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HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

arkaprova — Tue, 04 Oct 2016 12:59:49 GMT

I am planning for HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification in next 2 months. I have already checked the exam objective and it is vast. I am reading below book for certification

Apress.Pro.Apache.Hadoop.2nd.Edition

Is this sufficient for passing the certification ? Can anyone tell me how to prepare for this certification ? Can someone share sample question being asked in this HCA certification?

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

aervits — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 02:52:46 GMT

Sharing questions from exam is not appropriate for this forum and goes against exam policies. We offer sample tests that will help you practice. Please look for the resources on the certification page.

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

emanuele_parent — Wed, 12 Oct 2016 15:47:10 GMT

Hi @Artem Ervits , I'm looking for sample tests. Buts seems that in the certification page are not present. Could you help me ? Thanks and regards

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

aervits — Sat, 15 Oct 2016 02:25:53 GMT

@Lester Martin please help

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

LesterMartin — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 03:09:06 GMT

You are correct that we do not post any sample questions for the HCA certification, but we will evaluate if that is a logical step for this entry-level certification. You correctly found the objectives at http://hortonworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ExamObjectives-HCAssociate.pdf and while these are "vast" as you described, please note that the HCA "provides for individuals an entry point and validates the fundamental skills required to progress to the higher levels of the Hortonworks certification program".

If you are comfortable with the materials discussed in the Hadoop Essentials course, http://hortonworks.com/training/class/hadoop-essentials/, then you are an ideal candidate for this examination. Good luck!

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

arkaprova — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:05:57 GMT

@Lester Martin Many many thanks for your valuable inputs.

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

hemen_kotecha — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 15:46:55 GMT

hi @Artem Ervits... I could not find sample tests anywhere. Would you please post the link

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

LesterMartin — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 22:36:08 GMT

For the HCA exam, there are no sample tests. Please review the objective link I provided above. The Essentials course is also offered as a one-day public training pretty regularly as seen at https://ilearning.seertechsolutions.com/lmt/clmsCatalogSummary.prMain?site=hw&in_region=hw and we are considering whether to offer this as a free on-demand offer as well.

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

naresh050414 — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 00:14:01 GMT

I have been studying all this exam objectives for quiet some time but am not sure if i am ready to give my first attempt. Even though $100 is not too much amount to loose, but it would be nice if we had some kind of sample questions to compare against or reference books to depend on? Offering a free ondemand training for this certificaiton would go a long way!!!

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

LesterMartin — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 06:38:12 GMT

As pointed out in the comments section of the answer above, we are currently considering whether we should be offering this as a free on-demand course. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

naresh050414 — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:02:14 GMT

Lester Martin is there a time line you could share? Thanks!

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

naresh050414 — Thu, 08 Dec 2016 22:02:46 GMT

Is there a time line you could share? Thanks!

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

nicola_poffo — Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:19:25 GMT

I have a question as well, the reference the exam objectives document mentions is enough to pass the exam, or something different to study is needed?

I have a question as well... the reference the document mentions in the objectives is covering all the questions content or it is necessary to study something else?

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

LesterMartin — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 03:45:26 GMT

Correct; if you understand the vast majority of the topics outlined at http://hortonworks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ExamObjectives-HCAssociate.pdf then you are well positioned knowledge-wise to pass the exam. Good luck!

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

saurabh_singh — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 00:00:44 GMT

Hi Lester,

I am planning to appear for HDPCA very soon, but i read this article:

http://www.dataarchitect.cloud/important-changes-coming-to-the-hortonworks-certification-program-hortonworks/

As per this, the existing HDPCA will be changed to

HCA ---> Hortonworks Certified Professional Admin --> Hortonworks Certified Expert Admin

I am not able to find this information on Hortonworks site, so I am bit confused that whether should i appear for HCA or HDPCA?

Regards

Saurabh

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

nicola_poffo — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 22:06:46 GMT

On the 2nd of January I accomplished successfully the exam for the HCA. Anyway I did not receive any certificate. Should I expect it or not?

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

vsdrshn — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 13:57:54 GMT

Hey can you suggest me where to start from ?Give some tips on the same ?Planning to take it up before march?Could you give us some details?Books ?Videos ?Please Recommend something ,im a newbee

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

arkaprova — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 13:12:00 GMT

@Nicola Poffo

Can you please suggest how to start? did you read any book?

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

nicola_poffo — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 17:28:04 GMT

Hi,

I apologise if I did not answer quickly. Few notes on what I did to pass the exam.

1) It is not necessary a long time to be prepared, at least for me is was not necessary. I estimate that in a couple of weeks it is possible to gain enough knowledge to pass the exam. As someone before me stated, this is an entry point exam, so it is more about the use cases and the high level technology of the components comprised in an Hadoop Ecosystem.

2) As a reference you can use the objective sheet available on the Hortonworks certfication website. Normally on the HWK Site, for every architecture component there is a section What The (Component) Does and another one How the (Component) Works (check this http://hortonworks.com/apache/pig/ as an example). In my opinion it is better to integrate this with specific deep-ins particularly for: HDFS (important thing is what the technology does: namenode, datanode, replication..., don't get drown in too deep technical details), YARN and SPARK. For Spark I found useful this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv_mnjYhFAk&t=2866s (full of technical details, but in my opinion (personal and absolutely questionable...) provides some insights to see how the component works). I suggest also to have a look to some video from Hortonworks in YouTube for Tez (don't choose long long videos... you just need to understand the basic core of the technology). For YARN it exists an article from Hortonworks that marvellously explain the high level technology, I'm not sure to precisely remember the link, but it should be this one: http://hortonworks.com/blog/apache-hadoop-yarn-concepts-and-applications/). I remember there were two questions on Atlas, so don't forget it.

Hope it's helpful....

Cheers

Re: HCA - HORTONWORKS CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE Certification Details

LesterMartin — Wed, 11 Jan 2017 14:43:11 GMT

Yes, there was some messaging back in late 2016 which indicated a change in the certification program, but it was determined that the planned changes were being released too fast and did not give enough time for folks already preparing for the existing certification exams to complete them. It is imaginable that the certification program will continue to evolve, but our intention is to ensure adequate time to adjust will be offered whenever any future plans are introduced. Please visit http://hortonworks.com/training/certification/ to see that the HCA and HDPCA are *both* valid and current certifications. Neither has a prerequisite certification either. Good luck on whichever exam(s) you decide to take!