1.1 About the UiPath-ADPv1 Exam: Format, Fees & Policies
Key Takeaways
Exam UiPath-ADPv1 lasts 120 minutes, requires 70% to pass, and costs US$300 plus tax per attempt at Pearson VUE.
The credential is valid for 3 years and has no prerequisite certification.
UiPath's January 2026 exam description (v1.1) covers product versions 2024.10 and later and does not publish a question count.
Question formats include multiple choice with scenarios, graphics, or code, plus drag and drop and simulation-based items.
After a failed attempt you wait 2 weeks for the first retake and 1 month between later retakes, paying the full fee each time.
1.1 About the UiPath Automation Developer Professional Exam
Quick Answer: The UiPath Certified Professional Automation Developer Professional credential is earned by passing exam UiPath-ADPv1. It is a 120-minute proctored exam delivered by Pearson VUE, with a 70% passing score and a fee of US$300 plus tax per attempt. The credential is valid for 3 years. There is no prerequisite certification. UiPath's January 2026 exam description (version 1.1) says the exam covers product versions 2024.10 and later, and it does not publish the number of questions.
This guide is independent preparation material by OpenExamPrep. It follows the topic list in UiPath's own exam description document, and each chapter points to the official UiPath documentation you should practice with.
Exam Facts at a Glance
| Detail | Current official information |
|---|---|
| Credential | UiPath Certified Professional Automation Developer Professional |
| Exam number and title | UiPath-ADPv1, UiPath Automation Developer Professional Exam |
| Exam description in force | Version 1.1, January 2026 |
| Product versions covered | UiPath 2024.10 and later |
| Duration | 120 minutes |
| Passing score | 70% |
| Fee | US$300 plus tax per attempt (Professional-level price) |
| Validity | 3 years from the date you earn the credential |
| Prerequisite | None |
| Number of questions | Not published in the exam description |
| Delivery | Pearson VUE test center or OnVUE online proctoring |
| Languages | English and Japanese |
UiPath notes that some score reports show an internal exam code with a legacy suffix, such as "2023.10". That code is only for exam administration and does not mean the exam tests the 2023.10 product version.
Who the Exam Is For
UiPath describes the Minimally Qualified Candidate as someone with:
- 12 or more months of experience as an Automation Developer,
- formal training at an advanced level, preferably, with extensive hands-on experience, and
- the technical skill to design and build complex automations independently, especially in the Robotic Enterprise Framework (REFramework).
Target roles include Automation Developers, Solution Architects, Automation Architects, Solution Designers, and Automation Engineers. The recommended hands-on experience is end-to-end process development, code reviews, hypercare support, maintenance, writing and reviewing specifications, and fixing production bugs.
Question Types and Scoring
The UiPath Certified Professional FAQ lists the question formats used across its exams:
- Multiple choice, including straightforward questions, scenario-based questions, questions with graphics, graphics as answer choices, and code as answer choices.
- Drag and drop, which tests your understanding of a process or sequence.
- Simulation-based items, with active screens that emulate UiPath Studio or Orchestrator displays.
Lab-based questions on a virtual machine are used only for the Infrastructure Engineer Professional exams, not for this one.
Your score is the number of correct answers divided by the total number of questions presented, times 100. The score report also shows a percentage for each exam section. Those section scores help you find weak areas, but the pass or fail decision depends only on your total score.
Scheduling, Retakes, and Test-Day Rules
| Policy | What UiPath and Pearson VUE state |
|---|---|
| Scheduling | Register and pay on the Pearson VUE UiPath page; vouchers from the UiPath voucher store are valid for 12 months |
| Reschedule or cancel | At least 48 hours before the appointment, or the fee is forfeited |
| First retake | Wait 2 weeks after a failed attempt |
| Later retakes | Wait 1 month between each further attempt |
| Retake fee | The full exam fee is due for every attempt |
| Breaks | Not allowed once the exam begins |
| Notes and materials | No reference material, notes, or calculators; comments typed into the exam are sent to UiPath as feedback |
Taking a retake sooner than the policy allows counts as exam fraud under UiPath's rules. So does using sites that sell real exam questions.
Important
If you still hold the retired Advanced RPA Developer (UiARD) credential, UiPath states that it expires in October 2026 (the certification page gives October 15, 2026). Passing UiPath-ADPv1 is the current route to a valid developer credential at this level.
Official Resources
- UiPath certifications page, with links to each exam description
- UiPath Certified Professional FAQ, covering fees, retakes, question types, and scoring
- Pearson VUE UiPath page for scheduling
- UiPath Academy certifications for the Automation Developer Professional training plan and the free practice test
- UiPath documentation, which the exam description lists as a training option alongside the learning plan
The free official practice test uses a fixed set of questions. UiPath warns that repeating it until you score well does not guarantee a similar score on the real exam, so use it to find gaps rather than to memorize answers.
A candidate fails UiPath-ADPv1 on March 1 and wants to retake it as soon as the policy allows. After failing again, when is the earliest third attempt?
Second attempt from March 15; third attempt at least one month after the second attempt.
Second attempt the next day; third attempt one week later.
Second attempt after 30 days; third attempt after another 90 days.
Second and third attempts are free and can be booked immediately.
Which statement about UiPath-ADPv1 scoring is correct?
Each exam section must be passed with at least 70% on its own.
The exam uses scaled scores from 100 to 1,000 with 700 required to pass.
Only simulation items count toward the pass or fail result.
The pass or fail result depends on the total percentage of correct answers; section percentages are shown only for feedback.
A score report shows an internal exam code ending in "2023.10". What does UiPath say this means?
The candidate was mistakenly given the retired 2023.10 exam and must retest.
It is an internal administration code and does not indicate the product version tested; the current description covers 2024.10 and later.
The credential is valid only for UiPath 2023.10 deployments.
The candidate must renew the credential after the 2023.10 product reaches end of life.
Sections you finish are checked off in the contents.