Free Practice Questions for Palantir Foundry Data Engineer Certification Certification

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    Key information about Palantir Foundry Data Engineer Certification

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    exam format:

    Multiple choice (select one, select multiple, discrete options), Hotspot questions (click on image), matching questions

    passing score:

    70%

    prerequisites:

    6+ months of experience on the Palantir Foundry platform; general knowledge of distributed computing frameworks (e.g., Spark) and programming languages (e.g., Python, SQL) recommended but not required.

    target audience:

    Individuals capable of executing in data integration and ontology development projects, responsible for producing or maintaining high-quality data assets in Foundry, with 6+ months of platform experience.

    time limit minutes:

    120

    number of questions:

    60

    Exam Topics & Skills Assessed

    Skills measured (from the official study guide)

    Domain 1: DATA PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT IN FOUNDRY

    Subdomain 1.1: Process tabular data in Transforms

    Can you develop transforms on structured (tabular) and unstructured datasets in Foundry? Do you know how to follow the recommended best practices when building data pipelines?

    Subdomain 1.2: Process unstructured data in Transforms

    Can you develop transforms on structured (tabular) and unstructured datasets in Foundry? Do you know how to follow the recommended best practices when building data pipelines?

    Subdomain 1.3: Configure pipeline for production use

    Can you develop transforms on structured (tabular) and unstructured datasets in Foundry? Do you know how to follow the recommended best practices when building data pipelines?

    Subdomain 1.4: Apply general best practices during pipeline development

    Can you develop transforms on structured (tabular) and unstructured datasets in Foundry? Do you know how to follow the recommended best practices when building data pipelines?

    Domain 2: DATA PIPELINE MAINTENANCE IN FOUNDRY

    Subdomain 2.1: Debug an issue in a production pipeline

    Do you know how to effectively investigate and fix common issues in data pipelines? Can you contribute logic changes and performance improvements to transform pipelines feeding mission-critical workflows? Are you familiar with recommended support structures?

    Subdomain 2.2: Contribute changes to a production pipeline

    Do you know how to effectively investigate and fix common issues in data pipelines? Can you contribute logic changes and performance improvements to transform pipelines feeding mission-critical workflows? Are you familiar with recommended support structures?

    Subdomain 2.3: Set up support structure for production pipeline

    Do you know how to effectively investigate and fix common issues in data pipelines? Can you contribute logic changes and performance improvements to transform pipelines feeding mission-critical workflows? Are you familiar with recommended support structures?

    Subdomain 2.4: Improve performance of production pipeline

    Do you know how to effectively investigate and fix common issues in data pipelines? Can you contribute logic changes and performance improvements to transform pipelines feeding mission-critical workflows? Are you familiar with recommended support structures?

    Domain 3: DATA CONNECTION AND INTEGRATION IN FOUNDRY

    Subdomain 3.1: Ingest tabular data from an external source to Foundry

    Are you familiar with architecture and capabilities of Data Connection? Can you set up sources and syncs ingesting tabular data or raw files from external systems to Foundry?

    Subdomain 3.2: Ingest unstructured data from an external source to Foundry

    Are you familiar with architecture and capabilities of Data Connection? Can you set up sources and syncs ingesting tabular data or raw files from external systems to Foundry?

    Subdomain 3.3: Identify general data connection capabilities useful for a given project

    Are you familiar with architecture and capabilities of Data Connection? Can you set up sources and syncs ingesting tabular data or raw files from external systems to Foundry?

    Domain 4: ONTOLOGY DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT IN FOUNDRY

    Subdomain 4.1: Design an ontology based on application requirements and available data

    Can you provide data engineering context during ontology design and implement pipelines backing ontology objects and links based on application requirements?

    Subdomain 4.2: Implement pipelines backing ontology objects and links

    Can you provide data engineering context during ontology design and implement pipelines backing ontology objects and links based on application requirements?

    Subdomain 4.3: Provide data engineering context useful for use case development

    Can you provide data engineering context during ontology design and implement pipelines backing ontology objects and links based on application requirements?

    Techniques & products

    Palantir Foundry
    Transforms
    Data Connection
    Ontology
    Code Repositories
    Python Transforms
    Contour
    Code Workbook
    Data Health
    Data Lineage
    Unit Tests
    PySpark
    Spark
    Python
    SQL
    JDBC Syncs
    AWS S3
    Postgres
    Agent Setup
    Direct Connections
    Manual Data Upload
    Fusion Dataset Syncs
    Platform Interoperability
    Object & Link Types
    Solution Design

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