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C1000-190 Exam Topics and Domains
C1000-190 is organized into 5 weighted domains. Expect to work with IBM watsonx.data, Presto, Apache Spark, Apache Iceberg, and more.
Data Lakehouse Fundamentals
Describe the basic concepts of a data lakehouse
Describe the basic concepts of a data lakehouse
Understand the benefits of a data lakehouse
Understand the benefits of a data lakehouse
Articulate the data lakehouse architecture
Articulate the data lakehouse architecture
Describe data tiering
Describe data tiering
Understand data transformation and ingestion
Understand data transformation and ingestion
Explain Cloud Object Storage
Explain Cloud Object Storage
watsonx.data Fundamentals
Identify and explain the components of watsonx.data
Identify and explain the components of watsonx.data
Understand watsonx.data deployment options
Understand watsonx.data deployment options
Understand the benefits of a multi-engine approach
Understand the benefits of a multi-engine approach
Implement Data Governance practices
Implement Data Governance practices
Data Integration
Describe how to integrate applications with the data lakehouse
Describe how to integrate applications with the data lakehouse
Integrate data from disparate sources
Integrate data from disparate sources
Ingest data
Ingest data
Operation
Describe the Infrastructure Manager and understand how to use it
Describe the Infrastructure Manager and understand how to use it
Describe the Data manager view and understand how to use it
Describe the Data manager view and understand how to use it
Describe Query workspace and history views
Describe Query workspace and history views
Set up Access Control
Set up Access Control
Describe the capabilities of the CLI
Describe the capabilities of the CLI
Consumption
Understand use cases for watsonx.data
Understand use cases for watsonx.data
Guide a developer on how to query in watsonx.data
Guide a developer on how to query in watsonx.data
Understand the difference between predictive and exploratory analytics in watsonx.data
Understand the difference between predictive and exploratory analytics in watsonx.data
Articulate the APIs that are available to access the watsonx.data system
Articulate the APIs that are available to access the watsonx.data system
Generate and troubleshoot SQL
Generate and troubleshoot SQL
Articulate how data federation can be used with watsonx.data
Articulate how data federation can be used with watsonx.data
How do I earn this certification?
Passing C1000-190 earns the IBM Certified watsonx Data Lakehouse Engineer v1 - Associate certification. It sits in the IBM watsonx / Data & AI track.
- IBM Certified watsonx Data Scientist - Associate Complementary associate-level watsonx data credential
- IBM Certified watsonx Generative AI Engineer - Associate Complementary associate-level watsonx AI credential
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- SQL
- Database administration
- Data engineering