The Linux Foundation PCA exam preparation guide is designed to provide candidates with necessary information about the Prometheus Associate exam. It includes exam summary, sample questions, practice test, objectives and ways to interpret the exam objectives to enable candidates to assess the types of questions-answers that may be asked during the Prometheus Certified Associate (PCA) exam.
It is recommended for all the candidates to refer the PCA objectives and sample questions provided in this preparation guide. The Linux Foundation Prometheus Associate certification is mainly targeted to the candidates who want to build their career in Cloud & Containers domain and demonstrate their expertise. We suggest you to use practice exam listed in this cert guide to get used to with exam environment and identify the knowledge areas where you need more work prior to taking the actual Linux Foundation Prometheus Certified Associate exam.
Linux Foundation PCA Exam Summary:
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Exam Name
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Linux Foundation Prometheus Certified Associate |
| Exam Code | PCA |
| Exam Price | $250 USD |
| Duration | 90 minutes |
| Number of Questions | 60 |
| Passing Score | 75% |
| Schedule Exam | The Linux Foundation Training & Certification |
| Sample Questions | Linux Foundation PCA Sample Questions |
| Recommended Practice | Prometheus Certified Associate (PCA) Practice Test |
Linux Foundation Prometheus Associate Syllabus:
| Section | Objectives |
Weight
|
|---|---|---|
| Observability Concepts |
- Metrics - Understand logs and events - Tracing and Spans - Push vs Pull - Service Discovery - Basics of SLOs, SLAs, and SLIs |
18% |
| Prometheus Fundamentals |
- System Architecture - Configuration and Scraping - Understanding Prometheus Limitations - Data Model and Labels - Exposition Format |
20% |
| PromQL |
- Selecting Data - Rates and Derivatives - Aggregating over time - Aggregating over dimensions - Binary operators - Histograms - Timestamp Metrics |
28% |
| Instrumentation and Exporters |
- Client Libraries - Instrumentation - Exporters - Structuring and naming metrics |
16% |
| Alerting & Dashboarding |
- Dashboarding basics - Configuring Alerting rules - Understand and Use Alertmanager - Alerting basics (when, what, and why) |
18% |