Databricks Certified Machine Learning Associate exam price, length, validity and renewal
Databricks · Associate · $200 · 90 min · 48 questions · valid 2 years
Exam facts
Checked Sep 24, 2026 on Databricks's page| Price | $200 per attempt, US list priceUSD 200 plus applicable taxes; no free retakes |
|---|---|
| Length | 90 min |
| Questions | 48 |
| Format | Multiple choice, proctored |
| Valid for | 2 years |
| Renewal | Recertify every two years by taking the current version of the exam. |
| Prerequisites | None, but related training highly recommended; 6+ months of hands-on machine learning experience recommended |
| Level | Associate |
| Delivery | Online proctored or test center (Kryterion Webassessor) |
| Languages | English, Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Korean |
| Last changed | Mar 1, 2025Exam guide covers the live version as of Mar 1, 2025 |
| Source | databricks.com/learn/certification/machine-learning-associateLast checked Sep 24, 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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