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Data Engineer Certification Study Guide

The document provides a study guide for the Data Engineer Associate certification. It outlines the objectives and assessments needed to study for the exam, including performing SQL tasks like data extraction and cleaning, and using data visualization tools to analyze data.

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Data Engineer Certification Study Guide

The document provides a study guide for the Data Engineer Associate certification. It outlines the objectives and assessments needed to study for the exam, including performing SQL tasks like data extraction and cleaning, and using data visualization tools to analyze data.

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Data Engineer Certification Study Guide

Please use this study guide to create your certification self-study plan. We’ve included the
objectives you should meet for each assessed competency, with links to relevant practice
assessments.

● Data Engineer Associate Certification


○ Exam DE101

Data Engineer Associate

Exam DE101: Data Management Theory & SQL and Exploratory Analysis Theory

1.1 Perform data extraction, joining and aggregation tasks (SQL)


● Aggregate numeric, categorical variables and dates by groups using PostgreSQL.
● Interpret a database schema and combine multiple tables by rows or columns using
PostgreSQL.
● Extract data based on different conditions using PostgreSQL.
● Use subqueries to reference a second table (e.g. a different table, an aggregated
table) within a query in PostgreSQL

1.2 Perform cleaning tasks to prepare data for analysis (SQL)


● Match strings in a dataset with specific patterns.
● Convert values between data types.
● Clean categorical and text data by manipulating strings.
● Clean date and time data.

1.3 Assess data quality and perform validation tasks (SQL)


● Identify and replace missing values.
● Perform different types of data validation tasks (e.g. consistency, constraints, range
validation, uniqueness).
● Identify and validate data types in a data set.

Related Assessments
Data Management with SQL​
Data Engineer Certification Study Guide
2.1 Interpret a database schema and explain database design concepts (such as
normalization, design, schemas, data storage options)
● Explain the design schema of a database
● Identify from a schema how tables are connected and how to join multiple tables
● Explain concepts in database design (normalization, design schemas, data storage
options, etc)

2.2 Identify different cloud tools that can be used for storing data and creating and
maintaining data pipelines
● Identify the most common cloud tools used for data storage (file storage and
databases)
● Identify the most common cloud tools used for creating and managing data pipelines

Related Assessments
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3.1 Use data visualization tools to demonstrate characteristics of data (theory)


● Distinguish between different types of data visualizations (bar chart, box plot, line
graph, and histogram) in demonstrating the characteristics of data.
● Interpret data visualizations (bar chart, box plot, line graph, and histogram) and
summarize the characteristics of the data.

3.2 Read and analyze data visualizations to represent the relationships between features
(theory)
● Distinguish between different types of data visualizations (scatterplot, heatmap, and
pivot table) in representing the relationships between features.
● Interpret the data visualizations (scatterplot, heatmap, and pivot table) and
summarize the relationship between features.

Related Assessments
​Exploratory Analysis Theory​

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