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Key exam facts

Provider

Pearson VUE

Format

Proctored examination at Pearson testing centers or through OnVUE online testing

Time limit

90 minutes

Topics covered

• Big Data, Analytics, and the Data Scientist Role (5%)

  • Characteristics of Big Data
  • Business drivers for Big Data analytics and data science
  • Data Scientist role and related skills

• Data Analytics Lifecycle (8%)

  • Lifecycle purpose and sequence of phases
  • Discovery activities and associated roles
  • Data preparation activities and associated roles
  • Model planning activities and associated roles
  • Model building activities and associated roles

• Initial Analysis of the Data (15%)

  • Basic R commands for initial exploration and analysis
  • Statistical measures and effective data visualizations
  • Hypothesis testing theory, process, results, and model evaluation

• Advanced Analytics - Theory, Application, and Interpretation of Results for Eight Methods (40%)

  • K-means clustering
  • Association rules
  • Linear regression
  • Logistic Regression
  • Naïve Bayesian classifiers
  • Decision trees
  • Time Series Analysis
  • Text Analytics

• Advanced Analytics for Big Data - Technology and Tools (22%)

  • Technological challenges posed by Big Data
  • Nature and use of MapReduce and Apache Hadoop
  • Hadoop ecosystem and related product use cases
  • In-database analytics and SQL essentials
  • Advanced SQL methods: window functions, ordered aggregates, and MADlib

• Operationalizing an Analytics Project and Data Visualization Techniques (10%)

  • Communicating findings and operationalizing an analytics project
  • Project presentations for specific audiences
  • Planning and creating effective data visualizations

How to prepare

Work through the topics, read the explanation after each answer, and revisit the areas where you miss questions. Use the official outline and reference materials below to guide your study.

These independent practice questions are not actual exam items and do not guarantee a passing result.

Frequently asked questions

Official sources and references

• Dell Data Science Foundations Certification Description

  p. 2, Exam Overview and complete Exam Topics, including denominator note

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• Dell Learning D-DS-FN-23 available-exam page

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  Schedule Your Exam

• Dell Data Science Foundations Certification Description

  p. 2, Duration

• Dell Learning Certifications and Badges catalogue

  Artificial Intelligence, Skill Certification, Data Science Foundations card linking D-DS-FN-23

• Dell Learning D-DS-FN-23 available-exam page

  Your Journey Begins Here, steps 1-6

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