Examen: Spring Certified Professional (EDU-1202)

Exam Details

Spring Professional exam is a 50-multiple-choice exam, with a passing score of 76% correctness. (In other words, you must answer 38 or more questions correctly.) Candidates are given 90 minutes to complete the exam, which includes adequate time to complete the exam for non-native English speakers.

Exam Delivery

This is a proctored exam delivered through Pearson VUE. For more information, visit the Pearson VUE website.

Certification Information

For details and a complete list of requirements and recommendations for attainment, please reference the VMware Education Services – Certification website.

Minimally Qualified Candidate

The minimally qualified candidate (MQC) has both a strong conceptual understanding on Spring framework and programming experience. One way to prepare for the exam is to take 4-day Core Spring training.

Exam Sections 

The exam is made of the following sections below:

Section 1-1 – Container, Dependency, and IOC

Section 1-2 – Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOC)

Section 1-3 – Data Management: JDBC, Transactions

Section 1-4 – Spring Data JPA

Section 1-5 – Spring MVC Basics

Section 1-6 – Spring MVC REST

Section 1-7 – Security

Section 1-8 – Testing

Section 1-9 – Spring Boot Basics

Section 1-10 – Spring Boot Auto Configuration

Section 1-11 – Spring Boot Actuator

Section 1-12 – Spring Boot Testing