Free Practice Questions for Scikit-learn Associate Practitioner Certification Certification

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    Exam Topics & Skills Assessed

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    Domain 1: Machine learning concepts

    Subdomain 1.1: Types of Machine Learning : Supervised, Unsupervised, and Semi-supervised learning.

    Types of Machine Learning : Supervised, Unsupervised, and Semi-supervised learning.

    Subdomain 1.2: Model Families : Tree-based, Linear, Ensemble, Neighbors.

    Model Families : Tree-based, Linear, Ensemble, Neighbors.

    Subdomain 1.3: Key concepts : features, labels, training and test sets

    Key concepts : features, labels, training and test sets

    Subdomain 1.4: Model overfitting and underfitting

    Model overfitting and underfitting

    Subdomain 1.5: Bias/variance trade-off

    Bias/variance trade-off

    Domain 2: Model building and evaluation

    Subdomain 2.1: Splitting datasets into training and testing sets using train_test_split

    Splitting datasets into training and testing sets using train_test_split

    Subdomain 2.2: Training ML models using the fit() method

    Training ML models using the fit() method

    Subdomain 2.3: Making predictions using the predict() method

    Making predictions using the predict() method

    Subdomain 2.4: Evaluating model performance with most common metrics (accuracy, precision, recall, F1 score, confusion matrix, mean squared error, R-squared)

    Evaluating model performance with most common metrics (accuracy, precision, recall, F1 score, confusion matrix, mean squared error, R-squared)

    Subdomain 2.5: Interpreting score with respect to dummy models

    Interpreting score with respect to dummy models

    Domain 3: Interpretation of results & communication

    Subdomain 3.1: Visualizing model results using basic plotting techniques (matplotlib, seaborn)

    Visualizing model results using basic plotting techniques (matplotlib, seaborn)

    Subdomain 3.2: Interpreting and communicating model outputs and performance metrics to non-technical stakeholders

    Interpreting and communicating model outputs and performance metrics to non-technical stakeholders

    Domain 4: Data preprocessing

    Subdomain 4.1: Loading parquet datasets

    Loading parquet datasets

    Subdomain 4.2: Visualizing data with basic plotting techniques (scatterplot, boxplot)

    Visualizing data with basic plotting techniques (scatterplot, boxplot)

    Subdomain 4.3: Identify wrongly encoded predictive columns (e.g. float encoded as string)

    Identify wrongly encoded predictive columns (e.g. float encoded as string)

    Subdomain 4.4: Handling missing values using imputation SimpleImputer

    Handling missing values using imputation SimpleImputer

    Subdomain 4.5: Correct choice of feature scaling using StandardScaler , MinMaxScaler , etc

    Correct choice of feature scaling using StandardScaler , MinMaxScaler , etc

    Subdomain 4.6: Encoding categorical data using OrdinalEncoder and OneHotEncoder

    Encoding categorical data using OrdinalEncoder and OneHotEncoder

    Subdomain 4.7: Combining preprocessing steps with ColumnTransformer

    Combining preprocessing steps with ColumnTransformer

    Domain 5: Model selection and validation

    Subdomain 5.1: Understanding and implementing cross-validation techniques (KFold, ShuffleSplit, etc)

    Understanding and implementing cross-validation techniques (KFold, ShuffleSplit, etc)

    Subdomain 5.2: Learning and validation curves

    Learning and validation curves

    Subdomain 5.3: Performing hyperparameter tuning using GridSearchCV, RandomSearchCV

    Performing hyperparameter tuning using GridSearchCV, RandomSearchCV

    Subdomain 5.4: Stability of learned coefficients across splits

    Stability of learned coefficients across splits

    Techniques & products

    scikit-learn
    Pandas
    NumPy
    matplotlib
    seaborn
    SimpleImputer
    StandardScaler
    MinMaxScaler
    OrdinalEncoder
    OneHotEncoder
    ColumnTransformer
    KFold
    ShuffleSplit
    GridSearchCV
    RandomSearchCV
    parquet datasets
    Supervised learning
    Unsupervised learning
    Semi-supervised learning
    Tree-based models
    Linear models
    Ensemble models
    Neighbors models
    features
    labels
    training sets
    test sets
    Model overfitting
    Model underfitting
    Bias/variance trade-off
    train_test_split
    fit() method
    predict() method
    accuracy
    precision
    recall
    F1 score
    confusion matrix
    mean squared error
    R-squared
    Dummy models
    Plotting techniques
    Communicating model outputs
    Interpreting performance metrics
    Identifying wrongly encoded columns
    Handling missing values
    Feature scaling
    Categorical data encoding
    Combining preprocessing steps
    Cross-validation
    Learning curves
    Validation curves
    Hyperparameter tuning
    Coefficient stability analysis

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