I recently took the Sitecore 9.0 Certified Platform Associate Developer exam online and passed with an overall score of 88%.

Here are the steps I have taken to become certified:

Took the Developer’s Fundamental Collection online. You can also do it through Instructor-Led or Virtual Classroom options – https://learning.sitecore.com/#homepage-learning-solutions

Went through all the modules and lab exercises. When I completed the fifth module, I received an access key in the email to book the exam.

You can book the exam in-person in the center or online. I chose online and booked the exam via https://www.webassessor.com/sitecore/index.html

This is a proctor guided exam, no book allowed. Also, the exam software Senitel says you should have an external web camera. It worked with the in-built camera on my work computer. So don’t worry about the external camera.

The exam has 50 questions and 90 minutes to complete. You can review the answers as many times as you want. I completed the exam in 30 minutes and review the answers in the next 30 minutes and I still have 30 more minutes left!

Overall I got a 88% score. Here is my Topic level scoring:

Architecture: 100%

Creating and Editing Items: 100%

Development Environment: 75%

Docs and Support: 100%

Installation: 100%

Publishing: 100%

xManagement: 100%

Field Types: 83%

Media: 100%

Templates: 85%

Versioning: 100%

Presentation: 77%

API: 100%

Modules and Packages: 100%

Performance: 100%

Search: 80%

Once you complete you exam, you will receive an email from test center with score and certification pdf file. Good luck!

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