safe, complete mediation, least common, psychological acceptability, and single points of failure, as well as key security practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to describe secure software core concepts and incorporate security practices into the software development lifecycle.

• CSSLP: Secure Software Testing Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Secure Software Testing Competency benchmark assesses your knowledge of essential testing types, as well as how to apply best practices for security testing and quality assurance, bug tracking, and the ISO 9126, SSE-CMM, OSSTMM, and DIACAP standards. You will be evaluated on your skills in performing secure software testing by tracking security errors, securing test data, and verifying and validating testing results. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to recognize and apply testing concepts and use secure software testing best practices.

• CSSLP: Secure Software Implementation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Secure Software Implementation Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of the differences between declarative and programmatic security, in addition to defensive coding practices and applying secure coding controls such as configuration, error handling, and session management. You will be evaluated on your skills in using essential secure coding techniques such as versioning, peer-based code reviews, code analysis, and anti-tampering techniques, as well as analyzing code for security vulnerabilities, identifying malicious code, and securely reusing third-party code and integrating components. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to recognize and apply secure coding practices and assess security vulnerabilities.

• CSSLP: Secure Software Lifecycle Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Secure Software Lifecycle Management Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of secure lifecycle management, including version control, security standards, frameworks, and security metrics, in addition to governance, risk, and compliance (GRC). You will be evaluated on your skills in deploying and maintaining software and operations. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to use the secure lifecycle management model and perform software pre- and post-release activities.

• CSSLP: Secure Software Requirements Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Secure Software Requirements Competency benchmark measures your ability to define software security requirements and identify and analyze compliance requirements, data classification requirements, and privacy requirements. You will be evaluated on your skills in developing misuse and abuse cases, using the Security Requirements Traceability Matrix (STRM), and ensuring security requirements flow down to the suppliers/providers. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize secure software requirements such as abuse cases, software specifications, and traceability matrixes.

• CSSLP: Secure Software Architecture and Design Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Secure Software Architecture and Design Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of common threats such as APT, insider threats, common malware, and third party/supplier risks, as well as performing attack surface evaluation. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing security architecture considerations such as identification and prioritization, distributed/pervasive computing, and applying best practices for securing commonly used architecture and technologies like virtualization, databases, and the programming language environment. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop a threat model, define security architectures, perform an architectural risk assessment, and secure commonly used architectures and technologies.

AI Business Transformation

• Foundations and Guardrails for Generative AI

  5m | 5 questions

  Generative AI is a cutting-edge technology that can be used to optimize content creation, product design, and customer experience enhancement for everyday businesses. Explore strategies that help leverage the power of generative AI to reshape your organization. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.

• Reimagining Work with Generative AI

  4m | 4 questions

  Generative AI's capabilities are transforming the way companies and customers interact and do business. Explore the challenges and opportunities that this new technology may bring. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.

Architecting

• AWS Associate Solutions Architect 2022: Design High-performing Architectures Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The AWS Design High-performing Architectures Competency benchmark measures your ability to identify elastic and scalable compute solutions for a workload. You will be assessed on your skills to select high-performing networking, storage, and database solutions for a workload. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to choose appropriate high-performing solutions.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional 2022: Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to manage virtual machine (VM) hibernation mode, modify instance types to support workloads, configure EC2 Auto Scaling, and enable business continuity using various AWS disaster recovery and high availability solutions. You will be evaluated on your skills in improving AWS service performance, security, and efficiency through continuous monitoring, as well as determining the best migration approach for getting services and data into the AWS Cloud. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to determine a strategy to improve overall operational excellence, security, reliability, and performance.

• AWS Associate Solutions Architect 2022: Design Secure Architectures (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The AWS Design Secure Architectures Competency benchmark evaluates your ability to design a multi-tier architecture solution. You will be measured on your skills in designing decoupling mechanisms using AWS services and choosing appropriate resilient storage. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional 2022: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity Competency (Intermediate Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark calibrates your ability to create and manage virtual private clouds (VPCs), subnets, Elastic IPs, network configurations related to VPC peering, VPNs, Direct Connect, and network gateways, as well as use various AWS network and security solutions. You will be evaluated on your skills in deploying and managing various AWS Network Firewall solutions, configuring one or more AWS accounts using Organizations, and automating resource deployment using templates. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to architect network connectivity strategies and design reliable and resilient architectures.

• AWS Associate Solutions Architect 2022: Design Resilient Architectures Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 18 questions

  The AWS Design Resilient Architectures Competency benchmark evaluates your ability to design a multi-tier architecture solution. You will be measured on your skills in designing decoupling mechanisms using AWS services and choosing appropriate resilient storage. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional 2022: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your recognition of how AWS Global Infrastructure and classifying data can help with meeting business needs. You will be evaluated on your skills in deploying and managing DNS name resolution, Linux and Windows EC2 instances, S3 buckets, objects, and storage tiers. You will also be evaluated on your ability to identify when to use AWS Storage Gateway and CloudFront and plan the deployment and management of AWS databases, ElastiCache, EBS volumes, and EFS. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to determine a new architecture for existing workloads and opportunities for modernization and enhancements.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional 2022: Design for New Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The Design for New Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize when and how to use various AWS cryptographic services and manage IAM users, groups, roles, and policies to secure access to AWS resources. You will be evaluated on your skills in deploying and managing AWS Directory Service solutions, using AWS Backup to ensure business continuity for backed-up data, and managing monthly AWS cloud computing charges. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to design a deployment strategy to meet business and reliability requirements and determine security controls based on requirements.

• AWS Associate Solutions Architect 2022: Design Cost-optimized Architectures Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The AWS Design Cost-optimized Architectures Competency benchmark measures your ability to select appropriate scaling strategies from a cost perspective, identify when content delivery can be used to reduce costs, and recognize the strategies to reduce data transfer costs within AWS. You will be evaluated on your skills to determine the most cost-effective database options based on requirements. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to identify cost-effective storage solutions, compute, database, and network services.

Developing

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 2021: AWS Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code Competency (Intermediate Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The AWS Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code Competency benchmark evaluates your knowledge of how AWS CloudFormation can be used to automatically provision and manage infrastructure, as well as how and why AWS Elastic Beanstalk is used. You will be evaluated on your implementation skills for AWS Lambda and API Gateway deployments, knowledge of differentiation between Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Elastic Container Registry (ECR), and your ECS and ECR container application skills. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to outline the importance of configuration management in an AWS environment and can use AWS tools for configuration management.

• AWS Developer Associate 2021: AWS Development and Refactoring Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The AWS Development and Refactoring Competency benchmark measures your ability to write code that interacts with AWS services by using APIs, SDKs, and AWS CLI. You will be assessed on your understanding of translating functional requirements into application design and implementing the design into application code. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to write resilient code for serverless applications and optimize applications to best use AWS services and features.

• AWS Developer Associate 2021: AWS Deployment Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The AWS Deployment Competency benchmark measures your ability to prepare application deployment packages to be deployed to AWS and AWS Elastic Beanstalk. You will be evaluated on your skills to deploy written code in AWS using existing CI/CD pipelines, processes, and patterns. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to deploy serverless applications.

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 2021: AWS Monitoring and Logging Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The AWS Monitoring and Logging Competency benchmark assesses your understanding of communicating the required policy based on the least privileges required by the application, as well as your ability to encrypt data at rest and in transit. You will be evaluated on your implementation skills for application authentication and authorization using Amazon Cognito. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to implement encryption using AWS services and make authenticated calls to AWS services.

• AWS Certified Developer - Associate 2022: Development with AWS Services Competency (Intermediate Level)

  33m | 33 questions

  The Development with AWS Services Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of how to install, manage, and use the AWS CLI and AWS SDKs to make API calls; use AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, AWS storage services; and configure tools in AWS to build stateless applications. You will be evaluated on your skills in utilizing each type of database and analytics service offered by AWS and deploying applications using a microservice architecture. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with various AWS services for development.

• AWS Developer Associate 2021: AWS Monitoring and Troubleshooting Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The AWS Monitoring and Troubleshooting Competency benchmark measures your ability to create custom Amazon CloudWatch metrics, perform logging, and enable tracing. You will be assessed on your knowledge to identify errors in logs and utilize AWS services to locate a specific faulty component. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to write code that can be monitored and perform root cause analysis on faults found in testing or production.

• AWS Certified Developer - Associate 2022: Deployment Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Deployment Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark calibrates your ability to use various AWS technologies to provision configuration as code (CaC) and orchestrate AWS code services to create CI/CD processes. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing the use of AWS Elastic Beanstalk, deploying applications and environments using Elastic Beanstalk, as well as efficiently using the Amazon EC2 service to configure, launch, secure, and interact with computing environments on AWS. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to automate deployment testing, prepare application artifacts to be deployed to AWS, and deploy code using AWS CI/CD services.

• AWS Certified Developer - Associate 2022: Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Security Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark calibrates your ability to recognize the features of IAM and other AWS authentication and authorization services, as well as protect and secure AWS cloud data and applications using various AWS services. You will be evaluated on your skills in securing a network in a cloud environment using network segmentation, network protocols, and network services, as well as using AWS CloudTrail, Amazon CloudWatch, and Elastic Load Balancing. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to describe and use AWS security controls to secure AWS services.

• AWS Certified Developer - Associate 2022: Troubleshooting and Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Troubleshooting and Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge to describe and use AWS troubleshooting and monitoring and performance optimization tools and resources and various tools and services provided by AWS for optimizing performance and efficiency. You will be evaluated on your skills to describe various methods and tools provided to resolve cloud- or network-related connectivity, security, configuration, and performance issues and troubleshoot security issues in AWS. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that she/he has the skills to observe, monitor and optimize applications by using AWS services and features

• AWS Developer Associate 2021: AWS Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  26m | 26 questions

  The AWS Security Competency benchmark assesses your ability to communicate required security policies based on the least privileges required by the application and your knowledge of encrypting data at rest and in transit. You will be evaluated on your skills to implement application authentication and authorization using Amazon Cognito. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement encryption using AWS services and make authenticated calls to AWS services.

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 2021: AWS SDLC Automation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The AWS SDLC Automation Competency benchmark assesses your understanding of concepts, such as using the AWS CodeCommit service to apply source code control in the software development life cycle (SDLC). You will be evaluated on your skills for using AWS CodeDeploy to demonstrate concepts related to the deployment stage of the SDLC. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to apply concepts related to the SDLC CI/CD pipeline using AWS CodePipeline and related tools and services.

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 2021: AWS Policies and Standards Automation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The AWS Policies and Standards Automation Competency benchmark measures your skills for setting up automatic monitoring and response to health and performance incidents. You will be evaluated on your skills to set up automatic cost management, budgeting, and optimization of resource costs. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to apply governance standards and monitor compliance with the governance strategy.

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 2021: AWS Incident and Event Response Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The AWS Incident and Event Response Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of the concepts and steps required to restore operations, troubleshoot issues, automate event management, and alerting. You will be evaluated on your skills with the concepts and steps required to implement and utilize automated healing. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement event-driven automated actions.

Operations

• AWS SysOps Associate 2022: AWS Networking and Content Delivery Competency (Intermediate Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The AWS Networking and Content Delivery Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to use VPCs and subnets to address cloud networking needs using the AWS Console, CLI, and PowerShell. You will be evaluated on your skills in configuring VPC DHCP and DNS settings, subnetting IP addressing, creating and assigning Elastic IP addresses to provide public IP addressing, peering VPCs together, configuring a VPN, and troubleshooting VPC issues. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement networking and configure domains, DNS services, and content delivery, as well as troubleshoot network connectivity issues.

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 2021: AWS Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code Competency (Intermediate Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The AWS Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code Competency benchmark evaluates your knowledge of how AWS CloudFormation can be used to automatically provision and manage infrastructure, as well as how and why AWS Elastic Beanstalk is used. You will be evaluated on your implementation skills for AWS Lambda and API Gateway deployments, knowledge of differentiation between Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Elastic Container Registry (ECR), and your ECS and ECR container application skills. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to outline the importance of configuration management in an AWS environment and can use AWS tools for configuration management.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2021: AWS Cost and Performance Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The AWS Cost and Performance Optimization Competency benchmark measures your ability to implement cost allocation tags, identify opportunities to use managed services, and remediate underutilized or unused resources using AWS services, tools, budgets, and billing alarms. You will be assessed on your skills in recommending compute resources based on performance metrics, implement S3 performance features, and enable enhanced EC2 capabilities. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement cost optimization and performance optimization strategies.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2022: AWS Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The AWS Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of how CloudWatch can be used to track AWS and on-premises service performance and provide alert notifications based on configured metric thresholds. You will be evaluated on your ability to use EventBridge rules and trigger actions for notifications, work with CloudWatch dashboards and notifications between AWS accounts, and monitor VPC network traffic. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to remediate issues based on monitoring and availability metrics.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2021: AWS Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The AWS Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation Competency benchmark assesses your ability to implement metrics, alarms, and filters by using AWS monitoring and logging services. You will be evaluated on your skills in taking corrective action based on notifications and alarms, configuring Amazon EventBridge rules to trigger actions, and using AWS Systems Manager Automation documents to take action based on AWS Config rules. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to remediate issues based on monitoring and availability metrics

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 2021: AWS Monitoring and Logging Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The AWS Monitoring and Logging Competency benchmark assesses your understanding of communicating the required policy based on the least privileges required by the application, as well as your ability to encrypt data at rest and in transit. You will be evaluated on your implementation skills for application authentication and authorization using Amazon Cognito. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to implement encryption using AWS services and make authenticated calls to AWS services.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2021: AWS Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The AWS Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation Competency benchmark measures your ability to create and manage AMIs and AWS CloudFormation, provision resources across multiple AWS Regions and accounts, and identify and remediate deployment issues. You will be evaluated on your skills in using AWS services, implementing automated patch management, and scheduling automated tasks by using AWS services. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to provision and maintain cloud resources and automate manual or repeatable processes.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2021: AWS Security and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The AWS Security and Compliance Competency benchmark measures your ability to troubleshoot and audit access issues using AWS services, validate service control policies and permissions boundaries, and implement secure multi-account strategies. You will be evaluated on your skills in implementing data and infrastructure protection strategies, securely storing secrets using AWS services, and reviewing reports and findings. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement and manage security and compliance policies.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2021: AWS Reliability and Business Continuity Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The AWS Reliability and Business Continuity Competency benchmark measures your ability to create and maintain AWS Auto Scaling plans, caching, Amazon RDS and Aurora Replicas, and loosely coupled architectures, as well as differentiate between horizontal and vertical scaling. You will be evaluated on your skills in configuring AWS Elastic Load Balancing and Amazon Route 53 health checks and implementing fault-tolerant workloads. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement scalability, elasticity, high availability, resilient environments, and backup and restore strategies.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2022: AWS Reliability and Business Continuity Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The AWS Reliability and Business Continuity Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of AWS disaster recovery, backup and restore, and multi-AZ deployments. You will be evaluated on your ability to maintain the stability, security, and performance of AWS-based applications and infrastructure. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement scalability, elasticity, high availability, resilient environments, and backup and restore strategies for AWS-based systems.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2022: AWS Security and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The AWS Security and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to detect security vulnerabilities using Amazon Inspector and use Amazon GuardDuty to view security findings. You will be evaluated on your skills in viewing Security Hub recommendations, examining the AWS Health Dashboard to view the status of AWS services, and working with Amazon CloudTrail to audit AWS service usage and ensure log integrity. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement and manage security and compliance policies.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2022: AWS Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The AWS Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to select appropriate deployment scenarios and services, provision resources across multiple AWS Regions and accounts, and perform automated patch management. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating and managing AMIs, using and troubleshooting AWS CloudFormation, identifying and remedying deployment issues, and using AWS services to schedule automated tasks. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to provision and maintain cloud resources and automate manual or repeatable processes.

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 2021: AWS SDLC Automation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The AWS SDLC Automation Competency benchmark assesses your understanding of concepts, such as using the AWS CodeCommit service to apply source code control in the software development life cycle (SDLC). You will be evaluated on your skills for using AWS CodeDeploy to demonstrate concepts related to the deployment stage of the SDLC. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to apply concepts related to the SDLC CI/CD pipeline using AWS CodePipeline and related tools and services.

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 2021: AWS Policies and Standards Automation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The AWS Policies and Standards Automation Competency benchmark measures your skills for setting up automatic monitoring and response to health and performance incidents. You will be evaluated on your skills to set up automatic cost management, budgeting, and optimization of resource costs. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to apply governance standards and monitor compliance with the governance strategy.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2021: AWS Networking and Content Delivery Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The AWS Networking and Content Delivery Competency benchmark measures your ability to configure a VPC, private connectivity, and AWS network protection services. You will be evaluated on your skills in configuring domains, DNS services, and content delivery. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement and troubleshoot network connectivity issues.

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 2021: AWS Incident and Event Response Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The AWS Incident and Event Response Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of the concepts and steps required to restore operations, troubleshoot issues, automate event management, and alerting. You will be evaluated on your skills with the concepts and steps required to implement and utilize automated healing. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement event-driven automated actions.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2022: AWS Cost and Performance Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The AWS Cost and Performance Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of AWS Compute Optimizer and various cost savings strategies to reduce monthly charges across all AWS services. You will be evaluated on your skills in configuring the S3 Requester Pays option, working with Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance reservations and Spot Instances, and tagging resources for cost allocation using the Console, CLI, and PowerShell. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement cost optimization and performance optimization strategies.

Specialty

• AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty: Modeling Competency (Intermediate Level)

  34m | 34 questions

  The AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty: Modeling Competency benchmark measures your ability to frame business problems as machine learning problems, select and train appropriate machine learning models for the problem, perform hyperparameter optimizations for tuning the model, and evaluate the models. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to build and develop machine learning solutions on AWS.

• AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty: Data Engineering Competency (Intermediate Level)

  27m | 27 questions

  The AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty: Data Engineering Competency benchmark measures your ability to create data repositories for machine learning, identify and implement data ingestion solutions, and identify and implement a data transformation solution. This competency tests your skills in identifying data sources, determining storage mediums, implementing data ingestion pipelines using AWS Kinesis, and your ability to identify data transformation solutions with Amazon Glue/EMR/Batch. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary data engineering skills to implement machine learning solutions on AWS.

• AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty: Implementation and Operations Competency (Intermediate Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty: Implementation and Operations Competency benchmark measures your ability to build machine learning solutions for performance, availability, scalability, and fault tolerance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recommend appropriate machine learning algorithms for a given problem and apply basic AWS security practices to machine learning solutions.

• AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty: Exploratory Data Analysis Competency (Intermediate Level)

  34m | 34 questions

  The AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty: Exploratory Data Analysis Competency benchmark measures your ability to explore, sanitize, and prepare data for modeling, perform feature engineering, and analyze and visualize data for machine learning. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary skills to identify and handle dirty data, transform data, recognize labeled data and identify migration strategies, identify and extract features from data sets, graph data, interpret descriptive statistics, and perform clustering.

Entry

• Cisco Core Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Cisco Core Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms related to Cisco core concepts. You will be evaluated on Layer 1 and 2 technologies, network addressing, Cisco operating systems, IOS commands, and troubleshooting. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have knowledge of core Cisco components and tools.

Professional

• Cisco Network Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Cisco Network Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco network security. You will be evaluated on security models, frameworks, DHCP snooping, IP Source Guard, port security, network hardening, network access, and IPsec. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary for understanding key Cisco network security terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Cisco Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to architecture and design concepts. You will be evaluated on security concepts for enterprise networks, implementing resilience, security concepts for virtualization and cloud, security controls, authentication, and design. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key architecture and design terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Firepower Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The Cisco Firepower Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco Firepower concepts. You will be evaluated on prefilter policies, security intelligence, DNS policies, QoS, and packet capture. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco Firepower terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Endpoint and Network Access Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Cisco Endpoint and Network Access Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco endpoints and network access. You will be evaluated on endpoint security, endpoint solutions, device compliance, exfiltration, telemetry, and security products. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary for understanding key Cisco endpoints and network access terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Firepower Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Cisco Firepower Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco Firepower concepts. You will be evaluated on Cisco firewalls, IPS systems, Firepower Management Center deployments and settings, and NGFW modes and deployments. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco Firepower terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Enterprise Campus Networks Mastery (Expert Level)

  30m | 15 questions

  The Cisco Enterprise Campus Networks Mastery benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related Cisco Enterprise Campus Networks Mastery. You will be evaluated on addressing plans, routing design, BGP concepts, and advanced design principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco Enterprise Campus Networks Mastery terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Cloud and Content Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Cisco Cloud and Content Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco cloud and content security. You will be evaluated on cloud deployment, service models, traffic management, and umbrella protection. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary for understanding key Cisco cloud and content security terminology and concepts.

Cloud Basics

• Cloud Architect Competency (Intermediate Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Cloud Architect Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has been exposed to typical cloud technologies, practices, and principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an entry to intermediate level of skill on modern cloud services, tools, jargon, and processes.

• Cloud for Engineering Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Cloud for Engineering Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to outline and use cloud infrastructure and services. You will be evaluated on your recognition of how to meet cloud compliance requirements, monitor resource usage, and optimize costs. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience with cloud computing frameworks and can lead cloud teams.

• Cloud for Engineering Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Cloud for Engineering Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify the value and best practices of cloud computing and services. You will be evaluated on your ability to outline and use cloud infrastructure and services. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience with cloud computing frameworks.

• Cloud Business Model, Adoption, and Business Transformation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Cloud Business Model, Adoption, and Business Transformation Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your comprehensive understanding of key cloud computing concepts. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of the cloud business model, cloud adoption, and cloud business transformation. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have competency in many areas of this domain and have the knowledge and insights needed to make informed decisions about adopting cloud computing solutions and leveraging its advantages to drive business growth and innovation. This learner has also had some working exposure in exploring the cloud business models and understanding of how cloud computing can transform their organization's operations, scalability, and cost-efficiency.

• Security, Risk, and Compliance in the Cloud Competency (Intermediate Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The Security, Risk, and Compliance in the Cloud Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in managing security, risk, and compliance in the cloud era. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of key topics such as security management, risk assessments, and compliance considerations in the context of cloud computing. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have competency in many areas of operations related to navigating the complex landscape of cloud security, risk, and compliance. They have also had some working exposure to developing and implementing effective security strategies, conducting risk assessments, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations in the cloud era.

• Defining Cloud Computing for Decision-makers Literacy (Beginner Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Defining Cloud Computing for Decision-makers Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your understanding of the cloud computing basics needed for decision-makers. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of the key concepts of the foundations of cloud computing principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have literacy in many areas of this domain and have the knowledge and insights needed to understand the fundamentals of various cloud computing solutions.

• Cloud for Non-tech Learners

  10m | 10 questions

  The Cloud for Non-tech Learners benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to cloud. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of platform as a service (PaaS), cloud computing types, the cloud value proposition, how cloud improved productivity, and how cloud impacts business. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills related to cloud terminology and concepts.

• Cloud Architect Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  51m | 30 questions

  The extensive Cloud Architect Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has experience with advanced cloud technologies, practices, and principles. Although there are many important assessments here, a learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an intermediate to advanced level of skill on modern cloud services, tools, jargon, and processes.

• Cloud Architect Literacy (Beginner Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The Cloud Architect literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure to cloud technologies, practices, and principles and can participate at a literate level in meetings and discussions. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an entry-level skill on modern cloud services, tools, jargon, and processes.

Cloud Development

• AWS Certified Developer - Associate 2022: Development with AWS Services Competency (Intermediate Level)

  33m | 33 questions

  The Development with AWS Services Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of how to install, manage, and use the AWS CLI and AWS SDKs to make API calls; use AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, AWS storage services; and configure tools in AWS to build stateless applications. You will be evaluated on your skills in utilizing each type of database and analytics service offered by AWS and deploying applications using a microservice architecture. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with various AWS services for development.

• AWS Certified Developer - Associate 2022: Deployment Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Deployment Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark calibrates your ability to use various AWS technologies to provision configuration as code (CaC) and orchestrate AWS code services to create CI/CD processes. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing the use of AWS Elastic Beanstalk, deploying applications and environments using Elastic Beanstalk, as well as efficiently using the Amazon EC2 service to configure, launch, secure, and interact with computing environments on AWS. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to automate deployment testing, prepare application artifacts to be deployed to AWS, and deploy code using AWS CI/CD services.

• AWS Certified Developer - Associate 2022: Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Security Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark calibrates your ability to recognize the features of IAM and other AWS authentication and authorization services, as well as protect and secure AWS cloud data and applications using various AWS services. You will be evaluated on your skills in securing a network in a cloud environment using network segmentation, network protocols, and network services, as well as using AWS CloudTrail, Amazon CloudWatch, and Elastic Load Balancing. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to describe and use AWS security controls to secure AWS services.

• AWS Certified Developer - Associate 2022: Troubleshooting and Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Troubleshooting and Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge to describe and use AWS troubleshooting and monitoring and performance optimization tools and resources and various tools and services provided by AWS for optimizing performance and efficiency. You will be evaluated on your skills to describe various methods and tools provided to resolve cloud- or network-related connectivity, security, configuration, and performance issues and troubleshoot security issues in AWS. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that she/he has the skills to observe, monitor and optimize applications by using AWS services and features

Cloud Platforms

• AWS SysOps Associate 2022: AWS Networking and Content Delivery Competency (Intermediate Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The AWS Networking and Content Delivery Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to use VPCs and subnets to address cloud networking needs using the AWS Console, CLI, and PowerShell. You will be evaluated on your skills in configuring VPC DHCP and DNS settings, subnetting IP addressing, creating and assigning Elastic IP addresses to provide public IP addressing, peering VPCs together, configuring a VPN, and troubleshooting VPC issues. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement networking and configure domains, DNS services, and content delivery, as well as troubleshoot network connectivity issues.

• AWS Cloud Practitioner 2022: Security and Compliance Literacy (Beginner Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The Security and Compliance Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark calibrates your ability to define a variety of core security support resources. You will be evaluated on your recognition of the tools used in AWS access management and the associated best practices. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to recognize and follow security and compliance and work with access management in AWS.

• Microsoft Azure Administrator: Deploy and Manage Azure Compute Resources Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Deploy and Manage Azure Compute Resources Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your expertise in the deployment, configuration, and management of Azure virtual machines, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Functions, and other compute resources. You will be evaluated on your understanding of Azure compute resources and your ability to determine which resources are best suited for a given workload. A learner who scores high on this competency demonstrates their ability to design and implement scalable solutions that can handle high-traffic workloads, monitor and optimize resource usage to ensure optimal performance and cost efficiency, and implement security measures and disaster recovery plans to protect your resources and ensure business continuity.

• AZ-400: Configure Processes and Communications Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Configure Processes and Communications Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to configure and manage the processes and communication channels required for effective DevOps practices, automate tasks, and ensure high-quality and reliable software delivery. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating, customizing, and optimizing processes, as well as using collaboration tools and communication channels to facilitate communication and collaboration between teams. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they can effectively manage and automate the entire software development lifecycle while ensuring high quality and reliability. They are also able to implement best practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), automate manual tasks, and improve efficiency and productivity.

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 2021: AWS Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code Competency (Intermediate Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The AWS Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code Competency benchmark evaluates your knowledge of how AWS CloudFormation can be used to automatically provision and manage infrastructure, as well as how and why AWS Elastic Beanstalk is used. You will be evaluated on your implementation skills for AWS Lambda and API Gateway deployments, knowledge of differentiation between Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Elastic Container Registry (ECR), and your ECS and ECR container application skills. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to outline the importance of configuration management in an AWS environment and can use AWS tools for configuration management.

• Microsoft 365 Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Microsoft 365 Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Microsoft 365. You will be evaluated on Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 features, collaboration tools available in Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams features, Microsoft 365 security, mobile device management, and Microsoft 365 pricing. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Microsoft 365 terminology and concepts.

• Azure AI Fundamentals: Computer Vision on Microsoft Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Computer Vision on Microsoft Azure Competency benchmark measures your ability to recall and identify the common types of computer vision solutions, and Azure tools and services for computer vision tasks. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to build computer vision solutions on the Azure platform.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional 2020: Continuous Improvement and Migration Planning Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The AWS Continuous Improvement and Migration Planning Proficiency benchmark assesses your ability to troubleshoot solution architectures and determine the strategies to improve the performance, reliability, and development of an existing solution. You will be evaluated on your skills to select migration tools and/or services for new and migrated solutions and determine a strategy for migrating existing on-premises workloads to the cloud. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to determine a new cloud architecture and a strategy to improve an existing solution for operational excellence.

• AZ-900: Azure Networking and App Services Literacy (Beginner Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The AZ-900: Azure Networking and App Services Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your comprehensive understanding of the foundational networking components of Azure. You will be evaluated on your ability to configure key Azure network infrastructure components such as virtual networks (VNets) and subnets. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have competency in many areas of this domain, including the knowledge and insights needed to make informed decisions about establishing secure connections through Azure VNet peering and VPNs and deploying and managing Azure App Services for web and mobile applications.

• AZ-400: Implement an Instrumentation Strategy Competency (Intermediate Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Implement an Instrumentation Strategy Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to implement effective instrumentation strategies for software development. You will be evaluated on your ability to collect and analyze data from different sources, monitor performance and usage, and optimize system behavior and user experience. You will also be evaluated on your skills in implementing instrumentation strategies that include monitoring and logging tools, telemetry data collection, and analysis techniques. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the ability to implement effective instrumentation strategies. This competency is essential for software development teams to monitor and optimize system performance, improve user experience, and ensure continuous improvement.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2022: AWS Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The AWS Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of how CloudWatch can be used to track AWS and on-premises service performance and provide alert notifications based on configured metric thresholds. You will be evaluated on your ability to use EventBridge rules and trigger actions for notifications, work with CloudWatch dashboards and notifications between AWS accounts, and monitor VPC network traffic. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to remediate issues based on monitoring and availability metrics.

• AZ-400: Develop a Security and Compliance Plan Competency (Intermediate Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Develop a Security and Compliance Plan Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to develop and implement effective security and compliance plans for software development. You will be evaluated on your ability to identify and mitigate security risks, comply with regulations and standards, and establish an organizational culture of security. You will also be evaluated on your skills in developing and implementing security and compliance plans, using tools to monitor and manage security risks and compliance requirements, and implementing best practices for secure software development. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the ability to develop and implement effective security and compliance plans. This competency is essential for software development teams to protect sensitive data, ensure compliance with regulations and standards, and maintain the trust of customers and stakeholders.

• Azure Core Services Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Azure Core Services Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Azure core services. You will be evaluated on Azure networking, Azure storage, Azure data, and Azure security services. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Azure core services terminology and concepts.

• Azure Identity, Governance, Privacy, and Compliance Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Azure Identity, Governance, Privacy, and Compliance Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Azure identity, governance, privacy, and compliance concepts. You will be evaluated on Azure policies, PII and data privacy, the Azure Advisor, the key vault, and Azure tenants. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key Azure concepts and terminology related to Azure identity, governance, privacy, and compliance

• AZ-900: Azure Management and Governance Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The AZ-900: Azure Management and Governance Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your understanding of the management and governance aspects of Azure services and Azure cloud computing basics. You will be evaluated on your ability to use Azure management tools to efficiently manage resources and organize and manage the Microsoft Azure hierarchy. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have literacy in many areas of this domain, including the knowledge and insights needed to implement Azure RBAC and Azure Policy for access control and governance and optimizing costs through effective cost management techniques.

• AWS Cloud Practitioner: Economics, Security, and Compliance Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The AWS Cloud Economics, Security, and Compliance Literacy benchmark measures your ability to recognize the AWS shared responsibility model. You will be assessed on your knowledge in AWS Cloud costs and economics, compliance solutions, identity management, and key security features. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to understand AWS compliance, and apply security best practices and billing practices.

• Azure Security Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 22 questions

  The Azure Security Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Azure security services. You will be evaluated on security features offered by Azure, protecting your network with firewall rules, the Azure key vault, storage security, and IAM. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of common Azure security terminology and concepts.

• Serverless Competency (Intermediate Level)

  26m | 26 questions

  The Serverless Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has working experience with Serverless practices, tools, and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional mastery in all of the major areas of the Serverless discipline across a variety of different platforms and deployments. This learner can work and act independently of others but requires supervision and oversight.

• AZ-900: Azure Identity and Security Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The AZ-900: Azure Identity and Security Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in managing Azure Active Directory (AD). You will be evaluated on your ability to execute user and group management, implement various authentication methods, and enable multi-factor authentication (MFA). A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have literacy in securing Azure networks through network security best practices and configuring Azure network security groups (NSGs) to enforce network-level security policies.

• AZ-400: Design and Implement Build and Release Pipelines Competency (Intermediate Level)

  32m | 32 questions

  The Design and Implement Build and Release Pipelines Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to design and implement effective build and release pipelines for software development. You will be evaluated on your ability to create automated build and release processes that integrate with source control systems, perform tests, and deploy code to different environments. You will also be evaluated on your skills in using tools to create and manage pipelines, configure triggers, and automate tasks, as well as implementing best practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD). Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the ability to create and manage efficient and reliable build and release pipelines. This competency is essential for software development teams to deliver high-quality code quickly and securely, reduce deployment errors, and ensure continuous improvement.

• Azure AI Fundamentals: Artificial Intelligence on Microsoft Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m 59s | 16 questions

  The Artificial Intelligence on Microsoft Azure Competency benchmark measures your ability to recall and identify the features of common AI workloads and principles for responsible AI implementation. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary knowledge of AI workloads on the Azure platform.

• VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Virtual Machine Resource Management and Availability Competency (Intermediate Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Virtual Machine Resource Management and Availability Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of how to create, configure, and manage virtual machines, as well as manage vSphere availability and provide resource management solutions. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have competency in many areas of the VMware administration discipline and have some working exposure to managing virtual machine resources with vSphere availability and management principles and practices.

• Serverless Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Serverless Literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has had some exposure to Serverless practice and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates literacy in all areas of the Serverless discipline, can participate in Serverless discussions, and recognize the advice of more advanced Serverless practitioners.

• AWS Associate Solutions Architect 2020: Design Cost-optimized Architectures Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The AWS Design Cost-optimized Architectures Competency benchmark measures your ability to select appropriate scaling strategies from a cost perspective, identify when content delivery can be used to reduce costs, and recognize the strategies to reduce data transfer costs within AWS. You will be evaluated on your skills to determine the most cost-effective database options based on requirements. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to identify cost-effective solutions for storage, compute, database, and network services.

• Microsoft 365 Awareness (Entry Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Microsoft 365 Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Microsoft 365. You will be evaluated on cloud concepts, Microsoft 365 features, Microsoft Teams, collaboration, Microsoft 365 security, and managing mobile devices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Microsoft 365 terminology and concepts.

• Cloud Awareness (Entry Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Cloud Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key cloud technologies. You will be evaluated on the premise of cloud computing, cloud types, virtualization concepts, and cloud service types. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an awareness of different cloud computing concepts.

• CloudOps Mastery (Expert Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The CloudOps Mastery benchmark measures whether a learner has extensive expertise in cloud operations technologies, practices, and principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional mastery in all of the major areas of cloud operations, across a variety of different cloud platforms and deployments.

• AZ-900: Azure Resilience and Monitoring Literacy (Beginner Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The AZ-900: Azure Resilience and Monitoring Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in ensuring high availability and effective monitoring of Azure services. You will be evaluated on your ability to implement strategies for Azure service resilience to ensure fault tolerance and availability. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have literacy in the knowledge and understanding of monitoring Azure services using Azure Monitor and Azure Log Analytics to collect and analyze telemetry data, set up alerts, and monitor the performance and health of Azure resources.

• Microsoft Azure Administrator: Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources Competency (Intermediate Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to monitor and manage the performance, availability, and cost of Azure resources. You will be evaluated on your skills in using Azure Monitor to monitor resource performance, creating and managing alerts, implementing automation and management solutions, and optimizing costs. A learner who scores high on this competency demonstrates their ability to monitor and manage Azure resources effectively, ensure high performance and availability, optimize costs, and maintain a secure and compliant environment. They also can identify and eliminate waste, optimize resource utilization, and implement cost management solutions.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional 2022: Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to manage virtual machine (VM) hibernation mode, modify instance types to support workloads, configure EC2 Auto Scaling, and enable business continuity using various AWS disaster recovery and high availability solutions. You will be evaluated on your skills in improving AWS service performance, security, and efficiency through continuous monitoring, as well as determining the best migration approach for getting services and data into the AWS Cloud. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to determine a strategy to improve overall operational excellence, security, reliability, and performance.

• Azure Cloud Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Azure Cloud Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recognize terms and concepts related to key Azure Cloud features. You will be evaluated on Azure services, Azure subscriptions, and Azure security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key Azure cloud terminology and concepts.

• Serverless Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The Serverless Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has an advanced understanding of Serverless practices with additional experience with Serverless tools and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional proficiency in all of the major areas of the Serverless discipline across a variety of different platforms and deployments. This learner works and acts almost 100% independently of others and is seen as a leader in the industry.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional 2020: Design for New Security Solutions Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The AWS Design for New Security Solutions Proficiency benchmark measures your skills to determine cross-account authentication and access strategy and to design a multi-account AWS environment for complex organizations. You will be evaluated on your skills to determine an auditing strategy for authentication and access. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement the most appropriate account structure for proper agility and security.

• AWS Cloud Awareness (Entry Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The AWS Cloud Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize terms and concepts related to key AWS cloud concepts. You will be evaluated on the AWS value proposition, AWS cloud core services, elasticity, security, and storage. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key AWS cloud terminology and concepts.

• VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vCenter Administration and Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  9m | 9 questions

  The VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vCenter Administration and Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of how to administer and manage vCenter Server and vSphere Client. You will be evaluated on your skills in configuring vCenter Server settings, managing vCenter Server inventory objects, and performing basic troubleshooting tasks. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have competency in many areas of the VMware administration discipline and have working exposure to VMware vSphere 7 vCenter administration and management principles and practices.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional 2020: Organizational Complexity and Cost Control Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The AWS Organizational Complexity and Cost Control Proficiency benchmark measures your ability to design a multi-account AWS environment for complex organizations. You will be evaluated on your skills to determine which controls to design and implement in order to ensure cost optimization and identify opportunities to reduce cost in an existing architecture. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates their skills to use AWS Organizations and select a cost-effective pricing model for a solution services.

• VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Performance Tuning, Optimization, and Scaling Competency (Intermediate Level)

  5m | 5 questions

  The VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Performance Tuning, Optimization, and Scaling Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of how to optimize and scale vSphere environments. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have competency in many areas of the VMware administration discipline and have some working exposure to VMware performance tuning, optimization, and upgrade principles and practices.

• AZ-500: Azure Storage and Data Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Azure Storage and Data Security Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your comprehensive understanding of securing and managing the storage and data within the Azure platform. You will be evaluated on your ability to manage Azure storage and file shares, secure Azure databases, and implement data security measures. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain and has the knowledge and insights needed to ensure that data stored within the Azure platform remains safe, secure, and accessible only to authorized personnel.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional 2020: Design for New Infrastructure Management Solutions Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The AWS Design for New Infrastructure Management Solutions Proficiency benchmark evaluates your ability to determine a deployment strategy that meets business requirements when designing and implementing a solution. You will be measured on your skills to determine a solution design to meet performance objectives and ensure business continuity. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to determine reliability and security requirements when designing and implementing a solution.

• VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Networking and Storage Competency (Intermediate Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Networking and Storage Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of how to configure and manage vSphere standard and distributed switches and vSphere storage solutions. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have competency in many areas of the VMware administration discipline and have some working exposure to VMware vSphere 7 networking and storage principles and practices.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2022: AWS Reliability and Business Continuity Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The AWS Reliability and Business Continuity Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of AWS disaster recovery, backup and restore, and multi-AZ deployments. You will be evaluated on your ability to maintain the stability, security, and performance of AWS-based applications and infrastructure. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement scalability, elasticity, high availability, resilient environments, and backup and restore strategies for AWS-based systems.

• Azure AI Fundamentals: Machine Learning on Microsoft Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Machine Learning on Microsoft Azure Competency benchmark measures your ability to recall and identify common machine learning types, core machine learning concepts such as identifying features and labels in a dataset, core tasks in creating machine learning solutions, and capabilities of no-code machine learning with Azure Learning Studio. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to build machine learning solutions on the Azure platform.

• Microsoft Azure Administrator: Implement and Manage Storage Competency (Intermediate Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The Implement and Manage Storage Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to design and implement storage solutions that meet business requirements, protect critical data, and ensure high availability of storage resources. Learners will be evaluated on their skills in managing Azure Storage, creating storage accounts, configuring storage options, implementing Azure Backup, and monitoring and optimizing storage performance. A learner who scores high on this competency demonstrates their ability to design and implement storage solutions that meet performance, scalability, and availability requirements. They also have knowledge of how to select and configure the appropriate storage options to meet specific business needs and monitor and optimize storage performance.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2022: AWS Security and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The AWS Security and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to detect security vulnerabilities using Amazon Inspector and use Amazon GuardDuty to view security findings. You will be evaluated on your skills in viewing Security Hub recommendations, examining the AWS Health Dashboard to view the status of AWS services, and working with Amazon CloudTrail to audit AWS service usage and ensure log integrity. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement and manage security and compliance policies.

• AWS Associate Solutions Architect 2020: Design Secure Applications and Architectures Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The AWS Design Secure Applications and Architectures Competency benchmark measures your ability to determine when and how to use security groups and to select appropriate data security options. You will be assessed on your skills to design secure access to AWS resources and choose appropriate services to create traceability for access to AWS resources. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to design secure application tiers and select appropriate policies and AWS services to protect against threats.

• Azure Management Tools Literacy (Beginner Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Azure Management Tools Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Azure management tools. You will be evaluated on using the CLI to manage resources, using PowerShell to manage resources, managing virtual networks, managing storage, managing virtual machines, and managing security groups. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Azure management tools terminology and concepts.

• Azure Cost Management and Service Level Agreements Literacy (Beginner Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Azure Cost Management and Service Level Agreements Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Azure cost management and service level agreements. You will be evaluated on Azure monitoring, configuring alerts, and analyzing Azure costs and invoices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key Azure cost management and service level agreement terminology and features.

• AZ-400: Design and Implement Source Control Competency (Intermediate Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The Design and Implement Source Control Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to design and implement effective source control strategies for software development. You will be evaluated on your skills in effectively creating and managing code branches, managing conflicts and merges, and implementing code reviews to ensure code quality and compliance with development standards. You will also be evaluated on your ability to implement best practices for version control, automate build and deployment processes, and improve efficiency and productivity. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they are able to design and implement effective source control strategies, manage code repositories, and ensure code quality and compliance. This competency is essential for software development teams to work together efficiently and effectively, deliver high-quality code, and ensure continuous improvement.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2022: AWS Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The AWS Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to select appropriate deployment scenarios and services, provision resources across multiple AWS Regions and accounts, and perform automated patch management. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating and managing AMIs, using and troubleshooting AWS CloudFormation, identifying and remedying deployment issues, and using AWS services to schedule automated tasks. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to provision and maintain cloud resources and automate manual or repeatable processes.

• AZ-500: Azure Platform Protection Competency (Intermediate Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The Azure Platform Protection Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your comprehensive understanding of securing and safeguarding the Azure platform. You will be evaluated on your ability to restrict resource access with roles, implement Azure network security, secure network access with VPNs, and more. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain and can make informed decisions to ensure that the Azure platform remains protected against potential security threats and unauthorized access, thereby ensuring the safety and integrity of the platform and its users.

• CloudOps Awareness (Entry Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The CloudOps Awareness benchmark measures whether a learner has been exposed to basic CloudOps technologies. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstratrates an ability to identify gaps in their understanding, and use research tools to begin their learning journey in CloudOps.

• VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Installation and Configuration Basics Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Installation and Configuration Basics Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of how to install, configure, and manage vSphere components such as ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, and vSphere Client. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have literacy in primary areas of the VMware administration discipline and basic working exposure to VMware vSphere 7 installation and configuration principles and practices.

• AWS Associate Solutions Architect 2020: Design Resilient Architectures Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The AWS Design Resilient Architectures Competency benchmark evaluates your ability to design a multi-tier architecture solution. You will be measured on your skills to design decoupling mechanisms using AWS services and choose appropriate resilient storage. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures.

• AZ-500: Azure Application Protection and Governance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Azure Application Protection and Governance Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in securing and managing Azure applications. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain and can ensure Azure applications are protected against potential security threats and adhere to governance principles, thereby ensuring the integrity and reliability of the applications.

• AZ-500: Azure Security Operations Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Azure Security Operations Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in ensuring that the Azure platform remains secure, reliable, and resilient in the face of potential security threats and other operational challenges. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain and can implement robust security operations measures to safeguard the applications and data against potential threats while ensuring that the business operations remain uninterrupted and resilient.

• AWS Cloud Practitioner: Cloud Concepts and Technology Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The AWS Cloud Concepts and Technology Literacy benchmark measures your ability to recognize the value of the AWS Cloud. You will be assessed on your skills to describe and position the core AWS services, including compute, network, databases, and storage. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to identify AWS services for common use cases.

• AWS Cloud Practitioner 2022: Cloud Technology Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Cloud Technology Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of AWS storage and databases, best practices for monitoring and optimization, and the various tools involved in cloud deployment and operation and how to configure them. You will be evaluated on your skills in outlining the features and purposes of AWS core services and the fundamental aspects of AWS technology support services. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with AWS core services and recognize the deployment techniques and technology support resources.

• CloudOps Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The CloudOps Literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has some working knowledge and exposure in cloud operations technologies, practices, and principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an ability to participate in technical discussions regarding CloudOps.

• GCP Cloud Awareness (Entry Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The GCP Cloud Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key GCP cloud concepts. You will be evaluated on recognizing GCP services, managing Google resources, Google virtual machines, Good security, and roles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key GCP cloud terminology and concepts.

• AZ-500: Azure Identity and Access Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Azure Identity and Access Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your understanding of managing user access and authentication to Azure resources. You will be evaluated on your ability to manage Azure Active Directory (AD) users, groups, and features. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain and has the knowledge and insights needed to secure Azure AD users and implement secure access to Azure resources using Azure AD.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional 2022: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity Competency (Intermediate Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark calibrates your ability to create and manage virtual private clouds (VPCs), subnets, Elastic IPs, network configurations related to VPC peering, VPNs, Direct Connect, and network gateways, as well as use various AWS network and security solutions. You will be evaluated on your skills in deploying and managing various AWS Network Firewall solutions, configuring one or more AWS accounts using Organizations, and automating resource deployment using templates. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to architect network connectivity strategies and design reliable and resilient architectures.

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer 2021: AWS Policies and Standards Automation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The AWS Policies and Standards Automation Competency benchmark measures your skills for setting up automatic monitoring and response to health and performance incidents. You will be evaluated on your skills to set up automatic cost management, budgeting, and optimization of resource costs. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to apply governance standards and monitor compliance with the governance strategy.

• Azure AI Fundamentals: Conversational AI on Microsoft Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Conversational AI on Microsoft Azure Competency benchmark measures your ability to recall and identify the common use cases for conversational AI, Azure tools, and services for conversational AI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to build conversational AI workloads on the Azure platform.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional 2022: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your recognition of how AWS Global Infrastructure and classifying data can help with meeting business needs. You will be evaluated on your skills in deploying and managing DNS name resolution, Linux and Windows EC2 instances, S3 buckets, objects, and storage tiers. You will also be evaluated on your ability to identify when to use AWS Storage Gateway and CloudFront and plan the deployment and management of AWS databases, ElastiCache, EBS volumes, and EFS. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to determine a new architecture for existing workloads and opportunities for modernization and enhancements.

• AWS Associate Solutions Architect 2020: Design High-performing Architectures Competency (Intermediate Level)

  32m | 32 questions

  The AWS Design High-performing Architectures Competency benchmark measures your ability to identify elastic and scalable compute solutions for a workload. You will be assessed on your skills to select high-performing networking, storage, and database solutions for a workload. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to choose appropriate high performing solutions.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional 2020: Design for New Storage Solutions Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The AWS Design for New Storage Solutions Proficiency benchmark measures your ability to determine target database platforms. You will be evaluated on your skills to enable data replication, self-healing, and elastic features and services. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to analyze data volume and rate of change, determine a data transfer strategy, and select an appropriate database transfer mechanism.

• Microsoft Azure Administrator: Manage Azure Identities and Governance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  27m | 27 questions

  The Manage Azure Identities and Governance Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to design and implement identity and access management (IAM) solutions that meet business requirements. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating and executing IAM solutions, ensuring proper compliance and governance, and protecting organizational assets. A learner who scores high on this competency demonstrates their ability to develop and implement identity and access management solutions that meet security, compliance, and governance requirements. They also know how to configure Azure AD Connect to synchronize on-premises identities with Azure AD.

• Azure Cloud Awareness (Entry Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Azure Cloud Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Azure cloud concepts. You will be evaluated on Azure service models, Azure regions, Azure subscriptions, Azure virtual networks, Azure management, and Azure security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Azure cloud terminology and concepts.

• CloudOps Competency (Intermediate Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The CloudOps Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has had some exposure and experience in cloud operations technologies, practices, and principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstratrates a knowledge of the major areas of cloud operations, across a variety of different cloud platforms and deployments, but requires input and oversight from a more advanced CloudOps expert.

• AZ-900: Azure Migration and Integration Literacy (Beginner Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The AZ-900: Azure Migration and Integration Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in utilizing Azure software development services. You will be evaluated on your ability to enable software development processes, continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD), and testing in Azure. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have literacy in many areas of operations related to planning and executing the migration of workloads to Azure, including considerations for Azure-specific services and features.

• AZ-900: Azure Infrastructure and Virtual Machines Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The AZ-900: Azure Infrastructure and Virtual Machines Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your comprehensive understanding of the foundational infrastructure and virtual machines in Azure. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of managing Azure Storage services and working with Azure Files for shared file storage. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have competency in many areas of this domain, including the knowledge and insights needed to make informed decisions about deploying and managing Azure virtual machines and utilizing Azure container solutions for web and mobile applications.

• CloudOps Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The CloudOps Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has had significant exposure and experience in cloud operations technologies, practices, and principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstratrates an independent knowledge of the major areas of cloud operations, across a variety of different cloud platforms and deployments.

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional 2022: Design for New Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The Design for New Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize when and how to use various AWS cryptographic services and manage IAM users, groups, roles, and policies to secure access to AWS resources. You will be evaluated on your skills in deploying and managing AWS Directory Service solutions, using AWS Backup to ensure business continuity for backed-up data, and managing monthly AWS cloud computing charges. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to design a deployment strategy to meet business and reliability requirements and determine security controls based on requirements.

• Microsoft Azure Administrator: Configure and Manage Virtual Networking Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Configure and Manage Virtual Networking Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to design, deploy, and manage virtual networks and network security solutions in Azure. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating and configuring virtual networks, implementing network security solutions, managing network traffic, and troubleshooting network issues. A learner who scores high on this competency demonstrates their ability to design and deploy virtual networks that meet business requirements for connectivity, security, and availability. They also possess knowledge in creating and configuring virtual networks, managing network traffic, optimizing network performance, and configuring a virtual private network (VPN).

• Serverless Awareness (Entry Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Serverless Awareness benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure to basic Serverless practices and theories. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates awareness in some areas of the Serverless discipline.

• Azure AI Fundamentals: Natural Language Processing on Microsoft Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)

  9m | 9 questions

  The Natural Language Processing on Microsoft Azure Competency benchmark measures your ability to recall and identify the common NLP workloads, and Azure tools and services for NLP workloads. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to build NLP workloads on the Azure platform.

• Microsoft 365 Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Microsoft 365 Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Microsoft 365. You will be evaluated on Windows 10 and Microsoft 365 implementation, administering collaboration features in Microsoft 365, deploying Microsoft Teams features, implementing Microsoft 365 security, implementing mobile device management, and Microsoft 365 pricing management. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Microsoft 365 terminology and concepts.

• AWS Cloud Practitioner 2022: Cloud Concepts and Cloud Economics Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Cloud Concepts and Cloud Economics Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of the fundamentals of AWS networking and compute services and cloud architecture design principles. You will be evaluated on your ability to define aspects of the AWS Cloud, its value proposition, and the characteristics of AWS Cloud Economics. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to recognize cloud architecture design principles and Cloud Economics.

• AWS SysOps Associate 2022: AWS Cost and Performance Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The AWS Cost and Performance Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of AWS Compute Optimizer and various cost savings strategies to reduce monthly charges across all AWS services. You will be evaluated on your skills in configuring the S3 Requester Pays option, working with Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instance reservations and Spot Instances, and tagging resources for cost allocation using the Console, CLI, and PowerShell. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement cost optimization and performance optimization strategies.

Cloud Security

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Cloud Security Operations Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Cloud Security Operations Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of cloud security operations. You will be evaluated on your skills in security monitoring and analysis, security operations management, incident management and response, disaster recovery and business continuity planning, and network and infrastructure security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of operations related to cloud security discipline and has had some working exposure to CCSP cloud application security principles and practices.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of secure cloud computing concepts, architecture, and design principles. You will be evaluated on your recognition of service and deployment models, cloud reference architecture, security principles and requirements, cloud security models, and design principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of the cloud computing conceptual discipline and has had some working exposure to CCSP cloud concepts, architecture, and design principles and practices for secure cloud computing.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Cloud Data, Platform, and Infrastructure Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Cloud Data, Platform, and Infrastructure Security Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of securing cloud platforms, infrastructure, and cloud data. You will be evaluated on your skills in data classification, retention, encryption, leakage and loss prevention, storage security, and backup and recovery. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many security areas concerning cloud platforms, infrastructure, and cloud data. They have some practical experience with CCSP topics, including securing cloud data, virtual and physical components, network design, application development and deployment, vulnerability and identity and access management, and incident response and recovery principles and procedures.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Proficiency benchmark measures if your experience with cloud security practices and theories is extensive. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have genuine working knowledge in the major areas of cloud security and can actively participate in discussions with peers. They can also work independently and mostly without supervision.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Awareness (Entry Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Awareness benchmark measures your exposure to basic cloud security practices and theories, mainly at the vocabulary level. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have awareness in some areas of cloud security.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Legal, Risk, and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Legal, Risk, and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of legal, risk, and compliance cloud computing concepts. You will be evaluated on your recognition of relevant laws and regulations, risk assessments and management, compliance frameworks and standards, auditing and assessments, and privacy and data protection. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of the legal, risk, and compliance discipline and has had some working exposure to the CCSP legal, risk, and compliance aspects of cloud computing.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Competency benchmark measures your working experience with cloud security practices and theories. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates they have genuine working knowledge in the major areas of cloud security and can actively participate in discussions with peers. They can also work competently under the supervision of more advanced cloud security practitioners.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Cloud Application Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Cloud Application Security Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of software and application security. You will be evaluated on your skills in securing Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, securing software development and testing, implementing application security controls, and securing application deployment and maintenance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of the software and application security discipline and has had some working exposure to CCSP cloud application security principles and practices.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Literacy (Beginner Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Literacy benchmark measures your exposure to basic cloud security practices and theories. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a genuine understanding of the major areas of cloud security and can actively participate in discussions with peers.

Core

• Security+: Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to attack, threat, and vulnerability concepts. You will be evaluated on attack types, threat actors, vulnerabilities, and reconnaissance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key attack, threat, and vulnerabilities terminology and concepts.

• CompTIA A+ Core 1 Proficiency Benchmark (Advanced Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The CompTIA A+ Core 1 Proficiency Benchmark (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify, explain, and solution-design core mobile and desktop computing technologies and participate in conversations about said technologies. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an advanced understanding of computing and are generally considered a subject matter expert on the topic.

• Security+: Architecture and Design Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Security+: Architecture and Design Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security architecture and design. You will be evaluated on security concepts for enterprise networks, implementing resilience, security concepts for virtualization and cloud, security controls, and authentication and design. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key security architecture and design terminology and concepts.

• CompTIA A+ Core 2 Proficiency Benchmark (Advanced Level)

  27m | 27 questions

  The CompTIA A+ Core 2 Proficiency Benchmark (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify, explain, and solution-design core mobile and desktop computing technologies and participate in conversations about said technologies. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have an advanced understanding and awareness of computing and are generally considered subject matter experts on the topic.

• CompTIA A+ Core 2 Literacy Benchmark (Beginner Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The CompTIA A+ Core 2 Literacy Benchmark (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify core mobile desktop technologies and actively participate in conversations about said technologies. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a more literate and experienced understanding of computing.

• Security+: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Security+: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to governance, risk, and compliance. You will be evaluated on policies, regulations, standards, & frameworks and risk management, privacy, & sensitive data security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key governance, risk, and compliance terminology and concepts.

• CompTIA A+ Core 1 Literacy Benchmark (Beginner Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The CompTIA A+ Core 1 Literacy Benchmark (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify core mobile desktop technologies and actively participate in conversations about said technologies. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a literate and experienced understanding of computing.

• Security+: Implementation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Security+: Implementation Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related security implementation. You will be evaluated on identity and account management, physical controls, PKI, security protocols, and wireless and mobile security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of security implementation terminology and concepts.

• CompTIA A+ Core 2 Competency Benchmark (Intermediate Level)

  27m | 27 questions

  The CompTIA A+ Core 2 Competency Benchmark (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify core computing and mobile technologies and participate in conversations about said technologies as an experienced professional. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a deeper and more sophisticated working knowledge of computing.

• CompTIA A+ Core 2 Awareness Benchmark (Entry Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The CompTIA A+ Core 2 Awareness Benchmark (Entry Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify core desktop and mobile technologies and participate in conversations about said technologies. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a basic awareness of mobile computing.

• CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Software Development Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Software Development Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your understanding of fundamental software development concepts. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of various language types, object-oriented programming, branching and looping, variables and constants, arrays and vectors, and functions. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a solid grasp of key software development principles.

• CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Security Literacy (Beginner Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Security Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of foundational IT security principles. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of the CIA triad, privacy concepts and best practices, and authentication and disaster recovery methods. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a strong understanding of essential security concepts and practices.

• CompTIA A+ Core 1 Awareness Benchmark (Entry Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The CompTIA A+ Core 1 Awareness Benchmark (Entry Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify core desktop and mobile technologies and participate in conversations about said technologies. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a basic awareness of mobile computing.

• CompTIA A+ Core 1 Competency Benchmark (Intermediate Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The CompTIA A+ Core 1 Competency Benchmark (Intermediate Level) measures your ability to identify core computing and mobile technologies and participate in conversations about said technologies as an experienced professional. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a deep and sophisticated working knowledge of computing.

• CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Applications and Software Literacy (Beginner Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Applications and Software Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of common applications and software principles. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of various operating system components, software types, browser cache clearing, browser extensions, and client-side and server-side scripting. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have competence in identifying and understanding key elements of software and applications.

• CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Database Fundamentals Literacy (Beginner Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Database Fundamentals Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to recall and identify essential database concepts. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of fundamental database topics such as relational and non-relational databases, performing basic database operations, database management systems (DBMSs), and data manipulation and definition methods. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a sound understanding of fundamental database management principles.

• CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): IT Concepts and Terminology Literacy (Beginner Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): IT Concepts and Terminology Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your foundational understanding of key IT concepts and terminologies. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of core aspects of IT, industry-standard terminology, ethical considerations in IT, and emerging technologies shaping the current IT landscape. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have solid theoretical IT knowledge and practical application skills and are well-prepared for real-world IT scenarios, further certifications, and more advanced IT roles.

• CompTIA A+ Core 2 Mastery Benchmark (Expert Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The CompTIA A+ Core 2 Mastery Benchmark (Expert Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify, explain, and solution-design core mobile and desktop computing technologies and participate in conversations about said technologies. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a mastery of computing, are subject matter experts on the topic, and generally do not require any remediation. They can proceed directly to the exam.

• CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Infrastructure Literacy (Beginner Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The CompTIA IT Fundamentals (ITF+): Infrastructure Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your recognition and comprehension of basic IT infrastructure components. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of computer devices and components, local and local network storage, and various networking and wireless technologies. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have proficiency in foundational infrastructure principles.

• Security+: Operations and Incident Response Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Security+: Operations and Incident Response benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to operations and incident response. You will be evaluated on security assessment tools and mitigation, incident response and digital forensics, and supporting investigations. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key operations and incident response terminology and concepts.

Cybersecurity

• Security+: Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Attacks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to attack, threat, and vulnerability concepts. You will be evaluated on attack types, threat actors, vulnerabilities, and reconnaissance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key attack, threat, and vulnerabilities terminology and concepts.

• CySA+: Compliance and Assessment Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The CySA+: Compliance and Assessment Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to compliance and assessment. You will be evaluated on business continuity, malware threats, encryption, and hashing. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key compliance and assessment terminology and concepts.

• Security+: Architecture and Design Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Security+: Architecture and Design Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security architecture and design. You will be evaluated on security concepts for enterprise networks, implementing resilience, security concepts for virtualization and cloud, security controls, and authentication and design. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key security architecture and design terminology and concepts.

• Security+: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Security+: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to governance, risk, and compliance. You will be evaluated on policies, regulations, standards, & frameworks and risk management, privacy, & sensitive data security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key governance, risk, and compliance terminology and concepts.

• Security+: Implementation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Security+: Implementation Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related security implementation. You will be evaluated on identity and account management, physical controls, PKI, security protocols, and wireless and mobile security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of security implementation terminology and concepts.

• CySA+: Software and Systems Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The CySA+: Software and Systems Security benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to software and systems security concepts. You will be evaluated on user account security, software development security, and software vulnerabilities. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key software and systems security terminology and concepts.

• CySA+: Threat and Vulnerability Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The CySA+: Threat and Vulnerability Management Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to threat and vulnerability management concepts. You will be evaluated on threat intelligence, attack types, hardware and security, cloud computing, and network infrastructure. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to threat and vulnerability management terminology and concepts.

• CySA+: Security Operations and Monitoring Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The CySA+: Security Operations and Monitoring Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security operations and monitoring. You will be evaluated on threat monitoring, data privacy, network scanning, risk mitigation, and intrusion detection. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key security operations and monitoring terminology and concepts.

• CySA+: Incident Response Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The CySA+: Incident Response Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to incident response. You will be evaluated on network scanning, traffic analysis, emergency incident response, and policy and governance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key incident response terminology and concepts.

• Security+: Operations and Incident Response Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Security+: Operations and Incident Response benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to operations and incident response. You will be evaluated on security assessment tools and mitigation, incident response and digital forensics, and supporting investigations. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key operations and incident response terminology and concepts.

Data and Analytics

• CompTIA Data+ Mastery (Expert Level)

  40m | 40 questions

  The CompTIA Data+ Mastery (Expert Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of data concepts and environments and applying data mining tasks and the appropriate descriptive statistical methods. You will be evaluated on your ability to summarize types of analysis and critical analysis techniques, create the appropriate visualization in a report or dashboard with proper design components, summarize important data governance concepts, and apply data quality control concepts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have expertise in data mining, analysis, and visualization and have the necessary skills to facilitate data-driven business decisions.

• CompTIA Data+ Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  37m | 37 questions

  The CompTIA Data+ Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of key techniques used in data manipulation, common techniques for query optimization, and the importance of and methods for using descriptive statistics. You will be evaluated on your ability to define the importance and methods of inferential statistics, identify data analysis types and techniques, describe key activities and elements for data analysis reporting, recognize key activities and elements for data analysis dashboards, and identify methods for creating popular charts and graphs used in visualization data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good level of experience in data analysis and visualization that's required for the CompTIA Data+ certification.

• CompTIA Data+ Literacy (Beginner Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The CompTIA Data+ Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of key data analytics concepts, common roles in data science, and the basics of working with databases. You will be evaluated on your recognition of key concepts surrounding databases and their use in the modern world, various data types, and the relationship of data with modern database systems. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good understanding of the basic data concepts required for the CompTIA Data+ certification Data Concepts and Environments domain.

• CompTIA Data+ Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The CompTIA Data+ Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of the relationship of data with modern database systems and data analytics tools and their various uses. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing the need for and methods of data acquisition, as well as cleansing and key data manipulation concepts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good understanding of data mining and the level of experience required for the CompTIA Data+ certification.

Infrastructure

• CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your working independence, understanding, and experience with the Linux operating system. You will be evaluated on your ability to manage Linux hardware, search Linux file systems and filter data, work with hard and symbolic links, manage and repair Linux file systems, configure Linux kernel options, utilize Git, and manage Linux logs and services. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to work independently within the Linux server technology platform and understand advanced-level vocabulary.

• CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Awareness (Entry Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your entry-level exposure to the Linux operating system. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of Linux distributions, storage, and file systems, as well as task automation using shell scripts, common Linux threats, authentication and authorization, Linux firewall solutions, and troubleshooting performance issues. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a basic understanding of the Linux server technology platform and vocabulary.

• CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Competency (Intermediate Level)

  27m | 27 questions

  The CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your working understanding and experience with the Linux operating system. You will be evaluated on your skills in correctly using specific Linux distributions to address specific use cases, installing and deploying various Linux OSs, searching for and filtering data using commands, managing Linux jobs, installing and using Docker, and solving common TCP/IP configuration issues. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to navigate the Linux server technology platform and understand intermediate-level vocabulary.

• CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Literacy (Beginner Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your beginner-level experience with the Linux operating system. You will be evaluated on your ability to use Linux file system management and security commands, manage standard Linux file system permissions and network connectivity, and secure a Linux system. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a beginner-level understanding of the Linux server technology platform and vocabulary.

Big Data

• Big Data Awareness (Entry Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Big Data Awareness benchmark measures whether a learner has exposure to big data concepts, including what big data is, various sources of big data, formats, applications, and use cases for big data analytics. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the foundational knowledge of big data.

• Technology Essentials

  15m | 10 questions

  The Technology Essentials benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the underlying concepts of digital technologies. You will be evaluated on your understanding of standard technologies; you will also be asked to recall common vocabulary from the tech industry and understand the importance of addressing legacy within complex systems. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the essential digital technology skills and can understand and grasp the underlying technical concepts and practices.

• Big Data Literacy (Beginner Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The Big Data Literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has exposure to big data concepts like what big data is, various sources of big data, formats, applications, and use cases of big data analytics, distributed architecture for handling big data, various tools/technologies, and frameworks for carrying out big data analytics. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good knowledge to start learning and working on big data technologies with supervision and training.

• Big Data

  7m | 7 questions

  Big data represents high volume, high-velocity information assets, which enable better analytics, insight, decision making, and process automation. Big data is a field that treats ways to analyze, systematically extract information from, or otherwise deal with data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional data-processing application software. Learn how big data can be analyzed for insights that lead to better decisions and strategic business moves. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.

