DBA exam objectives.

[Frank_Byeon]

I am preparing for my DBA associate exam and there are a couple of questions I have regarding the syllabus and practice questions.

1. There is a question in the practice exam about an error in shard keys (more specifically, question 9). In the exam objective section of the exam study guide, the only learning objective about sharding is 1.4 Identify the function of sharding. Is this type of question valid for the exam? If it is, I’ll have to go a lot deeper in sharding.
2. Ditto for question 10 on profiling, there are no learning objectives on profiling though it appeared in the learning path. I’d like to understand if I will need to go deeper in profiling for the exam too. The only similar objective is 3.1 on index performance, which is the same objective in the developer pathway, but there are no indications on the exam objective that profiling is included.
3. I tried sending a request over to “certification@mongodb.com”. but I can’t reach the URL.

[Jodine_Oquendo]

Hi Frank! Thanks for letting us know about the error in the practice exam. I’ll past this over to my team and we will review the question. The exam guide is the best source of truth to determine if you need to be prepared for specific topics on an exam. I will do my best to get more information for you on this exam and respond back soon. Thanks!