MongoDB Certifications

Official MongoDB certifications to validate your NoSQL database skills

MongoDB Certified Developer

Exam Details

  • Exam Code: C100DEV
  • Cost: $150 USD
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Questions: 60 multiple choice
  • Passing Score: 65%

How to Take the Exam

  • Online proctored exam
  • Register at MongoDB University
  • Preparation: MongoDB Developer Learning Path
  • Valid for 3 years

Detailed Syllabus

  • Insert, update, and delete documents
  • Query documents using find()
  • Projection, sorting, and limiting
  • Atomic operations and bulk writes

  • Creating and managing indexes
  • Index types (single, compound, multikey)
  • Query optimization and execution plans
  • Performance considerations

  • Pipeline stages and operators
  • Grouping, sorting, and limiting
  • Facets and accumulators
  • Performance optimization

  • Document structure design
  • Relationships (embedding vs referencing)
  • Schema validation
  • Patterns and anti-patterns

  • Multi-document ACID transactions
  • Driver connections and configuration
  • Change streams
  • Application performance best practices

MongoDB Certified DBA

Exam Details

  • Exam Code: C100DBA
  • Cost: $150 USD
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Questions: 60 multiple choice
  • Passing Score: 70%

How to Take the Exam

  • Online proctored exam
  • Register at MongoDB University
  • Preparation: MongoDB DBA Learning Path
  • Valid for 3 years

Detailed Syllabus

  • Installation and configuration
  • MongoDB architecture components
  • Resource planning and sizing
  • Security configuration

  • Monitoring and alerting
  • Performance tuning
  • Index management
  • Upgrades and patching

  • Backup strategies
  • Point-in-time recovery
  • mongodump/mongorestore
  • OPS Manager/Cloud Manager

  • Replica set configuration
  • Election and failover
  • Read preferences and write concerns
  • Maintenance operations

  • Sharded cluster architecture
  • Shard key selection
  • Balancing and chunk management
  • Query routing and performance

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