OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA) — Information & Free Practice
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OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA)
- Format
- Online proctored multiple-choice examination
- Time limit
- 90 minutes
- Exam fee
- $250
Examination outline
Fundamentals of Observability (18%)
- Telemetry Data
- Semantic Conventions
- Instrumentation
- Analysis and Outcomes
The OpenTelemetry API and SDK (46%)
- Data Model
- Composability and Extension
- Configuration
- Signals (Tracing, Metric, Log)
- SDK Pipelines
- Context Propagation
- Agents
The OpenTelemetry Collector (26%)
- Configuration
- Deployment
- Scaling
- Pipelines
- Transforming Data
Maintaining and Debugging Observability Pipelines (10%)
- Context Propagation
- Debugging Pipelines
- Error Handling
- Schema Management
Examination sources
- OTCA curriculum
page 2, curriculum introduction and four domain columns
- CNCF OTCA page
Exam details
- Linux Foundation OTCA page
page heading and enrollment
Related license preparation
This examination may be required or accepted as an alternative, depending on the license and application pathway.