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Machine Learning Engineer Associate / STUDY TOOLS

Exam coverage map

MLA-C02 is the updated beta track announced for September 2026. English MLA-C01 testing ended 28 September 2026; some other languages retain C01 during the beta period. Confirm the booked language/version before using this guide.

Published objectives

Objective Revision topic
1.1 · Collect and store data 01 The ML Lifecycle and MLOps, 02 Ingestion, Streaming and Transformation, 08 Feature Engineering, Training and Experimentation
1.2 · Perform data transformation, feature engineering, and pre-processing 01 The ML Lifecycle and MLOps, 08 Feature Engineering, Training and Experimentation
1.3 · Validate data quality and manage bias 01 The ML Lifecycle and MLOps, 06 Evaluation and Responsible AI, 08 Feature Engineering, Training and Experimentation
2.1 · Choose appropriate modeling approaches for ML and AI solutions 01 The ML Lifecycle and MLOps, 03 Foundation Models and Generative AI
2.2 · Train, fine-tune, and customize models for ML and AI solutions 04 Prompt Engineering, RAG and Fine-Tuning, 08 Feature Engineering, Training and Experimentation
2.3 · Analyze and evaluate the performance of ML and AI systems 06 Evaluation and Responsible AI, 08 Feature Engineering, Training and Experimentation
3.1 · Manage deployment infrastructure for ML and AI model types 03 Foundation Models and Generative AI, 09 Model Deployment, Pipelines and Production Monitoring
3.2 · Provision and configure resources for ML and AI workloads based on existing architecture and requirements 09 Model Deployment, Pipelines and Production Monitoring
3.3 · Implement automated orchestration and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines for MLOps and AI workloads 09 Model Deployment, Pipelines and Production Monitoring
4.1 · Monitor ML and AI model inference and performance 06 Evaluation and Responsible AI, 09 Model Deployment, Pipelines and Production Monitoring
4.2 · Optimize and manage ML and AI infrastructure costs and performance 03 Foundation Models and Generative AI, 09 Model Deployment, Pipelines and Production Monitoring
4.3 · Secure ML and AI workloads and model endpoints 07 AI Security, Privacy and Governance, 09 Model Deployment, Pipelines and Production Monitoring

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