Data Analytics

• Predictive Analytics in Agriculture Literacy (Beginner Level)

  8m | 8 questions

  The Predictive Analytics in Agriculture Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify the need for artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics in agriculture. You will be evaluated on your skills in identifying various use cases where one can apply predictive analytics. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good understanding of predictive analytics needs and various use cases in agriculture.

• Predictive Analytics in Agriculture Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The Predictive Analytics in Agriculture Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify how to perform classification using machine learning on agriculture data. You will be evaluated on your skills in applying clustering to soil features and conditions and performing prediction using regression. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have experience performing predictive analytics in agriculture.

• Predictive Analytics in Operations Literacy (Beginner Level)

  9m | 9 questions

  The Predictive Analytics in Operations Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify various mathematical and machine learning (ML) models and artificial intelligence (AI) used in operations. You will be evaluated on your skills in applying ML models for various tasks, such as selecting reliable suppliers, detecting faulty motors, and optimizing a supply chain. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an awareness and understanding of why and how predictive analytics and AI is used in operations.

• Predictive Analytics in Healthcare Competency (Intermediate Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Predictive Analytics in Healthcare Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify and apply predictive analytics in the healthcare domain. You will be evaluated on your skills in using predictive analytics for various use cases, such as detecting kidney diseases and identifying tumors with deep learning models. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have experience performing predictive analytics on data in the healthcare domain.

• Predictive Analytics in Cybersecurity Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Predictive Analytics in Cybersecurity Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to apply machine learning and predictive analytics techniques to identify and prevent cyber attacks. You will be evaluated on your skills in identifying and testing network cyber attack data, visualizing data, setting up data for machine learning, and preprocessing and transforming data before applying machine learning techniques, classification models, and feature selection. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have experience in applying machine learning and predictive analytics for cybersecurity with minimal supervision.

• Predictive Analytics in Healthcare Literacy (Beginner Level)

  9m | 9 questions

  The Predictive Analytics in Healthcare Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify the need for artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics in the healthcare domain. You will be evaluated on your skills in identifying various use cases where one can apply predictive analytics. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good understanding of predictive analytics needs and various use cases in healthcare.

• Predictive Analytics in Operations Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Predictive Analytics in Operations Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to apply suitable machine learning algorithms and perform predictive analytics for various use cases in the operations field. You will be evaluated on your skills in viewing important model attributes, comparing and evaluating model performance, and optimizing the models. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have experience in performing predictive analytics and performance tuning of models in operations.

• Predictive Analytics in Marketing and Retail Competency (Intermediate Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Predictive Analytics in Marketing and Retail Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to apply machine learning algorithms and perform predictive analytics to predict sales and customer lifetime value. You will be evaluated on your skills in predicting responses to marketing campaigns and performing market basket analysis. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have experience in applying predictive analytics in the marketing and retail domain with minimal supervision.

• Predictive Analytics in Cybersecurity Literacy (Beginner Level)

  8m | 8 questions

  The Predictive Analytics in Cybersecurity Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of identifying the need for artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the uses and limitations of AI, classification models, and various evaluation metrics used in cybersecurity. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an awareness of why and how predictive analytics and AI are used in cybersecurity.

• Predictive Analytics in Marketing and Retail Literacy (Beginner Level)

  7m | 7 questions

  The Predictive Analytics in Marketing and Retail Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify the need for artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics in the marketing and retail sector. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing various case studies where one can apply predictive analytics. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good understanding of predictive analytics needs and various use cases in marketing and retail.

Data Architectures

• Prompt Engineering for Git Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Prompt Engineering for Git Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your working knowledge of using remote repositories and leveraging generative AI to navigate Git commands. You will be assessed on your ability to use prompt engineering to execute complex techniques like branching, merging, rebasing, and cloning in Git. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to leverage prompt engineering with generative AI to work with remote repositories and Git branches.

• Prompt Engineering for Data Science Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Prompt Engineering for Data Science Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your recognition of how to effectively leverage generative AI to filter, aggregate, merge, analyze, and visualize data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the competency to leverage prompt engineering and generative AI for data science tasks.

• Python Resource Optimization Awareness (Entry Level)

  22m 30s | 15 questions

  The Python Resource Optimization Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to read images from file system into Python source and analyze and process using OpenCV and Faust. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize fundamental concepts related to computer vision and the basic operations performed on images using OpenCV. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform basic operations such as add and subtract using two images and to perform stream processing through windowing operations in Faust.

• Prompt Engineering for Data Science Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Prompt Engineering for Data Science Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your recognition of the basics of pandas DataFrames and Series. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of how to leverage prompts, the capabilities of pandas DataFrame objects, and how generative AI can help you solve your common data manipulation problems. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the knowledge required to start leveraging prompt engineering and generative AI for data science.

• Leveraging Google AI APIs Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Leveraging Google AI APIs Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of utilizing Bard's analytical features and the PaLM 2 API for programmatically accomplishing tasks, including using PaLM models, supported languages, libraries, and communication interfaces. You will be evaluated on your skills in solving code problems with Bard, using the Python client API to integrate PaLM seamlessly, and utilizing advanced features like communication adjustments, response fine-tuning, troubleshooting, security enhancements, and chatbot creation. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to use Bard's analytical features and can leverage the PaLM API for advanced features and application development.

• Prompt Engineering for Querying SQL Databases Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Prompt Engineering for Querying SQL Databases Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of and ability to harness the power of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT and Bard to filter and group data using SQL. You will be assessed on your ability to use prompt engineering to work with advanced SQL features. Learners scoring high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to utilize AI tools for filtering and grouping data with SQL and can employ prompt engineering for advanced SQL features.

• Leveraging OpenAI APIs Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Leveraging OpenAI APIs Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your understanding of the OpenAI API and how to generate an API key and work with models and endpoints. You will be assessed on your ability to use the language translation API and identify organizational best practices when using OpenAI to handle scaling, latency, and limits. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills necessary to use OpenAI via its application programming interface (API).

• Leveraging Generative AI APIs Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Leveraging Generative AI APIs Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your understanding of the basics of generative AI and the history and future of generative AI. You will be assessed on your ability to recognize the ethical, safety, security, and privacy concerns associated with its use. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate recognition of generative AI functionality and the best practices.

• Prompt Engineering for Python Competency (Intermediate Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Prompt Engineering for Python Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of creating and using functions in Python, prompting generative AI tools to write functions for you, and working with first class functions and lambdas in Python. You will be assessed on your ability to leverage detailed and relevant prompts for generating code to create classes, instantiate objects, store and visualize data, and execute code using a script. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to apply prompt engineering to execute Python functions, classes, scripts, and data analysis.

• Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your working knowledge of deep learning techniques and concepts. You will be evaluated on your ability to work with neural networks, RNNs, memory-based networks, and transfer learning models for developing natural language processing (NLP) applications. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have experience applying deep learning frameworks and techniques used for NLP application development and can work on NLP projects independently without any supervision.

• Natural Language Processing Awareness (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Natural Language Processing Awareness (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your exposure to natural language processing (NLP) concepts, such as the fundamentals of NLP, text mining, and analytics. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the foundational knowledge of natural language processing.

• Prompt Engineering for Querying SQL Databases Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Prompt Engineering for Querying SQL Databases Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of operating MySQL and utilizing the assistance of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) chatbots like ChatGPT and Bard. You will be assessed on your ability to work with MySQL tables and constraints using GenAI. Learners scoring high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills necessary to leverage prompt engineering to work with tables and constraints in MySQL.

• Generative AI and Prompt Engineering for Ethical Hacking Mastery (Expert Level) NEW!

  22m | 22 questions

  The Generative AI and Prompt Engineering for Ethical Hacking Mastery (Expert Level) benchmark measures your thought leader experience in security issues and generative AI tools and practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates mastery in just about every area of ethical hacking and generative AI and is considered a thought and practice leader.

• Python Resource Optimization Literacy (Beginner Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Python Resource Optimization Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your ability to use OpenCV to read and write images, explore color scale and grayscale images, and perform basic image transformations. You will be evaluated on your ability to differentiate batch and stream processing, recall the components in a stream processing architecture, and install stream processing using a Faust application that reads streaming messages from a Kafka topic. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform basic operations in OpenCV and Faust for image transformation and stream processing.

• Applied Machine Learning with Python Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Applied Machine Learning with Python Competency benchmark will measure your ability to identify and apply machine learning algorithms to build learning systems. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the machine learning skills necessary to model data and build learning systems.

• Generative AI and Prompt Engineering for Ethical Hacking Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  24m | 24 questions

  The Generative AI and Prompt Engineering for Ethical Hacking Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your on-the-job experience with basic security issues and generative AI tools. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of ethical hacking and generative AI and can work somewhat independently on the topic areas with supervision.

• Prompt Engineering Fundamentals for Programmers Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Prompt Engineering Fundamentals for Programmers Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge and understanding of the basics of prompt engineering. You will be assessed on your understanding of generative AI language models and how their responses can be tuned in the OpenAI Playground. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they can apply prompt engineering when working with the OpenAI Playground.

• Python Resource Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Python Resource Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to implement a variety of image manipulations using OpenCV to prepare images for end users or machine learning pipelines. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of representing streaming elements using Faust models, processing them using agents, and sending and receiving messages using channels. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to manipulate images in OpenCV and perform stream processing using models, agents, and channels in Faust.

• Natural Language Processing: Text Mining and Analytics Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Text Mining and Analytics Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your working experience with natural language processing (NLP) techniques and tools, such as text mining and analytics, spaCy, NLTK, NLP libraries, and sentiment analysis. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have good working experience in text mining and analytics using natural language processing and can work on NLP text analytics projects independently without any supervision.

• ChatGPT Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The ChatGPT Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of creating advanced ChatGPT prompts, ChatGPT's impact on various industries, and the ethical, privacy, and intellectual property considerations for using ChatGPT. You will be evaluated on your ability to write real-world ChatGPT prompts using advanced techniques, recognize chain of thought prompting and zero-shot chain of thought, recall ChatGPT's potential for shaping future of work and global challenge solutions, and protect company, personal, and intellectual property (IP) data while using artificial intelligence (AI) models. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to create advanced ChatGPT prompts and protect sensitive intellectual property while using ChatGPT.

• Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your basic understanding of deep learning techniques and concepts for developing natural language processing (NLP) applications. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a good understanding of deep learning frameworks and techniques used for NLP application development.

• Leveraging OpenAI APIs Competency (Intermediate Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Leveraging OpenAI APIs Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of using advanced OpenAI features to manipulate text, images, and audio. You will be assessed on your ability to use code generation, embeddings, and fine-tuning to solve real-world problems. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills necessary to use advanced OpenAI API features.

• Generative AI and Prompt Engineering for Ethical Hacking Awareness (Entry Level) NEW!

  12m | 12 questions

  The Generative AI and Prompt Engineering for Ethical Hacking Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your entry-level exposure to basic security issues and generative AI tools. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates awareness in basic areas of ethical hacking and generative AI.

• Python Resource Optimization Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The Python Resource Optimization Proficiency (Advanced Level benchmark measures your ability to perform image transformation in OpenCV using advanced image operations to generate augmented or pre-processed images. You will be evaluated on your ability to implement operations for processing Faust stream data and use tables for fault-tolerance and stateful stream processing transformations. You will also be assessed on your knowledge of different windowing operation types, performing windowing operations, exposing app metrics using web views, and the differences between event time, ingestion time, and processing time. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform advanced image operations using OpenCV, and can maintain state in tables and implement stream processing using windows operations in Faust.

• No-code Machine Learning with RapidMiner Competency (Intermediate Level)

  27m | 27 questions

  The No-code Machine Learning with RapidMiner Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to use Turbo Prep for data preparation and Auto Model for model building. You will be evaluated on your ability to train regression and classification models, perform hyperparameter tuning, deploy models to a local machine, use and evaluate clustering models, and perform windowing, differencing, and moving average computations on time series data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good competency in using RapidMiner to perform data analytics.

• AI/ML for Non-tech Learners

  10m | 10 questions

  The AI/ML for Non-tech Learners benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). You will be evaluated on your knowledge of the benefits of ML and AI, leveraging AI in projects, and ML methods. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills related to AI and ML terminology and concepts.

• Generative AI and Prompt Engineering for Ethical Hacking Literacy (Beginner Level) NEW!

  17m | 17 questions

  The Generative AI and Prompt Engineering for Ethical Hacking Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your exposure to basic security issues and practices like ethical hacking and generative AI tools. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates literacy in basic areas of ethical hacking and generative AI and can actively participate in conversations and dialogs about their topics with relative confidence.

• Low-code Machine Learning with KNIME Competency (Intermediate Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Low-code Machine Learning with KNIME Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of creating KNIME data workflows and managing regression models. You will be evaluated on your skills in building classification models, clustering models in KNIME, and performing time series analysis. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good competency in using KNIME to perform data analytics.

• Natural Language Processing Mastery (Expert Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Natural Language Processing Mastery (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your experience level in using natural language processing (NLP) advanced techniques, such as transformer models, BERT, GPT, and more, to build advanced NLP applications. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have mastery in developing NLP applications.

• Natural Language Processing: Text Mining and Analytics Literacy (Beginner Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Text Mining and Analytics Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your exposure to natural language processing (NLP) concepts, such as the fundamentals of NLP, text mining, and analytics, as well as the various libraries and frameworks used for NLP. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have beginner-level knowledge of natural language processing.

• Prompt Engineering for Django Literacy (Beginner Level)

  9m | 9 questions

  The Prompt Engineering for Django Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of using generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard to initiate a Django project and utilize its basic functionality. You will be assessed on your ability to develop a Django web app with a basic view, render HTML templates, incorporate static assets, and navigate through potential misdirection from generative AI tools. Learners scoring high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a solid foundation for working with Django.

• Low-code Machine Learning with KNIME Awareness (Entry Level)

  8m | 8 questions

  The Low-code Machine Learning with KNIME Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify the features and capabilities of the KNIME analytics platform. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of KNIME basics, machine learning, supervised and unsupervised learning techniques, and regression models. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good awareness of the KNIME analytics platform.

• Prompt Engineering Fundamentals for Programmers Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Prompt Engineering Fundamentals for Programmers Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your familiarity with a comprehensive set of prompting techniques used for work and daily life. You will be assessed on your ability to improve the performance of generative AI models using a variety of prompting techniques. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to apply prompt engineering techniques in various use cases.

• Applied Machine Learning with Python Literacy (Beginner Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The Applied Machine Learning with Python Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to identify machine learning algorithms and models, and principles behind building these systems. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a basic understanding of machine learning fundamentals.

• Natural Language Processing: Text Mining and Analytics Competency (Intermediate Level)

  7m | 7 questions

  The Text Mining and Analytics Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your experience with natural language processing (NLP) techniques and tools, such as text mining and analytics, spaCy, NLTK, libraries and frameworks for app development, and sentiment analysis. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a good working knowledge of natural language processing text mining and analytics and can work on NLP text analytics projects with minimal supervision.

• Leveraging Google AI APIs Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Leveraging Google AI APIs Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of using Bard to answer questions and create content while recognizing Bard's limitations, features, and best practices and the ethics, privacy, and security concerns that can come with using a generative AI technology like Bard. You will be assessed on your ability to unlock creativity with Bard for content creation, summaries, image recognition, and translations. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they recognize Google Bard's generative AI features and capabilities.

• Prompt Engineering for Django Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Prompt Engineering for Django Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your skills in implementing dynamic data display, template parameters, inheritance, Bootstrap integration, HTML refactoring, and data model creation with migrations in the Django app. You will be assessed on your ability to create a superuser, log in to Django admin, manage users and permissions, and perform CRUD operations on a database. Learners scoring high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to leverage prompt engineering to create a Django app with dynamic data, templates, Bootstrap, and models, as well as manage users, permissions, and CRUD operations in Django admin.

• Prompt Engineering for Python Literacy (Beginner Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Prompt Engineering for Python Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, Bard, and Bing to execute basic Python programming actions, including working with variables and comments and creating lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries. You will be assessed on your ability to perform string operations and work with control flow statements in Python using prompt engineering. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they know the basics of Python and how to use generative AI tools.

• Machine Learning Using SQL with BigQuery ML Awareness (Entry Level)

  11m 58s | 12 questions

  The Machine Learning Using SQL with BigQuery ML Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify how to use BigQuery to work with data and machine learning models. You will be evaluated on your recognition of different kinds of machine learning (ML) models and use cases for regression analysis. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a basic understanding of how to use the BigQuery framework to perform data analytics.

• No-code Machine Learning with RapidMiner Awareness (Entry Level)

  9m | 9 questions

  The No-code Machine Learning with RapidMiner Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify the features and capabilities of RapidMiner for data analytics. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of how to load and summarize data in RapidMiner and perform regression. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a basic understanding of how to use the RapidMiner framework to perform data analytics.

• ChatGPT Awareness (Entry Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The ChatGPT Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of key concepts related to practical prompt engineering and ChatGPT. You will be assessed on your recognition of what ChatGPT is, the various types of prompts used in ChatGPT, ChatGPT's benefits and limitations, the industries that are using ChatGPT, and the ethical considerations surrounding the use of AI and ChatGPT and its potential impacts on society and culture. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have an awareness of ChatGPT.

• ChatGPT Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The ChatGPT Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of basic ChatGPT use cases and prompt writing techniques. You will be assessed on your skills in applying prompt writing techniques to write effective and ethical ChatGPT prompts, recognizing ChatGPT's impact on business processes and the impact prompts have on the accuracy of ChatGPT's responses, identifying faulty and problematic prompt responses in ChatGPT, and recognizing the ethical considerations and challenges of using ChatGPT and other AI models in various industries. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to recognize ChatGPT's uses and craft effective and ethical ChatGPT prompts.

• Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your understanding and working knowledge of deep learning techniques and concepts, neural networks, RNNs, and memory-based networks for developing natural language processing (NLP) applications. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a good understanding of deep learning frameworks and techniques used for NLP application development and can work on NLP projects with minimal supervision.

• Machine Learning Using SQL with BigQuery ML Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Machine Learning Using SQL with BigQuery ML Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to work with data using the bq command-line tool, Looker Studio, and DataPrep and train binary and multi-class classification models. You will be evaluated on your recognition of use cases for training clustering models and recommendation systems and time series analysis forecasting, knowledge of the components in an autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) model, and ability to perform time series analysis on data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience using the BigQuery framework to perform data analytics.

• Generative AI and Prompt Engineering for Ethical Hacking Proficiency (Advanced Level) NEW!

  24m | 24 questions

  The Generative AI and Prompt Engineering for Ethical Hacking Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your advanced working understanding of many security-related issues, procedures, and tools and extended exposure to generative AI tools and best practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a proficient understanding of ethical hacking and generative AI in several areas. They are considered a team leader and can work independently with minimal to no supervision.

• Prompt Engineering for Git Literacy (Beginner Level)

  9m | 9 questions

  The Prompt Engineering for Git Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your foundational understanding of the basics of Git. You will be assessed on your ability to leverage prompt engineering to navigate your way around Git commands. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to leverage prompt engineering to execute Git commands.

Data Core Concepts

• Data Management and Governance Literacy (Beginner Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The Data Management and Governance Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the foundational concepts of data management, domains, data sources, and governance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a basic understanding of data management and integration concepts.

• Data for Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Data for Leaders Proficiency benchmark will measure whether a learner has had significant exposure and experience with data technologies. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the concepts of data such as big data analytics, data architecture, data processing, data governance and management, and emerging new age architecture. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates independent knowledge across a variety of data technologies and platforms.

• Data Management and Governance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Data Management and Governance Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the concepts of data management, quality, compliance, and governance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good understanding of data management, compliance, quality, and governance elements.

• Database Fundamentals Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 26 questions

  The Database Fundamentals Literacy benchmark will measure your knowledge of the fundamentals of data, databases, DB design, and DBMS. You will be assessed on your skills to recognize RDBMS concepts & terminologies, work with various data providers, use DB commands, and identify the role of the DBA. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to set up a database and tables in a normalized form and run queries on them.

• Data for Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Data for Leaders Competency benchmark will measure whether a learner has had exposure to data concepts and terminology. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize key concepts of data such as big data, data governance and management, and emerging new age architecture. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the basic data skills to understand and grasp various data related technologies, tools, and frameworks.

• Data for Leaders Awareness

  20m | 20 questions

  The Data for Leaders Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate to basic data concepts. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of data such as data formats, sources, various data operations, terminologies, and processing methods. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a basic level of awareness of data concepts.

• CompTIA Data+ Mastery (Expert Level)

  40m | 40 questions

  The CompTIA Data+ Mastery (Expert Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of data concepts and environments and applying data mining tasks and the appropriate descriptive statistical methods. You will be evaluated on your ability to summarize types of analysis and critical analysis techniques, create the appropriate visualization in a report or dashboard with proper design components, summarize important data governance concepts, and apply data quality control concepts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have expertise in data mining, analysis, and visualization and have the necessary skills to facilitate data-driven business decisions.

• Data Literacy (Beginner Level)

  37m 30s | 25 questions

  The data literacy benchmark will measure your ability to speak the language of data. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize key topics such as; data science concepts, analytics, database types, predictive analytics, data visualization, data stewardship, data compliance, and data governance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that you have the skills to interpret data and incorporate it into your daily life.

• CompTIA Data+ Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  37m | 37 questions

  The CompTIA Data+ Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of key techniques used in data manipulation, common techniques for query optimization, and the importance of and methods for using descriptive statistics. You will be evaluated on your ability to define the importance and methods of inferential statistics, identify data analysis types and techniques, describe key activities and elements for data analysis reporting, recognize key activities and elements for data analysis dashboards, and identify methods for creating popular charts and graphs used in visualization data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good level of experience in data analysis and visualization that's required for the CompTIA Data+ certification.

• CompTIA Data+ Literacy (Beginner Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The CompTIA Data+ Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of key data analytics concepts, common roles in data science, and the basics of working with databases. You will be evaluated on your recognition of key concepts surrounding databases and their use in the modern world, various data types, and the relationship of data with modern database systems. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good understanding of the basic data concepts required for the CompTIA Data+ certification Data Concepts and Environments domain.

• Data Essentials

  15m | 15 questions

  The Data Essentials benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the underlying concepts of data. You will be evaluated on the value of good quality data, ethical data practices, mitigating bias in data decision-making, how to use evidence-based decision-making, techniques for data analysis, and data protection best practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the essential data skills and can understand and grasp the underlying data concepts and practices.

• CompTIA Data+ Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The CompTIA Data+ Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of the relationship of data with modern database systems and data analytics tools and their various uses. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing the need for and methods of data acquisition, as well as cleansing and key data manipulation concepts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good understanding of data mining and the level of experience required for the CompTIA Data+ certification.

Data Platforms

• Data Infrastructures with Apache Cassandra Competency (Intermediate Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The Data Infrastructures with Apache Cassandra Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your understanding of the basics of Apache Cassandra. You will be evaluated on your ability to install Cassandra and use its features, create a multi-node cluster with Docker, execute CQL commands and queries, perform updates, and read and write data from CSV files. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to work on Cassandra with minimal supervision.

• MySQL Literacy (Beginner Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The MySQL Literacy benchmark measures your knowledge to create databases and tables and perform simple insert and query operations. You will be evaluated on your skills in modeling entities and relationships in a real-world scenario, translating to MySQL tables with the correct column specifications, and inserting and updating data in those tables. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with a MySQL database, write queries, use sub-queries and date utilities, and utilize pattern matching with wildcards and the LIKE operator.

• MySQL Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The MySQL Competency benchmark will measure your ability to use inner and outer joins to combine data from different relations in MySQL and use the GROUP BY and HAVING operators in SQL to analyze aggregates of data. You will be evaluated on your skills in analyzing normal forms to optimize the structure of relations, using appropriate indices to speed up query execution, and using views to build abstractions for complex and common query operations. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to use subqueries and joins, normalize tables, create views and apply indices in MySQL.

• Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Data Querying and Manipulation Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Data Querying and Manipulation Proficiency benchmark measures a learner's skills and knowledge of querying, retrieving, and manipulating data using advanced functions in Microsoft SQL Server. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required skills to independently load, query, and manipulate data using Microsoft SQL Server 2016.

• Data Infrastructures with Snowflake Mastery (Expert Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Data Infrastructures with Snowflake Mastery (Expert Level) benchmark measures your ability to work with continuous and semi-structured data, perform advanced analytics in Snowflake, and manage a Snowflake account. You will be evaluated on your ability to perform load operations for JSON data, configure parameters and security in Snowflake, and set up a secure share of Snowflake objects between two accounts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work on advanced analytics projects using Snowflake without any supervision.

• MySQL Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The MySQL Proficiency benchmark assesses your knowledge to implement solid, robust triggers, define stored procedures that take in various arguments, and invoke the stored procedures. You will be evaluated on your skills in leveraging transactions, such as rollbacks, commits, and savepoints, and confidently using read and write locks to control concurrent access to database relations. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to use triggers, create and invoke stored procedures, and implement transactions in MySQL.

• Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Deployment Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Deployment Proficiency benchmark measures a learner's skills and knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server instances and storage, securing Azure SQL databases, deployment strategies, migrations, data masking, encryption, and performance settings. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required skills to plan deployment strategies and migrate to Azure SQL databases, as well as knowledge of security, encryption, and performance settings.

• Data Infrastructures with Snowflake Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Data Infrastructures with Snowflake Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recall and recognize how to utilize Time Travel and Fail-safe in Snowflake, install and configure SnowSQL, define and use variables, and utilize SnowSQL features. You will be evaluated on your ability to differentiate internal and external stages, load data using the classic Snowflake UI, and integrate Snowflake with Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage, and S3. You will also be evaluated on your skills in unloading data from Snowflake to different types of internal storage, querying staged files directly into Snowflake tables, and optimizing query performance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to work on Snowflake with minimal supervision.

• Graph Analytics with Neo4j Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Graph Analytics with Neo4j Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recall, recognize, and understand graph concepts, Neo4j graph databases, and Cypher Query Language for querying graph data. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize concepts like performing graph analytics with Neo4j, graph visualizations, and graph modeling. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required skills of Neo4j graph analytics to apply them in their projects.

• Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Migrating to Azure SQL Databases Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Migrating to Azure SQL Databases Proficiency benchmark measures a learner's skills in migrating existing databases to Microsoft SQL databases, applying migration methods for applications, securing benchmark data, tuning performance, managing traffic, and applying various application patterns. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required skills to plan and migrate existing databases and applications to Azure SQL databases and apply various application patterns, as well as knowledge of security and performance tuning.

• Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Installation Literacy (Beginner Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Installation Literacy benchmark measures a learner's exposure to Microsoft SQL database management concepts such as the SQL Server platform, versions, architecture, installations, configurations, and upgrading from older versions to SQL Server 2016. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the foundational knowledge and installation skills regarding Microsoft SQL Server.

• Data Infrastructures with Snowflake Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The Data Infrastructures with Snowflake Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to work with continuous data, perform advanced analytics in Snowflake, and work with semi-structured data in Snowflake. You will be evaluated on your skills in setting up a table and internal Snowflake stage for data ingestion, integrating Snowflake with Azure and AWS, executing various join operations, and loading and querying JSON and XML data in Snowflake. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work on advanced analytics using Snowflake without any supervision.

• Redis In-memory Data Store Literacy (Beginner Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Redis In-memory Data Store Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of Redis features and using the CLI to interact with the Redis data store. You will be evaluated on your understanding of the benefits and limitations of HyperLogLog structures and how to use them in Redis and your ability to work with lists, hashes, and sets. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with the different data structures available in Redis.

• Data Infrastructures with Snowflake Literacy (Beginner Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Data Infrastructures with Snowflake Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to recall, recognize, and list features and use cases of Snowflake and differentiate the Snowflake editions. You will be evaluated on your skills in utilizing virtual warehouses and databases to separate data and compute, identify, and view database objects in Snowsight. You will also be evaluated on your ability to run queries using Snowsight worksheets, build dashboards in Snowsight, and list use cases and attributes of permanent, temporary, and transient tables. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the knowledge required to start learning about and working on Snowflake with supervision.

• Microsoft SQL Database Administration Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  Microsoft SQL Database Administration Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark calibrates your ability to implement database security, backup and restore databases, manage database integrity, and implement high availability. You will be evaluated on your skills in administering a Microsoft SQL Server environment, database security, and implementing database fault tolerance. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to describe and administer Microsoft SQL Server.

• Redis In-memory Data Store Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Redis In-memory Data Store Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark calibrates your knowledge of implementing Pub/Sub in Redis and applying streams for recording data and getting consumer processes to process messages. You will be evaluated on your ability to apply optimization and synchronization mechanisms from Redis clients and execute crucial administrative tasks for a Redis server. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement messaging and streaming in Redis, work with Redis clients, and administer a Redis server.

• Data Infrastructures with Apache Cassandra Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Data Infrastructures with Apache Cassandra Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to enumerate and contrast collection fields in Cassandra and understand partitioning and clustering keys. You will be evaluated on your skills in working with JSON and CSV data, identifying types of queries that are and are not allowed in Cassandra, creating indexes on Cassandra tables, performing grouping and aggregation operations, and working programmatically with Cassandra from a Java client. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work on Cassandra without any supervision.

• Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Data Querying and Manipulation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Data Querying and Manipulation Competency benchmark measures a learner's skills and knowledge of querying, retrieving, and manipulating data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required skills to load, query, and manipulate data using Microsoft SQL Server 2016.

• Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Installation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  26m | 26 questions

  The Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Installation Competency benchmark measures a learner's skills and exposure of Microsoft SQL database management concepts such as the SQL server platform, versions, architecture, installation best practices, and Azure Virtual Machines. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required skills to install Microsoft SQL Server, upgrade from older versions, and move on-premises SQL Server workloads to the cloud.

Data Science

• Data Visualization Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Data Visualization Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recall, relate, demonstrate, and apply the data visualization concepts and techniques in Excel, QlikView, and various Python visualization libraries. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize and apply the concepts of data visualization techniques, tools, and functions in Excel, Qlikview, Infographics, and Python. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required data visualization skills to understand, apply, and work independently on the visualizations in their projects.

• Data Visualization in Python with seaborn and Altair Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Data Visualization in Python with seaborn and Altair Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to use seaborn to work with strip and swarm plots, time series data, error bars, logistic and linear regression curves, pair plots, and heatmaps. You will be evaluated on your ability to plot different forms of charts using Altair in order to analyze a variety of datasets and visualize specialized data using a variety of Altair charts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to visualize data with representations of plots, graphs, and charts using seaborn and Altair frameworks

• Graph Analytics Literacy (Beginner Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Graph Analytics Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recall, recognize, and understand graph concepts, fundamentals of graph databases, and graph data structures. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the basic concepts of graph data structures and algorithms. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required foundation of graph data structures.

• Exploratory Data Analysis in R Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Exploratory Data Analysis in R Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure and experience in performing exploratory data analysis in R. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates knowledge and experience in getting the data in various formats, understanding the data, and exploring and visualizing the data in R for data analysis.

• Data Analysis with Python Literacy (Beginner Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Data Analysis with Python Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate Python concepts, including using the NumPy library and its arrays for manipulating and analyzing data, and a basic idea of Python libraries such as pandas, Matplotlib, seaborn for data analysis. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a basic understanding of Python libraries, visualization libraries such as Matplotlib and seaborn, and basic skills for performing data analysis using NumPy and pandas.

• Data Visualization in Python with Matplotlib Competency (Intermediate Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Data Visualization in Python with Matplotlib Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark will measure your ability to recall, relate, demonstrate, and apply data visualization concepts and techniques in Python using the Matplotlib library. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize and apply data visualization concepts, techniques, tools, and functions in Matplotlib. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required data visualization skills to understand, apply, and work independently on visualizations in their projects.

• Graph Analytics Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Graph Analytics Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recall, recognize, and understand graph analytics concepts, graph databases, and Cypher Query Language for querying graph data and graph data science for identifying hidden relationships. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required skills of Neo4j graph analytics and graph data science, graph data science with Spark, and to work independently in their projects.

• Math for Data Science Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Math for Data Science Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recall, relate, analyze, and apply the underlying math concepts in data science solutions and machine learning algorithms. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize, analyze, and apply the advanced math concepts in machine learning algorithms such as statistics, probability, linear algebra and calculus, algorithm tuning techniques and optimization techniques, and the math behind complex algorithms like decision trees and recommendation systems . A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the proficiency to apply advanced math concepts to develop efficient machine learning solutions.

• Data Visualization with Python Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Data Visualization with Python Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to perform data visualizations in Python using advanced plotting and charting techniques, as well as various visualization libraries such as Matplotlib, Plotly, seaborn, and Bokeh. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they can independently work on data visualization in Python.

• Data Analytics Literacy (Beginner Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Data Analytics Literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has exposure to data analytics concepts, including what data analytics is and why it's required, the various data analytics tools and frameworks available, and the different types of data analytics. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the foundational knowledge to start working on data analytics projects with training and supervision.

• Data Visualization in Python with seaborn and Altair Literacy (Beginner Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Data Visualization in Python with seaborn and Altair Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to use Seaborn to build univariate and bivariate histograms and kernel density estimation (KDE) curves and plots, as well as box, boxen, and violin plots. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the types of data that can be visualized in Altair and plot some of the basic charts available in this tool. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to visualize and analyze data using seaborn and Altair.

