@ashishdiwan03 wrote: @saranvisa Hi All, I had email conversation with cloudera certification about same query below is the response i got from cloudera certification team,   During the exam, it is possible to get templates so that all coding is not done from scratch. https://www.cloudera.com/more/training/certification/cca-spark.html In order to speed up development time of Spark questions, a template is often provided that contains a skeleton of the solution, asking the candidate to fill in the missing lines with functional code. This template is written in either Scala or Python. According to certification team knowldge of Scala and python is must for the examination. To clarify a bit on the Scala and Python questions here is a snippet from our community knowledge article Cloudera Certifications FAQ:   Q - Do I need to know both Scala and Python for the CCA Spark and Hadoop Developer (CCA 175) Certification?     A - The answer is yes, there are questions using both languages.   However, please remember that the goal of the exam is to test your Spark knowledge, not your Scala and Python knowledge.  The development questions typically provide you some code and ask you to fill in TO-DO sections.  So the key is to understand the Spark API.  You must have some knowledge of programming, as you will need to be able to read the existing code and understand how to store and retrieve the results you get back from calling the API, but the focus will be on you adding the Spark calls.         ... View more