Exam Domains

1 AI Workload Monitoring and Observability 20%

2 Performance Tuning and Bottleneck Analysis on NVIDIA GPUs 25%

3 Troubleshooting and Debugging AI Pipelines 20%

4 Automation, Orchestration, and MLOps Best Practices 15%

5 Security, Compliance, and Cost Optimization for AI 20%

Exam Details

Question TypesMultiple Choice, Hands-on Lab/Project Review

FormatOnline labs + project for DLI; proctored exam for NCP levels

Online ProctoringAvailable

ID RequirementsGovernment-issued photo ID for proctored exams. NVIDIA account required for DLI platform and certification records.

RenewalRequired -- Recertification every 2 years via continuing education, new exam, or updated training. NVIDIA regularly updates portfolio for new hardware (Blackwell, etc.) and software (CUDA 12+, TensorRT-LLM).

Retake PolicyVaries by exam level. DLI projects can often be resubmitted after feedback.

LanguagesEnglish

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