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Acquia Certified Site Builder - D10

Exam Name: Acquia Certified Drupal 10 Site Builder

Exam Duration: 75 minutes

Exam Price: $155

Exam Length: 50 questions

Pass/Fail Mark: 68%

Introduction

The Acquia Certified Drupal 10 Site Builder is a credential intended for professionals who build Drupal sites using core and contributed modules. This exam is designed to validate skills and knowledge of a Drupal Site Builder. This test focuses on knowledge of Drupal 10 and topic areas including Drupal features, Content Modeling, Site Display, Site Configuration, Module and Theme Management, Security and Performance.

This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:

Plan, build, and manage Drupal 10-based solutions
Understand the core Drupal practices for site building
Develop and maintain applications using Drupal site building tools
Install and configure new Drupal modules and themes

The basic knowledge and skills required at this level should include all of the following areas and objective components:

Professional experience using Drupal
Setup and configure Drupal sites
Model content architectures
Manage Drupal content and users
Install and configure contributed Drupal modules and themes

These training courses or other equivalent methodologies will assist in exam preparation:

Drupal Documentation http://drupal.org/documentation
Acquia Academy https://docs.acquia.com/academy | https://www.acquiaacademy.com/
- https://partners.acquiaacademy.com | https://customers.acquiaacademy.com | https://community.acquiaacademy.com

Domains

The table below lists the domains measured by this examination and the extent to which they are represented.

Domain	Number of Questions
1.0 Understanding Drupal and Working with a Drupal Site	6
2.0 Content Modeling	14
3.0 Site Display	10
4.0 Site Configuration	10
5.0 Contributed Module and Theme Management	6
6.0 Security and Performance	4
TOTAL	50

Note: This exam blueprint includes topics /domains and test objectives to help guide the test taker. They should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of all of the content of this examination.

Test Format

Test item formats used in this examination are:

Multiple-choice: Examinee selects one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.
Multiple-response: Examinee selects more than one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.

Content

1.0: Understanding Drupal and working with a Drupal Site

1.1 Demonstrate the ability to explain the distinct and differentiating features of Drupal and understanding Drupal terminology
1.2 Given an example of a page layout, determine what is content versus a block
1.3 Demonstrate an ability to troubleshoot problems related to content, configuration and maintenance

2.0: Content Modeling

2.1 Demonstrate the ability to model content using Content Types and Vocabularies
2.2 Demonstrate the ability to configure and manage comment types and comments
2.3 Demonstrate the ability to configure and manage block types and blocks
2.4 Demonstrate the ability to configure and manage Contact forms
2.5 Demonstrate the ability to configure and use multilingual content and interface
2.6 Demonstrate ability to configure and manage menus, menu items and menu blocks
2.7 Demonstrate the ability to configure and use Rich media in content using Media module

3.0: Site Display

3.1 Demonstrate the ability to control the display of content across various regions of the site using the block system
3.2 Demonstrate the ability to provide different presentations of Content Entities (like Nodes, Comments, User Profiles, Terms etc) for editing or viewing
3.3 Demonstrate the ability to create, manage and display lists of content using Drupal Views
3.4 Demonstrate the ability to build layouts of content using Layout Builder

4.0: Site Configuration

4.1 Demonstrate the ability to use the various options related to site configuration like account settings, content authoring, development, search, site and system settings, media
4.2 Demonstrate the ability to use the Configuration and Synchronization options to import, export, compare configuration across environments
4.3 Given a scenario, demonstrate the ability to configure user accounts

5.0: Contributed Modules and Themes management

5.1 Demonstrate the ability to add, update, and remove contributed modules
5.2 Demonstrate the ability to add, update, and remove contributed themes
5.3 Identify ways of community participation and reporting issues

6.0: Security & Performance

6.1 Identify security issues resulting from site configuration
6.2 Identify performance issues resulting from site configuration

Acquia Certified Developer - D10

Exam Name: Acquia Certified Developer - Drupal 10

Exam Duration: 90 minutes

Exam Price: $250

Exam Length: 60 questions

Pass/Fail Mark: 65%

Introduction

The purpose of Acquia Certified Developer - D10 exam is to validate skills and knowledge of a Drupal Developer in the areas of Fundamental web concepts, Site Building, Front end development (theming), and Back end development (coding). This exam is based on the Drupal 10 platform.

