Study Databricks DA-ASSOC Data Intelligence Platform: key concepts, common traps, and exam decision cues.
This chapter establishes the Databricks nouns the rest of the exam assumes you already understand. If platform components, governed objects, and Marketplace roles blur together, later query, dashboard, and security questions become harder than they should be.
| Lesson | Focus |
|---|---|
| 1.1 Core & Governance | Learn which Databricks platform components matter most to an analyst and why Unity Catalog and Databricks SQL sit at the center of this exam. |
| 1.2 Catalog & Marketplace | Learn how catalogs, schemas, tables, views, lineage, certified data, and Marketplace fit into governed analytics workflow. |
| If the question is really about… | Go first to… |
|---|---|
| what the Databricks platform components actually do | 1.1 Core & Governance |
| Catalog Explorer, certified datasets, managed versus external objects, or Marketplace | 1.2 Catalog & Marketplace |