Acquia Platform Certification Track
Acquia Certified Cloud Pro
Exam name: Acquia Certified Cloud Pro
Exam Duration: 60 minutes
Exam Price: $155
Exam length: 40 questions
Pass/Fail mark: 65%
(subject to change)
Introduction
The purpose of this exam is to validate skills and knowledge of a developer in the area of hosting and maintaining a Drupal website on Acquia Cloud Platform.
This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:
- Understand the features provided by Cloud Platform
- Configure Cloud Platform environment for hosting a Drupal based website
- Implement an optimum development workflow to work with Cloud Platform-based websites
- Understand and implement Cloud Platform development and deployment best practices
Domains
Note: This exam blueprint includes topics /domains and test objectives to help guide the test taker. They should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of all of the content of this examination.
| Domain | % of Examination |
| 1.0 Fundamental web hosting concepts | 15% |
| 2.0 Cloud Platform features and interface | 35% |
| 3.0 Drupal development workflow on Cloud Platform | 35% |
| 4.0 Cloud Platform best practices | 15% |
| TOTAL | 100% |
Test Format
Test item formats used in this examination are:
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Multiple-choice: Examinee selects one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.
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Multiple-response: Examinee selects more than one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.
Content
Domain 1.0: Fundamental web hosting concepts
1.1. Demonstrate knowledge of basic web hosting architecture.
1.2. Demonstrate knowledge of Drupal development workflows.
1.3. Demonstrate knowledge of key security and performance concepts.
Domain 2.0: Cloud Platform features and interface
2.1 Demonstrate understanding of key features of Cloud Platform.
2.2 Demonstrate ability to configure various aspects of an environment.
2.3 Demonstrate ability to configure teams and users.
Domain 3.0: Drupal development workflow on Cloud Platform
3.1 Demonstrate ability to install a new Drupal site on Cloud Platform.
3.2 Demonstrate ability to set up local development environment for working with Cloud Platform.
3.3 Demonstrate ability to deploy code, database and files to various environments.
3.4 Demonstrate ability to manage Drupal site configurations across various environment.
3.5 Demonstrate ability to use Cloud API for workflow automation.
Domain 4.0: Cloud Platform best practices
4.1 Demonstrate understanding of best practices for performance enhancement.
4.2 Demonstrate understanding of security best practices.
4.3 Demonstrate understanding of best practices for live deployment.
Acquia Certified Site Factory Pro
Exam name: Acquia Certified Site Factory Pro
Exam Duration: 60 minutes
Exam Price: $155
Exam length: 40 questions
Pass/Fail mark: 65%
(subject to change)
Introduction
This exam is designed to validate skills and knowledge of developers, technical managers and architects in the area of designing, implementing and maintaining Site Factory (SF)-based solutions.
This exam is meant for Senior Developers, Technical Managers and Architects working on the Site Factory platform.
This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:
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Understand the features provided by Site Factory (SF)
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Understand and use Platform Administration functionality provided by SF
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Implement an optimum development workflow to work with SF codebase
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Understand and implement SF development and deployment best practices
Domains
Note: This exam blueprint includes topics/domains and test objectives to help guide the test taker. They should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of all of the content of this examination.
| Domain | % of Examination |
| 1.0 Fundamental web hosting and Drupal architecture concepts | 15% |
| 2.0 Site Factory features and interface | 30% |
| 3.0 Site builder and developer workflows on Site Factory | 40% |
| 4.0 Site Factory best practices | 15% |
| TOTAL | 100% |
Test Format
Test item formats used in this examination are:
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Multiple-choice: Examinee selects one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.
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Multiple-response: Examinee selects more than one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.
Content
Domain 1.0: Fundamental web hosting and Drupal architecture concepts
1.1. Demonstrate knowledge of basic web hosting architecture.
1.2. Demonstrate knowledge of Drupal development workflows and multi-site architecture.
1.3. Demonstrate knowledge of key security and performance concepts for a multi-site, multi-server environment.
Domain 2.0: Site Factory features and interface
2.1 Demonstrate understanding of key features of Site Factory.
2.2 Demonstrate ability to perform platform administration activities.
2.3 Demonstrate ability to configure global site administration settings.
Domain 3.0: Site builder and developer workflows on Site Factory
3.1 Demonstrate ability to launch and manage sites.
3.2 Demonstrate understanding of code and release management.
3.3 Demonstrate ability to manage theming of Site Factory-based sites.
3.4 Demonstrate ability to deploy a custom Drupal distribution.
3.5 Demonstrate ability to use staging and testing capabilities in Site Factory.
3.6 Demonstrate ability to use Site Factory API for managing sites.
Domain 4.0: Site Factory best practices
4.1 Demonstrate understanding of governance models for managing large number of sites.
4.2 Demonstrate understanding of security and performance best practices.
4.3 Demonstrate understanding of best practices for site content and configuration staging.
Acquia Certified DAM Administrator
Exam Name: Acquia Certified DAM Administrator
Exam Duration: 60 minutes
Exam Price: $155
Exam length: 34 questions
Pass/Fail mark: 70%
Introduction
This exam is designed to validate skills and knowledge of administrators in the area of maintaining the DAM system, configuring DAM settings, leveraging APIs/Integrations, and using Insights and Portals.
This exam is meant for experienced administrators working on the Acquia DAM.
This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:
- Understand fundamental DAM concepts
- Understand DAM governance and maintenance
- Configure access and initial settings
- Leverage API and Integrations
- Use data from Insights
- Create and customize Portals
Domains
Note: This exam blueprint includes topics /domains and test objectives to help guide the test taker. They should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of all of the content of this examination.
| Domain | % of Exam |
| 1.0 Fundamental DAM Concepts | 20 |
| 2.0 DAM Governance and Maintenance | 20 |
| 3.0 Access and Initial Configuration | 25 |
| 4.0 APIs and Integrations | 10 |
| 5.0 Insights | 10 |
| 6.0 Portals | 15 |
Test Format
Test item formats used in this examination are:
- Multiple-choice: Examinee selects one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.
- Multiple-response: Examinee selects more than one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.
Content
Domain 1.0: Fundamental DAM Concepts
1.1 Demonstrate understanding of uploading assets
1.2 Demonstrate understanding of metadata tagging assets
1.3 Demonstrate understanding of searching assets
1.4 Demonstrate understanding of downloading assets
1.5 Demonstrate understanding of sharing assets
Domain 2.0: DAM Governance and Maintenance
2.1 Demonstrate understanding of site governance
2.2 Demonstrate ability to manage asset lifecycle
2.3 Demonstrate ability to manage users
2.4 Demonstrate ability to influence user engagement
Domain 3.0: Access and Initial Configuration
3.1 Demonstrate ability to configure global settings
3.2 Demonstrate ability to configure permission settings
3.3 Demonstrate ability to configure user settings
3.4 Demonstrate ability to configure search settings
3.5 Demonstrate ability to configure upload settings
3.6 Demonstrate ability to configure order settings
3.7 Demonstrate ability to configure collections
3.8 Demonstrate ability to configure categories
Domain 4.0: APIs and Integrations
4.1 Demonstrate ability to integrate DAM with other software
4.2 Demonstrate ability to leverage API tokens
Domain 5.0: Insights
5.1 Demonstrate ability to create dashboards
5.2 Demonstrate ability to review subscriptions
5.3 Demonstrate understanding of the charts feature
Domain 6.0: Portals
6.1 Demonstrate understanding of creating a standard portal
6.2 Demonstrate understanding of security options for standard portals
6.3 Demonstrate understanding of use cases for portals