dbt Analytics Engineering Certification · v1.11 · updated May 2026

Walk into your dbt exam knowing you’ll pass.

Timed simulations with the real exam’s question formats, weights, and pass mark. Every answer cited to the official docs — and where it’s SQL, you can run it yourself.

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An original question, in the real exam format.

This is DOMC — the format the real exam uses. Answer it and you get the explanation, the citations and a runnable proof cell.

Discrete option — decide YES or NO for each option as it appears

A view must be rebuilt by dbt before it returns rows added to its source table

OPTION 1
On the real exam each answer is final — here, answer either way to see everything.
Answer to reveal the explanation, citations and proof

A view holds only the query definition, not a copy of the rows — the warehouse resolves it against the underlying table at read time, so rows landing in the source are visible on the very next query with no dbt run in between. This is exactly why views are the default for lightweight staging models.

What’s inside

Everything here exists to answer one question: are you ready to sit the exam? You find out here — while you can still do something about it.

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Real formats

DOMC, build-list, matching, hotspot — the formats the real exam uses and almost nobody else replicates.

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8 full practice exams

403 original questions across 8 complete 65-question simulations, with zero overlap — you never sit the same exam twice.

select count(*) from stg_orderswhere amount is null;→ 0 rows
Prove-it cells

Run the SQL against a sample schema, right inside the explanation, and watch the answer come out.

docs.getdbt.com/docs/build/incremental-modelsreference/resource-configs
Doc-cited explanations

Why the right answer is right, why each wrong one is wrong — with links to the official docs.

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Weakness-first studying

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Readiness score

Every attempt is saved. Watch your score climb toward the pass mark — and know the moment you're ready.

How it works

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Every miss resurfaces until you answer it correctly — weakest exam topic first.

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65 questions, real formats, real clock — until your readiness score clears the pass mark.

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