Exam Objectives Teradata 12 Certification Track

Use the convenient matrix as a reference to Teradata 12 Certification exam objectives and requirements. A
suggested range of experience and recommended Teradata courses are included for your reference. Click
each exam title to view exam topics for each Teradata 12 exam.
Suggested Experience

Required Exams

Teradata 12 Certified Professional

Baseline Certifications
Baseline certifications are the
foundation of the Teradata 12
Certification Track. These
certifications reflect a strong
grasp on Teradata
fundamentals in the areas of
key concepts, distinguishing
features and market
discriminators, Teradata SQL,
and physical design and
implementation. Baseline
certifications serve as
prerequisites to the more
advanced job role exams that
lead to higher level
certifications.

Recommended Teradata Courses

TE0-121 - Teradata 12 Basics

Introduction to the Teradata Database

1 Exam must be passed first

Teradata 12 Certified Technical Specialist

TE0-121 - Teradata 12 Basics

TE0-122 - Teradata 12 SQL
TE0-123 - Teradata 12 Physical Design
and Implementation

3 Exams to be passed in sequential order

Introduction to the Teradata Database

Teradata SQL
Advanced Teradata SQL
Physical Database Design
Physical Database Tuning

A range of 6 months to 2
years practical experience is
suggested.

Teradata 12 Certified Database Administrator

Job Role Certifications

Teradata 12 job role

certification levels are
considered the premier
Teradata certifications.
Individuals certified at job
role levels are equipped to
demonstrate proficiency that
extends beyond baseline
certification levels into job
role functionality critical to
the operation of a Teradata
Database.
A range of 2 to 3 years
practical experience is
suggested.

TE0-121 - Teradata 12 Basics

TE0-122 - Teradata 12 SQL
TE0-123 - Teradata 12 Physical Design
and Implementation
TE0-124 - Teradata 12 Database
Administration

4 Exams to be passed in sequential order

Introduction to the Teradata Database

Teradata SQL
Advanced Teradata SQL
Physical Database Design
Physical Database Tuning
Teradata Application Utilities
Teradata Warehouse Management
Teradata Warehouse Administration

Teradata 12 Certified Solutions Developer

TE0-121 - Teradata 12
TE0-122 - Teradata 12
TE0-123 - Teradata 12
and Implementation
TE0-125 - Teradata 12
Development

Basics
SQL
Physical Design
Solutions

4 Exams to be passed in sequential order

Introduction to the Teradata Database

Teradata SQL
Advanced Teradata SQL
Physical Database Design
Physical Database Tuning
Teradata Application Utilities
Teradata Application Design and
Development

Teradata 12 Certified Enterprise Architect

TE0-121 - Teradata 12
TE0-122 - Teradata 12
TE0-123 - Teradata 12
and Implementation
TE0-125 - Teradata 12
Development
TE0-126 - Teradata 12
Architecture

Basics
SQL
Physical Design
Solutions
Enterprise

5 Exams to be passed in sequential order

Teradata 12 Exam Objectives June 2014

Introduction to the Teradata Database

Teradata SQL
Advanced Teradata SQL
Physical Database Design
Physical Database Tuning
Teradata Application Utilities
Teradata Warehouse Management
Teradata Warehouse Administration
Teradata Application Design and
Development

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Suggested Experience

Required Exams

Teradata 12 Certified Master

Mastery Certification
The elite Teradata 12 Certified
Master credential may be
earned by Teradata Certified
individuals who have achieved
all Teradata 12 baseline and
job role certifications. Ideal
candidates have 5 or more
years of practical experience
as well as theoretical and
applied knowledge about
Teradata SQL, physical design
and implementation, database
administration, solutions
development, and enterprise
architecture; plus the ability
to work effectively within
diverse architectural
environments, to teach and
mentor others, and to provide
thought leadership on
Teradata technology.

