Acquia Drupal Certification Programme

In Drupal, which has a very rapid rise in the open source world, businesses may have problems with qualified Drupal experts. Unfortunately, international certification, which is valid in many fields, was not available in Drupal until today. A metric or certification that proves Drupal expertise and helps developers express themselves better has become a need for the Drupal world.

Drupal Acquia, the largest Drupal solutions provider in the world, has launched internationally recognised Drupal certification programmes to meet the needs of the industry.  The positive contribution of the Acquia certification programme to the development of Drupal in the world will accelerate the preference of corporate companies to Drupal.

If you are already an active Drupal developer, it will not be very difficult to pass this exam, but it is useful to review the content of the advanced trainings we provide in Drupal Trainings beforehand.

Professional Track: Acquia Certified Developer programme started in April 2014.

The certification is expected to make the following contributions to Drupal developers:

• You will prove your competence and expertise in Drupal.
• It will help you become more known in the industry, you will be in a much more advantageous position when a new programme and institutions are looking for a certified Drupal developer.
• You will have an internationally recognised certificate.

The entrance fee for the Drupal certification exam is 250 USD, you can apply for the exam here. The exam can be taken in exam centres where many certification exams are held around the world or online.  Acquia has some conditions for the certification exam, it is useful to read them beforehand.

Brief information about the exam;

• Exam name: Acquia Certified Developer
• Duration: 90 minutes
• Exam fee: 250$
• Number of questions: 60
• Passing grade (success level): 65
• Examination format: Multiple choice and multiple choice questions.

Examination Scope

Domain 1.0: Fundamental Web Development Concepts

1.1. Demonstrate knowledge of HTML and CSS 
1.2. Identify PHP programing concepts 
1.3. Identify JavaScript and jQuery programing concepts 
1.4. Demonstrate the use of Git for version control

Domain 2.0: Site Building

2.1 Demonstrate ability to create and configure Content Types with appropriate fields and field settings for building basic data structures 
2.2. Demonstrate ability to configure field display and view modes for content types 
2.3 Demonstrate ability to create and use Taxonomy vocabularies and terms for classification and organization of content 
2.4 Demonstrate ability to configure Blocks for building layouts from information widgets 
2.5 Demonstrate ability to build main and alternative navigation systems by using Menus 
2.6 Demonstrate ability to create and configure Views for building content list pages, blocks and feeds

Domain 3.0: Front end development (theming)

3.1 Given a scenario, demonstrate ability to create a custom theme or sub theme 
3.2 Demonstrate knowledge of theming concepts 
3.3 Demonstrate ability to build or override PHP templates for defining layout content 
3.4 Demonstrate ability to use theme () functions for overriding custom output 
3.5 Demonstrate ability to write template pre-process functions for overriding custom output

Domain 4.0: Back end development (coding)

4.1 Demonstrate ability to develop Custom Modules using Drupal API for extending Drupal functionality 
4.2 Demonstrate ability to work with Drupal's Database Abstraction Layer for managing tables and CRUD operations on data 
4.3 Demonstrate ability to debug code and troubleshoot site problems 
4.4 Demonstrate ability to write code using Drupal Coding Standards 
4.5 Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve site performance issues arising from site configuration and custom code 
4.6 Demonstrate ability to analyze and resolve security issues arising from site configuration and custom code