• Data Visualization in Python with Seaborn Literacy (Beginner Level)

  8m | 8 questions

  The Data Visualization in Python with Seaborn Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate underlying data visualization concepts using Python and seaborn. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of data visualization, its uses, and best practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the basic data visualization skills to understand and grasp visualization techniques and their uses.

• Data Visualization with Python Competency (Intermediate Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Data Visualization with Python competency benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate underlying data visualization concepts in Python. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the concepts of data visualization and advanced data visualization, as well as data representation, charting, and plotting in Python using pandas, Matplotlib, and Plotly libraries. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have data visualization skills using Python.

• Data Analysis with Python Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Data Analysis with Python Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate Python concepts, including NumPy and pandas for manipulating, analyzing, and transforming the data, as well as Matplotlib and seaborn for visualizing data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good Python data analysis, visualization, and data wrangling skills and can work on data analysis projects with minimal supervision.

• Data Visualization in Python with Matplotlib Literacy (Beginner Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Data Visualization in Python with Matplotlib Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate underlying data visualization concepts using Python and Matplotlib. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of data visualization, its uses, and best practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the basic data visualization skills to understand and grasp visualization techniques and their uses.

• Data Analysis with Python Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The Data Analysis with Python Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate Python concepts, including using NumPy and pandas for manipulating, analyzing, and transforming the data, as well as Matplotlib and seaborn for visualizing data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have very good Python data analysis, visualization, and data wrangling skills and can work independently on data analysis projects.

• Python ETL with petl Literacy (Beginner Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Python ETL with petl Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to process data belonging to various file formats, connect to a database, and perform basic Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) tasks using petl. You will be evaluated on your ability to perform fundamental transform operations on numbers, strings, and tables using petl. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform basic data transformations with petl.

• Acquiring and Cleaning Data in R Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Acquiring and Cleaning Data in R Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure and experience in gathering data, identifying dirty data, and cleaning the data in R. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates knowledge and experience in getting the data in various formats, understanding the data, and cleaning the data using R libraries for data analysis.

• Statistics for Data Analysis Literacy (Beginner Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The Statistics for Data Analysis Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the underlying statistics concepts for data analysis. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of statistics, such as data types, descriptive and inferential statistics, and their applications. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the basic statistics skills to understand and grasp the data analysis process.

• Data Visualization in Python with Seaborn Competency (Intermediate Level)

  9m | 9 questions

  The Data Visualization in Python with Seaborn Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark will measure your ability to recall, relate, demonstrate, and apply data visualization concepts and techniques in Python using the seaborn library. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize and apply data visualization concepts, techniques, tools, and functions in Seaborn. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required data visualization skills to understand, apply, and work independently on visualizations in their projects.

• Data Visualization with Python Literacy (Beginner Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Data Visualization with Python Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the underlying data visualization concepts in Python. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of data visualization, representation, charting, and plotting in Python using libraries such as Matplotlib, Plotly, and Seaborn. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have basic data visualization skills using Python.

• Statistics for Data Analysis Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Statistics for Data Analysis Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the underlying statistics and probability concepts for data analysis and perform statistical analysis, as well as probability calculations using Python and pandas. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the deeper concepts of statistics and probability, such as descriptive and inferential statistics, probability concepts, probability distributions, Bayesian networks, hypothesis tests, etc. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the strong statistics and probability skills required to work independently on data analytics projects.

• Python ETL with petl Competency (Intermediate Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The Python ETL with petl Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to perform data operations by implementing replace and type change operations, querying data in petl data tables, and defining filters. You will be evaluated on your ability to extract data using regular expressions, implement joins and set operations on tables, and aggregate data using petl. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement advanced extractions and transformations with petl.

• Statistics for Data Analysis Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Statistics for Data Analysis Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the underlying statistics and probability concepts for data analysis, as well as perform statistical analysis and probability calculations using Python and Pandas. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the concepts of statistics and probability, such as data types, descriptive and inferential statistics and their applications, probability concepts, marginal and joint probabilities, Bayes rule, and performing statistical and probability calculations with Python. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good statistics and probability skills and can work on data analysis projects with minimal supervision.

• Python Data Visualization Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Python Data Visualization benchmark will measure your ability to apply data visualization techniques in Python using Python statistical plots, Python with Altair, and Dash Python frameworks. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the visual and analytical features of Python. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop interactive Python applications with visual representations of plots, graphs, and charts.

• Math for Data Science Literacy (Beginner Level)

  37m 30s | 25 questions

  The Math for Data Science Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the underlying math concepts in data science and machine learning solutions. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of math for data science like the basics of statistics, probability, algebra, and calculus. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the basic math skills to understand and grasp the data analysis process and machine learning algorithms.

Data Visualization & Reporting

• Data Visualization with Tableau Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Data Visualization with Tableau Competency benchmark will measure your ability to work with data, and import, visualize, and analyze data in Tableau. You will be evaluated on your ability to import data from various sources, visualize data using different kinds of charts, create views and measures, and create dashboards. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good data visualization, data analysis, and storytelling skills in Tableau.

• Business Analyst to Data Analyst Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Business Analyst to Data Analyst Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recall, recognize, and understand concepts and techniques applied as a business analyst such as basic and advanced Excel for analytics. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the basic concepts of business analytics techniques and functions in Excel for data import and export, data visualizations using various charts, statistical analysis, data validation and cleaning, pivot tables, and the basics of Tableau and Power BI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required foundation of business analytics skills to understand and apply in their projects.

• Data Visualization with Excel Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Data Visualization with Excel Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recall, relate, demonstrate, and apply data visualization concepts and techniques in Excel. You will be evaluated on your ability to draw, customize, and visualize various types of charts and graphs in Excel. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required data visualization skills to understand, apply, and work independently on visualization projects using Excel.

• Data Visualization with Tableau Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Data Visualization with Tableau Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to work with data, import data, create advanced visualizations and dashboards, and perform advanced analysis in Tableau. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have skills to work independently on storytelling using Tableau.

• Business Analyst to Data Analyst Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Business Analyst to Data Analyst Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recall, recognize, and apply business analytics concepts and features of Tableau, Power BI, Python, and BigML. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize and use business analytics techniques in Tableau, Power BI, Maria DB, Python, and Big ML for data visualizations using various charts, including Google charts. You will be evaluated on your ability to create dashboards; load data from a variety of files in Tableau; analyze tables; apply transformations, data validation, and cleaning; use pivot tables; use Python pandas for data analysis; and leverage Maria DB and BigML for machine learning models. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have strong skills in business analytics and data analytics to build effective dashboards and share reports and insights with business users.

• Data Loading and Visualization in Power BI Proficiency (Advanced Level) NEW!

  9m | 9 questions

  The Data Loading and Visualization in Power BI Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your recollection of how to utilize advanced charting features in Power BI, including gauge charts, funnels, Sankey diagrams, Gantt charts, radar charts, heatmaps, and calendar layouts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good expertise working in Power BI and can work on Power BI data analysis and visualization projects without any supervision.

• AI in Power BI Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  20m | 20 questions

  The AI in Power BI Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to automatically generate AI insights on datasets and visualize them on dashboards by leveraging AI features in Power BI and train machine learning models in Power BI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience in leveraging AI features in Power BI and can work on visualization and machine learning projects using Power BI with minimal supervision.

• Data Loading and Visualization in Power BI Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  20m | 20 questions

  The Data Loading and Visualization in Power BI Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your recognition of how to load data from cloud storage and data modeling using Power BI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good expertise in using Power BI to load data from the cloud, model data, and perform advanced visualizations in Power BI.

• Power BI Literacy (Beginner Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The Power BI Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the underlying data analysis and visualization concepts in Power BI. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the concepts of data analysis, loading and transforming data, customizing charts, querying, and visualizations in Power BI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they are able to work on Power BI projects with minimal supervision.

• Data Visualization with Tableau Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Data Visualization with Tableau Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate to the underlying data visualization concepts in Tableau. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of data visualization in Tableau such as handling data sources, working with data and fields, creating basic visualizations, and best practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the basic skills for data visualization using Tableau.

• Data Visualization with Excel Competency (Advanced Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Data Visualization with Excel Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recall, relate, and demonstrate how to apply underlying data visualization concepts and techniques in Excel. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the concepts of data visualization and Excel techniques and functions for various types of charts and graphs. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required data visualization skills to understand and apply visualization techniques in projects using Excel.

• Data Visualization Mastery (Expert Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Data Visualization Mastery benchmark will measure your ability to recall, relate, demonstrate, and apply the data visualization concepts and techniques in Excel, Qlickview, and various Python visualization libraries. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize and apply the concepts of data visualization techniques, tools, and functions in Excel, QlikView, Infogram, and Python. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required data visualization skills to understand, apply, and work independently on the visualizations in their projects.

• Power BI Service in Power BI Proficiency (Advanced Level) NEW!

  25m | 25 questions

  The Power BI Service in Power BI Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your recollection of key concepts of the Power BI Service, creating and working in Power BI Service workspaces, and working with dashboards and reports. You will also be evaluated on your ability to work with scorecards, dashboards, paginated reports, and the Power BI mobile app. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good expertise using the Power BI Service in Power BI and can work on Power BI projects without supervision.

• Power Query in Power BI Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  19m | 19 questions

  The Power Query in Power BI Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your recollection of how to perform data transformation using Power Query. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good expertise in using Power Query in Power BI for data transformation.

• Data Visualization Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Data Visualization mastery Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recall, relate, and demonstrate applying the underlying Data Visualization concepts and techniques in Excel, Qlikview and Python. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the concepts of data visualization, techniques, and functions in Excel, Qlikview, Infographics, and Python. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required data visualization skills to understand and apply visualization techniques in their projects.

• Business Analyst to Data Analyst Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Business Analyst to Data Analyst competency benchmark will measure your ability to recall, recognize, and understand concepts and techniques applied as a business analyst working with Excel, Tableau, and Power BI. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize business analytics techniques and functions in Tableau, Power BI, and Maria DB; create basic data visualizations using charts; create dashboards; load data from files in Tableau; analyze tables; apply transformations, data validation, and cleaning; and use pivot tables. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the required skills in business analytics to build effective dashboards and share reports and insights with business users.

• Data Visualization Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Data Visualization Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the underlying data visualization concepts in Excel. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of data visualization, its uses, and best practices like the basics of visualization in Excel, Qlikview, and Python. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the basic data visualization skills to understand and grasp the visualization techniques and their uses.

• AI in Power BI Proficiency (Advanced Level) NEW!

  17m | 17 questions

  The AI in Power BI Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to create AI-powered visuals in Power BI, generate smart narratives for visuals, manage Q&A visuals, and work with Copilot in Power BI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good expertise in leveraging AI features in Power BI and can work on visualization and machine learning projects using Power BI without any supervision.

• Data Visualization with Excel Literacy (Beginner Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Data Visualization with Excel Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate data visualization concepts in Excel. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of data visualization, its uses, and best practices, including the basics of visualization in Excel. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the basic data visualization skills to understand and grasp visualization techniques and their uses.

• Data Loading and Visualization in Power BI Literacy (Beginner Level) NEW!

  14m | 14 questions

  The Data Loading and Visualization in Power BI Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your recognition of how to process and clean the data stored in tables, import data into Power BI from SharePoint, load data from SQL Server, and read data in from MySQL. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they possess the basic Power BI skills to load and visualize data.

• Power BI Awareness (Entry Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Power BI awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the underlying data analysis and visualization concepts in Power BI. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of data analysis and the loading and transformation of data in Power BI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the basic Power BI skills to understand and grasp data analysis and visualization.

Database Development

• SQLAlchemy Competency (Intermediate Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The SQLAlchemy Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to carry out advanced operations using SQLAlchemy Core APIs. You will be evaluated on your ability to perform multi-table joins, create views, use views to insert data into underlying tables, and create indexes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to query data and perform DB operations using joins, views, and indexes.

• Python ETL Literacy (Beginner Level)

  37m 30s | 25 questions

  The Python ETL Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to perform data operations using SQLAlchemy, data transformation using petl, and processing of HTTP requests. You will be evaluated on your ability to implement data operations and web techniques in Python applications. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop interactive Python web applications that perform data operations and process HTTP requests.

• SQLAlchemy Literacy (Beginner Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The SQLAlchemy Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to use SQLAlchemy to carry out foundational actions and tasks. You will be evaluated on your ability to perform simple select-from-where queries with logical and relational operators from SQLAlchemy, add and drop columns and constraints, and define foreign key constraints and parent/child relationships. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to use SQLAlchemy and perform basic DB operations.

• SQLAlchemy Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The SQLAlchemy Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to work with triggers, stored and parameterized stored procedures, and Python transactions. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of working with check and foreign key constraints, using the ORM API to model tables as classes, as well as extending the declarative_base and automap_base classes and using them to perform SQL commands. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform advanced operations in SQLAlchemy and can work with SQLAlchemy ORM.

Data Science

• Big Data

  7m | 7 questions

  Big data represents high volume, high-velocity information assets, which enable better analytics, insight, decision making, and process automation. Big data is a field that treats ways to analyze, systematically extract information from, or otherwise deal with data sets that are too large or complex to be dealt with by traditional data-processing application software. Learn how big data can be analyzed for insights that lead to better decisions and strategic business moves. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  8m | 8 questions

  Ensuring a diverse workplace requires actively participating in and advocating for DEI supports can help foster an inclusive environment. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.

Leading Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

  8m | 8 questions

  Ensuring a diverse workplace requires actively participating in and advocating for DEI supports can help foster an inclusive environment. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.

Core

• Certified Ethical Hacker Literacy (Beginner Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Certified Ethical Hacker Literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure to the basic CEH practice including some experience with common CEH scenarios and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional literacy in basic areas of the CEH discipline. This learner can participate in discussions and decision making scenarios.

• Certified Ethical Hacker Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Certified Ethical Hacker Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has significant proficiency in the CEH practice with extensive experience with many of the CEH scenarios and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional proficiency in most of the areas of the CEH discipline, across a variety of different platforms and deployments. This learner works and acts almost 100% independently of others.

• Certified Ethical Hacker Awareness (Entry Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Certified Ethical Hacker Awareness benchmark measures whether a learner has basic exposure with the CEH practice, some common jargon, and terminology. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates basic awareness of CEH disciplines and knows where to find additional information on various CEH topics.

• Certified Ethical Hacker Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Certified Ethical Hacker Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has working exposure and practice with CEH practices with some experience with many of the CEH scenarios and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional competency in some areas of the CEH discipline. This learner works under the supervision of a more advanced CEH staff.

• Certified Ethical Hacker Mastery (Expert Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Certified Ethical Hacker Mastery benchmark measures whether a learner has mastery of the CEH practice with extensive experience with virtually all CEH scenarios and processes, and is considered a thought leader. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional mastery in all of the major areas of the CEH discipline, across a variety of different platforms and deployments. This learner works and act almost 100% independently of others, and is seen as a leader in the industry.

Professional

• GCP Architect: Ensuring Solution and Operations Reliability Competency (Intermediate Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The Ensuring Solution and Operations Reliability Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in ensuring the reliability of a cloud solution and its operations. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in designing for service level agreements (SLAs), disaster recovery and business continuity, monitoring and alerting, and incident management and response.

• GCP Architect: Analyzing and Optimizing Technical and Business Processes Competency (Intermediate Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Analyzing and Optimizing Technical and Business Processes Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in analyzing and optimizing technical and business processes to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a cloud solution. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in analyzing technical and business processes, designing monitoring and logging solutions, and designing for scalability and elasticity, high availability and reliability, and cost optimization.

• GCP Architect: Designing and Planning a Cloud Solution Architecture Competency (Intermediate Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The Designing and Planning a Cloud Solution Architecture Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your understanding of the skills and knowledge required to design and plan a cloud solution architecture that meets business and technical requirements. You will be evaluated on your ability to design for business and technical requirements, Google compute services, container orchestration, networking, storage, and databases. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain with the knowledge and insights needed to analyze customer needs, choose appropriate GCP services, and create a migration plan.

• GCP Architect: Managing and Provisioning a Solution Infrastructure Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Managing and Provisioning a Solution Infrastructure Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your comprehensive understanding of managing and provisioning a cloud solution infrastructure using GCP services. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain with the knowledge and insights needed to make informed decisions about planning for implementation and cloud migrations.

• GCP Architect: Designing for Security and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The Designing for Security and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in designing a secure and compliant cloud solution architecture. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of designing for Google Cloud security, cryptography, and compliance.

Auditor

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Awareness (Entry Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your understanding of the knowledge and technical skills required for auditing, control, and security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to participate in discussions about CISA topics and provide input.

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your comprehension of the knowledge and technical skills required for auditing, control, and security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to participate in active CISA projects under the supervision of a CISA-certified professional, and can understand common CISA topics and provide input.

• Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Competency (Intermediate Level)

  39m | 39 questions

  The Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your working understanding of the knowledge and technical skills required for auditing, control, and security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work independently on active CISA projects, lead discussions of CISA topics, and provide feedback, reports, and consulting to customers.

Security Manager

• CISM 2022: Network Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 29 questions

  The Network Security Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in protecting an organization's network infrastructure from unauthorized access, attacks, and other security threats. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in the knowledge and understanding of the implementation of network security policies, procedures, controls, network segmentation, use of firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems, and other security technologies.

• CISM 2022: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your comprehensive understanding of the development and implementation of plans and processes. You will be evaluated on your ability to ensure that an organization can continue operations in the case of a disaster or disruption. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain with the knowledge and insights needed to make informed decisions about the identification of critical business processes, development of recovery strategies, and testing and maintenance of plans.

• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Awareness (Beginner Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Awareness benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure to basic modern IT security practices and theories. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates understanding in the major areas of information security and can participate in discussions with peers.

• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Competency (Intermediate Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has had project knowledge of common IT security practices and theories. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a genuine working knowledge in the major areas of information security and can work independently under the direction of a technology leader.

• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Mastery (Expert Level)

  40m | 40 questions

  The Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Mastery benchmark measures whether a learner is an information security thought leader who can describe the details of key process, procedures, benefits and consequences of the practice. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates genuine expertise and knowledge in all areas of information security and can work independently.

• CISM 2022: Security Operations and Identity and Access Management (IAM) Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Security Operations and Identity and Access Management (IAM) Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in managing user identities and access to resources and systems. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of security operations, such as the detection, analysis, and response to security incidents and events. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of security operations, including the creation and implementation of access control policies and procedures, user authentication and authorization, and monitoring and management of user activity.

• CISM 2022: Cryptography and Data Protection Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Cryptography and Data Protection Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in protecting data from unauthorized access, modification, and theft. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in encryption and decryption implementation techniques, cryptographic key management, and the creation and implementation of data protection policies and procedures. They have also had some working exposure to the protection of data in transit and at rest, as well as the use of secure storage and backup systems.

• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has advanced knowledge of advanced IT security practices and theories. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a genuine working knowledge in the major areas of information security and can work independently.

• CISM 2022: Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your understanding of necessary information security regulations and laws. You will be evaluated on your ability to manage risks effectively and maintain a compliant environment for an organization. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain with the knowledge and insights needed to understand the creation and implementation of policies, procedures, and controls that align with the organization's goals and objectives.

• Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Literacy (Beginner Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) Literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure to common IT security practices and theories. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a genuine understanding in the major areas of information security and can make decisions and participate in discussions with peers.

Client & Server Administration

• CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your working independence, understanding, and experience with the Linux operating system. You will be evaluated on your ability to manage Linux hardware, search Linux file systems and filter data, work with hard and symbolic links, manage and repair Linux file systems, configure Linux kernel options, utilize Git, and manage Linux logs and services. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to work independently within the Linux server technology platform and understand advanced-level vocabulary.

• Windows Server 2022 Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Windows Server 2022 Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your beginner-level understanding of the Windows Server platform. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of the hardware and software requirements for installing Windows Server 2022, licensing for Windows Server 2022, how Windows Server 2022 is built around three key themes, virtualization in Windows Server, the basics of Active Directory (AD), and networking principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an understanding of the Windows Server technology platform and can participate in educated discussions about the product.

• CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Awareness (Entry Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your entry-level exposure to the Linux operating system. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of Linux distributions, storage, and file systems, as well as task automation using shell scripts, common Linux threats, authentication and authorization, Linux firewall solutions, and troubleshooting performance issues. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a basic understanding of the Linux server technology platform and vocabulary.

• Linux OS Exploits Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 31 questions

  The Linux OS Exploits Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has extensive exposure in generic Linux operating system distributions, practices, and principles , and working experience and exposure to common OS exploits and techniques. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional proficiency in all of the major areas of Linux exploits analysis and tooling.

• Windows Desktop Administration Awareness (Entry Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Windows Desktop Administration Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your exposure to basic Windows 10 and 11 administration concepts and tools. You will be evaluated on your basic knowledge of system requirements and settings for Windows 11, default applications, and the Microsoft Management Console (MMC). A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they understand basic Windows 10 and 11 administration concepts and can participate in informed conversations on the subject.

• Windows Desktop Administration Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  35m | 35 questions

  The Windows Desktop Administration Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your advanced exposure and independent hands-on experience with Windows 10 and 11 administration concepts and tools. You will be evaluated on your ability to ensure Windows 11 is properly activated, use various Windows administrative tools and utilities, manage Windows services and devices, configure application permissions, and execute advanced troubleshooting techniques. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates their ability to operate and administer almost all Windows 10 and 11 administration tasks with minimal or no supervision.

• Windows Desktop Administration Competency (Intermediate Level)

  34m | 34 questions

  The Windows Desktop Administration Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your working exposure, understanding, and hands-on experience with Windows 10 and 11 administration concepts and tools. You will be evaluated on your ability to cleanly install Windows 11, manage users and groups, control networking and file sharing, manage system security, and view resources and configure devices in Device Manager. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates their ability to administer routine Windows 10 and 11 administration tasks with some supervision.

• Windows Server 2022 Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  35m | 35 questions

  The Windows Server 2022 Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your advanced-level understanding of working with the Windows Server platform. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of Windows Server 2022 file and storage services, advanced Active Directory concepts, failover clustering, monitoring and performance optimization, and network and server security measures. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a high working proficiency with Windows Server technology platform processes and can work on the platform independently with minimal supervision.

• CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Competency (Intermediate Level)

  27m | 27 questions

  The CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your working understanding and experience with the Linux operating system. You will be evaluated on your skills in correctly using specific Linux distributions to address specific use cases, installing and deploying various Linux OSs, searching for and filtering data using commands, managing Linux jobs, installing and using Docker, and solving common TCP/IP configuration issues. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to navigate the Linux server technology platform and understand intermediate-level vocabulary.

• Linux OS Exploits Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Linux OS Exploits Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has had some exposure in generic Linux operating system distributions, practices, and principles, and some working experience and exposure to common OS exploits and techniques. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in some areas of Linux exploits analysis and tooling.

• Windows Server 2022 Awareness (Entry Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Windows Server 2022 Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your entry-level exposure to the Windows Server platform. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of the role of Windows Server 2022 in an organization, Azure Datacenter, Server Manager features, the Windows Admin Center server management tool, deployment options, and server roles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a basic understanding of the Windows Server technology platform.

• Windows Desktop Administration Literacy (Beginner Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The Windows Desktop Administration Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your basic exposure and hands-on experience with Windows 10 and 11 administration concepts and tools. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of Windows installation best practices and options and how to manage Windows applications, services, devices, and storage. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they understand basic Windows 10 and 11 administration concepts and can participate in informed conversations on the subject.

• Dynamics 365 ERP Competency (Intermdiate Level)

  15m | 29 questions

  The Dynamics 365 ERP Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of Dynamics 365 performance optimization, Dynamics 365 Finance Operations, and Dynamics 365 ERP operations. The learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with Dynamics 365 to administer their ERP.

• CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Literacy (Beginner Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The CompTIA Linux+ (XK0-005) Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your beginner-level experience with the Linux operating system. You will be evaluated on your ability to use Linux file system management and security commands, manage standard Linux file system permissions and network connectivity, and secure a Linux system. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a beginner-level understanding of the Linux server technology platform and vocabulary.

DevOps IT

• DevSecOps Competency (Intermediate Level)

  27m | 27 questions

  The DevSecOps Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your understanding of security concepts in the DevOps process. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of how DevSecOps teams should respond to incidents and increase security posture, utilizing DevSecOps in AWS and Azure, DevSecOps benefits for delivery and security, and important DevSecOps tools. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to apply concepts related to on-premises and cloud DevSecOps, the fundamentals of DevSecOps, DevSecOps and containers, and important DevSecOps tools.

• Core DevOps Awareness (Entry Level) NEW!

  28m | 28 questions

  The Core DevOps Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark assesses your ability to recall and identify the definition of DevOps, DevOps principles, and the various phases of DevOps. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of the benefits of DevOps compared to older methods, the benefits and challenges of DevOps deployments, details about core DevOps practices, DevOps and Agile, and continuous principles. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate a solid understanding of basic DevOps concepts.

• Core DevOps Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  32m | 32 questions

  The Core DevOps Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your recognition of core DevOps principles and components, DevOps and Agile requirements, and using Docker, Kubernetes, and Chef for DevOps. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing high-level elements of Docker and Kubernetes and their workflows in DevOps, key Chef features, configuring a cloud-hosted Chef server, and creating Linux recipes and cookbooks on a Chef Workstation. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a solid understanding of intermediate-level DevOps concepts and tools.

• DevSecOps Literacy (Beginner Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The DevSecOps Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your general understanding of security practices included in the DevOps process. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of integrating security in DevOps development, where DevSecOps fits in the overall IT landscape, and how DevSecOps fits within the context of DevOps. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to apply concepts related to DevSecOps, the implementation of DevSecOps in the CI/CD pipeline, security in various phases of CI/CD, the principles of DevSecOps, and related tools and services.

• Core DevOps Literacy (Beginner Level) NEW!

  30m | 30 questions

  The Core DevOps Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your recognition of DevOps concepts like CI/CD, DevOps pipelines, and the processes followed in DevOps and Agile. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of DevOps pipeline management and automation, Infrastructure as Code and Content as Code in DevOps, DevOps and Agile key goals and target areas, and the stages of CI/CD. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a solid understanding of DevOps concepts.

• DevSecOps Awareness (Entry Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The DevSecOps Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark assesses your basic understanding of security practices included in the DevOps process. You will be evaluated on your basic knowledge of integrating security in DevOps development and where DevSecOps fits in the overall IT landscape. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to apply concepts related to DevSecOps and related tools and services.

• DevSecOps Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  26m | 26 questions

  The DevSecOps Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and experience with typical and common DevSecOps components. You will be evaluated on your strong knowledge of important DevSecOps terminology, tools, and technologies. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a high level of skill in commonly used DevSecOps services, processes, and tools.

• DevOps Awareness (Entry Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The DevOps Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key DevOps concepts. You will be evaluated on continuous delivery, infrastructure as code, continuous integration, and microservices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related understanding key DevOps terminology and concepts.

• Core DevOps Proficiency (Advanced Level) NEW!

  32m | 32 questions

  The Core DevOps Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of DevOps in multicloud environments and using tools from AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms in multicloud operations. You will be evaluated on your recognition of the difference between multicloud and hybrid cloud and the features of various AWS, Azure, and GCP DevOps services. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a solid understanding of DevOps in multicloud, configuring DevOps, and using DevOps services with various cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP.

IT Services

• Technical Program Management Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Technical Program Management Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your advanced working understanding of technical program management. You will be evaluated on your ability to create program management and subsidiary plans, facilitate ongoing stakeholder engagement in technical programs and negotiate with challenging stakeholders, identify and resolve unclear requirements, detect cybersecurity blind spots and risks, and support strategic alignment. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates high proficiency in technical program management processes, possesses an advanced comprehension of its vocabulary and topics, and can perform technical program management independently with minimal supervision.

• Software Project Management Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Software Project Management Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key software project management concepts. You will be evaluated on Agile benefits, requirements planning, and software project management concepts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related understanding key software project management terminology and concepts.

• Technical Program Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Technical Program Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your working-level understanding of technical program management. You will be evaluated on your ability to identify and implement the phases of a technical program management life cycle, recognize the benefits of a technical program and management challenges, establish the various plans, construct a technical program roadmap, and develop a risk management strategy. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a hands-on competency in technical program management and can perform technical program management under supervision.

• Technical Program Management Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Technical Program Management Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your beginner-level comprehension of technical program management. You will be evaluated on your recognition of what technical program management is, the responsibilities of the technical program manager role, program management frameworks and methodologies, supporting strategic alignment, and technical program risks. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key technical project management terminology and concepts.

• Software Project Management Mastery (Expert Level)

  26m | 26 questions

  The Software Project Management Fluency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key software project management concepts. You will be evaluated on assembling the project team, scaling Agile, business intelligence, and delivering value. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key software project management terminology and concepts.

• Software Project Management Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Software Project Management Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key software project management concepts. You will be evaluated on Agile best practices, test-driven development, decision-making best practices, setting expectations, and agile coaching. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key software project management terminology and concepts.

• Software Project Management Awareness (Entry Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Software Project Management Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to software project management concepts. You will be evaluated on the software development lifecycle, agile project management, stakeholder management, and project meetings. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key software project management terminology and concepts.

• Software Project Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Software Project Management Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key software project management concepts. You will be evaluated on project management metrics, negotiation, stakeholder analysis, scope management, and risk management. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related understanding key software project management terminology and concepts.

IT Trends

• SRE Literacy (Beginner Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The SRE Literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has had some working exposure in SRE technologies, practices, and principles across multiple platforms. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional literacy in most areas of SRE operations, across a variety of different platforms and deployments.

• SRE Awareness (Entry Level)

  20m | 11 questions

  The SRE Awareness benchmark measures whether a learner has some understanding in SRE technologies, practices, and principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a general awareness in SRE operations.

• IT Operations Awareness (Entry Level)

  20m | 25 questions

  The IT Operations Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key IT Operations concepts. You will be evaluated on different cloud services, backing up of data, 5g concept, and key networking concepts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related understanding key IT Operations terminology and concepts.

• SRE Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 42 questions

  The SRE Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has project-level exposure in SRE technologies, practices, and principles across multiple platforms. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional competency in all of the major areas of SRE operations, across a variety of different platforms and deployments.

• SRE Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  32m | 32 questions

  The SRE Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has had extensive exposure to SRE technologies, practices, and principles across multiple platforms. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional proficiency in all of the major areas of SRE operations, across a variety of different platforms and deployments.

Network Operations

• Cisco Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Cisco Security Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco security. You will be evaluated on access control, API security, wireless and network security, common threats, vulnerabilities, and mitigations. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco security terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Layer 3 Technologies Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Cisco Layer 3 Technologies Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco Layer 3 technologies. You will be evaluated on enterprise network design, WLAN deployment, Cisco express forwarding, path virtualization, routing concepts, OSPF, and BGP. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco Layer 3 technologies terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Architecture Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 14 questions

  The Cisco Architecture Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco architecture. You will be evaluated on enterprise network design, high availability, WLAN deployment, QoS, and network topology architecture. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco architecture terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Automation Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Cisco Automation Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco automation. You will be evaluated on network programmability, orchestration, API usage, testing, scripting, and configuring devices with Bash, Python, and Ansible. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco automation terminology and concepts.

• 5G Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The 5G Competency benchmark measures whether technical wireless personnel can explain common 5G technologies and issues to other people, and if they have had exposure to many wireless technologies, perhaps working on wireless and telecom projects. This benchmark is for technical learners. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an intermediate level of understanding in commonly used 5G technologies and issues.

• Cisco Infrastructure Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Cisco Infrastructure Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco infrastructure. You will be evaluated on routing concepts, routing protocols, WLAN access points, wireless roaming, NTP, NAT, and PAT. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco infrastructure terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Virtualization Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Cisco Virtualization Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco virtualization. You will be evaluated on device and path virtualization technologies, virtualization troubleshooting, LISP and VXLAN, infrastructure virtualization, and virtual application containers. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco virtualization terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Networking Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Cisco Network Fundamentals benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Cisco networking concepts. You will be evaluated on networking components, topologies and architectures, interfaces and cabling, and networking protocols. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key Cisco networking terminology and concepts required for any Cisco networking role.

• Networking Awareness (Entry Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Networking Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key networking concepts. You will be evaluated on switches, routers, wireless, IP addressing, and security threats. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an awareness of different networking concepts.

• Cisco Automation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 14 questions

  The Cisco Automation benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Cisco automation concepts. You will be evaluated on network programmability, SDN architectures, API concepts, and setting up development tools. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to automating Cisco networking.

• Cisco Network Services Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Cisco Network Services Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco network services. You will be evaluated on QoS and multicast design. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco network services terminology and concepts.

• 5G Awareness (Entry Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The 5G Awareness benchmark measures whether a learner has been exposed to common 5G technologies and issues. This Benchmark is for mostly non-technical, government, and business learners. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an entry level of understanding in commonly used 5G terms and issues.

• Cisco Addressing and Routing Solutions Mastery (Expert Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Cisco Addressing and Routing Solutions Mastery benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco addressing and routing solutions. You will be evaluated on troubleshooting routing, routing redistribution, summarization, EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco addressing and routing solutions terminology and concepts.

• Cisco IP Services & Configuration Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Cisco IP Services & Configuration benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Cisco IP concepts. You will be evaluated on static and dynamic routing, OSPF, NAT, DNS, DHCP, and QoS.A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to the primary IP services for Cisco networking.

