What does it cost?
The Generative AI Engineer Associate exam costs $200.
Exam fee
$200
Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
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Generative AI Engineer Associate Exam facts
- Questions
- 45
- Minutes
- 90
- Exam fee
- $200
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Short answer
Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer Associate is the exam for engineers who build LLM-enabled solutions such as RAG applications and agents on Databricks. The exam has 45 questions in 90 minutes and costs $200.
Sources: exam page, exam guide (PDF)
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- A 62-page study guide: every exam domain, weighted like the exam
- Two practice exams: 110 original questions, every answer explained
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Edition 1.0, October 2026
How many questions and how long?
The Generative AI Engineer Associate exam has 45 questions in 90 minutes. Question types: Multiple choice and multiple selection.
Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
The exam
- Questions
- 45
- Time
- 90 minutes
- Languages
- English; Japanese; Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR); Korean
What score do you need to pass?
Databricks does not publish a passing score for Generative AI Engineer Associate.
Source: Databricks exam page
What does the exam cover?
The Generative AI Engineer Associate exam covers six sections, weighted 14% / 14% / 30% / 22% / 8% / 12%.
Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
S114%
Design Applications
S214%
Data Preparation
S330%
Application Development
S422%
Assembling and Deploying Applications
S58%
Governance
S612%
Evaluation and Monitoring
Design Applications
Section 1 on Databricks (PDF)Data Preparation
Section 2 on Databricks (PDF)Application Development
Section 3 on Databricks (PDF)Assembling and Deploying Applications
Section 4 on Databricks (PDF)Governance
Section 5 on Databricks (PDF)Evaluation and Monitoring
Section 6 on Databricks (PDF)Inside the study bundle
Study guide chapters
Twelve chapters. Chapters 3 to 9 cover the six exam sections, weighted like the exam.
- 01 What the exam is p. 3
- 02 The platform: Mosaic AI, Agent Bricks, MLflow 3, Unity Catalog p. 7
- 03 Design Applications p. 13
- 04 Data Preparation p. 18
- 05 Application Development: models, prompts and guardrails p. 24
- 06 Application Development: agents, tools and the life cycle p. 29
- 07 Assembling and Deploying Applications p. 34
- 08 Governance p. 43
- 09 Evaluation and Monitoring p. 46
- 10 Final review p. 53
- 11 Sources p. 60
- 12 Edition and updates p. 62
Look inside the study guide
Three pages of the Edition 1.0 study guide: the contents and the first two pages of a chapter.
What is free here, and what is in the bundle?
The exam facts and 5 sample questions are free on this site. The study guide chapters and the two practice exams are in the bundle.
| Item | Free on this site | In the bundle |
|---|---|---|
| Exam facts and change log | Yes, with links to the Databricks sources | Chapter 1 of the study guide sums up the exam's format and scoring. |
| 5 sample questions | Yes | No. None of the 5 appear in the practice exams. |
| Section chapters and final review | No | Yes, in the study guide |
| Two practice exams with answer keys | No | Yes, 110 questions with an explanation for every answer |
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No, the Generative AI Engineer Associate bundle contains no exam questions, and every practice question is original.
How is the Generative AI Engineer Associate bundle different from Databricks's free materials?
Databricks's free pages set out what the Generative AI Engineer Associate exam covers. The Generative AI Engineer Associate bundle adds a 62-page study guide that covers every exam domain, and two practice exams with 110 original questions, every answer explained. When Databricks revises the exam, a new edition follows if the changes warrant it, included while your access lasts.
How do I get updates?
Updates to the Generative AI Engineer Associate bundle arrive as new editions. Every bundle includes 6 months of access: download the PDFs, and any new editions, until 6 months after your purchase date. Download each new edition at overqual.com/download with the license key from your receipt email. The change log on the exam facts page says what changed.
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What changed from the 2024 version of the exam?
The Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer Associate exam kept its title, its 45 scored questions, its 90 minutes and its fee, but the version published on Mar 18, 2026 has 56 outline objectives against 45 in the guide of Jun 1, 2024 (current exam guide (PDF), June 2024 exam guide (PDF)). The new objectives centre on agents: Agent Bricks, MCP servers, persistent agent memory, MLflow tracing and judges, AI Gateway and CI/CD. Dropped: LangChain chains, metaprompts and the prompt-format objectives.
Does the exam include hands-on labs or coding?
No: the Generative AI Engineer Associate exam is 45 scored multiple-choice and multiple-selection questions, plus up to 10 unscored items, in 90 minutes with no test aids allowed (exam guide (PDF)). Neither the guide nor the exam page describes a lab environment; the exam page says that all machine learning code within the exam will be in Python and that data manipulation code could be provided in SQL (exam page). Databricks offers no practice exam (certification FAQ). The March 2026 PDF of the guide listed working knowledge of Python and the libraries used for RAG, agent and LLM chain development under recommended preparation (March 2026 exam guide (PDF)); the August 2026 revision drops that list and points instead to the AI Prep Guide and hands-on practice in Databricks Free Edition.
