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OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA)
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OTCA includes two exam attempts within the 12-month eligibility window.
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13 chapters covering the exam topics in this guide
Chapter 1: Exam Overview & Observability Foundations
3 sections
Chapter 2: Semantic Conventions & Instrumentation Strategy
3 sections
Chapter 3: OpenTelemetry Architecture & The Data Model
4 sections
Chapter 4: Distributed Tracing & Context Propagation
3 sections
Chapter 5: OpenTelemetry Metrics API & Instruments
3 sections
Chapter 6: Logs Data Model & Logging Bridge API
2 sections
Chapter 7: SDK Pipelines, Processors & Exporters
3 sections
Chapter 8: Sampling Strategies, SDK Configuration & Agents
4 sections
Chapter 9: OpenTelemetry Collector Architecture & Pipelines
3 sections
Chapter 10: Collector Components: Receivers, Processors & Exporters
3 sections
Chapter 11: Data Transformation & The OpenTelemetry Transformation Language (OTTL)
3 sections
Chapter 12: Collector Deployment, Scaling & Resilience
3 sections
Chapter 13: Maintaining, Debugging & Schema Evolution
3 sections
OTCA Exam Details
OpenTelemetry Certified Associate (OTCA)
Administered by The Linux Foundation / CNCF
Exam Content Breakdown
Based on the official The Linux Foundation / CNCF content outline
Official competencies: Data Model; Composability and Extension; Configuration; Signals (Tracing, Metric, Log); SDK Pipelines; Context Propagation; Agents.
Official competencies: Configuration; Deployment; Scaling; Pipelines; Transforming Data.
Official competencies: Telemetry Data; Semantic Conventions; Instrumentation; Analysis and Outcomes.
Official competencies: Context Propagation; Debugging Pipelines; Error Handling; Schema Management.
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