• 5G Literacy (Beginner Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The 5G Literacy benchmark measures whether a learner can explain common 5G technologies and issues to other people. This Benchmark is for mostly non-technical, government, and business learners. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a beginner level of understanding in commonly used 5G terms and issues.

• Cisco Security Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Cisco Security Fundamentals benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Cisco security concepts. You will be evaluated on common security concepts, AAA security, VPNs, ACLs, port security, and DHCP snooping. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to fundamental Cisco security concepts.

• Cisco WAN for Enterprise Networks Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Cisco WAN for Enterprise Networks Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco WAN for enterprise networks. You will be evaluated on WAN, VPN, and SD-WAN, WLAN deployment, configuring VPN, and IPsec. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco WAN for enterprise networks terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Network Assurance Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Cisco Network Assurance Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco network assurance. You will be evaluated on troubleshooting tools, system logging, NetFlow, SPAN, IP SLA, SDN, and remote device configuration. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Cisco network assurance terminology and concepts.

• Cisco Routing, Switching, and Wireless Literacy (Beginner Level)

  37m 30s | 25 questions

  The Cisco Routing, Switching, and Wireless Core Skills benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Cisco routing, switching, and wireless concepts. You will be evaluated on IPv4 and IPv6 addressing and subnetting, inter-switch connectivity, EtherChannel configuration, Spanning Tree Protocol, and wireless configuration and management.

Foundation

• Software Testing Foundation 2018: Software Testing Foundation Awareness (Entry Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Software Testing Foundation Awareness benchmark measures your knowledge and understanding of testing fundamentals, such as the importance of testing and general testing principles. You will be evaluated on your skills in understanding why software testing is necessary, the test process, the psychology of testing, as well as the seven principles of testing. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize the fundamentals of software testing.

Kubernetes Administrator

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your competency in many Kubernetes technologies and the context that these technologies fit. It also measures your experience level, implying that you have spent some time working on Kubernetes projects. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have working project knowledge of Kubernetes, understand the problems it solves, and are able to actively participate in informed conversations and decision-making processes regarding Kubernetes technologies. They can understand the scope of a project, are seen as a relative subject matter expert, and can work mostly independently with supervision on Kubernetes projects.

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  33m | 33 questions

  The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your advanced proficiency in Kubernetes technologies and the context that these technologies fit. It also measures your experience level, implying that you have extensive experience working on many Kubernetes projects. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have extensive project knowledge of Kubernetes, understand the problems it solves, and are able to drive informed conversations and decision-making processes regarding Kubernetes technologies. They can design the scope of a project and are seen as a subject matter expert that can work independently without supervision on Kubernetes projects.

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Literacy (Beginner Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your literacy of fundamental Kubernetes technologies and the context that these technologies fit. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have had exposure to Kubernetes and the problems it solves on more than one occasion and possibly with project exposure. They are able to participate in informed conversations and decision-making regarding Kubernetes technologies and can understand the scope of some projects.

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Awareness (Entry Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your awareness of fundamental Kubernetes technologies and the context with which these technologies fit. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have exposure to Kubernetes and the problems it solves and can participate in basic conversations and decision-making regarding Kubernetes technologies.

Business Strategy

• Business Continuity

  5m | 5 questions

  Learn how to apply business continuity best practices in your organization to lead your team through unexpected business disruptions such as office or building closures, epidemic or pandemic awareness, cyber-attacks, natural disasters, or supply chain interruptions. Apply these business continuity best practices through business continuity planning (BCP) to plan and lead your team with optimized virtual collaboration, resiliency, perseverance, and techniques for adapting to change. You'll also learn how to develop and implement a plan that will address issues that go beyond the plan itself. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.

Microsoft 365 Certified Associate

• MD-100: Windows Client Competency (Intermediate Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The MD-100: Windows Client Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your working understanding of Windows administration concepts and tools. A learner who scores high on this benchmark can work on Windows clients with some supervision and direction from a superior. They have a competent understanding of Windows 10 administration concepts and can participate in and lead informed conversations on the subject.

• MD-100: Windows Client Literacy (Beginner Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The MD-100: Windows Client Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your working understanding of basic Windows administration concepts and tools. A learner who scores high on this benchmark can discuss basic Windows 10 administration concepts and actively participate and contribute to informed conversations on the subject.

• MD-100: Windows Client Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The MD-100: Windows Client Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your experienced and advanced-level working knowledge of Windows administration concepts and tools. A learner who scores high on this benchmark can work independently on Windows 10 administration tasks and have a significant and deep understanding of its concepts. They can be considered thought and practice leaders on a team and the go-to person for answers.

• MD-100: Windows Client Awareness (Entry Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The MD-100: Windows Client Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your exposure to basic Windows administration concepts and tools. A learner who scores high on this benchmark has an understanding of basic Windows 10 administration concepts and can participate in informed conversations on the subject.

Microsoft Azure Certified Associate

• Microsoft Azure Administrator: Deploy and Manage Azure Compute Resources Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Deploy and Manage Azure Compute Resources Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your expertise in the deployment, configuration, and management of Azure virtual machines, Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Functions, and other compute resources. You will be evaluated on your understanding of Azure compute resources and your ability to determine which resources are best suited for a given workload. A learner who scores high on this competency demonstrates their ability to design and implement scalable solutions that can handle high-traffic workloads, monitor and optimize resource usage to ensure optimal performance and cost efficiency, and implement security measures and disaster recovery plans to protect your resources and ensure business continuity.

• AZ-204: Consuming Azure and Third-party Services Competency (Intermediate Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The AZ-204: Consuming Azure and Third-party Services Competency benchmark assesses your ability to configure authentication and define policies for APIs. You will be measured on your skills to implement solutions that use Azure Event Grid, Azure Event Hub, Azure Service Bus, and Azure Queue Storage queues. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement API management, and develop event-based and message-based solutions.

• AZ-204: Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Optimizing Azure Solutions Competency 2023 (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Optimizing Azure Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your recognition of caching in Azure using a variety of tools and techniques, including Azure Front Door, Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN), Azure CDN endpoint, and Azure Cache for Redis. You will be evaluated on your skills in executing Azure application troubleshooting by utilizing a variety of tools and techniques. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement caching solutions and troubleshoot solutions by using metrics and log data.

• DP-100: Explore Data and Train Models in Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Explore Data and Train Models in Azure Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to explore data by using data assets and stores and create and train models. You will be evaluated on your skills in using automated machine learning (ML) with Azure Machine Learning. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience in exploring and preparing datasets for machine learning and automating machine learning in Azure for ML solution development.

• DP-100: Design and Prepare Azure Machine Learning Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level)

  37m | 37 questions

  The Design and Prepare Azure Machine Learning Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to design a machine learning (ML) solution and manage an Azure Machine Learning workspace and its data. You will be evaluated on your skills in managing and registering data stores, recognizing various Azure Data Platform services, and creating and managing compute resources. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience in managing Azure Machine Learning workspaces and data.

• Microsoft Azure Administrator: Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources Competency (Intermediate Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Monitor and Maintain Azure Resources Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to monitor and manage the performance, availability, and cost of Azure resources. You will be evaluated on your skills in using Azure Monitor to monitor resource performance, creating and managing alerts, implementing automation and management solutions, and optimizing costs. A learner who scores high on this competency demonstrates their ability to monitor and manage Azure resources effectively, ensure high performance and availability, optimize costs, and maintain a secure and compliant environment. They also can identify and eliminate waste, optimize resource utilization, and implement cost management solutions.

• AZ-500: Azure Storage and Data Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Azure Storage and Data Security Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your comprehensive understanding of securing and managing the storage and data within the Azure platform. You will be evaluated on your ability to manage Azure storage and file shares, secure Azure databases, and implement data security measures. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain and has the knowledge and insights needed to ensure that data stored within the Azure platform remains safe, secure, and accessible only to authorized personnel.

• AZ-204: Developing Azure Storage Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The AZ-204: Developing Azure Storage Solutions Competency benchmark measures your ability to implement partitioning schemes and partition keys, perform operations on data and Cosmos DB containers, and manage change feed notifications. You will be evaluated on your skills to move items in Blob Storage between storage accounts or containers, perform operations on data by using the appropriate SDK, implement storage policies, and use data archiving and retention. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage and blob storage.

• Microsoft Azure Administrator: Implement and Manage Storage Competency (Intermediate Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The Implement and Manage Storage Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to design and implement storage solutions that meet business requirements, protect critical data, and ensure high availability of storage resources. Learners will be evaluated on their skills in managing Azure Storage, creating storage accounts, configuring storage options, implementing Azure Backup, and monitoring and optimizing storage performance. A learner who scores high on this competency demonstrates their ability to design and implement storage solutions that meet performance, scalability, and availability requirements. They also have knowledge of how to select and configure the appropriate storage options to meet specific business needs and monitor and optimize storage performance.

• AZ-204: Developing Azure Storage Solutions Competency 2023 (Intermediate Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The Developing Azure Storage Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to work with Azure Cosmos DB and Cosmos DB containers using a variety of tools and techniques, including SQL queries, the resource model, partitioning and horizontal scaling, and stored procedures. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating and managing storage accounts with Azure Blob Storage and Storage Explorer, uploading and managing blobs with .NET and the Azure Blob Storage client library for .NET, and using advanced features such as immutable storage and access tiers. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop solutions that use Cosmos DB storage and Azure Blob Storage.

• AZ-204: Consuming Azure and Third-party Services Competency 2023 (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Consuming Azure and Third-party Services Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your recognition of how to manage and secure APIs using the Azure API Management service, API gateways, Azure Functions integration, and Azure Active Directory. You will be evaluated on your skills in working with Azure Event Grid and building highly scalable and reliable messaging-based solutions using a variety of tools and techniques, including Azure Service Bus and Queue Storage, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Power Automate, and Azure Stream Analytics. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement the Azure API Management service and develop event-based and message-based solutions.

• DP-100: Prepare Azure Model Deployment Competency (Intermediate Level)

  40m | 40 questions

  The Prepare Azure Model Deployment Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify Data Factory concepts, run model training scripts, and implement training. You will be evaluated on your recognition of pipelines, model deployment and monitoring, metrics for evaluation, and model disaster recovery. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience in using Azure for building and deploying machine learning solutions on the Azure platform.

• AZ-500: Azure Platform Protection Competency (Intermediate Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The Azure Platform Protection Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your comprehensive understanding of securing and safeguarding the Azure platform. You will be evaluated on your ability to restrict resource access with roles, implement Azure network security, secure network access with VPNs, and more. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain and can make informed decisions to ensure that the Azure platform remains protected against potential security threats and unauthorized access, thereby ensuring the safety and integrity of the platform and its users.

• AZ-204: Implementing Azure Security Competency 2023 (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Implementing Azure Security Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to secure applications using the Microsoft identity platform and a variety of tools and techniques, including OAuth 2.0 and OpenID, Microsoft Authentication Library (MSAL), Microsoft Graph API, identity federation, automatic user provisioning, and Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) APIs. You will be evaluated on your skills in working with Azure Active Directory using Azure AD Domain Services, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication, and Azure AD Identity Protection and using the Azure App Configuration service. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement user authentication and authorization and secure cloud solutions.

• AZ-500: Azure Application Protection and Governance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Azure Application Protection and Governance Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in securing and managing Azure applications. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain and can ensure Azure applications are protected against potential security threats and adhere to governance principles, thereby ensuring the integrity and reliability of the applications.

• AZ-500: Azure Security Operations Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Azure Security Operations Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge and skills in ensuring that the Azure platform remains secure, reliable, and resilient in the face of potential security threats and other operational challenges. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain and can implement robust security operations measures to safeguard the applications and data against potential threats while ensuring that the business operations remain uninterrupted and resilient.

• AZ-204: Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Optimizing Azure Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level)

  26m | 26 questions

  The AZ-204: Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Optimizing Azure Solutions Competency benchmark measures your ability to configure cache and expiration policies for Azure Cache for Redis and implement secure and optimized application cache patterns including data sizing, connections, encryption, and expiration. You will be evaluated on your skills to configure an app or service to use Application Insights, review and analyze metrics and log data, and implement Application Insights web tests and alerts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement caching solutions and troubleshoot solutions by using metrics and log data.

• AZ-500: Azure Identity and Access Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Azure Identity and Access Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your understanding of managing user access and authentication to Azure resources. You will be evaluated on your ability to manage Azure Active Directory (AD) users, groups, and features. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of this domain and has the knowledge and insights needed to secure Azure AD users and implement secure access to Azure resources using Azure AD.

• AZ-204: Developing Azure Compute Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The AZ-204: Developing Azure Compute Solutions Competency benchmark measures your ability to provision virtual machines (VMs); configure, validate, and deploy ARM templates; configure container images for solutions; and work with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and the Azure Container Registry. You will be evaluated on your skills to create and deploy Azure Functions apps, and implement function triggers and custom handlers. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to create Azure App Service web apps and implement Azure Functions.

• Microsoft Azure Administrator: Manage Azure Identities and Governance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  27m | 27 questions

  The Manage Azure Identities and Governance Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to design and implement identity and access management (IAM) solutions that meet business requirements. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating and executing IAM solutions, ensuring proper compliance and governance, and protecting organizational assets. A learner who scores high on this competency demonstrates their ability to develop and implement identity and access management solutions that meet security, compliance, and governance requirements. They also know how to configure Azure AD Connect to synchronize on-premises identities with Azure AD.

• AZ-204: Developing Azure Compute Solutions Competency 2023 (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The AZ-204: Developing Azure Compute Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to work with Azure App Service and a variety of tools and techniques to deploy web apps. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating and deploying Azure Functions apps, deploying a web app using Azure Pipelines, connecting to Azure App Service using managed identity, implementing triggers, using binding extensions, and working with Azure Cosmos DB bindings. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to create Azure App Service web apps and implement Azure Functions and triggers.

• Microsoft Azure Administrator: Configure and Manage Virtual Networking Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Configure and Manage Virtual Networking Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to design, deploy, and manage virtual networks and network security solutions in Azure. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating and configuring virtual networks, implementing network security solutions, managing network traffic, and troubleshooting network issues. A learner who scores high on this competency demonstrates their ability to design and deploy virtual networks that meet business requirements for connectivity, security, and availability. They also possess knowledge in creating and configuring virtual networks, managing network traffic, optimizing network performance, and configuring a virtual private network (VPN).

• AZ-204: Implementing Azure Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The AZ-204: Implementing Azure Security Competency benchmark measures your ability to authenticate and authorize users by using the Microsoft Identity platform and Azure Active Directory. You will be evaluated on your skills to develop code that uses keys, secrets, and certificates stored in the Azure Key Vault and secure app configuration data by using the App Configuration Azure Key Vault. You will also be assessed on your skills to implement managed identities for Azure resources and create and implement shared access signatures. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement user authentication and authorization, and secure cloud solutions.

Microsoft Azure Certified Expert

• AZ-400: Configure Processes and Communications Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Configure Processes and Communications Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to configure and manage the processes and communication channels required for effective DevOps practices, automate tasks, and ensure high-quality and reliable software delivery. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating, customizing, and optimizing processes, as well as using collaboration tools and communication channels to facilitate communication and collaboration between teams. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they can effectively manage and automate the entire software development lifecycle while ensuring high quality and reliability. They are also able to implement best practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), automate manual tasks, and improve efficiency and productivity.

• AZ-400: Implement an Instrumentation Strategy Competency (Intermediate Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Implement an Instrumentation Strategy Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to implement effective instrumentation strategies for software development. You will be evaluated on your ability to collect and analyze data from different sources, monitor performance and usage, and optimize system behavior and user experience. You will also be evaluated on your skills in implementing instrumentation strategies that include monitoring and logging tools, telemetry data collection, and analysis techniques. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the ability to implement effective instrumentation strategies. This competency is essential for software development teams to monitor and optimize system performance, improve user experience, and ensure continuous improvement.

• AZ-400: Develop a Security and Compliance Plan Competency (Intermediate Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Develop a Security and Compliance Plan Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to develop and implement effective security and compliance plans for software development. You will be evaluated on your ability to identify and mitigate security risks, comply with regulations and standards, and establish an organizational culture of security. You will also be evaluated on your skills in developing and implementing security and compliance plans, using tools to monitor and manage security risks and compliance requirements, and implementing best practices for secure software development. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the ability to develop and implement effective security and compliance plans. This competency is essential for software development teams to protect sensitive data, ensure compliance with regulations and standards, and maintain the trust of customers and stakeholders.

• AZ-305: Design Data Storage Solutions Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The AZ-305: Design Data Storage Solutions Proficiency benchmark measures your ability to recommend database service tier sizing, recommend a solution for database scalability, and encrypt data. You will be assessed on your ability to design solutions for data integration and data analysis, and recommend a solution for storing relational, semi-structured, and non-relational data. You will also be evaluated on your ability to design a data solution for protection and durability, and recommend access control solutions to data storage. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to design and recommend a data storage solution for relational and non-relational data.

• AZ-400: Design and Implement Build and Release Pipelines Competency (Intermediate Level)

  32m | 32 questions

  The Design and Implement Build and Release Pipelines Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to design and implement effective build and release pipelines for software development. You will be evaluated on your ability to create automated build and release processes that integrate with source control systems, perform tests, and deploy code to different environments. You will also be evaluated on your skills in using tools to create and manage pipelines, configure triggers, and automate tasks, as well as implementing best practices for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD). Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the ability to create and manage efficient and reliable build and release pipelines. This competency is essential for software development teams to deliver high-quality code quickly and securely, reduce deployment errors, and ensure continuous improvement.

• AZ-305: Design Identity, Governance, Monitoring, and Business Continuity Solutions Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  27m | 27 questions

  The AZ-305: Design Identity, Governance, Monitoring, and Business Continuity Solutions Proficiency benchmark measures your ability to design a solution for logging, monitoring, and governance. You will be assessed on your skills to design authentication and authorization solutions, and design identities and access for applications. You will also be evaluated on your expertise to design a solution for backup and disaster recovery and high availability. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to translate business requirements into designs for secure, scalable, and reliable Azure solutions.

• AZ-305: Design Infrastructure Solutions Competency (Intermediate Level)

  26m | 26 questions

  The AZ-305: Design Infrastructure Solutions Competency benchmark measures your ability to design a load balancing and routing solution. You will be evaluated on your skills to recommend a network architecture solution based on workload requirements and a connectivity solution that connects Azure resources to the internet and on-prem networks. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to design network solutions and optimize network performance for applications.

• AZ-400: Design and Implement Source Control Competency (Intermediate Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The Design and Implement Source Control Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to design and implement effective source control strategies for software development. You will be evaluated on your skills in effectively creating and managing code branches, managing conflicts and merges, and implementing code reviews to ensure code quality and compliance with development standards. You will also be evaluated on your ability to implement best practices for version control, automate build and deployment processes, and improve efficiency and productivity. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they are able to design and implement effective source control strategies, manage code repositories, and ensure code quality and compliance. This competency is essential for software development teams to work together efficiently and effectively, deliver high-quality code, and ensure continuous improvement.

• AZ-305: Design Infrastructure Solutions Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The AZ-305: Design Infrastructure Solutions Proficiency benchmark measures your ability to design container and serverless-based compute solutions, messaging and event-driven architecture, and an automated deployment solution. You will be evaluated on your skills to recommend an appropriately sized compute solution based on workload requirements. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to design a compute solution and an application architecture, and recommend an appropriate solution for migration.

Microsoft Azure Certified Fundamentals

• Azure AI Fundamentals: Computer Vision on Microsoft Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Computer Vision on Microsoft Azure Competency benchmark measures your ability to recall and identify the common types of computer vision solutions, and Azure tools and services for computer vision tasks. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to build computer vision solutions on the Azure platform.

• Azure AI Fundamentals: Artificial Intelligence on Microsoft Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m 59s | 16 questions

  The Artificial Intelligence on Microsoft Azure Competency benchmark measures your ability to recall and identify the features of common AI workloads and principles for responsible AI implementation. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary knowledge of AI workloads on the Azure platform.

• Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Relational Data Workloads Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Relational Data Workloads Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify, recognize, and apply the concepts of relational data workloads in Azure. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize concepts such as relational data stores and delivery models, SQL relational databases, SaaS in Azure, OLAP and OLTP, Azure SQL security features, and more. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary Azure relational data skills to perform relational data workloads on the Azure platform with minimal supervision.

• Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Non-relational Data Workloads Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Non-relational Data Workloads Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify, recognize, and apply concepts of Azure non-relational data workloads. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize concepts such as non-relational data stores, processing CSV and JSON files, time series solutions, provisioning and configuring non-relational data services, Azure Blob Storage, and more. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary Azure non-relational data skills to perform non-relational data workloads on the Azure platform with minimal supervision.

• Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Relational Data Workloads Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Relational Data Workloads Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify, recognize, and apply concepts of provisioning and configuring relational data services on Azure, as well as Azure SQL querying techniques. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize concepts such as Azure Database for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary Azure relational data skills to perform relational data workloads on the Azure platform independently.

• Azure AI Fundamentals: Machine Learning on Microsoft Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Machine Learning on Microsoft Azure Competency benchmark measures your ability to recall and identify common machine learning types, core machine learning concepts such as identifying features and labels in a dataset, core tasks in creating machine learning solutions, and capabilities of no-code machine learning with Azure Learning Studio. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to build machine learning solutions on the Azure platform.

• Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Data Analytics Competency (Intermediate Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Data Analytics Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify, recognize, and apply concepts of data analytics, the Azure Synapse Analytics architecture, and transactional and analytical workloads. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize concepts about Synapse Analytics, Synapse SQL pool, batch and real-time data processing, and using the Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, Azure Data Lake Analytics, and Azure Data Factory. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary Azure data analytics skills to perform analytics on the Azure platform with minimal supervision.

• Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Core Data Concepts Literacy (Beginner Level)

  9m | 9 questions

  The Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Core Data Concepts Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify and recognize basic data concepts and how it is represented and used. You will be measured on your knowledge of concepts such as different data formats, types of storage, databases, and types of data processing. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary knowledge of data fundamentals and the skills to start exploring Azure.

• Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Data Analytics Literacy (Beginner Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Data Analytics Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify and recognize the basic concepts of data analytics, data visualization, Azure Storage services, ELT, and ETL. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize concepts such as analytics and reporting, analytical techniques, stream analytics and data types, and processing data using ETL and ELT. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary Azure data analytics knowledge to start exploring analytics on the Azure platform.

• Azure AI Fundamentals: Conversational AI on Microsoft Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Conversational AI on Microsoft Azure Competency benchmark measures your ability to recall and identify the common use cases for conversational AI, Azure tools, and services for conversational AI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to build conversational AI workloads on the Azure platform.

• Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Data Analytics Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Data Analytics Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify, recognize, and apply the concepts of data analytics, data visualization with Microsoft Power BI, and modern data warehousing. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize concepts such as optimizing data, datasets, dashboards, reporting, visualization types, data warehousing benefits, and using Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, Azure Databricks, Azure Analysis Services, Azure HDInsight, and the Azure Distributed Data Engineering Toolkit (AZTK). A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary Azure data analytics skills to perform analytics on the Azure platform independently.

• Azure AI Fundamentals: Natural Language Processing on Microsoft Azure Competency (Intermediate Level)

  9m | 9 questions

  The Natural Language Processing on Microsoft Azure Competency benchmark measures your ability to recall and identify the common NLP workloads, and Azure tools and services for NLP workloads. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to build NLP workloads on the Azure platform.

• Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Non-relational Data Workloads Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals: Azure Non-relational Data Workloads Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify, recognize, and apply concepts of Azure non-relational data workloads. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize concepts such as Azure Cosmos DB, provisioning and configuring an Azure Cosmos database, non-relational data management, and more. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary Azure non-relational data skills to perform non-relational data workloads on the Azure platform independently.

Associate

• Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Associate: RDBMS Concepts Literacy (Beginner Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The RDBMS Concepts Literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has fundamental knowledge of RDBMS concepts such as theoretical and physical aspects of a relational database, and retrieving and restricting data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to write basic SQL queries to retrieve and perform basic analysis of the data.

• Java Certified Foundations Associate Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Java Certified Foundations Associate Proficiency benchmark assesses your knowledge of handling exceptions and debugging your Java code. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing how Arrays and Arraylist are designed to handle looping through lists of data, and working with LinkedList, the HashMap, and the HashSet classes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with interfaces and static members, and can create and instantiate a class with and without constructor parameters and modify the object fields.

• Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Associate: SQL Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The SQL Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has exposure and experience in advanced data analysis using SQL such as fetching data from multiple tables, grouping and aggregating data, applying functions and conditional expressions, writing complex queries using subqueries, creating schema objects, controlling user access, and manipulating data using advanced queries. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the essential data management and analysis skills to perform data analysis independently.

• Java Certified Foundations Associate Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Java Certified Foundations Associate Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of working with the String, StringBuffer, and StringBuilder classes with the stack and heap memory. You will be evaluated on your skills in using the Java Math and random number generator classes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform String and Math operations and use control flow structures in Java.

• Java Certified Foundations Associate Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Java Certified Foundations Associate Literacy benchmark assesses your knowledge of design pattern types, the importance of design patterns, and Java data types and how to perform actions on them. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing features like constructors, classes, attributes, and methods, in addition to tools that can be used when writing and cleaning code. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to write clean code, compile/run Java programs, and work with mathematical, conditional, relational, bitwise, and unary operations.

• Oracle Database 12c Administrator Certified Associate: SQL Competency (Intermediate Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The SQL Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure to data analysis using SQL including tasks such as retrieving data, sorting and ordering the retrieved data, fetching data from multiple tables, grouping and aggregating data, applying functions and conditional expressions, and writing complex queries using subqueries. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have essential data management and analysis skills.

Professional

• Oracle Certified Professional: Java SE 11 Developer Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Java SE 11 Developer Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of NetBeans debugging, module definitions, classes, interfaces, generics, collections, and marker interface usage in Java SE 11. You will be evaluated on your skills in working with the Comparator and Comparable interfaces, using Collator and RuleBasedCollator, the role of functional interfaces, and building lambda expressions. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with exceptions, functional interfaces, and lambda expressions.

• Oracle Certified Professional: Java SE 11 Developer Awareness (Entry Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Java SE 11 Developer Awareness benchmark evaluates your knowledge of working with the NetBeans IDE, Java fundamentals like variables, data types, operators, expressions, type inference, transforming null/empty strings into an empty optional, and executing single-file source-code programs. You will be measured on your skills in manipulating data with StringBuilder, using control statements, loops, and arrays, and reading and writing to object fields. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize and work with fundamental Java and object-oriented concepts in Java.

• Oracle Certified Professional: Java SE 11 Developer Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Java SE 11 Developer Literacy benchmark measures your knowledge of Java objects, interfaces, lambda expressions, List and ArrayList instances, nested loops, and exceptions. You will be evaluated on your skills in applying modifiers, overloading features, transferring empty strings, and using nest-based access control. You will also be measured on your knowledge of Java serialization filters, jdeprscan tool, streams, pattern-based and custom filters, unmodifiable collections, and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize and work with fundamental language enhancements, core JVM enhancement features, core Java libraries, and JShell.

• Java Certified Foundations Associate Awareness (Entry Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Java Certified Foundations Associate Awareness benchmark assesses your knowledge of the Java programming language and concepts. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing the basic elements of Java and object-oriented concepts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize Java features and work with the Java Development Kit (JDK) and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

• Oracle Certified Professional: Java SE 11 Developer Mastery (Expert Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Java SE 11 Developer Mastery benchmark assesses your knowledge of concurrency in Java, secure coding practices, Denial-of-Service attacks, key pairs, signature validation, and secure socket code. You will be evaluated on your skills in working with the java.sql and javax.sql packages, mapping SQL types to classes and interfaces, using enum classes in JDBC, and working with RowSet objects. You will also be assessed on your ability to manage localization, work with resource bundles, format information, and work with annotations. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with and write efficient and secure code to create database-driven applications.

• Oracle Certified Professional: Java SE 11 Developer Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Java SE 11 Developer Proficiency benchmark measures your knowledge of streams and pipelines in Java and performing lambda operations. You will be evaluated on your skills in performing file I/O operations, managing metadata, walking a file tree using NIO.2, deploying JAR files, and applying modular design principles. You will also be assessed on your ability to work with services, migrate applications from previous Java versions, work with java.util.concurrent collections, and write thread-safe code. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with streams, perform lambda operations, implement NIO.2, perform migrations, and manage services.

Productivity Tools

• Data Visualization with Tableau Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Data Visualization with Tableau Competency benchmark will measure your ability to work with data, and import, visualize, and analyze data in Tableau. You will be evaluated on your ability to import data from various sources, visualize data using different kinds of charts, create views and measures, and create dashboards. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good data visualization, data analysis, and storytelling skills in Tableau.

• Data Visualization with Tableau Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Data Visualization with Tableau Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to work with data, import data, create advanced visualizations and dashboards, and perform advanced analysis in Tableau. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have skills to work independently on storytelling using Tableau.

• Data Loading and Visualization in Power BI Proficiency (Advanced Level) NEW!

  9m | 9 questions

  The Data Loading and Visualization in Power BI Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your recollection of how to utilize advanced charting features in Power BI, including gauge charts, funnels, Sankey diagrams, Gantt charts, radar charts, heatmaps, and calendar layouts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good expertise working in Power BI and can work on Power BI data analysis and visualization projects without any supervision.

• AI in Power BI Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  20m | 20 questions

  The AI in Power BI Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to automatically generate AI insights on datasets and visualize them on dashboards by leveraging AI features in Power BI and train machine learning models in Power BI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience in leveraging AI features in Power BI and can work on visualization and machine learning projects using Power BI with minimal supervision.

• Data Loading and Visualization in Power BI Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  20m | 20 questions

  The Data Loading and Visualization in Power BI Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your recognition of how to load data from cloud storage and data modeling using Power BI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good expertise in using Power BI to load data from the cloud, model data, and perform advanced visualizations in Power BI.

• Power BI Literacy (Beginner Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The Power BI Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the underlying data analysis and visualization concepts in Power BI. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the concepts of data analysis, loading and transforming data, customizing charts, querying, and visualizations in Power BI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they are able to work on Power BI projects with minimal supervision.

• Data Visualization with Tableau Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Data Visualization with Tableau Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate to the underlying data visualization concepts in Tableau. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of data visualization in Tableau such as handling data sources, working with data and fields, creating basic visualizations, and best practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the basic skills for data visualization using Tableau.

• Power BI Service in Power BI Proficiency (Advanced Level) NEW!

  25m | 25 questions

  The Power BI Service in Power BI Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your recollection of key concepts of the Power BI Service, creating and working in Power BI Service workspaces, and working with dashboards and reports. You will also be evaluated on your ability to work with scorecards, dashboards, paginated reports, and the Power BI mobile app. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good expertise using the Power BI Service in Power BI and can work on Power BI projects without supervision.

• Power Query in Power BI Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  19m | 19 questions

  The Power Query in Power BI Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your recollection of how to perform data transformation using Power Query. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good expertise in using Power Query in Power BI for data transformation.

• AI in Power BI Proficiency (Advanced Level) NEW!

  17m | 17 questions

  The AI in Power BI Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to create AI-powered visuals in Power BI, generate smart narratives for visuals, manage Q&A visuals, and work with Copilot in Power BI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good expertise in leveraging AI features in Power BI and can work on visualization and machine learning projects using Power BI without any supervision.

• Data Loading and Visualization in Power BI Literacy (Beginner Level) NEW!

  14m | 14 questions

  The Data Loading and Visualization in Power BI Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your recognition of how to process and clean the data stored in tables, import data into Power BI from SharePoint, load data from SQL Server, and read data in from MySQL. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they possess the basic Power BI skills to load and visualize data.

• Power BI Awareness (Entry Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Power BI awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate the underlying data analysis and visualization concepts in Power BI. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of data analysis and the loading and transformation of data in Power BI. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the basic Power BI skills to understand and grasp data analysis and visualization.

Developer Tools

• React Application Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The React Application Programming Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to describe basic React design principles and get started with simple React applications. You will be assessed on your skills in building simple components in React and prototyping React applications online. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize React's place in component-driven development and the basic principles involved in creating React applications.

• Git and GitHub Literacy (Beginner Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Git and GitHub Literacy benchmark measures your knowledge of the concepts of version control systems and the key features of Git and GitHub. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating local and remote Git repositories. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform Git operations such as commit and push.

• React Application Programming Competency

  25m | 25 questions

  The React Application Programming Competency benchmark measures your ability to pass data into components using props and use components to maintain internal state. You will be evaluated on your skills in listening to specific events and handling them using event handlers. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to maintain the state of data and handle events in React.

• API Design Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The API Design Literacy benchmark measures your ability to recognize API-specific design pattern principles related to API services. You will be assessed on your skills to design reusable API code, and recognize strategies for designing reusable API web services. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to create a modern API through RESTful design.

• API Testing with Postman Proficiency (Advanced Level) NEW!

  25m | 25 questions

  The API Testing with Postman Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your skills in creating a local API server, running performance tests on an API, and interpreting the results of Postman performance tests. You will be assessed on your ability to create a cloud-hosted API, use Postman for performance checks, implement k6 for diverse load tests, recognize security testing concepts, and set up a local API server with basic authentication for security tests, including authentication and SQL injection. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate the skills necessary to implement performance testing, identify the bottlenecks in API performance, and perform security testing using Postman.