The exam guide says Vector Search. Is that the same as AI Search?
Yes: the current Generative AI Engineer Associate exam guide (revised August 2026, for the exam version of Mar 18, 2026) still says Vector Search, Mosaic AI Vector Search, Genie Spaces and AI Gateway, while the exam page already says AI Search (exam page). Databricks documentation now calls the product Databricks AI Search, "formerly Databricks Vector Search" (AI Search docs), says Genie Agents "were formerly known as Genie Spaces" (Genie Agents API), and labels the endpoint-level AI Gateway legacy, with Unity Gateway generally available (AI Gateway (legacy) docs). Databricks does not say which names its questions use, so know both.
Ready for the exam?
Three PDFs, 109 pages: the study guide and two practice exams.
Which Databricks tools does the exam guide name?
The current Generative AI Engineer Associate exam guide (revised August 2026, for the exam version of Mar 18, 2026) names these platform pieces across its six sections. It keeps the March 2026 product names; where Databricks has since renamed a product, the current name follows in parentheses.
Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
Retrieval and data
- Vector Search and Mosaic AI Vector Search (now Databricks AI Search)
- Delta Lake tables in Unity Catalog
- Unity Catalog
Models and serving
- Foundation Model APIs
- Model Serving endpoints
- ai_query() for batch inference
- MLflow pyfunc models registered in Unity Catalog
Agents and interfaces
- Agent Framework
- Agent Bricks (Knowledge Assistant, Multiagent Supervisor, Information Extraction)
- Managed, external and custom MCP servers
- Genie Spaces (now Genie Agents) and the conversation API
- Persistent datastore for agent memory
- Databricks Apps, Slack and Teams interfaces
Lifecycle and monitoring
- MLflow scoring, tracing and custom scorers
- Prompt version control and lifecycle
- Inference tables and Agent Monitoring
- AI Gateway (inference tables, usage tables, rate limiting)
How is it delivered?
The Generative AI Engineer Associate exam is online proctored or at a test center.
- Delivery
- Online proctored or at a test center
- Languages
- English; Japanese; Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR); Korean
- Prerequisites
- None; Databricks recommends related training
- Validity
- 2 years
- Retakes
- 14 days after a failed attempt
- Test aids
- Not allowed
Source: Databricks exam page
What are the key dates?
The dates Databricks has published for Generative AI Engineer Associate.
- Mar 18, 2026
- General availability
Source: Databricks exam page
Fact sheet
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- Questions
- 45 Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Time
- 90 minutes Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Fee
- $200 Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Question types
- Multiple choice and multiple selection Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Languages
- English; Japanese; Brazilian Portuguese (pt-BR); Korean Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Delivery
- Online proctored or at a test center Source: Databricks exam page
- Validity
- 2 years Source: Databricks exam page
- Prerequisites
- None; Databricks recommends related training Source: Databricks exam page
- Retakes
- 14 days after a failed attempt Source: Databricks page
- Test aids
- Not allowed Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- General availability
- Mar 18, 2026 Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Section weights
- S1 14% / S2 14% / S3 30% / S4 22% / S5 8% / S6 12% Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Unscored items
- Up to 10 unscored items may be included Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Exam sections
- 6 sections: Design Applications 14%, Data Preparation 14%, Application Development 30%, Assembling and Deploying Applications 22%, Governance 8%, Evaluation and Monitoring 12% Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Recommended experience
- Six months of hands-on experience on the Databricks platform with the exam outline's tasks Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Recertification
- Required every two years; take the current live exam Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Rescheduling
- More than 24 hours before an online exam; more than 72 hours before a test center exam Source: Databricks page
- Results
- Unofficial results are shared immediately at the conclusion of the exam Source: Databricks page
- Official practice exam
- None: Databricks offers no official practice exam Source: Databricks page
- Hands-on labs
- Not listed. The guide describes 45 scored multiple-choice and multiple-selection questions and names no hands-on component. Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Recommended training
- Instructor-led: Generative AI Engineering with Databricks. Self-paced: Building RAG Agents with Agent Bricks; Building Agentic Applications on Databricks; Agent Evaluation on Databricks; Deploying and Monitoring Agent Applications on Databricks Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Exam delivery
- Delivered via Kryterion; register on Webassessor Source: Databricks page
- Before the exam
- Databricks asks you to reread the exam guide two weeks before your exam Source: Databricks exam guide (PDF)
What has changed, and when?
Changes to the exam and to the products it covers, newest first.
- Databricks revised the exam guide, not the exam: preparation now points to the AI Prep Guide and Databricks Free Edition. Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- Databricks published a new exam version: 56 objectives instead of 45, adding Agent Bricks and MCP servers, dropping LangChain chains. Databricks exam guide (PDF)
- The previous exam version, live as of Jun 1, 2024: 45 objectives in six sections, same questions, time and fee. Databricks page (PDF)
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