About the exam

Key Information

Exam Name: Acquia Certified Back end Specialist - Drupal 8

Exam Duration: 90 minutes

Exam length: 60 questions

Pass/Fail mark: 70%

About the exam

The purpose of the Acquia Certified Back end Specialist (D8) exam is to validate the skills and knowledge of a Drupal Developer in the area of Back end Development (Coding). This exam is based on the Drupal 8 platform.

The Drupal 8 Back-end Specialist Certification exam can be taken in a testing center, or in your office, provided certain environmental details can be guaranteed (such as a webcam on the testing computer). Do not be discouraged if you do not pass the exam the first time. Many do not.

This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:

• Design, develop and deploy Drupal 8 based solutions focusing on back end topics

• Understand the core Drupal 8 basic architecture and best practices for site building and code development

• Develop and implement new Drupal 8 modules

• Customize and extend existing Drupal 8 modules

The basic knowledge and skills required include the following areas and objective components.

• Professional experience using Drupal 8 technology

• Setup and configuration of Drupal 8 sites

• Developing new or customizing existing modules

• Knowledge in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/JQuery and Object Oriented PHP

Learn more about the Acquia Certification Program at https://acquia.com/certification