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Databricks Certified Machine Learning Associate exam price, length, validity and renewal

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Price$200 per attempt, US list priceUSD 200 plus applicable taxes; no free retakes
Length90 min
Questions48
FormatMultiple choice, proctored
Valid for2 years
RenewalRecertify every two years by taking the current version of the exam.
PrerequisitesNone, but related training highly recommended; 6+ months of hands-on machine learning experience recommended
LevelAssociate
DeliveryOnline proctored or test center (Kryterion Webassessor)
LanguagesEnglish, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean
Last changedMar 1, 2025Exam guide covers the live version as of Mar 1, 2025
Sourcedatabricks.com/learn/certification/machine-learning-associateLast checked Nov 6, 2026

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About this exam

For practitioners who perform basic machine learning tasks on Databricks, including AutoML, MLflow, feature engineering, training and deployment.

What the official page says
  • Price: "Registration fee: $200"
  • Duration: "Time limit: 90 minutes"
  • Questions: "Total number of scored questions: 48"
  • Validity: "Validity period: 2 years"

Certifications are valid for two years; to recertify you take the full current version of the exam (Data Engineer Associate also offers a shorter renewal exam).

You can retake after 14 days, as many times as you like, and each attempt is charged at the full exam price with no free retakes.

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