The IBM DB2 Certification Program

Marketplace Acceptance of DB2 Certification Millions of DB2 users and thousands of certified professionals worldwide Now is the time to get certified. You should know: Gartner Dataquest projects a compound annual growth rate of just under 6 percent for the database market through 2009. The US Department of Labor reports that employment for database specialists will grow much faster than the average occupation through 2014. (http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos042.htm) Certification Magazine rated DB2 one of the ‘Top Ten’ IT specialty certifications, the only database that made the list. (Cert mag, “Certification Top 10 Lists Revisited”, Ed Title, Nov 06, pg 25)

IBM Certified Database Associate – DB2 9 Fundamentals Test # / Name 730 – DB2 9 Fundamentals Test Duration 90 minutes Passing Score 59% Job Role / Target Audience The database associate should have an in-depth knowledge of: Basic to intermediate tasks required in day-to-day administration Basic SQL (Structured Query Language), How to create databases and database objects Basic knowledge of database security and transaction isolation Prerequisite Test None Test Objective / Skills Measured on Test 64 multiple choice questions Planning (14%) Security (11%) Working with Databases and Database Objects (17%) Working with DB2 Data using SQL (23.5%) Working with DB2 Tables, Views and Indexes (23.5%) Data Concurrency (11%) Recommended Educational Resources ibm.com/certify/tests/edu730.shtml Free Self-study Tutorial ibm.com/developerworks/offers/lp/db2cert/db2-cert730.html?S_TACT=105AGX19&S_CMP=db2certlp

IBM Certified DBA - DB2 9 for LUW Test # / Name 731 – DB2 9 for LUW Database Administration Test Duration 90 minutes Passing Score 59% Job Role / Target Audience The database administrator should have an in-depth knowledge of: DB2 9 Performing the intermediate to advanced skills required in the day-to-day administration of DB2 instances and databases Prerequisite Test 730 Test Objective / Skills Measured on Test 69 multiple choice questions DB2 Server Management (20.5%) Data Placement (17.5%) Database Access (11.5%) Monitoring DB2 Activity (13%) DB2 Utilities (14.5%) High Availability (14.5%) Security (8.5%) Recommended Educational Resources ibm.com/certify/tests/edu731.shtml Free Self-study Tutorial ibm.com/developerworks/offers/lp/db2cert/db2-cert731.html?S_TACT=105AGX19&S_CMP=ZHP

IBM Certified Advanced DBA - DB2 9 for LUW Test # / Name 734 – DB2 9 for LUW Advanced Database Administration Test Duration 90 minutes Passing Score 64% Job Role / Target Audience The database administrator should have an in-depth knowledge of: DB2 9 performing advanced tasks such as performance, high availability, and networking Prerequisite Tests 730 and 731 Test Objective / Skills Measured on Test 51 multiple choice questions Database Design (14%) Data Partitioning and Design (15%) High Availability and Diagnostics (20%) Performance and Scalability (30%) Security (8%) Connectivity and Networking (10%) Recommended Educational Resources http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/tests/edu734.shtml

IBM Certified Application Developer – DB2 9 Test # / Name 733 - DB2 9 Application Development Test Duration 90 minutes Passing Score 55% Job Role / Target Audience The database developer should have an in-depth knowledge of: All common programming tasks Embedded SQL programming, ODBC/CLI programming, or Java programming Prerequisite Test 730 Test Objective / Skills Measured on Test 70 multiple choice questions Database objects and Programming Methods (16%) Data Manipulation (26%) XML Data Manipulation (10%) Embedded SQL Programming (4%) ODBC/CLI Programming (4%) .NET Programming (7%) Java Programming (7%) Advanced Programming (14%) User Defined Routines (12%) Recommended Educational Resources http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/tests/edu733.shtml Free Self-study Tutorial http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/offers/lp/db2cert/db2-cert733.html?S_TACT=105AGX11&S_CMP=sum

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