• Automated Testing with Selenium Literacy (Beginner Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The Automated Testing with Selenium Literacy benchmark measures your knowledge of the essential features and components of Selenium IDE and the key features of Selenium WebDriver. You will be evaluated on your skills in setting up Selenium with PyCharm and recognizing the elements and capabilities of Selenium WebDriver. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with the features and functionalities of Selenium IDE and Selenium WebDriver.

• API Testing with Postman Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  20m | 20 questions

  The API Testing with Postman Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of contract definition with Open API and contract testing using Postman. You will be evaluated on your ability to set up automation pipelines using Postman, use GitHub actions for CI/CD, and work with GraphQL APIs to retrieve and modify data. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate the skills necessary to use Postman for contract testing, automation testing, and GraphQL APIs.

• API Testing Competency (Intermediate Level)

  26m | 26 questions

  The API Testing Competency benchmark measures your ability to recognize Agile and TDD best practices for APIs. You will be assessed on your skills to perform unit testing with frameworks, write scenarios and scenario outlines using Cucumber, integrate BDD into the Scrum process, and perform a pen test on a REST API using Burp Suite. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to create a unit test, implement automated web testing using Selenium, and apply TDD and BDD principles to develop APIs.

• API Development Fundamentals Literacy (Beginner Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The API Development Fundamentals Literacy benchmark measures your understanding of API development fundamentals, reusable code, refactoring, software planning and design, and effective Rapid Application Development. You will be evaluated on your skills to build REST and SOAP APIs, work with API data models, and use schema-first design and the OpenAPI Specification (OAS) to develop APIs. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to connect to and consume REST APIs, and deploy APIs and web application projects.

• Data Infrastructures with Apache Kafka Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Data Infrastructures with Apache Kafka Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to build Apache Spark applications that process streaming data published to Kafka. You will be evaluated on your skills in applying transformations based on aggregations and window operations, setting up and managing a Kafka environment using Confluent, and defining an ETL pipeline involving Kafka, Spark, and Cassandra. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work on Kafka without any supervision.

• API Testing with REST Assured Java Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  30m | 30 questions

  The API Testing with REST Assured Java Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of comprehensive data-driven testing using TestNG and REST Assured while configuring authentication for API endpoint access and architecting clean, maintainable tests in REST Assured. You will be evaluated on your skills in executing API testing with Rest Assured and seamlessly integrating API testing into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git, and GitHub. Learners scoring high on this benchmark demonstrate the skills necessary to proficiently work with TestNG and REST Assured for data-driven testing and logging and fault injection skills.

• Docker Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Docker Proficiency benchmark measures whether a developer learning persona has experience with typical and common Kubernetes terminology, tools, and technologies. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a high level of skill in commonly used Docker services and tools.

• API Testing with REST Assured Java Literacy (Beginner Level) NEW!

  25m | 32 questions

  The API Testing with REST Assured Java Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of performing basic API testing with REST Assured, utilizing Hamcrest matchers, validating JSON responses and schemas, and testing different types of HTTP endpoints. You will be assessed on your ability to develop and test REST APIs using various HTTP verbs, manage request and response bodies with plain old Java objects (POJOs), validate response bodies using REST Assured, generate JSON schemas using online tools, and employ advanced validation techniques for JSON and XML data formats. Learners scoring high on this benchmark demonstrate the skills to conduct basic API tests using REST Assured and a grasp of foundational validation concepts and tools.

• Automated Testing with Selenium Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Automated Testing with Selenium Proficiency benchmark assesses your knowledge of using Selenium WebDriver to handle and work with security certificates, cookies, stale element exceptions, DatePicker, and the HTTP client library. You will be evaluated on your skills in working with Selenium RC server, Selenium Python RegEx, WebDriver conditional commands, and class locators. You will also be measured on your ability to install, configure, and integrate testing with Selenium to automate test case creation and execution. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to handle security and manage application components and data elements using Selenium.

• API Development Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The API Development Competency benchmark measures your ability to implement web API security, cloud API management, and API development tools. You will be assessed on your skills to create and use REST API methods, perform advanced REST client testing using the Chrome browser, enforce SSL in a web API controller, and implement Firebase Performance Monitoring on a web page. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to accomplish end to end API development

• Git and GitHub Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Git and GitHub Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of performing Git operations such as branching and merging. You will be evaluated on your skills in using pull requests for Git merge operations and recognizing the use of projects, issues, and milestones. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize GitHub's features for source code development and project management.

• Kubernetes Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Kubernetes Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has been exposed to this technology and has some experience working with it and technologies similar to it. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an intermediate level of skill in commonly used Kubernetes services and tools.

• Data Infrastructures with Apache Kafka Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Data Infrastructures with Apache Kafka Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize the basics, use cases, and core concepts of Apache Kafka. You will be evaluated on your skills in building Python applications that produce messages for and consume messages from Kafka topics, creating and using consumer groups, and developing Apache Spark applications that can manipulate streaming data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to work with Apache Kafka with minimal supervision.

• Automated Testing with Selenium Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Automated Testing with Selenium Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of setting up, configuring, and working with Selenium Grid. You will be evaluated on your skills in managing inline frames and JavaScript alerts, working with checkboxes, and testing confirmation/prompt pop-ups using Selenium. You will also be evaluated on your ability to handle Google Chrome security pop-ups, test authentication windows with Selenium and AutoIt, and implement conditional and unconditional synchronization. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to automate testing using Selenium and AutoIt, as well as automate web page navigation and download files.

• Automated Testing with Selenium Mastery (Expert Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The Automated Testing with Selenium Mastery benchmark measures your knowledge of implementing BDD, TDD, and functional test automation and setting up and configuring test environments using BrowserStack to automate testing. You will be evaluated on your skills in working with listeners and databases in automated testing and automating testing on critical web application components. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform end-to-end Selenium testing in single-page applications.

• API Testing with Postman Literacy (Beginner Level) NEW!

  30m | 30 questions

  The API Testing with Postman Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your essential understanding of sending requests (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE), writing test scripts, using collection runners, and implementing authentication. You will be assessed on your ability to use variables and other techniques in Postman and recognize the process of application programming interface (API) testing in Postman. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate a recognition of the basics of testing APIs, working with variables, using data files, performing end-to-end testing, and creating mocks in Postman.

• API Testing with REST Assured Java Proficiency (Advanced Level) NEW!

  20m | 20 questions

  The API Testing with REST Assured Java Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your skills in integrating and customizing reporting frameworks such as Extent reports and Allure reports with testing. You will be assessed on your ability to implement API mocking using WireMock and perform load testing using Apache JMeter. Learners scoring high on this benchmark demonstrate the skills necessary to successfully integrate reporting with REST Assured API testing and use tools to perform API mocking and load testing.

• API Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The API Management Competency benchmark measures your ability to recognize the API lifecycle, and adopt CI/CD best practices for clean and secure coding. You will be assessed on your API management and API error handling skills. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform web service and system programmer tasks like implementing Swagger REST API servers and handling REST API web service errors.

• React Application Programming Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The React Application Programming Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to manage form data with and without the component state. You will be assessed on your skills in using advanced features in React, such as conditional rendering, lifting state up the component tree, and code reuse using composition. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to prototype and debug React applications in development and production environments.

• Kubernetes Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  35m | 35 questions

  The Kubernetes Proficiency benchmark measures whether a developer learning persona has experience with typical and common Kubernetes terminology, tools, and technologies. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a high level of skill of commonly used Kubernetes services and tools.

• Docker Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Docker Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has been exposed to this technology and has some experience working with it or technologies similar to it. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an intermediate level of skill in commonly used Docker services and tools.

Microservices

• Spring Boot Microservices Competency (Intermediate Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Spring Boot Microservices Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to configure applications to run scheduled tasks, set up forms using the Thymeleaf TemplateEngine, and perform built-in validation. You will be evaluated on your skills in building an API service to perform CRUD operations and integrating with a SQL database using Spring Data, JPA, and Hibernate. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to run asynchronous and scheduled tasks, work with Spring Boot forms and form validation, and build RESTful API services.

• Spring Boot Microservices Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Spring Boot Microservices Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of configuring an application to send emails and integrating with external services within a Spring Boot application. You will be evaluated on your skills in securing your application using in-memory users and users stored in a database using Spring Security. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to secure web applications using Spring Security and integrate with external services to make phone calls and send emails and text messages.

• Spring Boot Microservices Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Spring Boot Microservices Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of Spring Boot features and the design principle of inversion of control. You will be evaluated on your skills in running an embedded web server in a simple Spring Boot app, setting up a new Spring Boot project using the Spring Initializer and Spring Tool Suite, and configuring properties for a Spring Boot app. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to build Spring Boot applications and run an embedded server within a Spring Boot application.

Mobile Development

• Android Data Connectivity and Persistence Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Android Data Connectivity and Persistence Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark calibrates your knowledge of creating an Android app using Firebase and Cloud Firestore and performing dependency injection using Hilt. You will be evaluated on your ability to create user and signup pages and screens using view models. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to build a complete application with Firebase elements.

• Mobile App Development Using Java Literacy (Beginner Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Mobile App Development Using Java Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of the concepts around building applications for the Android OS. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating a simple app, creating the project, defining the appearance and logic of the app, and deploying and testing it on a virtual device emulator. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to apply the basic concepts of Android app development and the different steps involved in creating, coding, building, and deploying an Android application.

• Android Jetpack Compose Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Android Jetpack Compose Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark calibrates your knowledge of handling tap, scroll, and drag gestures in Compose. You will be evaluated on your ability to apply animations and effects to show and hide content and animate different composable properties. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to create rich and interactive animations in Compose with visually engaging elements.

• Android Jetpack Compose Competency (Intermediate Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Android Jetpack Compose Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of customizing screen layouts using column and row composables, using image composables, implementing scrolling, and managing and working with user interface (UI) state. You will be evaluated on your ability to use lazy composables to build performant and efficient screens, use state management with lazy composables, navigate to different screens in an app and pass data using navigation, and run an app on a real Android device. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to develop complex and interactive user screens and multiscreen applications using Jetpack Compose.

• Mobile App Development Using Java Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Mobile App Development Using Java Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of integrating an app with Google's Firebase platform, applying an authentication service, and connecting to a real-time database. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating unit and instrumented tests for your Android app and defining UI tests using the Espresso framework. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to integrate an authentication service and a cloud-hosted database into your Android app and can perform basic unit and functional testing.

• Android Jetpack Compose Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Android Jetpack Compose Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of building a user interface (UI) using a declarative approach with Jetpack Compose. You will be evaluated on your ability to set up a Compose project and run a Compose app. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to create UI components using Android Jetpack Compose.

• Android Data Connectivity and Persistence Competency (Intermediate Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The Android Data Connectivity and Persistence Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of creating a locally running HTTP server in Android, sending and handling HTTP requests from Android, and using Retrofit to make HTTP requests with Compose. You will be evaluated on your ability to store data in app-specific storage and an SQLite database. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to perform CRUD operations and persist data locally.

• Mobile App Development Using Java Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Mobile App Development Using Java Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of defining and structuring the layout for your app and reusing common components. You will be evaluated on your skills in defining the business logic of an Android app using Kotlin, implementing inheritance, conveying messages between activities, and using imported libraries to retrieve and parse JSON data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize and use a variety of view elements and structures to design and develop a user-friendly Android application using Kotlin.

• Android Data Connectivity and Persistence Literacy (Beginner Level)

  9m | 9 questions

  The Android Data Connectivity and Persistence Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of displaying images in an Android app with Glide, making GET requests with HTTPUrlConnection, and using coroutines to efficiently access data from the backend. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to build Android applications by accessing data from the Internet.

Programming Languages

• C++ Functional Programming Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The C++ Functional Programming Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to list the properties of C++ first-class functions, create function pointers, return functions from a higher-order function, and define and invoke a functor. You will be assessed on your skills in defining and invoking a lambda function, performing context capture by value and by reference, and defining closures inside class methods. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to define and use first-class functions and use lambdas and closures.

• Java Web Programming Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Java Web Programming Competency benchmark will measure your practical ability to connect and query databases with JDBC, build web applications with JSP, and build Java web services. You will be evaluated on your skills to work with connected and disconnected RowSets, implement batch executions and transactions using JDBC, build and deploy error-handling in web applications using JSP, building SOAP web services & REST APIs. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop Java web applications and web services that interact with databases.

• Java Core Programming Awareness (Entry Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Java Core Programming Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to understand and implement the language features of Java. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the basic syntax of Java, variables, data types, control structures, modeling entities, mapping relationships, and interactive Java & JShell. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to write Java programs and develop applications using Java code.

• Python Resource Optimization Awareness (Entry Level)

  22m 30s | 15 questions

  The Python Resource Optimization Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to read images from file system into Python source and analyze and process using OpenCV and Faust. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize fundamental concepts related to computer vision and the basic operations performed on images using OpenCV. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform basic operations such as add and subtract using two images and to perform stream processing through windowing operations in Faust.

• Java Data Structures Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Java Data Structures Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of building and working with singly linked lists, implementing code for linked lists, and assessing time complexity using big O notation. You will be evaluated on your skills in implementing the stack and queue data structures using arrays and performing common operations on a stack and a queue. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with singly linked lists and stack and queue data structures, and can perform basic operations using arrays on those data structures.

• JavaScript Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The JavaScript Competency benchmark assesses your knowledge of creating and managing objects in JavaScript using the built-in tools available. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing functions as arguments to other functions and as return values of functions, and linking functions with specific objects when invoked. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to use array of features and a variety of functions offered in JavaScript.

• Python Literacy (Beginner Level)

  37m 30s | 25 questions

  The Python literacy benchmark will measure your knowledge of getting started with Python. You will be evaluated on your ability to declare variables, use appropriate data types, use flow control statements, and perform operations with complex data types such as List, Tuples, Dictionaries, and Sets. You will also be assessed on your knowledge of how to use built-in functions and implement advanced features of Python functions. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to write Python programs and develop applications using Python code.

• Python Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Python Programming Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark will measure your ability to implement if...elif...else statements and while and for loops. You will be assessed on your skills in recognizing basic object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts, working with dictionaries and sets to store data in Python, and performing operations using lists, tuples, and strings in Python. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform basic operations using control flow statements and complex data types in Python.

• C++ Smart Pointers, Overloading, and Templates Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The C++ Smart Pointers, Overloading, and Templates Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to understand operator overloading and implement overloading for arithmetic and relational operators, stream operators, assignment operators, as well as use the copy-and-swap idiom. You will be assessed on your skills in recognizing how to use function and class templates and implement a move constructor and move assignment operator. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to overload operators and use templates in C++.

• Java Persistence API with Hibernate Competency (Intermediate Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Java Persistence API with Hibernate Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of how primary keys are set up for tables and entities. You will be evaluated on your skills in configuring individual fields and primary keys for database entities and performing create, read, update, and delete operations using JPA's EntityManager. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to structure entities and attributes based on specifications and perform basic storage and retrieval operations using JPA and Hibernate.

• JavaScript Awareness (Entry Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The JavaScript Awareness benchmark measures your ability to recognize the power and scope of the JavaScript programming language and its applications. You will be evaluated on your skills in using JavaScript behind HTML pages to build a simple and interactive web app. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to use JavaScript in conjunction with HTML pages.

• C Programming Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The C Programming Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to perform various file operations and recognize the steps for compiling a C program, including creating macros with preprocessor directives, controlling conditional compilation, and using pragmas to alter compiler settings. You will be assessed on your skills, including working with C strings using character arrays, library functions, and header files; understanding and performing type conversions; and using command-line arguments in C programs. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the necessary skills to implement file handling, perform string operations, and create macros.

• Java Object-Oriented Programming Proficiency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Java Object-Oriented Programming Proficiency benchmark assesses your ability to work with files and directories in Java, architect a multilevel inheritance hierarchy in Java, and override methods using the @Override annotation. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates they have the skills to describe and implement advanced object-oriented features in Java.

• Python Web App Development with web2py Competency (Intermediate Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Python Web App Development with web2py Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of creating and configuring web2py apps, wiring up controllers and views for web pages, using sessions and request variables, and deploying a web2py app to the PythonAnywhere server. You will be evaluated on your skills in using a model in web2py apps to connect with a database, integrating a MySQL database with a web2py app, and using the SQLFORM.grid widget to work with data from the model. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with controllers, views, and models.

• Android App Development with Kotlin Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Android App Development with Kotlin Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of building interactive layouts using GridView and ListVew, improving layout performance by recycling views, and creating commonly used widgets in mobile applications. You will be evaluated on your ability to use intents to start activities, eliminate boilerplate code with view and data binding, and create modular app components using fragments. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to build interactive layouts and work with intents, activities, and fragments.

• Python API Development Literacy (Beginner Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The Python API Development Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark will measure your understanding of the mechanics of HTTP requests and responses using the HTTPX library. You will be evaluated on your ability to install the Flask-RESTful library, implement a simple API server to respond to requests, and develop handlers for GET and POST requests for a Python application using the molten framework. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to handle requests and responses for APIs in Flask and molten frameworks.

• Java Multithreading and Concurrency Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Java Multithreading and Concurrency Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark evaluates your ability to use semaphore, volatile, and atomic variables, as well as concurrent programming objects and multithreaded Java applications. You will be evaluated on your ability to use the ExecutorService to manage the execution of multiple tasks, schedule the execution of one-off and recurring tasks, and adopt a divide-and-conquer approach toward solving a large problem using the Fork/Join framework. The learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to recognize concurrent programming objects and scale a multithreaded application.

• Python Dash Framework Competency (Intermediate Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Python Dash Framework Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to install Dash and its libraries, run a Dash app using the Python shell, create visualizations using the plotly.express API, and work with graph object instances and callback functions. You will be evaluated on your ability to use Dash to accept and validate user input and use date pickers. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop interactive Python applications with the Dash framework.

• C# Programming Proficiency (Advanced Level) NEW!

  19m | 19 questions

  The C# Programming Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of implementing asynchronous and parallel programming, applying memory management techniques, and performing string-related operations. You will be assessed on your ability to leverage data access features of C#. Learners scoring high on this benchmark demonstrate the skills necessary to proficiently craft C# code that incorporates advanced techniques such as multithreading, asynchronous programming, memory management, and accessing data from files and databases.

• Python Dash Framework Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Python Dash Framework Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to perform data visualizations in Python using Dash frameworks. You will be evaluated on your ability to use submit buttons, HTML tables, DataTables, event handlers, and the Dash DAQ library to represent data. You will also be evaluated on your ability to create searchable and clearable dropdowns, use various components such as checklists, and configure interactive visualizations using parsed data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop interactive Python applications and create widgets in Dash apps.

• Python for Developers Competency (Intermediate Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Python for Developers Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your ability to build programs with control structures, iteratively loop over a block of code, and implement comprehension of lists, generators, and dictionaries. You will be assessed on your skills in creating and invoking Python functions, utilizing keywords and positional arguments, specifying default values for arguments, packing and unpacking varargs, and recognizing why functions are first class objects. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with control flow statements and comprehensions, along with defining, configuring, and invoking functions in Python.

• Java Database Connectivity Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Java Database Connectivity Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize the features of ResultSets and use JDBC to implement batch executions and transactions. You will be evaluated on your skills in implementing different forms of connected and disconnected RowSets and working with BLOB and CLOB data using JDBC. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with ResultSets, query batches, and RowSets and execute stored procedures in JDBC.

• Java Advanced Data Structures and Algorithm Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Java Advanced Data Structures and Algorithm Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of using code to check for binary tree types, implementing the binary search tree data structure, and performing insert and lookup operations. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing and implementing graph algorithms, such as topological sort, shortest path, and Dijkstra's algorithm. The learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to solve binary tree problems and solve problems using binary search trees.

• Python Web App Development with Flask Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Python Web App Development with Flask Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your ability to use the Python Requests package to make HTTP requests and parse the responses. You will be assessed on your skills in recognizing the need for a web framework and the features of Flask that speed up the development of a web application, as well as creating a basic website with Flask using boilerplate HTML files and templates. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to make HTTP requests with Python and build a simple website using Flask.

• Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to understand HTML5 syntax, structure, tags, and comments. You will be evaluated on your skills to work with CSS3, and how to use block elements with HTML5. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize the basic usage of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to design a simple web page.

• Java Object-Oriented Programming Awareness (Entry Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Java Object-Oriented Programming Awareness benchmark measures your understanding of how classes can be used to model real-world entities, how member variables represent the state of those entities, and how member functions represent the behavior of those entities. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize the basics of Object-Oriented Programming in Java.

• C++ Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The C++ Programming Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to use if-else and switch-case statements, iterate over arrays using for loops, and use range-based for loops. You will be assessed on your skills in defining classes, instantiating objects, creating structs, using the this pointer and const member, defining constructors and destructors, implementing copy constructors, declaring nested classes, and creating and referencing namespaces. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to utilize different control structures in C++, and can implement object-oriented programming (OOP) concepts such as classes, objects, constructors, destructors, pointers, and namespaces.

• Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to understand HTML5 APIs and files for web storage, use XML and AJAX with HTML5, and use CSS3 and HTML5 to create a navigation menu. You will be evaluated on your skills to manipulate images and text using animation and transforms, and use JavaScript to access and modify HTML5 objects. You will also be assessed on your skills to make web elements editable, advanced features of the browser, use JavaScript to create timers and marquees, access and validate form data, and manipulate forms with CSS3. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to create interactive and responsive web pages.

• JavaScript Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The JavaScript Literacy benchmark measures your ability to explore features of primitive data types in JavaScript, such as numbers, strings, and booleans. You will be evaluated on your skills in making optimum use of all the functions. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with primitive data types in JavaScript using methods and operators, as well as define and use JavaScript functions.

• Java Spring Data Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Java Spring Data Literacy benchmark evaluates your skills to work with Spring Data JDBC, Spring Data JPA, and Spring Batch for processing batch data. You will be assessed on your ability to perform DB integrations using JDBC, to write custom/complex queries with JPA and to efficiently process batch data with Spring Batch. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop robust and easy to maintain applications with Spring Data frameworks that offer enterprise-grade solutions.

• Python Resource Optimization Literacy (Beginner Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Python Resource Optimization Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your ability to use OpenCV to read and write images, explore color scale and grayscale images, and perform basic image transformations. You will be evaluated on your ability to differentiate batch and stream processing, recall the components in a stream processing architecture, and install stream processing using a Faust application that reads streaming messages from a Kafka topic. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform basic operations in OpenCV and Faust for image transformation and stream processing.

• Python Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Python Competency benchmark will measure your skills related to working with the PyCharm IDE and perform data wrangling in Excel. You will be evaluated on network programming skills in Python and implement complex operations in Excel workbooks using the Python openpyxl library. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to perform advanced operations in Excel, construct data visualizations, write socket programs in Python, and have proven knowledge of various design patterns implemented in Python.

• Python Data Structures Literacy (Beginner Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Python Data Structures Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of the purpose of data structures and the properties of linked lists, stacks, and queues. You will be assessed on your skills in implementing linked lists, stacks, and queues and the operations associated with those data structures in Python. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform basic operations with data structures in Python.

• Python Mastery (Expert Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Python Mastery benchmark will measure your familiarity with Python core features. You will be assessed on your ability to execute Python commands on Jupiter notebooks, perform operations using complex data types, use control flow statements, leverage functions with lambdas, generators, closures & decorators to perform some incredibly complex operations and handle exceptions. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop Python programs and develop applications with Python code.

• C++ Functions Competency (Intermediate Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The C++ Functions Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to use free functions in C++ and correctly utilize pass-by-reference semantics with const reference input arguments. You will be assessed on your skills in identifying and mitigating the dangling pointer problem, correctly overloading functions based on input arguments and const, and splitting functions across .h and .cpp files. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to define and use functions and implement function overloading in C++.

• Web App Development with Django Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Web App Development with Django Competency benchmark assesses your knowledge of standardizing HTML elements and managing website users with the built-in Django admin app. You will be evaluated on your skills in representing entities in a Django project using models and implementing user registration and a login/logout feature in a web site. Additionally, you will also be measured on your ability to define pages for viewing, creating, and editing, and deleting Django model instances using the built-in generic view classes available in Django. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop a full-fledged web application using Django.

• Python Desktop App Development with Tkinter Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Python Desktop App Development with Tkinter Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark calibrates your knowledge of adding menus and menu items to a Tkinter app, leveraging MySQL for database connectivity, and integrating Seaborn with Tkinter for data visualization. You will be assessed on your skills in performing tree view operations and adding register and sign-in functionality to support authenticated data access. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with menu bars, Seaborn visualizations, and tree views in addition to connecting to MySQL DBs and implementing authentication in Tkinter.

• Python Data Structures Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Python Data Structures Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of the workings of commonly used sorting algorithms and how their implementations affect output performance. You will be assessed on your skills in implementing common sorting algorithms and divide and conquer sorts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform sorting algorithms in Python.

• Python Resource Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Python Resource Optimization Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to implement a variety of image manipulations using OpenCV to prepare images for end users or machine learning pipelines. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of representing streaming elements using Faust models, processing them using agents, and sending and receiving messages using channels. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to manipulate images in OpenCV and perform stream processing using models, agents, and channels in Faust.

• Java Multithreading and Concurrency Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Java Multithreading and Concurrency Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your ability to synchronize concurrent threads operating on common resources using the synchronization mechanisms available in Java. You will be evaluated on your skills in implementing different synchronization mechanisms in Java to solve the producer-consumer problem. The learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with thread synchronization and lock and solve the producer-consumer problem.

• Java Persistence API with Hibernate Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Java Persistence API with Hibernate Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to implement one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, and many-to-many relationships using JPA annotations. You will be evaluated on your skills in implementing mappings for collections of primitive types, embeddable objects, and collections of entities. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to set up mapping and configuring relationships and handle list, set, and map collections in JPA and Hibernate.

• Angular 11 Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Angular 11 Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of the new features of Angular 11 and the building blocks of an Angular module. You will be assessed on your skills in adding logic to components, implementing pagination and custom pipes, and building a nested component. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the ability to work with Angular modules, directives, pipes, and nested components.

• Python Unit Testing Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Python Unit Testing Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to develop and debug Python applications using the PyCharm IDE. You will be assessed on your skills in defining and running tests for Python using the unittest unit testing framework. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with the PyCharm IDE and use the unittest framework in Python.

• Java Multithreading and Concurrency Literacy (Beginner Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Java Multithreading and Concurrency Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of the benefits/risks of concurrent programming and the mechanisms available in the Java programming language to build a multithreaded application. You will be evaluated on your skills in creating and executing multiple concurrent threads in Java. The learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to understand Java concurrent programming and work with threads in Java.

• Python Socket Programming Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Python Socket Programming Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to use sockets in Python to transfer data between applications. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing and working with Python socket features that allow you to transfer large files and configure two-way communication. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize the basic concepts of Python socket programming and can implement the advanced features of Python sockets.

• Java Advanced Data Structures and Algorithm Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Java Advanced Data Structures and Algorithm Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of techniques for choosing sorting and searching algorithms and implementing common algorithms. You will be evaluated on your skills in performing add and remove operations in O(log n) time and accessing the highest-priority element in O(1) time. The learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement sorting and searching Algorithms in Java and work with the binary heap data structure in Java.

• Spring Web MVC Framework Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Spring Web MVC Framework Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark calibrates your knowledge of the 3-tier application architecture, configuring multiple controllers and views, as well as dealing with request parameters, dynamic paths, and errors in code. You will be evaluated on your skills in using form elements in JSTL, binding a model to a form, validating form values, and uploading and downloading application files. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to handle requests and errors and work with Spring MVC framework forms and files.

• C Programming Awareness (Entry Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The C Programming Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to understand the background of C programming, the difference between C and C++ programming, and compilation of a C program. You will be assessed on your skills to use variables and constants, choose the right data type, perform input and output operations in C, and work with simple arrays. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to understand the basic features and syntax of C programming and write simple C programs to perform various operations like arithmetic, logical, and relational operations.

• JavaScript Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The JavaScript Proficiency benchmark assesses your ability to apply closures and implement inheritance using prototypes in JavaScript. You will be evaluated on your skills in working with the DOM of a web page, responding to events initiated by users, interacting with an end user's browser, and implementing form validation and asynchronous programming in JavaScript applications. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with closures and prototypes, handle events, and implement asynchronous programming in JavaScript.

• C++ Inheritance and Polymorphism Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The C++ Inheritance and Polymorphism Competency benchmark will evaluate your ability to understand how to use inheritance for is-a relationships and how to identify uses for private inheritance. You will be assessed on your skills in enumerating the order of constructor/destructor invocation in inheritance hierarchies; recognizing and working with polymorphism, abstract classes, and multiple inheritance; and outlining the use of concepts, including name hiding, static/dynamic dispatch, runtime polymorphism, virtual functions, and covariance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize and implement the key concepts around inheritance and polymorphism.

• Java Collections Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  26m | 26 questions

  The Java Collections Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to use Java's built-in annotations, define and use custom annotations and classes, and use wildcards. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with built-in and custom annotations, define generics, and use wildcards in Java.

• Java Core Programming Competency (Intermediate Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Java Core Programming competency benchmark will measure your ability to understand and implement advanced features of Java such as reflection for runtime inspections and building JAR files. You will be evaluated on your applied knowledge on the various aspects and implementation of reflection APIs in Java, and building Java archives using the JAR utility. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to harness the power of reflection and also to create lean JAR files using Maven.

• Java Database Connectivity Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m 59s | 16 questions

  The Java Database Connectivity Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of JDBC features, objects and their use cases, and how to connect a Java app to a database using JDBC. You will be evaluated on your skills in using Java Statement objects to run a variety of SQL queries against a database. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they understand JDBC features and have the skills to execute database statements in JDBC.

• Angular 11 Awareness (Entry Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Angular 11 Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your understanding of the features and benefits of Angular and how to create and run Angular applications and name the characteristics of package.json files and TypeScript. You will be assessed on your skills in creating classes in TypeScript, adding properties and functions to TypeScript classes, defining decorators in JavaScript, creating a simple Angular component, adding to an Angular component, and binding data with interpolation and ng-bind. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they can recognize the Angular and TypeScript features and create a simple Angular component.

• Java Object-Oriented Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  26m | 26 questions

  The Java Object-Oriented Programming Literacy benchmark measures your understanding of writing appropriate constructors, the role of the default constructor provided by Java, correct getter and setter methods, and method overloading in classes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates they have the skills to recognize class hierarchies, work with byte and character streams in Java, and understand overriding principles.

• Android App Development with Kotlin Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Android App Development with Kotlin Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of the basic concepts of Android development, downloading and installing Android Studio, and running a simple app on the Android Emulator. You will be evaluated on your ability to develop an Android app using various tools, layouts and views, toolbars and floating action buttons, and events. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have an understanding of basic Android app development concepts and can work with views and layouts.

• Python Resource Optimization Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  The Python Resource Optimization Proficiency (Advanced Level benchmark measures your ability to perform image transformation in OpenCV using advanced image operations to generate augmented or pre-processed images. You will be evaluated on your ability to implement operations for processing Faust stream data and use tables for fault-tolerance and stateful stream processing transformations. You will also be assessed on your knowledge of different windowing operation types, performing windowing operations, exposing app metrics using web views, and the differences between event time, ingestion time, and processing time. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform advanced image operations using OpenCV, and can maintain state in tables and implement stream processing using windows operations in Faust.

• JavaScript Design Patterns Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The JavaScript Design Patterns Proficiency benchmark measures your ability effectively implement the three categories of design patterns while following best practices. You will be evaluated on your skills in using the Facade pattern for AJAX requests, applying the Decorative pattern to dynamic customizations, and using Mixins to simulate multiple inheritance. You will also be evaluated on your ability to use the Flyweight pattern for centralized event handling, apply the Observer pattern for custom events, implement the State pattern in React, and execute/undo commands. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to proficiently work with various design patterns categorized as Creational, Structural, and Behavioral and apply advanced techniques in JavaScript.

• Go Programming Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Go Programming Competency benchmark measures your ability to work with Go's advanced programming features such as libraries or packages, data handling, efficient solutions for concurrency issues, and testing techniques. You will be assessed on your skills to work with modules and packages and Goroutine; improve performance with Go concurrency models; implement channels, pipelines, and WaitGroup; perform unit testing; connect to databases; and apply the most significant best practices of Go. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to build robust Go applications with the knowledge of advanced features and techniques that the Go language possesses.

• Java Collections Literacy (Beginner Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Java Collections Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to instantiate ArrayLists, contrast their strengths with the limitations of arrays, iterate over their elements in various ways, enumerate interfaces implemented by lists, and modify list elements. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates they have the skills to work with ArrayList and List in Java and perform operations.

• Python API Development Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The Python API Development Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your ability to use HTTPX features to optimize the processing of HTTP requests. You will be evaluated on your ability to build REST APIs, use the Flask-RESTful request parser, customize the parser to validate input arguments, and bundle errors to display more user-friendly error responses. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to use HTTPX to send and process HTTP requests, build REST APIs, and validate input requests in Flask.

• JavaScript Design Patterns Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The JavaScript Design Patterns Competency benchmark measures your ability to recognize and use the Constructor and Factory patterns and other creational design patterns, such as Singleton, Prototype, and Builder. You will be evaluated on your skills in implementing structural design patterns, including the Module, Revealing Module, Facade, Decorator, Mixin, Flyweight, Adapter, Composite, and Proxy. You will also be evaluated on your ability to define and use the Observer and Iterator, Mediator, State, and Command design patterns. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to define, set, and apply Creational, Structural, and Behavioral design patterns in JavaScript.

• Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 Competency (Intermediate Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The Web Design with HTML5 and CSS3 Competency benchmark will evaluate your ability to work with images, text, tags, and media in HTML5; use HTML5 forms for submitting data; and use the validation, completion, and input attributes of forms. You will be assessed on your skills to manipulate the HTML5 objects to format them into the layout you desire and use SVG in HTML5. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with HTML5 design elements and perform design and data manipulations with CSS and JavaScript.

• Web Fundamentals Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Web Fundamentals Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to define the purpose of three key website programming and design languages - HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You will be assessed on your skills to create a simple web page using HTML, control text styles & layout using CSS, define JavaScript functions, and access and manipulate web page content using DOM. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to design a simple web page using HTML, apply styles to the web page with CSS, and make it dynamic by responding to user events by adding JavaScript.

• Java Persistence API with Hibernate Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Java Persistence API with Hibernate Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of the basic ideas behind object-relational mapping. You will be evaluated on your skills in using JPA with the Hibernate implementation to connect to a database from a Java application, creating entities, and using the JPA EntityManager to persist entities in the underlying database. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to recognize the basic features of the JPA and Hibernate frameworks.

• C Programming Competency (Intermediate Level)

  27m | 27 questions

  The C Programming Competency benchmark will assess your skills of how functions are defined, declared, and invoked and leveraging variable scopes and storage classes to define values, scope, and visibility. You will be measured on your skills to use referencing and dereferencing operators in C, use NULL values, leverage the equivalence between pointers and arrays, use pointer arithmetic, and return pointers from functions. You will also be evaluated on your ability to allocate memory malloc, calloc, and realloc; use pointers to structs; and avoid problems related to dangling pointers and memory leaks. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to write C programs that use both library functions and user-defined functions.

• Excel Operations in Python Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Excel Operations in Python Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your ability to demonstrate the use of Python and the openpyxl library to create and modify Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. You will be assessed on your skills in performing complex data analysis operations using pivoting and formulae, controlling workbook appearance using conditional formatting and styles, building various types of visualizations using Python, and manipulating chart properties to customize their appearance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to manage Excel data, perform advanced operations, and construct data visualizations using Python.

• C# Programming Literacy (Beginner Level) NEW!

  23m | 23 questions

  The C# Programming Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of how to use the program flow features of C#. You will be assessed on your ability to work with types in C#. Learners scoring high on this benchmark demonstrate the skills and understanding of C# program flow features and types and have a solid foundation in C# programming.

• Java Data Structures Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Java Data Structures Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of the importance of data structures and algorithms in writing efficient and correct code and the differences between abstract data types and data structures. You will be evaluated on your skills in using complexity to measure the performance of your code based on running time, space, network usage, and other resources and analyzing different methods to determine their running time using big O notation. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize the importance of data structures and algorithms in writing fast and efficient code, analyzing code, and expressing time complexity with big O notation.

• Java Programming Fundamentals Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Java Programming Fundamentals Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of initializing, comparing, and working with string objects, as well as when to use == and .equals and work with wrapper objects for primitive types. You will be evaluated on your ability to structure if, if...else, nested if...else, and switch statements, and build complex control structures using the looping constructs in Java. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with String and wrapper classes and use the control flow statements to appropriately structure the code.

• C++ Data Structures Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The C++ Data Structures Competency benchmark will evaluate your ability to understand how to contrast sequence and associative containers, enumerate properties, and correctly use stacks, queues, and priority queues. You will be assessed on your skills in differentiating between sequence and associative containers; leveraging STL algorithms; instantiating and using sets, multisets, maps, and multimaps; and differentiating between sorted and unsorted associative containers. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with sequence containers, associative containers, and algorithms.

• C# Programming Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  20m | 20 questions

  The C# Programming Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your skills in working with programming properties, indexers, reflection, and attributes in C#. You will be assessed on your ability to use debugging and security features in C# applications, manipulate data and objects using LINQ, perform data serialization, and use collections. Learners scoring high on this benchmark demonstrate the ability to skillfully utilize C# programming properties, indexers, reflection, and attributes while also mastering debugging, security features, LINQ, data serialization, and collections manipulation.

• C++ File and Exception Handling Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The C++ File and Exception Handling Competency benchmark will assess your ability to enumerate C++ file stream classes, read data using ifstream, write data using ofstream, and perform advanced file stream operations. You will be evaluated on your skills in throwing and handling exceptions using try-catch blocks, enumerating semantics and limitations of noexcept, and mitigating problems related to exceptions thrown during object construction. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with File systems in C++ and practice the right methodology to handle exceptions in a program.

• Java Advanced Data Structures and Algorithm Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Java Advanced Data Structures and Algorithm Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of the basic structure of a binary tree and utilizing tree traversal algorithms. You will be evaluated on your skills in implementing different types of graphs in code using common representations. The learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with binary trees and graph algorithms in Java.

• Python Programming Mastery (Expert Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The Python Programming Mastery (Expert Level) benchmark evaluates your ability to recognize how code can be made more robust and maintainable by applying various design patterns. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing concurrency, creating and managing threads, using the asyncio library for asynchronous task executions, and using thread pools, process pools, and futures instances. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement design patterns and concurrency in Python.

• Python Unit Testing Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Python Unit Testing Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize use cases for fixtures test suites and integrate your Python sources with their tests using the PyCharm IDE. You will be evaluated on your skills in using pytest and doctest to define and automate tests for your Python applications. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement advanced Python testing using the unittest unit testing framework and test Python code using pytest and doctest.

• Data Analysis with R Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Data Analysis with R Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has had some exposure and experience in R programming and the libraries used for data analysis operations. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a knowledge of the major areas of R for data analysis, but requires input and oversight from a more advanced R data analytics expert.

• Java Certified Foundations Associate Awareness (Entry Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Java Certified Foundations Associate Awareness benchmark assesses your knowledge of the Java programming language and concepts. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing the basic elements of Java and object-oriented concepts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize Java features and work with the Java Development Kit (JDK) and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

• JavaScript Design Patterns Literacy (Beginner Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The JavaScript Design Patterns Literacy benchmark assesses your ability to understand the principles of good design and the three main design pattern categories. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing the different types of design patterns, the usage of anti-patterns, and what to avoid while writing code. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize and apply good design principles, anti-patterns, and various types of design patterns in JavaScript.

• Python for Developers Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Python for Developers Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to create and invoke lambda functions, implement closures and generator functions, and create and use decorator functions. You will be assessed on your skills in creating and instantiating Python classes, differentiating between Python and Java object-oriented programming, handling exceptions, importing modules, and using the __main__ variable. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to leverage functions with lambdas, generators, closures, and decorators and can create classes, handle errors, and import modules.

• Python Programming Competency (Intermediate level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Python Programming Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify situations where either deep or shallow copies are required. You will be assessed on your skills in implementing the powerful features of Python functions, recognizing functions as first class objects, using Python classes for advanced functionality, and working with recursion, closures, generators, decorators, and inheritance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement functional and object-oriented programming features in Python.

• C++ Graphics and Gaming Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The C++ Graphics and Gaming Competency Benchmark will measure your ability to install SFML libraries on your local machine, work with windows in SFML, handle events in SFML, and draw graphics objects within SFML windows. You will be evaluated on your skills in working with sprites and textures in SFML, using vertex arrays to define shapes, animating objects using sprite sheets, playing sounds in an app, and developing a complete game in SFML. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to use the features of SFML and create a complete gaming application.

• C++ Pointers Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The C++ Pointers Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to employ nullptr, define and use pointers for STL containers, and differentiate between malloc/free and new/delete, new/delete and new[]/delete[], and const pointers and pointers to const. You will be assessed on your skills in correctly using smart pointer objects, leveraging RAII to use various pointers and references, and correctly using const references. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to define and use pointers and references.

• Java Spring Basics Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Java Spring Basics Literacy benchmark measures your skills on Spring principles, Inversion of Control and Aspect Oriented Programming, and database integration using ORM frameworks such as JPA & Hibernate. You will be assessed on your ability to implement dependency injections within the Spring framework, configure beans with Autowiring, attach different types of advices to aspects in an application, define entities using JPA, and translate with Hibernate. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop enterprise applications using the Spring framework and perform DB integration using the ORM framework.

• Python Programming Awareness (Entry Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Python Programming Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark will measure your knowledge of the basic programming concepts of Python, such as variables, data types, and built-in functions. You will be assessed on your skills in using Jupyter Notebook to write and work with simple Python programs. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to write and run a simple Python program using Jupyter Notebook.

• Java Programming Fundamentals Literacy (Beginner Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Java Programming Fundamentals Literacy benchmark measures your knowledge of creating arrays of primitive and object types, printing array contents, accessing individual elements, and creating enumerated types. You will be evaluated on your ability to wire up complex expressions using the arithmetic, logical, and relational operators, as well as alter the precedence of an expression using parentheses and identify pre- and post-increment operations. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to define and use arrays and enums and can work with different types of operators in Java.

• Data Analysis with R Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Data Analysis with R Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has had significant exposure and experience in performing data analysis operations using R. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an independent knowledge in using various R libraries for data analysis, model building, and deployments.

• Kotlin Programming Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Kotlin Programming Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of creating and using functions, using higher-order functions and closures, and working with lambda expressions. You will be evaluated on your ability to implement classes and create objects, use inheritance and interfaces, create and use special classes and extensions, and implement asynchronous programming with coroutines. Learners scoring high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with functional and object-oriented programming with Kotlin.

• Java Programming Fundamentals Awareness (Entry Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Java Programming Fundamentals Awareness benchmark measures your knowledge of the roles of the JDK, JRE, and JVM in Java development, as well as how to install Java on multiple platforms and how Java achieves platform independence. You will be evaluated on your ability to recall the primitive types available in Java and define variables of these types. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to understand the basics and language features of Java and can define variables of primitive data types.

• Go Web Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Go Web Programming Literacy benchmark measures your ability to create web applications and web services using Go standard libraries.​ You will be evaluated on your skills in creating structured web apps in Go using template packages, creating a Go web server, querying databases, and building web services in Go. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to develop simple web applications and build RESTful web services in Go with the support of an extensive and powerful set of built-in standard libraries.

• Web App Development with Django Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Web App Development with Django Literacy benchmark measures your ability to identify the purpose of web frameworks in web application development and recognize the related Django features. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of how to start the Django development server, render HTML files, use boilerplate materials, and perform migrations. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to build a basic web site that renders HTML content with Django.

• Python Data Structures Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Python Data Structures Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of the properties of trees and graphs and the theory behind implementing these data structures in code. You will be evaluated on your skills in defining trees and graphs in Python 3 and coding traversal algorithms for these data structures. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with graphs and trees in Python.

• Python Web Development with Django Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Python Web Development with Django Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of web requests, responses, and frameworks and how Django framework features help develop web apps. You will be evaluated on your ability to build a basic website using the Django framework and identify the different components involved in building a Django project. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to develop simple web applications with Django.

• Python Django Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 10 questions

  The Python Django Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to develop secure and sustainable web sites using the Django framework. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the use of Django templates, the migration process within Django, and the use of the Django Model class. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to use HTTP protocols, customize user experience by maintaining sessions, and query databases for content using the Django framework.

• Java Web Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Java Web Programming Literacy benchmark measures your skills in the understanding and the implementation of object serialization, JSON parsing, and HTTP requests. You will be assessed on your ability to use serialization and deserialization to work with byte streams, parse JSON data to get Java objects, and work with various HTTP requests using Java's HttpClient. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to handle HTTP requests and responses, which acts as the baseline for building Java web applications.

• Java Collections Competency (Intermediate Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Java Collections Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your ability to perform various List operations, recognize the implementations of the Set and Map interfaces, as well as the behavior of classes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with List, Set, and Map interfaces and Stream APIs in Java, and perform various operations.

• Python Web Development with Django Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Python Web Development with Django Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of implementing a simple Django model and deploying it to a linked database. You will be evaluated on your ability to use Django templates and the Django Model class, recognize the migration process within Django, and build web pages that allow interactions with Django model instances. You will also be evaluated on your ability to add and access an image in a Django model, create applications to accept and store information from users, and send emails from a Django app. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with models and class-based views and can build multiple applications in a project.

• Python Web App Development with web2py Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Python Web App Development with web2py Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark calibrates your skills in modifying prebuilt Bootstrap templates, building an e-commerce application, adding functionality to register users, and presenting different views to admins and users in signed-in and signed-out modes. You will be evaluated on your ability to add administration functionality, implement foreign key constraints, and filter functionality to an e-commerce application. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with prebuilt Bootstrap templates, use decorators, and implement foreign key constraints and table forms in web2py.

• Java Core Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Java Core Programming literacy benchmark will measure your ability to handle errors, work with arrays, and the Java collection framework. You will be assessed on the implementation of nested classes and Lambda expressions A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to effectively use the advanced concepts of Java that act as the baseline to build scalable and robust applications.

• Python Desktop App Development with Tkinter Literacy (Beginner Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Python Desktop App Development with Tkinter Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of various Python UI libraries and the basics of Tkinter UIs. You will be assessed on your readiness to configure interactive widgets such as buttons and text entries. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to recognize the basic features of Tkinter.

• Java Enterprise App Development Competency (Intermediate Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Java Enterprise App Development Competency benchmark evaluates your skills to develop and deploy web app using Jakarta Server Faces (JSF). You will be measured on your understanding of how Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) encapsulate the business logic of an application. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to create rich, web-based interfaces using Java Server Faces (JSF) and effectively construct business logic using Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB).

• Kotlin Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Kotlin Programming Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of Kotlin features and use cases, as well as how to run Kotlin on the online playground, a local machine, and IntelliJ IDEA. You will be evaluated on your ability to work with mutable and immutable variables in Kotlin and use strings, string templates, conditional branching constructs, and null safety features. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement basic programming concepts in Kotlin.

• Python Desktop App Development with Tkinter Competency (Intermediate Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Python Desktop App Development with Tkinter Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of configuring interactive widgets in Tkinter and choosing between place, pack, and grid geometry managers to optimize app layout. You will be evaluated on your skills in allowing an app to accept user-uploaded files, validating and storing files in a pandas data frame, and displaying the contents using a tree view. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to configure interactive widgets and work with file dialogs and tree views.

• Java Object-Oriented Programming Competency

  27m | 27 questions

  The Java Object-Oriented Programming Competency benchmark measures your ability to invoke member functions, access static members, structure code using try-catch-finally blocks, define how catch blocks intercept and handle exceptions, and use the throws keyword to declare uncaught exceptions. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates they have the skills to implement exception handling, as well as work with member functions and streams in Java.

• Python Programming Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Python Programming Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark evaluates your ability to work with text and formatted files, handle exceptions in Python code, and handle script executions from the command line. You will be assessed on your skills in using built-in Python modules, packaging custom modules for distribution, implementing Python virtual environments, distinguishing between versions 2 and 3 of Python, and converting Python 2 scripts to be compatible with Python 3. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform advanced Python operations like file and exception handling and can work with modules and packages.

• Programming Awareness (Entry Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Programming Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to keys Software programming concepts. You will be evaluated on awareness of Python, Java, C, JavaScript, Angular, and software design principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key programming terminology and concepts.

• Python Web Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Python Web Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to build web applications using Flask in Python. You will be evaluated on your web development skills and ability to write effective code to implement unit testing, multithreading, concurrency in Python, and process HTTP requests in Python. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to perform unit testing in Python and develop interactive web applications using Flask in Python.

• Go Programming Literacy (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Go Programming Literacy benchmark measures your understanding of the core principles of Go programming such as basic programming, functions & object orientation, and error & file handling. You will be assessed on your skills to recognize the real-world uses of Go, the pros and cons of Go, work with variables and operators, control the flow of programs with control flow statements, achieve object-orientation, and handle errors in Go. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to write Go programs that leverage some of the best features from other languages focusing on a simple, concise program structure and syntax.

• Data Analysis with R Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Data Analysis with R Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recall and relate to the underlying concepts and terminologies of performing data analysis using R. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize the foundational concepts of R programming, R programming structures, data analysis libraries in R, and working with data sets in R. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have basic data analysis skills in R.

• Python Web App Development with Flask Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Python Web App Development with Flask Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to build an interactive website by accepting input using WTForms and conveying messages to the end users. You will be evaluated on your skills in implementing database integration and user authentication in a Flask application. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to incorporate user interactions and implement user authentication in a Flask application.

• Angular 11 Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Angular 11 Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of the RxJS library and how to work with observables. You will be assessed on your skills in creating a form, validating form input and implementing CRUD operations, and demonstrating navigation and routing in Angular. You will also be evaluated on your skills in creating and registering a service in Angular and implementing authentication and authorization, optimization, and lazy loading in Angular. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the ability to work with Angular forms, implement security, and deploy Angular applications.

• Java Data Structures Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Java Data Structures Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of implementing doubly linked and circular linked lists and performing operations on these linked lists. You will be evaluated on your skills in implementing the stack and queue data structures using linked lists, recognizing built-in classes for stacks and queues in Java, and working with the deque and priority queue. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with advanced data structures, implementations of the stack and queue using linked lists, and the priority queue.

• C++ Programming Awareness (Entry Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The C++ Programming Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to understand the basics of C++ and a good sense of why C++ language features evolved the way they did. You will be assessed on your ability to distinguish between variable declaration and initialization, initialize variables using functional, assignment, and braced syntax, and leverage the C++ Boolean type and the std::string class. You will also be evaluated on your knowledge to utilize the auto keyword to infer the type of a variable and deploy IO manipulators to correctly format data on input and output streams. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary to understand the basic elements and features of C++ programming and can write simple programs.

• Spring Web MVC Framework Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Spring Web MVC Framework Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of connecting a web application to a MySQL server database. You will be evaluated on your skills in using JDBC templates to query a database, setting up login and register pages on an app, as well as performing create, read, update, and delete operations using Spring MVC. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to set up a basic web application using the 3-tier architecture, use JDBC templates to query a database, and perform CRUD operations using REST APIs.

• Python for Developers Literacy (Beginner Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Python for Developers Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your ability to install Python and work with variables, built-in functions, and simple Python data types. You will be assessed on your skills in creating and using lists and tuples, working with sets and dictionaries, correctly copying variables of complex data types, and distinguishing the similarities and differences across lists, sets, tuples, and dictionaries. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to perform operations with simple and complex data types in Python.

• Java Persistence API with Hibernate Mastery (Expert Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Java Persistence API with Hibernate Mastery (Expert Level) benchmark measures your ability to relate how operations are cascaded from parent to child entities and how inheritance relationships in code can be mapped to database tables. You will be evaluated on your skills in executing queries in JPA using native queries, JPQL queries, and the Criteria API, as well as plugging callbacks into the entity lifecycle. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to manage cascade operations, execute queries, and manage the entity lifecycle.

• Spring Web MVC Framework Literacy (Beginner Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Spring Web MVC Framework Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of the inversion of control design principle, the model-view-controller (MVC) design pattern, and the components of Spring MVC. You will be evaluated on your skills in configuring view resolvers for logical view names and Spring beans using annotations. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with the Spring Framework and model-view-controller design pattern and build a Spring MVC application.

• C Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The C Programming Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to work with the if and if-else statements, switch-case statements, and ternary operators in C. You will be evaluated on your skills to implement while loops, for loops, do-while loops, break statements, and continue operators. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with looping, conditional, and unconditional control structures in C.

Secure Programming

• Secure Programming Awareness (Entry Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Secure Programming Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of key concepts related to the standards and methodologies of programming and software engineering. You will be assessed on your skills in designing software using well-established software engineering techniques. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have an awareness of programming standards.

• Secure Programming Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Secure Programming Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of common cryptographic algorithms. You will be assessed on your ability to recognize common attacks and the coding mistakes that make software vulnerable to attacks and apply software resiliency techniques. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to apply encryption and resilient coding technique.

• Secure Programming Competency (Intermediate Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Secure Programming Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your ability to describe and apply secure coding concepts. You will be assessed on your skills in recognizing and evaluating vulnerabilities. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to avoid common programming errors that can undermine security and are able to recognize the OWASP Top 10 commonly encountered vulnerabilities.

• Defensive Programming Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Defensive Programming Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of advanced defensive coding practices such as session and risk management, assertive programming, and intelligible exceptions. You will be assessed on your ability to apply defensive coding techniques such as filtering, resilient code, recoverable code, parameter checking, and validation and apply secure coding concepts and processes. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to apply advanced defensive coding techniques and secure coding practices.

• Secure Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Secure Programming Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of basic software modeling techniques. You will be assessed on your skills in applying good coding practices, recognizing bad coding, and describing and applying software testing methodologies. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to follow good coding practices and software methodologies.

• Defensive Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Defensive Programming Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of fundamental defensive programming concepts and practices, cryptography concepts, and how to implement them in code. You will be assessed on your skills in applying specific defensive coding techniques such as exception handling, parameter checking, validation, component trust, and reuse. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to apply defensive and cryptographic techniques in programs.

Web Development

• Python API Literacy (Beginner Level)

  22m 30s | 15 questions

  The Python API Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to develop REST APIs. You will be evaluated on your ability to recognize and implement Flask-RESTful's built-in template library and Molten Framework. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to work with the CURL command-line utility to make API calls using a Molten Schema instance.

• Python API Development Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Python API Development Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to implement end-to-end CRUD operations, integrate API code with MySQL database back ends, and customize JSON responses to clients. You will be evaluated on your ability to integrate a molten application with a database and use OpenAPI specifications to generate documentation for your app. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to integrate anAPI server with a MySQL database and work with advanced molten features.

Project Management Methods

• Project Quality Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Project Quality Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to project quality management concepts. You will be evaluated on your skills in quality management, quality control, Lean, value stream mapping, quality standards, and the cost of quality. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills related to project quality management terminology and concepts.

• Project Cost Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Project Cost Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Project Cost Management concepts. You will be evaluated on estimating costs, earned value management, three-point estimating, budget forecasting, and agile approach to cost estimates. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to Project Cost Management terminology and concepts.

• Project Scope Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Project Scope Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to project scope management concepts. You will be evaluated on your skills in defining the project scope, determining project requirements, validating the project scope, setting the scope baseline, and determining a minimum viable product. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills related to project scope management terminology and concepts.

• Project Schedule Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Project Schedule Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to project schedule management concepts. You will be evaluated on your skills in executing schedule planning, critical path methods, schedule control, and Agile adaptive planning. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills related to project schedule management terminology and concepts.

Project Management

• Project Quality Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Project Quality Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to project quality management concepts. You will be evaluated on your skills in quality management, quality control, Lean, value stream mapping, quality standards, and the cost of quality. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills related to project quality management terminology and concepts.

• CAPM(r): Agile Frameworks and Methodologies Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Agile Frameworks and Methodologies Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your understanding of when it is appropriate to use an adaptive approach, how to plan project iterations, how to document project controls for an adaptive project, the components of an adaptive plan, and how to prepare and execute task management steps. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a solid understanding of the necessary Agile frameworks and methodologies for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM(r)) exam.

• Project Cost Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Project Cost Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Project Cost Management concepts. You will be evaluated on estimating costs, earned value management, three-point estimating, budget forecasting, and agile approach to cost estimates. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to Project Cost Management terminology and concepts.

• Project Scope Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Project Scope Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to project scope management concepts. You will be evaluated on your skills in defining the project scope, determining project requirements, validating the project scope, setting the scope baseline, and determining a minimum viable product. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills related to project scope management terminology and concepts.

• CAPM(r): Predictive, Plan-Based Methodologies Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The Predictive, Plan-Based Methodologies Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your understanding of when it is appropriate to use a predictive, plan-based approach, a project management plan schedule, and how to document project controls of predictive, plan-based projects. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a solid understanding of the necessary predictive, plan-based methodologies for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM(r)) exam.

• Project Schedule Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Project Schedule Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to project schedule management concepts. You will be evaluated on your skills in executing schedule planning, critical path methods, schedule control, and Agile adaptive planning. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills related to project schedule management terminology and concepts.

• CAPM(r): Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts Competency (Intermediate Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The Project Management Fundamentals and Core Concepts Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your understanding of various project life cycles and processes, project management planning, project roles and responsibilities, following and executing planned strategies and frameworks, and common problem-solving tools and techniques. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a solid understanding of the necessary project management fundamentals and core concepts for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM(r)) exam.

• CAPM(r): Business Analysis Frameworks Competency (Intermediate Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Business Analysis Frameworks Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your understanding of business analysis (BA) roles and responsibilities, how to conduct stakeholder communication, how to gather requirements, product roadmaps, how project methodologies influence business analysis processes, and how to validate requirements through product delivery. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a solid understanding of the necessary components of business analysis frameworks for the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM(r)) exam.

Information Security

• Cisco Network Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Cisco Network Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco network security. You will be evaluated on security models, frameworks, DHCP snooping, IP Source Guard, port security, network hardening, network access, and IPsec. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary for understanding key Cisco network security terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Security Architecture and Engineering Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The CISSP: Security Architecture and Engineering Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security architecture and engineering. You will be evaluated on secure design principles, cryptography, design vulnerabilities, and site and facility security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding security architecture and engineering terminology and concepts.

• Security Threat Intelligence Awareness (Entry Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Security Threat Intelligence Awareness benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure to basic security threat intelligence organizational practices and theories. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates awareness in some areas of the security threat intelligence discipline.

• Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to design and implement vulnerability processes and programs. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have advanced proficiency in the web application vulnerability discipline and are considered leaders in the domain. They can work independently without supervision.

• Security Threat Intelligence Competency (Intermediate Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  Security Threat Intelligence Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has a working understanding of the security threat intelligence principles and practices with some exposure to, and limited experience with, security threat intelligence tools and development. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional competency in all of the areas of the security threat intelligence discipline.

• SecOps Literacy (Beginner Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The SecOps Literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has had some exposure of the SecOps practices and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates literacy in key areas of the SecOps discipline. They are able to participate in SecOps discussions and understand the advice of more advanced SecOps practitioners.

• Cisco Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Cisco Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to architecture and design concepts. You will be evaluated on security concepts for enterprise networks, implementing resilience, security concepts for virtualization and cloud, security controls, authentication, and design. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key architecture and design terminology and concepts.

• Security Analyst to Security Architect Mastery (Expert Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  Security Analyst to Security Architect Mastery benchmark measures whether a learner has expert exposure and practice with security analyst principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an advanced understanding of every area of modern security practices and analytics, can lead and drive all IT security discussions, and can work independently with no oversight.

• SecOps Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  31m 58s | 32 questions

  The SecOps Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has an advanced understanding of the SecOps practice, with additional experience with SecOps tools and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional proficiency in all of the major areas of the SecOps discipline, across a variety of different platforms and deployments. This learner works and acts almost 100% independently of others, and is seen as a leader in the industry.

• Security Threat Intelligence Literacy (Beginner Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The Security Threat Intelligence Literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has had some exposure to security threat intelligence practices and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates literacy in all areas of the security threat intelligence discipline. They are able to participate in security threat intelligence discussions and understand the advice of more advanced security threat intelligence practitioners.

• CISSP: Software Development Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The CISSP: Software Development Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to software development security. You will be evaluated on software development lifecycles and ecosystems, and software development security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key software development security terminology and concepts.

• Information Security for Decision-makers Proficiency (Advanced Level) NEW!

  29m | 29 questions

  The Information Security for Decision-makers Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your extensive experience with information security issues and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates years of experience managing and designing InfoSec teams and processes and is thought of as an InfoSec thought leader. They can also work independently with little to no supervision.

• Cisco Endpoint and Network Access Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Cisco Endpoint and Network Access Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco endpoints and network access. You will be evaluated on endpoint security, endpoint solutions, device compliance, exfiltration, telemetry, and security products. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary for understanding key Cisco endpoints and network access terminology and concepts.

• Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Awareness (Entry Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your exposure to basic web application vulnerabilities. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a basic awareness of the web application vulnerability discipline and know where to find additional information on its topics. They can participate in discussions and comprehend basic terminology.

• CISSP: Security Operations Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The CISSP: Security Operations Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security operations concepts. You will be evaluated on security concepts for site and facility security, security operations, and business continuity planning. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key security operations terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Identity and Access Management (IAM) Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 25 questions

  The CISSP: Identity and Access Management (IAM) Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to identity and access management. You will be evaluated on identity and access management principles and deploying identity and access management. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key identity and access management terminology and concepts.

• Security Literacy (Beginner)

  37m 30s | 25 questions

  The Security Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security in most organizations. You will be evaluated on your ability to identify terms associated with security risks, identify different types of attacks, and how employees can contribute to reducing security risk. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to identify risks they may encounter from both inside and outside threats.

• CISSP: Security Assessment and Testing Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The CISSP: Security Assessment and Testing Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security assessment and testing proficiency. You will be evaluated on security assessments and testing, pen testing, and software assessment. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to security assessment and testing proficiency terminology and concepts.

• Information Security for Decision-makers Literacy (Beginner Level) NEW!

  22m | 22 questions

  The Information Security for Decision-makers Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your exposure to information security issues and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a general understanding of the basics of information security but requires additional learning to lead information security teams. They also can participate in InfoSec team discussions.

• Security Tools Awareness (Entry Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The Security Tools Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your entry-level exposure to cybersecurity tools and processes. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of security tool categories, the basics of ethical hacking, common SecTools, the role of AI in DevOps, and details of the Facebook data breach and Log4Shell exploit. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of basic cybersecurity tools, platforms, and technologies and can participate in general discussions about security and security tools.

• Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Literacy (Beginner Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your working exposure to basic web application vulnerabilities. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a confident understanding of the web application vulnerability discipline and know where to find additional information on its topics. They can participate in discussions and comprehend basic terminology.

• Security Tools Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  39m | 39 questions

  The Security Tools Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your advanced knowledge and working experience with cybersecurity tools, technologies, and processes. You will be evaluated on your skills in installing additional tools in Kali Linux, cracking passwords with Ophcrack, recognizing how AI is changing security operations, using Burp Suite to perform API security testing, creating firewall rules with Wireshark, and attacking systems using Metasploit. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an experienced, working understanding of cybersecurity tools, platforms, and technologies and can work independently on information security projects and incidents with little to no supervision.

• Cisco CyberOps Competency (Intermediate Level)

  45m | 30 questions

  The Cisco CyberOps Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Cisco CyberOps concepts. You will be evaluated on common vulnerabilities, access control models, NetFlow and tcpdump, and network attacks. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to Cisco CyberOps threat detection.

• Security for Engineering Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Security for Engineering Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify data security team challenges, expectations, and components. You will be evaluated on your skills in using best practices for working with data security teams with various experience levels and identifying data security use cases. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience in leading data security teams.

• SecOps Awareness (Entry Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The SecOps Awareness benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure to basic SecOps practices and theories. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates awareness in some areas of the SecOps discipline.

• Security for Engineering Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Security for Engineering Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify security terms, expressions, and frameworks. You will be evaluated on your understanding of data security challenges and best practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good exposure to data and information security.

• Security Analyst to Security Architect Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  Security Analyst to Security Architect Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has extensive exposure and practice with security analyst principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an advanced understanding of all of the areas of security analytics, can participate in IT security discussions, and can work independently with little to no oversight.

• Cisco Cloud and Content Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Cisco Cloud and Content Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Cisco cloud and content security. You will be evaluated on cloud deployment, service models, traffic management, and umbrella protection. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills necessary for understanding key Cisco cloud and content security terminology and concepts.

• OWASP Top 10 Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The OWASP Top 10 Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to OWASP Top 10 concepts. You will be evaluated on securing web applications and each of the OWASP Top 10 web vulnerabilities. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to OWASP Top 10 terminology and concepts.

• Cisco CyberOps Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  45m | 30 questions

  The Cisco CyberOps Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Cisco CyberOps concepts. You will be evaluated on endpoint-based attacks, attribution investigation, identifying security events, identifying intrusion elements, and forensic elements. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to performing Cisco CyberOps attribution analysis.

• Security Analyst to Security Architect Literacy (Beginner Level)

  22m | 22 questions

  Security Analyst to Security Architect Literacy benchmark will measure if a learner has had some exposure and practice with security analyst principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have literacy in some areas of security analytics, can participate in IT security discussions, and can understand the advice of more advanced security analyst practitioners.

• CISSP: Security and Risk Management Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The CISSP: Security and Risk Management Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security and risk management. You will be evaluated on security and risk principles, security governance principles, security policies, risk management, and business continuity planning. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key security and risk management terminology and concepts.

• Information Security for Decision-makers Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  20m | 20 questions

  The Information Security for Decision-makers Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your field and managerial experience with information security issues and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an intermediate-level competency in information security and its practices. They can likely manage InfoSec security teams but may still require additional training or oversight input from a more knowledgeable InfoSec professional.

• Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your basic exposure to basic web application vulnerabilities. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they are competent in the web application vulnerability discipline and can quickly adapt to new tools and processes. They can work mostly independently after receiving direction from superiors.

• CISSP: Communication and Network Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 15 questions

  The CISSP: Communication and Network Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to communication and network security. You will be evaluated on security governance, communication and network security, and network hardening. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of communication and network security terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Asset Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 15 questions

  The CISSP: Asset Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to asset security. You will be evaluated on asset classification, lifecycle, and change management practices as they relate to security best practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key asset security terminology and concepts.

• Information Security for Decision-makers Awareness (Entry Level) NEW!

  12m | 12 questions

  The Information Security for Decision-makers Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your exposure to basic information security issues and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an entry-level awareness in the basic areas of information security.

• Web App Security Literacy (Beginner Level)

  36m | 24 questions

  The Web App Security Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recognize the OWASP Top 10 concepts. You will be evaluated on secure coding concepts, injection attacks, broken authentication attacks, data exposure attacks, XXE attacks, broken access control attacks, security misconfiguration, cross-site scripting attacks, deserialization attacks, and buffer overflows. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to define key OWASP Top 10 vulnerability concepts.