Recommended Teradata Courses

TE0-121 through TE0-126: Successful

completion of all exams and certifications
Plus:
TE0-127 - Teradata 12 Comprehensive
Mastery

Teradata 12 Certified Database

Administrator
Teradata 12 Certified Enterprise
Architect

7 Exams to be passed in sequential order*

*Path for V2R5 Certified Masters (only):

TE0-12Q - Teradata 12 Qualifying Exam

for V2R5 Masters (required to complete
before TE0-127)
Plus:

TE0-127 - Teradata 12 Comprehensive

Mastery

All Recommended Teradata Courses for

the Teradata 12 job role certifications:

5+ years hands-on experience highly

recommended

A minimum 5 years of
practical experience is highly
suggested.

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The Teradata 12 exams include the following topics:

TE0-121 Teradata 12 Basics Exam
Topics include:

Teradata Product Overview

Processing Types and Characteristics
Data Warehouse Architectures
Relational Database Concepts
Teradata RDBMS Components and Architecture
Database Managed Storage
Data Access Mechanics
Data Availability Features
Teradata Tools and Utilities
Workload Management
Security and Privacy

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TE0-122 Teradata 12 SQL Exam

Topics include:

Teradata Extensions
Data Definition Language (DDL)
Data Manipulation Language (DML)
Data Control Language (DCL)
Views and Macros
Logical and Conditional Expressions
Data Conversions and Computations
CASE Expressions
Subqueries and Correlated Subqueries
Joins
Attribute and String Functions
Set Operations
Analytical Functions
Time/Date/Timestamp/Intervals (ANSI vs. TERADATA)
Stored Procedures Concepts
Aggregations
SQL Optimization Concepts
Advanced SQL Concepts

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TE0-123 Teradata 12 Physical Design and Implementation Exam

Topics include:

Physical Database Design Overview

Table Attributes
Column Attributes
Statistics
Primary Indexes
Secondary Indexes
Other Index Considerations
Transaction Isolation
Physical Database Operations
Teradata Query Analysis
Database Space Management

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TE0-124 Teradata 12 Database Administration Exam

Topics include:

System Software Setup and Parameters

User and Security Management
Session Management
Load and Extract
System Administration Tools
System Workload Analysis and Management
Performance Optimization
Capacity Management and Planning
Business Continuity
Object Maintenance

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TE0-125 Teradata 12 Solutions Development Exam

Topics include:

The solutions development process: data integration and access, performance analysis tools,
and data model characteristics
Solutions development considerations: physical design, data integration, data access
performance, partitioning, security, privacy, and APIs.
The solutions development planning process: capacity, security, and data warehouse
administration planning, and analyzing solution performance metrics
Solutions development strategies: advanced SQL functions, table selection, transaction
mode, coding constructs, transaction types, NULL processing, and recursive queries
Data integration strategies: load utilities, export options, load strategies, referential
integrity, and locking.
Solutions optimization: performance improvement, statistics collection, secondary and join
indexes, understanding EXPLAINs, and Load utility performance.

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TE0-126 Teradata 12 Enterprise Architecture Exam

Topics include:

General concepts
System Planning and Space Management
Optimization
Data Integration (data source to database target)
Data Protection
Data Governance
Information Delivery Strategies

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TE0-12Q Teradata 12 Qualifying Exam for V2R5 Masters

Topics include:

Basics
o centrally located architectures vs. physically distributed architectures, such as an
appliance
o star schema vs. third normal form
o non-partitioned vs. single level vs. multi-level partitioned tables
o benefits of PPI, MLPPI
o benefits of join indexes
o node failover

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ANSI vs. Teradata mode in the areas of transaction protocol, defaults, conversions,
and table creation
use of aliasing in table joins
evaluation order of various join types
joining partitioned tables
formatting options for internationalization of data types
UNION vs. UNION ALL
Window Aggregate functions
use of Timestamp in expressions
use of Intervals in expressions
extended GROUP BY operators
TOP N vs. SAMPLE
effect of dropping or altering a partition
use of CREATE TABLE AS
correctly written SELECT statement
use of ANSI MERGE INTO and UPDATE (upsert processing)
change a user's role
use a locking modifier in a view or macro
IN and NOT IN logical predicate
explicit and implicit data type conversion
SQL statement for a correlated subquery
use of a derived table

Physical Design and Implementation

o interpret DBQL output
o determine columns for compression
o ALTER a table vs. CREATE a new table
o use ALTER table on PPI tables
o tuning options that minimize table fragmentation
o performance considerations of Referential Integrity
o converting a UNICODE value to Latin
o identify columns for statistics collection

