Databricks · DB-MLP · Professional
Databricks Machine Learning Professional — Practice Questions and Mock Exam
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Checked against Databricks · July 2026Current exam version
Overview
About the exam
The Databricks Certified Machine Learning Professional exam targets senior practitioners who build production ML systems at scale. It covers advanced model development techniques, MLOps lifecycle management including CI/CD and monitoring, and production deployment strategies. Nearly half the exam focuses on model development depth, while MLOps practices make up the other major portion.
Exam Domains
What's on the exam
The exam consists of 59 scored multiple-choice questions to be completed in 120 minutes. No test aids are allowed. Available in English only. Unscored pilot questions may appear. Databricks does not publish an official passing score. The displayed score is a conservative estimate based on industry standards.
Advanced model development, distributed training, feature engineering at scale, experiment design, hyperparameter optimization with Ray/Optuna, and custom model architectures.
MLOps practices, CI/CD for ML, Databricks Asset Bundles for ML, model testing strategies, A/B testing, model monitoring, drift detection, and pipeline automation.
Production model serving, batch vs real-time inference, scaling serving endpoints, and deployment automation.
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Format
What to expect
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Where candidates struggle
This exam expects deep MLOps knowledge. Know Databricks Asset Bundles for ML project deployment, understand distributed hyperparameter tuning with Ray and Optuna, and be prepared for scenario-based questions about model drift detection and retraining strategies. The Model Deployment section is only 10% but tests production-critical knowledge about serving endpoint configuration and scaling.
Details
Exam logistics
Registration fee is $200 USD. Available in English only. No prerequisites required, though 1+ years experience is recommended. Certification is valid for 2 years.
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