• Security Threat Intelligence Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 31 questions

  The Security Threat Intelligence Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has an advanced understanding of the security threat intelligence principles and practices with additional experience with security threat intelligence tools and development. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional proficiency in all of the major areas of the security threat intelligence discipline, across a variety of different platforms and deployments. This learner works and act almost 100% independently of others, and is seen as a leader in the industry.

• OWASP Top 10 Awareness (Entry Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The OWASP Top 10 Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to OWASP Top 10 concepts. You will be evaluated on securing web applications and each of the OWASP Top 10 web vulnerabilities. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to OWASP Top 10 terminology and concepts.

• Security Tools Competency (Intermediate Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The Security Tools Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your working knowledge and experience with cybersecurity tools, technologies, and processes. You will be evaluated on your skills in installing Kali Linux and launching its various tools, installing Nmap and using it to perform various scans, using sqlmap to perform a SQL injection attack, filtering network traffic using Wireshark, and more. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an experienced, working understanding of cybersecurity tools, platforms, and technologies and can work somewhat independently on information security projects and incidents.

• Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Mastery (Expert Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Mastery (Expert Level) benchmark measures your comprehension of the web application vulnerability practice and the scope of most, if not all, application vulnerabilities. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a mastery of the web application vulnerability discipline and are considered thought leaders in this domain. They can lead discussions and communicate complex jargon and terminology to less accomplished analysts.

• Windows OS Exploits Competency (Intermediate Level)

  19m | 19 questions

  The Windows Exploits Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has had some exposure and experience with Windows operation system technologies, practices, and a working experience and exposure to common OS exploits and techniques. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional competency in all of the major areas of Windows exploits analysis and tooling.

• SecOps Competency (Intermediate Level)

  24m | 24 questions

  The SecOps Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has working experience of the SecOps practice, with additional experience with SecOps tools and processes. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of the SecOps discipline. This learner has had some working exposure to SecOps and Internet security principles and practices.

• Security Analyst to Security Architect Competency (Intermediate Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  Security Analyst to Security Architect Competency benchmark will measure that a learner has working exposure and practice with security analyst principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have competency in some areas of security analytics, can participate in IT security discussions, and can work independently under the guidance of more advanced security analyst practitioners.

• SecOps Mastery (Expert Level)

  27m | 33 questions

  The SecOps Mastery benchmark measures whether a learner has mastery of the SecOps practice with extensive experience with SecOps tools, processes, and security thought leadership. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional mastery in all of the major areas of the SecOps discipline, across a variety of different platforms and deployments. This learner works and acts almost 100% independently of others and is seen as a leader in the industry.

• Windows OS Exploits Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Windows OS Exploits Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has had extensive exposure in Windows operation system technologies, practices, and principles, and working experience and exposure to common OS exploits and techniques. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional proficiency in all of the major areas of Windows exploits analysis and tooling.

• Security Tools Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Security Tools Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your exposure to cybersecurity tools and processes and light experience with cybersecurity technologies. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of the importance of ethical hacking, choosing the correct security tools for specific jobs, the benefits of working with AI, and why many modern security professionals use Kali Linux, Nmap, and Wireshark. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate an understanding of cybersecurity tools, platforms, and technologies. They can participate in general discussions about security and security tools and possibly manage a team of security professionals.

Project Management Bootcamps

• Project Quality Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Project Quality Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to project quality management concepts. You will be evaluated on your skills in quality management, quality control, Lean, value stream mapping, quality standards, and the cost of quality. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills related to project quality management terminology and concepts.

• Project Cost Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Project Cost Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Project Cost Management concepts. You will be evaluated on estimating costs, earned value management, three-point estimating, budget forecasting, and agile approach to cost estimates. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to Project Cost Management terminology and concepts.

• Project Scope Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Project Scope Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to project scope management concepts. You will be evaluated on your skills in defining the project scope, determining project requirements, validating the project scope, setting the scope baseline, and determining a minimum viable product. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills related to project scope management terminology and concepts.

• Project Schedule Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Project Schedule Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to project schedule management concepts. You will be evaluated on your skills in executing schedule planning, critical path methods, schedule control, and Agile adaptive planning. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills related to project schedule management terminology and concepts.

DevOps

• DevOps for Engineering Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The DevOps for Engineering Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to install and configure Jenkins to build, test, and deploy software. You will be evaluated on your skills in implementing DevSecOps to secure DevOps, automating security testing and configuration management, and applying monitoring and analytics to the continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience with DevOps and Jenkins and can lead and guide DevOps engineering teams.

• Multi-cloud Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The Multi-cloud Proficiency benchmark measures whether a learner has had extensive exposure to cloud operations and multi-cloud technologies, practices, and principles across multiple cloud platforms. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional mastery in all of the major areas of cloud operations, across a variety of different cloud platforms and deployments.

• Multi-cloud Awareness (Entry Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Multi-cloud Awareness benchmark measures whether a learner has a basic understanding in cloud operations and multi-cloud technologies. This benchmark also tests a learner's vocabulary level, a kind of jargon test. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an ability to listen to multi-cloud and cloud operations, but not participate.

• Multi-cloud Mastery (Expert Level)

  27m | 27 questions

  The Multi-cloud Mastery benchmark measures whether a learner has extensive knowledge and expertise in cloud operations technologies, practices, and principles across multiple cloud platforms. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional mastery in all of the major areas of cloud operations, across a variety of different cloud platforms and deployments.

• DevOps for Engineering Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The DevOps for Engineering Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify the benefits of DevOps and recognize how automation and container management are used in DevOps. You will be evaluated on your skills in installing and configuring Jenkins to build, test, and deploy software. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience with DevOps, Jenkins, and leading engineering teams.

• Multi-cloud Competency (Intermediate Level)

  26m | 26 questions

  The Multi-cloud Competency benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure to both cloud operations and multi-cloud technologies, practices, and principles across multiple cloud platforms. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates professional understanding in all of the major areas of cloud operations, across a variety of different cloud platforms and deployments, but requires oversight and supervision.

• Multi-cloud Literacy (Beginner Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The Multi-cloud Literacy benchmark measures whether a learner has had exposure to cloud operations and multi-cloud technologies, practices, and principles. This benchmark tests a learner's vocabulary level. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates an ability to participate in technical discussions regarding CloudOps and multi-cloud projects.

Emerging Tech

• Blockchain and Ethereum Awareness (Entry Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Blockchain and Ethereum Awareness benchmark measures your understanding of Ethereum's characteristics, cryptographic hashing, the role of data miners, and types of Ethereum accounts. You will be evaluated on your knowledge to perform transactions in Ethereum and your understanding of smart contract development. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a foundational knowledge of blockchain and Ethereum.

• Blockchain Smart Contract Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Blockchain Smart Contract Competency benchmark measures your ability to use the Remix IDE to develop, deploy, and then interact with smart contracts, as well as how to define and use abstract contracts. You will be evaluated on your knowledge about how to perform assignment operations, work with data structures like maps, and use structs with composite data. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to build the back end and front end of any decentralized application and become a full-stack blockchain developer.

• Blockchain Smart Contract and Hyperledger Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Blockchain Smart Contract and Hyperledger Literacy benchmark measures your conceptual understanding of smart contract development, its lifecycle and tools, and the Geth client. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of the Solidity programming language and features of Hyperledger that leverage Blockchain technology. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to recognize the tools used to develop Ethereum smart contracts in a very systematic manner.

• Blockchain dApps Development Competency (Intermediate Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Blockchain dApps Development Competency benchmark measures your working knowledge of constructing a decentralized app, use Ethereum tokens, and develop crowdfunding contracts. You will be assessed on your ability to code the top-level component for the Ethereum dApp, invoke transactions from the web UI of an Ethereum dApp, and define ERC20 tokens. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to build decentralized applications.

• Blockchain Hyperledger Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Blockchain Hyperledger Competency benchmark assesses your knowledge on artifacts required to build a Hyperledger Fabric network and your ability to work with Hyperledger Fabric Web App and Composer networks. You will be measured on your ability to work with Truffle Suite, Ganache network, and how to use the Drizzle tool. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to build smart contracts with Hyperledger and real-world applications which interact with the Ethereum network.

• Cloud Blockchain Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Cloud Blockchain Literacy benchmark measures your ability to recognize how to use a cloud-based managed blockchain service. You will be assessed on your skills to set up your own Hyperledger Fabric network on AWS and deploy smart contracts and applications to record transactions in a secure blockchain network. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to build a full-fledged blockchain application on AWS and Azure.

Software Architectures

• Mobile App Development with Flutter Awareness (Entry Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The Mobile App Development with Flutter Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of how Flutter enables the development of cross-platform applications. You will be assessed on your skills in setting up your local environment for developing and running a sample Flutter application on Chrome, Android Emulator, and iOS Simulator. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to set up Flutter for mobile app development.

• Dart Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The Dart Programming Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark assesses your knowledge of Dart features and functionality and using Dart in your local environment to run simple programs. You will be evaluated on your ability to utilize Dart to define and initialize variables, work with collection constructs and first-class functions, and how Dart null safety works. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to use variables, collections, and functions in Dart.

• Mobile App Development with Flutter Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Mobile App Development with Flutter Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of building and using the right input widget for a use case, handling input changes, using widgets in forms, and creating custom form field widgets. You will be assessed on your skills in detecting gestures and configuring callbacks with GestureDetector, handling gesture lifecycle events and disambiguating gestures using a raw gesture detector, and creating animations in Flutter using animated widgets and the animation controller. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with forms and animations in Flutter for mobile app development.

• Mobile App Development with Flutter Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Mobile App Development with Flutter Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of working with Flutter widgets, building simple layouts in Flutter, using the Scaffold widget in Material Design layouts, and building widgets with state changes based on events. You will be assessed on your ability to create, configure, and use the Stack, ListView, and GridView widgets, as well as wire up application pages using navigation and routing, build a functional app using Material Design and Cupertino widgets, and deploy the app on a real device for testing. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with layouts and widgets in Flutter for mobile app development.

• Mobile App Development with Flutter Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Mobile App Development with Flutter Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark evaluates your knowledge of accessing data from HTTP endpoints, serializing and deserializing JSON data, making HTTP requests, local persistence methods, storing data using the file system and SharedPreferences, and locally persisting data using SQLite. You will be assessed on your skills in knowing when to choose ephemeral state vs. app state, integrating with the Firebase backend, storing data in Cloud Firestore, writing unit and widget tests for Flutter apps, using mocks in unit tests, and using the DevTools suite for debugging. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with the backend in Flutter.

• Dart Programming Competency (Intermediate Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Dart Programming Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark calibrates your knowledge of the various constructors in Dart, implementing getters and setters, and operator overloading. You will be evaluated on your ability to install and use third-party libraries and implement asynchronous code. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to use classes and objects in Dart.

Software Dev Practices

• Secure Agile Programming Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | 17 questions

  The Secure Agile Programming Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of gathering Agile requirements, implementing Agile processes, and creating a secure Agile software development lifecycle. You will be assessed on your skills in implementing Disciplined Agile Delivery, applying best practices for secure software development, and implementing Agile software modeling. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement secure Agile techniques and follow the Agile best practices for software testing.

• Software Craft for Engineering Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Software Craft for Engineering Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your ability to differentiate between product and project managers and develop product and go-to-market strategies. You will be evaluated on your skills in identifying best practices for leading teams, designing a defense for quality management, and implementing a quality management framework. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good exposure to software craftmanship and can lead teams.

• Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to design and implement vulnerability processes and programs. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have advanced proficiency in the web application vulnerability discipline and are considered leaders in the domain. They can work independently without supervision.

• Programming for Engineering Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Programming for Engineering Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify low-code and no-code platform features and their common use cases. You will be evaluated on your ability to identify the benefits of APIs and create and maintain them. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience leading programming and developer teams.

• Software Product Management Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  23m | 23 questions

  The Software Product Management Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your advanced-level comprehension of software product management. You will be evaluated on your recognition of key Agile best practices for product management and Agile teams, steps and best practices for effective product requirements gathering, and how to structure and use product requirements documentation. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates high proficiency in software product management processes, possesses an advanced comprehension of its vocabulary and topics, and can perform software product management independently with minimal supervision.

• JavaScript Unit Testing Literacy (Beginner Level)

  18m | 18 questions

  The JavaScript Unit Testing Literacy benchmark measures your ability to recognize the Mocha testing framework and the Unit.js assertion library. You will be evaluated on your skills in writing unit tests to test numeric values, strings, objects, arrays, truthy and falsy values, functions, promises, and exceptions using Unit.js. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to test different types of objects using Unit.js and the Mocha framework, and can unit test JavaScript code intuitively using chained assertions in Should.js and Must.js.

• Performance Engineering Awareness (Entry Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Performance Engineering Awareness benchmark measures your understanding of the fundamental concepts of performance engineering and performance evaluation. You will be evaluated on your skills in improving software performance using performance engineering techniques. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to recognize how to meet key business objectives using performance engineering evaluation techniques.

• Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Awareness (Entry Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your exposure to basic web application vulnerabilities. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a basic awareness of the web application vulnerability discipline and know where to find additional information on its topics. They can participate in discussions and comprehend basic terminology.

• Software Testing Foundation 2018: Software Testing Foundation Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Software Testing Foundation Competency benchmark measures your knowledge of the fundamentals of static testing, the static testing review process, related review types, and general categories of testing techniques such as experience-based testing. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing the white box and black box testing techniques and the aspects of test management related to testing organization, test planning, and test estimating. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to implement the various test techniques and perform test management.

• Software Product Management Literacy (Beginner Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Software Product Management Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your beginner-level comprehension of software product management. You will be evaluated on your recognition of software product types, software product management responsibilities, the product manager role, and key responsibilities of members of the product management team. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key software product management terminology and concepts.

• Scrum Mastery (Expert Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Scrum Fluency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Scrum concepts. You will be evaluated on team velocity, scaling Scrum, and Scrum business value. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key Scrum terminology and concepts.

• Programming Fundamentals Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Programming Fundamentals Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to understand the background of programming, different types of programming, parts of a program, and other programming terminologies. You will be assessed on your skills to recognize good programming practices, build program logic using pseudocode, find solutions through an algorithm, and understand OOPs concepts. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to understand the basic elements and features of programming and identify various best practices to be followed while writing programs.

• Agile Software Development Literacy (Beginner Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Agile Software Development Literacy benchmark measures your skills on Agile fundamentals, Scrum concepts, Lean development methodology, Kanban, and Extreme Programming. You will be assessed on your ability to implement Agile methodologies for software development throughout each SDLC phase. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to integrate Agile into software development for an efficient and dynamic team with Agile software management tools.

• Java Unit Testing Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Java Unit Testing Competency benchmark evaluates your skills to write and run JUnit tests and identify the right situation to construct and use mock objects. You will be assessed on your ability to use assertions and annotations in JUnit and execute tests in Apache Maven and JUnit ConsoleLauncher. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to write and run JUnit tests and also perform unit testing with mocks.

• Building a Scrum Toolbox Awareness (Entry Level) NEW!

  10m 58s | 11 questions

  The Building a Scrum Toolbox Awareness (Entry Level) benchmark measures your exposure to Scrum tools. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of the benefits of effective Scrum, essential Scrum roles, the purpose and benefits of key Scrum tools, and the features and benefits of using Jira, GitHub, and Wrike for Scrum projects. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a basic awareness of available Scrum tools and know where to find additional information about them. They can participate in discussions and comprehend basic terminology.

• Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Literacy (Beginner Level)

  16m | 16 questions

  The Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your working exposure to basic web application vulnerabilities. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a confident understanding of the web application vulnerability discipline and know where to find additional information on its topics. They can participate in discussions and comprehend basic terminology.

• Software Craft for Engineering Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Software Craft for Engineering Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to identify best practices for leading teams, recognize the phases of quality management, and utilize a quality management framework. You will be evaluated on your skills in differentiating between the Agile and Waterfall approaches, interpreting how to leverage the Scrum and Kanban methodologies, and selecting what to include in user stories. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good experience in leading software teams.

• Performance Engineering Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Performance Engineering Competency benchmark evaluates your skills to optimize application and database performance. You will be measured on your skills to fix performance issues related to microservices, infrastructure, and cloud. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to use performance engineering metrics and analysis for an organizational performance engineering mindset.

• Software Product Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The Software Product Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your intermediate-level comprehension of software product management. You will be evaluated on your recognition of factors to consider when selecting a software process model, considerations for adopting an Agile software product management approach, and the benefits of Agile in software product management. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates a hands-on competency in software product management and can perform software product management under supervision.

• Building a Scrum Toolbox Literacy (Beginner Level) NEW!

  18m | 18 questions

  The Building a Scrum Toolbox Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your working exposure to various Scrum tools. You will be evaluated on your recognition of the critical success factors in Scrum, key elements of essential Scrum components, using popular tools for Scrum projects, and best practices for facilitating in Scrum. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a confident understanding of available Scrum tools and know where to find additional information about them. They can participate in Scrum discussions and comprehend basic terminology.

• Agile Software Development Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Agile Software Development competency benchmark measures your skills on Agile best practices and principles. You will be assessed on your ability to use Agile estimation techniques, to build a strong Agile team, to perform effective project communications, to understand Agile cloud architecture. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to make well-informed decisions when it comes to embracing Agile practices or improving existing processes.

• Agile Development Awareness (Entry Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The Agile Development Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key agile development concepts. You will be evaluated on the agile development lifecycle, agile development benefits, and agile development challenges. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related understanding key agile development terminology and concepts.

• Programming for Engineering Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level)

  14m | 14 questions

  The Programming for Engineering Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of development frameworks and version control systems. You will be evaluated on your ability to identify the features of version control systems and development frameworks and common use cases for low-code and no-code solutions. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have good exposure to programming frameworks and version control systems.

• Agile for Tech Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The Agile for Tech Leaders Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your recognition of key terms and concepts related to Agile. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of sprint retrospectives, Scrum artifacts, product vision characteristics, key principles in user-centered design, common Agile metrics for measuring success, and key concepts for Agile team structures and roles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an intermediate understanding of fundamental Agile terminology and concepts.

• Scrum Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The Scrum Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to core Scrum concepts. You will be evaluated on sprint planning, sprint reviews, quality, and planning. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key Scrum terminology and concepts.

• Software Design and Development Fundamentals Literacy (Beginner Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Software Design and Development Fundamentals Literacy benchmark will measure your understanding of the basic concepts of software engineering. You will be assessed on your skills to understand the underlying context and theory of software design and modelling paradigms such as OOAD, UML, and Design Patterns & Principles, and how to track and manage changes to code using SCM tools like Git Hub. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize the importance of embracing software design and development principles for building and delivering robust applications while implementing the right SDLC model, suitable design patterns, models, and best practices to be followed while writing programs.

• Scrum Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Scrum Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Scrum concepts. You will be evaluated on Scrum basics, the seven lean principles, Scrum and software development, and Scrum practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Scrum terminology and concepts.

• OWASP Top 10 Competency (Intermediate Level)

  20m | 20 questions

  The OWASP Top 10 Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to OWASP Top 10 concepts. You will be evaluated on securing web applications and each of the OWASP Top 10 web vulnerabilities. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to OWASP Top 10 terminology and concepts.

• Redis In-memory Data Store Literacy (Beginner Level)

  12m | 12 questions

  The Redis In-memory Data Store Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of Redis features and using the CLI to interact with the Redis data store. You will be evaluated on your understanding of the benefits and limitations of HyperLogLog structures and how to use them in Redis and your ability to work with lists, hashes, and sets. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to work with the different data structures available in Redis.

• Scrum Team Member to Scrum Product Owner Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  16m | questions

  The Scrum Team Member to Scrum Product Owner Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Scrum. You will be evaluated on the essential skills of product owners, stakeholder engagement, product strategy operationalization, product hypothesis and testing, product vision and release, backlog refinement, and product value. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a solid understanding of core Scrum product owner competencies, customer and stakeholder engagement, best practices for product strategy, and product backlog management.

• Scrum Team Member to Scrum Product Owner Competency (Intermediate Level)

  17m | questions

  The Scrum Team Member to Scrum Product Owner Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Scrum. You will be evaluated on your understanding of Scrum product ownership, product definition, user stories, Kotler's model, product economic terms, and effective user stories. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good foundation in Scrum product owner core competencies, customer needs and expectations, and product strategy and planning.

• Scrum Team Member to Scrum Product Owner Literacy (Beginner Level)

  23m | questions

  The Scrum Team Member to Scrum Product Owner Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Scrum. You will be evaluated on the role and responsibilities of the product owner, product discovery, product assumptions, the product plan, the backlog, and product value. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have a good understanding of basic product owner skills, including familiarity with core competencies, customer needs, product planning, and product backlog management.

• Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Competency (Intermediate Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your basic exposure to basic web application vulnerabilities. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they are competent in the web application vulnerability discipline and can quickly adapt to new tools and processes. They can work mostly independently after receiving direction from superiors.

• Redis In-memory Data Store Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Redis In-memory Data Store Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark calibrates your knowledge of implementing Pub/Sub in Redis and applying streams for recording data and getting consumer processes to process messages. You will be evaluated on your ability to apply optimization and synchronization mechanisms from Redis clients and execute crucial administrative tasks for a Redis server. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to implement messaging and streaming in Redis, work with Redis clients, and administer a Redis server.

• Scrum Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Scrum Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to key Scrum concepts. You will be evaluated on product development, product requirements, product backlogs, and release planning. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key Scrum terminology and concepts.

• Software Testing Foundation 2018: Software Testing Foundation Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  28m | 28 questions

  The Software Testing Foundation Proficiency benchmark measures your knowledge of aspects of test management such as test monitoring, control, configuration management, risk management, and defect management. You will be evaluated on your skills and recognition of test tools, considerations, classifications, and effective use, as well as the benefits and risks of test automation. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize various aspects of test management and the pros and cons of test tools.

• Building a Scrum Toolbox Competency (Intermediate Level) NEW!

  21m | 21 questions

  The Building a Scrum Toolbox Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your working exposure to basic Scrum tools. You will be evaluated on your ability to build a product backlog, sprint backlog, and user story, as well as your recognition of Scrum task board elements and using Jira for Scrum projects. You will also be evaluated on your skills in using GitHub to track sprints, making request forms in Wrike, recognizing the key features of popular Scrum management tools, and addressing conflict resolution in Scrum. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they are competent in using Scrum tools and can quickly assess Scrum tool benefits and best practices. They can work mostly independently after receiving direction from a more experienced Scrum team member.

• Web App Security Literacy (Beginner Level)

  36m | 24 questions

  The Web App Security Literacy benchmark will measure your ability to recognize the OWASP Top 10 concepts. You will be evaluated on secure coding concepts, injection attacks, broken authentication attacks, data exposure attacks, XXE attacks, broken access control attacks, security misconfiguration, cross-site scripting attacks, deserialization attacks, and buffer overflows. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to define key OWASP Top 10 vulnerability concepts.

• Performance Engineering Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Performance Engineering Literacy benchmark evaluates your ability to identify, assess, and analyze potential performance issues during software development. You will be measured on your skills to identify potential performance issues in architecture. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the ability to embrace a performance engineering culture and work towards it.

• OWASP Top 10 Awareness (Entry Level)

  21m | 21 questions

  The OWASP Top 10 Awareness benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to OWASP Top 10 concepts. You will be evaluated on securing web applications and each of the OWASP Top 10 web vulnerabilities. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to OWASP Top 10 terminology and concepts.

• Software Testing Foundation 2018: Software Testing Foundation Literacy (Beginner Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Software Testing Foundation Literacy benchmark measures your knowledge of the fundamentals of software testing, including the general test process, testing work products, and the psychology of testing. You will be evaluated on your skills in recognizing testing as it relates to the software development lifecycle, including lifecycle models and test levels. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize the various test types and maintenance testing in the software testing process.

• Software Testing Foundation 2018: Software Testing Foundation Awareness (Entry Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Software Testing Foundation Awareness benchmark measures your knowledge and understanding of testing fundamentals, such as the importance of testing and general testing principles. You will be evaluated on your skills in understanding why software testing is necessary, the test process, the psychology of testing, as well as the seven principles of testing. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills to recognize the fundamentals of software testing.

• Secure Agile Programming Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The Secure Agile Programming Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of Agile programming and security concepts. You will be assessed on your skills in applying best practices for secure Agile development and secure methods for Scrum. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have the skills to recognize secure Agile concepts.

• Agile for Tech Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The Agile for Tech Leaders Proficiency (Advanced Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to Agile. You will be evaluated on your knowledge of various Agile frameworks, the key pillars and principles of the Scrum framework, the phases of Scrum, best practices for Scrum events and daily scrums, and the organizational shift from traditional to Agile approaches. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an advanced understanding of key Agile terminology and concepts.

• Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Mastery (Expert Level)

  31m | 31 questions

  The Web App Vulnerability Analyst 2022 Mastery (Expert Level) benchmark measures your comprehension of the web application vulnerability practice and the scope of most, if not all, application vulnerabilities. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have a mastery of the web application vulnerability discipline and are considered thought leaders in this domain. They can lead discussions and communicate complex jargon and terminology to less accomplished analysts.

• Agile for Tech Leaders Literacy (Beginner Level)

  29m | 29 questions

  The Agile for Tech Leaders Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your ability to recognize key Agile terms and concepts. You will be evaluated on your recognition of Agile benefits, values, components, basic Scrum concepts, and considerations for Agile adoption. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of basic Agile terminology and concepts.

• JavaScript Unit Testing Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The JavaScript Unit Testing Competency benchmark will assess your ability to recognize the different features available in Mocha, such as before/after hooks, asynchronous operations using promises and async/await, the configuration of Mocha reporters, and running Mocha in the browser. You will be evaluated on your skills in using the classic Assert API and the Expect/Should API to test numbers, booleans, strings, objects and object properties, and arrays in Chai. You will also be measured on your knowledge of using fakes, spies, stubs, and mocks in Sinon and using fake timers and sandboxes to write unit tests. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have skills to work with the different Mocha features, Chai assertion libraries, and Sinon.

VMware Certified Professional

• VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Virtual Machine Resource Management and Availability Competency (Intermediate Level)

  13m | 13 questions

  The VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Virtual Machine Resource Management and Availability Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of how to create, configure, and manage virtual machines, as well as manage vSphere availability and provide resource management solutions. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have competency in many areas of the VMware administration discipline and have some working exposure to managing virtual machine resources with vSphere availability and management principles and practices.

• VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vCenter Administration and Management Competency (Intermediate Level)

  9m | 9 questions

  The VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: vCenter Administration and Management Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of how to administer and manage vCenter Server and vSphere Client. You will be evaluated on your skills in configuring vCenter Server settings, managing vCenter Server inventory objects, and performing basic troubleshooting tasks. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have competency in many areas of the VMware administration discipline and have working exposure to VMware vSphere 7 vCenter administration and management principles and practices.

• VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Performance Tuning, Optimization, and Scaling Competency (Intermediate Level)

  5m | 5 questions

  The VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Performance Tuning, Optimization, and Scaling Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of how to optimize and scale vSphere environments. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have competency in many areas of the VMware administration discipline and have some working exposure to VMware performance tuning, optimization, and upgrade principles and practices.

• VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Networking and Storage Competency (Intermediate Level)

  11m | 11 questions

  The VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Networking and Storage Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of how to configure and manage vSphere standard and distributed switches and vSphere storage solutions. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have competency in many areas of the VMware administration discipline and have some working exposure to VMware vSphere 7 networking and storage principles and practices.

• VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Installation and Configuration Basics Literacy (Beginner Level)

  10m | 10 questions

  The VMware VCP-DCV vSphere 7: Installation and Configuration Basics Literacy (Beginner Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of how to install, configure, and manage vSphere components such as ESXi hosts, vCenter Server, and vSphere Client. Learners who score high on this benchmark demonstrate that they have literacy in primary areas of the VMware administration discipline and basic working exposure to VMware vSphere 7 installation and configuration principles and practices.

Cloud Security

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Cloud Security Operations Competency (Intermediate Level)

  25m | 25 questions

  The Cloud Security Operations Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of cloud security operations. You will be evaluated on your skills in security monitoring and analysis, security operations management, incident management and response, disaster recovery and business continuity planning, and network and infrastructure security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of operations related to cloud security discipline and has had some working exposure to CCSP cloud application security principles and practices.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of secure cloud computing concepts, architecture, and design principles. You will be evaluated on your recognition of service and deployment models, cloud reference architecture, security principles and requirements, cloud security models, and design principles. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of the cloud computing conceptual discipline and has had some working exposure to CCSP cloud concepts, architecture, and design principles and practices for secure cloud computing.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Cloud Data, Platform, and Infrastructure Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Cloud Data, Platform, and Infrastructure Security Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of securing cloud platforms, infrastructure, and cloud data. You will be evaluated on your skills in data classification, retention, encryption, leakage and loss prevention, storage security, and backup and recovery. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many security areas concerning cloud platforms, infrastructure, and cloud data. They have some practical experience with CCSP topics, including securing cloud data, virtual and physical components, network design, application development and deployment, vulnerability and identity and access management, and incident response and recovery principles and procedures.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Legal, Risk, and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The Legal, Risk, and Compliance Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of legal, risk, and compliance cloud computing concepts. You will be evaluated on your recognition of relevant laws and regulations, risk assessments and management, compliance frameworks and standards, auditing and assessments, and privacy and data protection. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of the legal, risk, and compliance discipline and has had some working exposure to the CCSP legal, risk, and compliance aspects of cloud computing.

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP): Cloud Application Security Competency (Intermediate Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The Cloud Application Security Competency (Intermediate Level) benchmark measures your knowledge of software and application security. You will be evaluated on your skills in securing Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, securing software development and testing, implementing application security controls, and securing application deployment and maintenance. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates competency in many areas of the software and application security discipline and has had some working exposure to CCSP cloud application security principles and practices.

Information Security

• CISSP: Security Architecture and Engineering Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The CISSP: Security Architecture and Engineering Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security architecture and engineering. You will be evaluated on secure design principles, cryptography, design vulnerabilities, and site and facility security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding security architecture and engineering terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Software Development Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 20 questions

  The CISSP: Software Development Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to software development security. You will be evaluated on software development lifecycles and ecosystems, and software development security. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of key software development security terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Security Operations Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The CISSP: Security Operations Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security operations concepts. You will be evaluated on security concepts for site and facility security, security operations, and business continuity planning. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key security operations terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Identity and Access Management (IAM) Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  20m | 25 questions

  The CISSP: Identity and Access Management (IAM) Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to identity and access management. You will be evaluated on identity and access management principles and deploying identity and access management. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key identity and access management terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Security Assessment and Testing Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  15m | 15 questions

  The CISSP: Security Assessment and Testing Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security assessment and testing proficiency. You will be evaluated on security assessments and testing, pen testing, and software assessment. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to security assessment and testing proficiency terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Security and Risk Management Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 30 questions

  The CISSP: Security and Risk Management Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to security and risk management. You will be evaluated on security and risk principles, security governance principles, security policies, risk management, and business continuity planning. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key security and risk management terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Communication and Network Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 15 questions

  The CISSP: Communication and Network Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to communication and network security. You will be evaluated on security governance, communication and network security, and network hardening. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have an understanding of communication and network security terminology and concepts.

• CISSP: Asset Security Proficiency (Advanced Level)

  30m | 15 questions

  The CISSP: Asset Security Proficiency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms and concepts related to asset security. You will be evaluated on asset classification, lifecycle, and change management practices as they relate to security best practices. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have the skills related to understanding key asset security terminology and concepts.

Six Sigma Certification

• Six Sigma Yellow Belt

  14m | 14 questions

  Lean Six Sigma is a powerful methodology and toolset enabling breakthrough process improvements. Lean Six Sigma is a combination of two popular process improvement methods, Lean and Six Sigma. These two time-tested approaches provide organizations with a clear path to achieving their missions quickly and efficiently. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.

• Six Sigma Green Belt

  24m | 24 questions

  Lean Six Sigma is a powerful methodology and toolset enabling breakthrough process improvements. Lean Six Sigma is a combination of two popular process improvement methods, Lean and Six Sigma. These two time-tested approaches provide organizations with a clear path to achieving their missions quickly and efficiently. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.

• Six Sigma Black Belt

  29m | 28 questions

  Lean Six Sigma is a powerful methodology and toolset enabling breakthrough process improvements. Lean Six Sigma is a combination of two popular process improvement methods, Lean and Six Sigma. These two time-tested approaches provide organizations with a clear path to achieving their missions quickly and efficiently. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.

AI Business Transformation

• Foundations and Guardrails for Generative AI

  5m | 5 questions

  Generative AI is a cutting-edge technology that can be used to optimize content creation, product design, and customer experience enhancement for everyday businesses. Explore strategies that help leverage the power of generative AI to reshape your organization. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.

• Reimagining Work with Generative AI

  4m | 4 questions

  Generative AI's capabilities are transforming the way companies and customers interact and do business. Explore the challenges and opportunities that this new technology may bring. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.

• Leading an AI Transformation

  7m | 7 questions

  Leading with generative AI is a blend of culture, balance, and strong leadership. It's not just about resources, it's about fostering innovation, embracing experimentation, and promoting ethical considerations. Learn strategies to effectively lead organizations through the transformational impact of generative AI.