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Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer Associate

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Track at a glance

Exam code
DBX-GENAI
Version
2026-01
Level
Associate
Blueprint domains
6
Lessons
12
Original practice questions
193
Flashcards
68
Last reviewed
2026-07-14
Next scheduled review
2026-10-14
Blueprint facts are re-verified against the official exam guide on the review schedule above.
Exam blueprint

Domains & weights

Every lesson and question is mapped to a domain and objective below, and every attempt records the exam version it was answered under.

Domain 1: Design Applications

14% of exam

Published weight 14%. Translating business requirements into LLM application designs: choosing components, tasks, models, and multi-stage reasoning / RAG flows.

  • Translate requirements into an LLM application design (components, tasks, model selection)
  • Design RAG and multi-stage reasoning application flows

Domain 2: Data Preparation

14% of exam

Published weight 14%. Preparing data for retrieval: extraction, chunking strategy, embeddings, and building/managing Databricks Vector Search indexes.

  • Prepare and chunk data for retrieval (extraction, chunking, embeddings)
  • Build and manage vector search indexes (Databricks Vector Search)

Domain 3: Application Development

30% of exam

Published weight 30%. Developing RAG applications (retrievers, prompts, LangChain chains), prompt engineering and controlling LLM outputs, and building tools/agents and multi-stage chains.

  • Develop RAG applications (retrievers, prompts, chains)
  • Apply prompt engineering and control LLM outputs
  • Build tools, agents, and multi-stage LLM chains

Domain 4: Assembling and Deploying Applications

22% of exam

Published weight 22%. Registering and deploying models with MLflow and Databricks Model Serving, and assembling and serving end-to-end generative AI applications and endpoints.

  • Register and deploy models with MLflow and Model Serving
  • Assemble and serve end-to-end GenAI applications and endpoints

Domain 5: Governance

8% of exam

Published weight 8%. Applying governance with Unity Catalog and guardrails: data and model governance, safety/guardrails, and legal and licensing considerations.

  • Apply governance with Unity Catalog and guardrails (safety, legal, licensing)

Domain 6: Evaluation and Monitoring

12% of exam

Published weight 12%. Evaluating LLM applications (metrics, LLM-as-judge, MLflow evaluate) and monitoring deployed applications (inference tables, drift, feedback).

  • Evaluate LLM applications (metrics, LLM-as-judge, MLflow evaluate)
  • Monitor deployed GenAI applications (inference tables, drift, feedback)

Source & provenance

  • Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer Associate: official source (retrieved 2026-07-14)

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