Hello, thank you for the feedback. For specific issues while taking exams, these are better answered directly at certification@hortonworks.com. I also already replied to you there regarding your specific situation. However, for anyone that is planning to take a Hortonworks exam in future, I want point out that >90% of the reported exam issues can be tracked down to one or more of the following: 1 Network Bandwidth needs to be 20/3 Mbps down/up or higher for best performance. 2 ALL Anti-Virus software needs to be disabled during the exam. 3 Latency Due to distance to the exam cloud site. We try to launch the exam closest to where your examslocal.com registration country is. If your registration country is different from where you actually take the exam, depending on where it is, there could be tremendous delay observed. All these are stated on the exam FAQ pages as well as registration emails from examslocal.com as well as Compatibility Checks before the exam. ... View more

Hello, Rashmi, for exams issues, please write to certification@hortonworks.com. Thank you ... View more

The documentation available in the exam is https://spark.apache.org/docs/1.6.0/ So, yes the programming guide is part of that. ... View more

Hello, Naga, I think I replied to this via email, but it may take up to 5 business days to receive official grades and process them on the Hortonworks side. Please check back in a couple of days if you have not heard anything back. Thank you for your patience. ... View more

Yes, as for the current version of the exam, you can use either one. Cheers ... View more

Hello, Arpan. I re-processed the badge. Let me know if you see the email and badge link now. ... View more