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Adobe Real-Time CDP Developer Expert Certification Path

This page provides information on how to attain this certification. It includes a description of the exam, study materials, step-by-step instructions on the certification process, and how to renew your certification.

Exam description

Learn who should take this exam, what experience is recommended, and what subjects are covered on the exam.

Exam details


  • Level: Expert (1-3 years’ experience)
  • Passing Score: 45/68
  • Time: 136 mins
  • Delivery: Online proctored (requires camera access)
  • Language: English
  • Cost: $225 (global) / $150 (India)
  • Exam ID: AD0-E605

Intended audience


  • Software developer
  • Data engineer
  • Data architect
  • Solutions architect
  • Enterprise architect

Minimum experience

 

You should have:

 

  • Understanding of segment evaluation differences (stream, batch, edge)
  • Understanding of use cases for APIs (how to build a developer project, how auth works)
  • Understanding of identity service
  • Understanding of dataflow
  • Understanding of Adobe I/O
  • Understanding of how relationships work
  • Ability to build a data model (Schema, Identity, Relationships) for Customer use case
  • Ability to strategize to Merge the data based on Merge Policy
  • Understanding of how to determine the correct way of Data Labeling, Policy Enforcement and Privacy Services
  • Familiarity with data ingestion pattern limits
  • Understanding destinations and which to use
  • Understanding of the edge data collection framework
  • Ability to determine which AEP Permissions need to be configured (that is, attribute level permissions) (make recommendations to clients)
  • Basic understanding of query service use cases
  • Basic understanding of sources/destinations SDK

 

You should be familiar with these concepts:

 

  • Entity relational diagrams
  • Admin/permissions
  • Experience platform APIs
  • Adobe Experience Platform Debugger
  • Web and mobile SDKs

 

You should be comfortable in these environments:

 

  • AEP
  • Edge network

 

 

 

 

Exam objectives and scope

 

This section provides information on the exam content.

 

Data Architecture (19%)

 

  • Based on a scenario, translate RDBMS to Adobe RT-CDP’s NoSQL data model
  • Demonstrate best practices for modeling the Real-Time Customer Profile
  • Design the identity strategy and relationships for modeling

 

Real-Time Customer Profile (15%)

 

  • Describe how profile assembly works
  • Describe how the Identity Graph works
  • Describe Profile Composition
  • Differentiate between edge vs. hub profile

 

Data Ingestion (13%)

 

  • Describe data ingestion capabilities with the CDP
  • Describe the capabilities of Edge ingestion
  • Describe the advanced techniques around data ingestion architecture

 

Segmentation (18%)

 

  • Describe different ways to build audiences & segments within the CDP
  • Explain the various segmentation types and how they operate
  • Demonstrate an understanding of how to apply use cases to segment/audience activation

 

Activation (12%)

 

  • Explain different activation patterns within CDP
  • Explain the guardrails around activation
  • Describe on site personalization

 

Governance (9%)

 

  • Apply best practices for governance in the Adobe RT-CDP implementation
  • Describe how to manage data across the various services

 

Administration (15%)

 

  • Understand monitoring capabilities
  • Describe alerts
  • Describe the different license usage
  • Describe use cases for ABAC enablement within Adobe RT-CDP

 

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