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when does Random AMP sampling occur

when to use multi-column statistics
when to use PPIs and MLPPIs
when to use NUSIs
when to use STJIs and Multi-table Join Indexes
conflicting locks in a multi-statement request
explain partial value searches and data conversions on index utilization
identify if skew on processing will occur

Database Administration
o ctl/xctl functionality
o identify the outcome of partition maintenance
o recovery implications of user defined functions, table functions, user defined types,
and stored procedures
o actions taken using object use count
o granting access rights
o use of Roles in relation to security management
o use of Profiles
o steps to solve session management problems
o identify use in a shared userid scenario
o unique features of Teradata Parallel Transporter
o how to control utility limits
o tools/resources to determine the cause of system bottleneck
o ResUsage tables to use for problem identification
o Priority Scheduler relative weights
o distinguish between Teradata Dynamic Workload Manager (TDWM) features
o use of extrapolated and propagated statistics
o given a scenario, identify columns to collect statistics on
o characteristics of a well-performing tactical query
o potential solutions to capacity shortages
o features and functions of Online Archive
o features and functions of Partition Archive and Restore

Solutions Development
o select an effective data integration approach based on application requirements
o select an effective data access approach based on differing application requirements
o contrast the update processes for event driven, active data warehouse, and BI
environments, and identify their impact on development choices
o implement and manage application security and privacy
o impact of row and set manipulation requests on application performance and on
developer choices
o correlate BI solution development choices with data access performance
o role of partitioning with respect to data integration
o behavior of an identity column
o resources to analyze solution performance metrics that can also be used during
testing
o use of triggers
o recursive query performance issues
o compare Ordered Analytic Functions
o multi-statement request vs. multi-statement transaction

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identify the result of outer joins

impact of NULL processing on a result set
effect of Teradata Parallel Transporter parameters
eliminate unwanted duplicate rows from a multi-set table
locking impact caused by the different load utilities
components for a dual system architecture
describe the operation of a join plan
use EXPLAIN to improve performance
use Collect Statistics to improve performance
use join indexes to improve performance
given a scenario with table definitions, SQL, and data demographics, identify the
best performing partitioning definition

Enterprise Architecture
o use Teradata workload management to satisfy service level agreements
o capacity factors to consider prior to promoting an application into production
o given a scenario, determine the appropriate system hardware configuration
o given a scenario, identify the potential system and application availability
characteristics including active data warehousing that can affect a database
architecture
o options to improve slow-running query
o balance and reserve system resources for a heavily loaded system
o determine the inputs necessary to establish a query management and workload
policy
o determine the effects of database optimization techniques including those on tables
or indexes
o ETL vs. ELT design
o identify the appropriate approach for data movement
o use of surrogate keys
o use the LDM to design an integrated data architecture
o choose the appropriate indexes by converting a LDM to an Extended LDM
o methods to meet privacy requirements
o methods to meet user access auditing requirements
o benefits of data governance [on a growing enterprise data warehouse environment
o distinguish between in-database analytics, external processing, ROLAP technology, or
External Cube technology
o optimization techniques for a high-volume tactical workload
o manage tactical workloads to meet SLAs
o effects of embedded (nested) views

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TE0-127 Teradata 12 Comprehensive Mastery Exam

NOTE: 5+ years hands-on experience highly recommended
Topics include:

Workload Management
o TASM system level events

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workloads, exception rules, throttles, Priority Scheduler

CPU allocation and utilization
AWT exhaustion

Performance Management and Query Optimization

evaluating query performance and implementing performance optimizations, including use
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statistics collection
DBQL
indexing strategies

Database Design
o converting logical model to physical model
o indexes (PI, SI, JI, AJI, etc.)
o partitioning (PPI and MLPPI)

Configuration Management and Capacity Planning

o estimating resource requirements for an application
o evaluating system resource consumption
o estimating the impact of system expansion

Data Availability and Security

implement strategies for
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data privacy
data protection, data availability

Application Integration and Optimization

o data access methodology
o integrating new application into existing system
o evaluating semantic layer

Data Management and Integration

implement strategies for

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data load
operational metadata capture
data governance
data integrity improvement

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