ArcGIS Desktop Professional 10.5 Certification

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The ArcGIS Desktop Professional exam tests the candidate’s experience applying ArcGIS concepts and processes to workflows. Qualified candidates should demonstrate proficiency when applying advanced GIS concepts and knowledge to establish workflows, processes, troubleshooting non-routine issues, and skilled at defining and successfully completing complex GIS projects. Qualified candidates should have five years of applied experience, and should be proficient in best practices and uses of Esri’s ArcGIS technologies.

Qualifications

A qualified candidate should be able to perform the following tasks:

  • Apply and interpret fundamental spatial statistics and visualization techniques
  • Build a reference data set and an address locator
  • Build a transportation network and apply solvers
  • Implement and apply Python scripting
  • Perform advanced vector and raster analysis
  • Perform fundamentals of geodatabase design and operate within a multi-user geodatabase
  • Perform surface modeling and analysis
  • Utilize advanced modeling techniques
  • Identify and resolve common workflows
  • Author a mosaic dataset
  • Demonstrate proficiency in ArcGIS Desktop user interface and environment configuration
  • Determine and define an appropriate coordinate system
  • Manipulate data with Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, and Network Analyst extensions
  • Author and publish to a web GIS portal
  • Implement and apply web content or services to perform analyses
  • Configure web app templates and Web AppBuilder widgets

A qualified candidate should be familiar with the following tools:

  • ArcGIS Desktop (ArcCatalog, ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro)
  • ArcGIS Online
  • ArcGIS Enterprise
  • ArcGIS Network Analyst
  • ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
  • ArcGIS 3D Analyst
  • Python

A qualified candidate should NOT be expected to perform the following tasks:

  • Deliver production quality cartographic output with specific industry solutions
  • Administer a multi-user geodatabase
  • Develop or administer websites
  • Develop tools or apps using any SDK or API
  • Network or systems administration
  • Administer an ArcGIS Online organization

Skill Measured

The following list will familiarize candidates with the exam sections to help guide exam preparation. The relative weight of each section is provided to illustrate the approximate size of each section. Candidates should review this list and assess their knowledge of each skill. Specific preparation resources are available to assist with refreshing in areas where any knowledge gaps are found.

Data Storage — 21%

  • Given requirements for a specific project, determine how to design a geodatabase
  • Select appropriate data formats for an intended use
  • Given a task, determine the data, settings, and parameters for creating a complex data set
  • Given a task, determine the data, settings, and parameters for creating an address locator
  • Given a scenario, determine how to synchronize replicated data

Managing Data — 26%

  • Given a scenario, convert and aggregate data to an appropriate format
  • Given a task, determine the necessary schema changes so that the data can support a particular operation
  • Given datasets that do not align, determine the best workflow to resolve the issue
  • Given a project, determine how to manage coordinate systems
  • Given a scenario, determine the method to create a surface dataset
  • Given a scenario, determine how to automate data management

Visualizing and Sharing Data — 21%

  • Given a scenario, use advanced cartographic techniques to visualize content across the ArcGIS platform
  • Given a scenario, determine how to optimize rendering of maps across the platform
  • Given a scenario, determine how to create and render scenes
  • Identify procedures to create and publish layers, maps, and apps for a given task
  • Given a scenario, determine the most effective process for sharing content
  • Given a scenario, determine how to automate visualization and sharing using ArcPy in ArcGIS Desktop

Analysis and Geoprocessing — 31%

  • Determine how to create and edit a Python script to automate a simple repetitive process in an ArcGIS workflow
  • Determine how to create and edit a model in ModelBuilder to automate a complex workflow in ArcGIS for a given task
  • Given a failed workflow, determine the cause of the failure
  • Given user requirements, determine an appropriate method for sharing a geoprocessing model, script, package, toolbox, etc.
  • Determine how to customize the user interface to perform a task
  • Determine how to author tasks in ArcGIS Pro
  • Given a scenario that requires an analysis, determine the workflow, data, tools, settings, and parameters to perform the analysis

Software

A qualified candidate should be familiar with following software:

  • ArcGIS Desktop (ArcCatalog 10.5, ArcMap 10.5 and ArcGIS Pro 1.4)
  • ArcGIS Spatial Analyst extension
  • ArcGIS Network Analyst extension
  • ArcGIS 3D Analyst extension
  • ArcGIS Online
  • ArcGIS Enterprise 10.5
  • Python 2.7 and 3.5

Exam Details

Number of questions: 80
Certification code: EADP105
Exam duration: 2 Hours
Exam type: Multiple choice, multiple select
Published date: June 2017
Exam state: Available to public