This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:

Design, develop and deploy Drupal 10 based solutions
Understand the core Drupal 10 basic architecture best practices for front and back end development
Develop and maintain applications using Drupal 10 front and back end development
Develop and implement new Drupal 10 modules and themes
Customize and extend existing modules and themes

The basic knowledge and skills required at this level should include all of the following areas and objective components:

Professional experience using Drupal technology
Setup and configure Drupal sites
Develop and implement new Drupal modules
Develop new or customize existing themes: knowledge of existing themes, HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery
Customize and extend existing modules: knowledge of existing modules, PHP

These training courses or other equivalent methodologies will assist in exam preparation:

Drupal Documentation http://drupal.org/documentation
Acquia Academy https://docs.acquia.com/academy | https://www.acquiaacademy.com/
- https://partners.acquiaacademy.com | https://customers.acquiaacademy.com | https://community.acquiaacademy.com

Domains

The table below lists the domains measured by this examination and the extent to which they are represented.

Domain	Percentage of Questions
1.0 Fundamental Web Development Concepts	10%
2.0 Site Building	30%
3.0 Front end development (theming)	25%
4.0 Back end development (coding)	35%
TOTAL	100%

Note: This exam blueprint includes topics /domains and test objectives to help guide the test taker. They should not be construed as a comprehensive listing of all of the content of this examination.

Test Format

Test item formats used in this examination are:

Multiple-choice: Examinee selects one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.
Multiple-response: Examinee selects more than one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.

Content

1.0 Fundamental Web Development Concepts

Demonstrate knowledge of HTML and CSS
Identify Javascript and jQuery programing concepts
Demonstrate the use of Git for version control

2.0 Site Building

Demonstrate ability to create and configure Entity Types with appropriate fields and field settings for building basic data structures
Demonstrate ability to configure Display Modes for building custom form and view modes for core entities
Demonstrate ability to create and use Taxonomy vocabularies and terms for classification and organization of content
Demonstrate ability to configure Block types, manage Blocks library and configure Block layouts
Demonstrate ability to build main and alternative navigation systems by using Menus
Demonstrate ability to create and configure Views for building content list pages, blocks and feeds
Demonstrate ability to use Configuration Management capabilities for exporting site configurations
Demonstrate ability to build multilingual websites using core multilingual capabilities

3.0 Front end development (theming)

Demonstrate ability to create a custom theme or sub theme.
Demonstrate knowledge of theming concepts
Demonstrate ability to use Twig syntax
Demonstrate ability to build or override Twig templates for defining layout content
Demonstrate ability to write template pre-process functions for overriding custom output

4.0 Back end development (coding)

Demonstrate ability to write code using core and Object Oriented PHP
Demonstrate ability to develop Custom Modules using Drupal API for extending Drupal functionality
Demonstrate ability to store and retrieve data using code
Demonstrate ability to work with other essential APIs
Demonstrate ability to write code using Drupal Coding Standards
Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve site performance issues arising from site configuration or custom code
Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve security issues arising from site configuration or custom code
Demonstrate ability to write a test using the core testing framework

Acquia Certified Back End Specialist - D10

Exam Name: Acquia Certified Back end Specialist - Drupal 10

Exam Duration: 120 minutes

Exam Price: $350

Exam length: 60 questions

Pass/Fail mark: 70%

Introduction

The purpose of the Acquia Certified Back end Specialist (D10) exam is to validate the skills and knowledge of a Drupal Developer in the area of Back end Development (Coding). This exam is based on the Drupal 10 platform.

This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:

Design, develop and deploy Drupal 10 based solutions focusing on back end topics
Understand the core Drupal 10 basic architecture and best practices for site building and code development
Develop and implement new Drupal 10 modules
Customize and extend existing Drupal 10 modules

The basic knowledge and skills required include the following areas and objective components.

Professional experience using Drupal 10 technology
Setup and configuration of Drupal 10 sites
Developing new or customizing existing modules
Knowledge in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/JQuery and Object Oriented PHP

These training courses or other equivalent methodologies will assist in exam preparation:

Drupal Documentation http://drupal.org/documentation
Acquia Academy https://docs.acquia.com/academy | https://www.acquiaacademy.com/
- https://partners.acquiaacademy.com | https://customers.acquiaacademy.com | https://community.acquiaacademy.com

Domains

The table below lists the domains measured by this examination and the extent to which they are represented.

Domain	Percentage of Questions
1.0 Fundamental Web Development Concepts	17%
2.0 Drupal Core API	33%
3.0 Debug Code and Troubleshooting	7%
4.0 Theme Integration	10%
5.0 Performance	13%
6.0 Security	13%
7.0 Leveraging Community	7%
TOTAL	100%

Test Format

Test item formats used in this examination are:

Multiple-choice: Examinee selects one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.
Multiple-response: Examinee selects more than one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.

Content

1.0 Fundamental Web Development Concepts

1.1 Demonstrate knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
1.2 Demonstrate knowledge of OO PHP programing concepts.
1.3 Demonstrate knowledge of managing dependencies using Composer.
1.4 Demonstrate the use of Git for version control.
1.5 Demonstrate knowledge of automated testing concepts.

