For infrastructure and operations staff new to AI: data center technicians, systems administrators, networking and DevOps engineers, IT managers, architects and sales representatives.
- questions
- 50
- minutes
- 60
- exam fee
- $125
NVIDIA AI certification exams
3 NVIDIA exams. Each has free exam facts and sample questions, and a $19 study bundle: a study guide and two practice exams.
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Associate
For associate developers who build, test and deploy applications on large language models with NVIDIA software.
- questions
- 50-60
- minutes
- 60
- exam fee
- $125
Professional
For developers, ML engineers and solutions architects who design, build, evaluate and operate LLM-based agents in production.
- questions
- 60-70
- minutes
- 120
- exam fee
- $200
How do the NVIDIA exams compare?
What each exam facts page lists, side by side.
| Exam | Name | Level | Questions | Minutes | Exam fee | Domains | Newest change |
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| NCA-AIIO | NVIDIA-Certified Associate: AI Infrastructure and Operations | Associate | 50 | 60 | $125 | 3 domains | None yet |
| NCA-GENL | NVIDIA-Certified Associate: Generative AI LLMs | Associate | 50-60 | 60 | $125 | 5 domains | |
| NCP-AAI | NVIDIA-Certified Professional: Agentic AI | Professional | 60-70 | 120 | $200 | 10 domains |
Latest NVIDIA exam changes
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NVIDIA moved the outline onto the exam page, adding seven Experimentation bullets and cutting recommended training to two courses.
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TensorRT Model Optimizer was renamed NVIDIA Model Optimizer.
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NVIDIA renamed the Agent Intelligence toolkit (AIQ) to NeMo Agent toolkit; some study guide readings keep the old name.