2.0 Drupal Core API

2.1 Demonstrate an ability to register paths to define how URL requests are handled in Drupal using routing system and Menu API.
2.2 Demonstrate ability to build, alter, validate and submit forms using Form API.
2.3 Demonstrate ability to interact with the entity system using Entity API.
2.4 Demonstrate ability to use core APIs for building and extending Drupal functionality.

3.0 Debug Code and Troubleshooting

3.1 Demonstrate ability to debug code.
3.2 Demonstrate ability to troubleshoot site problems.

4.0 Theme Integration

4.1 Demonstrate ability to work with Drupal's theme system using Render API and JavaScript APIs.
4.2 Demonstrate ability to work with Twig templates and syntax.

5.0 Performance

5.1 Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve site performance issues arising from site configuration.
5.2 Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve site performance issues arising from custom code.
5.3 Implement Drupal caching strategies using Cache API.

6.0 Security

6.1 Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve security issues arising from site configuration.
6.2 Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve security issues arising from site custom code.
6.3 Demonstrate the ability to implement Drupal core security mechanisms.

7.0 Leveraging Community

7.1 Demonstrate the ability to contribute to the community.
7.2 Demonstrate ability to write code using Drupal coding standards.

Acquia Certified Front End Specialist- D10

Exam Name: Acquia Certified Front End Specialist - Drupal 10

Exam Duration: 90 minutes

Exam Price: $300

Exam length: 60 questions

Pass/Fail mark: 68%

Introduction

The purpose of the Acquia Certified Front end Specialist (D10) exam is to validate the skills and knowledge of a Drupal Developer in the area of Front end Development (Theming). This exam is based on the Drupal 10 platform.

This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:

Design, develop and deploy Drupal 10-based solutions focusing on the front end
Understand the core Drupal 10 basic architecture and best practices for site building and theme development
Develop and implement new Drupal 10 themes
Customize and extend existing Drupal 10 themes

The basic knowledge and skills required include the following areas and objective components.

Professional experience using Drupal 10 technology
Setup and configuration of Drupal 10 sites
Develop new or customize existing themes: knowledge of existing themes, HTML, CSS, JavaScript/jQuery

These training courses or other equivalent methodologies will assist in exam preparation:

Drupal Documentation http://drupal.org/documentation
Acquia Academy (for Acquia customers and Partners, we have additional supporting materials available): https://www.acquiaacademy.com/

Domains

The table below lists the domains measured by this examination and the extent to which they are represented.

Domain	Percentage of Questions
1.0 Fundamental Web Development Concepts	25%
2.0 Theming Concepts	25%
3.0 Templates and Pre-process functions	25%
4.0 Layout Configuration	15%
5.0 Performance	5%
6.0 Security	5%
TOTAL	100%

Test Format

Test item formats used in this examination are:

Multiple-choice: Examinee selects one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.
Multiple-response: Examinee selects more than one option that best answers the question or completes a statement.

Content

1.0 Fundamental Web Development Concepts

1.1 Demonstrate knowledge of HTML and CSS.
1.2 Identify PHP programming concepts.
1.3 Identify JavaScript and jQuery programming concepts.
1.4 Demonstrate knowledge of Responsive Design concepts.

2.0 Theming Concepts

2.1 Demonstrate the ability to define and use custom regions in a theme.
2.2 Demonstrate the ability to work with Theme Configuration.
2.3 Demonstrate knowledge of working with Stylesheets.
2.4 Demonstrate knowledge of working with JavaScript in a theme.
2.5 Demonstrate knowledge of working with Breakpoints in a theme.
2.6 Demonstrate the ability to build a sub-theme from a base theme.

3.0 Templates and Pre-process Functions

3.1 Demonstrate the ability to use Twig syntax.
3.2 Demonstrate the ability to build and customize core templates for managing markup.
3.3 Demonstrate the ability to work with template suggestions.
3.4 Demonstrate the ability to write template pre-process functions for overriding custom output.
3.5 Demonstrate the ability to use Form Alter and Template Suggestions Alter.

4.0 Layout Configuration

4.1 Demonstrate the ability to create and configure Blocks for building layouts.
4.2 Demonstrate the ability to create and configure Views for building content list pages, blocks and feeds.
4.3 Demonstrate the ability to use Layout Builder module to build layouts.

5.0 Performance

5.1 Demonstrate the ability to analyze and resolve site performance issues arising from site configuration.
5.2 Demonstrate the ability to analyze and resolve site performance issues arising from custom theme.

6.0 Security

6.1 Demonstrate the ability to analyze and resolve security issues arising from site configuration.
6.2 Demonstrate the ability to analyze and resolve security issues arising from site custom theme.