ArcGIS Desktop Associate (EADA 19-001)
The ArcGIS Desktop Associate (EADA 19-001) validates your proficiency in ArcGIS concepts and processes to workflows. This certification is intended for individuals having at least two years of applied experience in working on the ArcGIS platform. This certification exam will demonstrate your knowledge and help you gain expertise in visualizing, managing, and analyzing geospatial data on the ArcGIS platform.
Recommended Knowledge
Candidates seeking to take the ArcGIS Desktop Associate (EADA 19-001) certification exam should be familiar with the following tools –
- ArcGIS Pro
- ArcGIS Online
- ArcGIS Enterprise
- ArcGIS Apps for the Field
Exam Result
Your Exam results will be made available to you within 5 to 10 days after taking the ArcGIS Desktop Associate (EADA 19-001) exam on the scheduled date. You must note that the result will not provide numerical scores that you’ve achieved in the exam. The result will show a score report illustrating a section level analysis of your performance. However such score reports showing section-level analysis are not available for specialty exams. In that case you will only receive a notification of your performance.
Exam Retake Policy
Candidates are allowed only three exam attempts per live exam version. No extra retake fee is to be paid. The price of core-exams, including retakes, is $250 USD and the price of specialty exams, including retakes, is $150 USD. Candidates must wait for a minimum of fourteen (14) days after the scheduled exam date, before becoming eligible for a second attempt. In case the candidate fails in the second attempt, then he must wait for ninety (90) days before taking the exam for the third time.
Exam Details
Check out the ArcGIS Desktop Associate EADA 19-001 Interview Questions to prepare for the interview.
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Course Outline
The ArcGIS Desktop Associate exam topics include:
Data Management [35%]
- Comparison and contrast between various types of vector and raster datasets supported in ArcGIS (ESRI Reference: Managing Geospatial Data in ArcGIS)
- Application of appropriate coordinate systems to preserve the desired spatial properties (ESRI Reference: ArcGIS Pro Basics)
- Determining how to migrate data to a file geodatabase, feature class, or table. (ESRI Reference: Getting Started with ArcGIS Pro)
- Application of spatial and attribute data validation. (ESRI Reference: Getting Started with Data Management)
- Determining the use of the ArcGIS Platform components and geodatabase types in managing data. (ESRI Reference: ArcGIS Apps for the Field: An Introduction)
- Determining appropriate existing geodatabase elements to use (ESRI Reference: Geodatabase design steps)
- Managing raster, tabular, and vector data. (ESRI Reference: Managing Raster Data Using ArcGIS)
- Managing metadata and item details (ESRI Reference: What is metadata?)
Data Manipulation [17%]
- Using the ArcGIS platform’s editing functionality in creating, modifying, and deleting 2D and 3D data. (ESRI Reference: Editing 3D Features Using ArcGIS Pro)
- Resolving the root cause of data alignment problems (ESRI Reference: Creating and Editing Data with ArcGIS Pro)
- Application of SQL query. (ESRI Reference: Editing Basics in ArcGIS Pro)
- Determining how to repair the link between a layer and its data source (ESRI Reference: Integrating Data in ArcGIS Pro)
- Troubleshooting data anomalies with tabular and vector data (ESRI Reference: Querying Data Using ArcGIS Pro)
Visualization [14%]
- Identifying how to control coordinate system and geographic transformation in ArcGIS Desktop (ESRI Reference: Getting Started with Mapping and Visualization)
- Managing layer properties (ESRI Reference: Setting layer properties)
- Determining how to visualize temporal, ranged, or 3D data (ESRI Reference: Working with Temporal Data in ArcGIS)
Sharing [14%]
- Identifying how to export data, maps, and scenes to different formats (ESRI Reference: Supported Formats)
- Choosing how to share content across the ArcGIS Platform (ESRI Reference: Enable location-based insights and data-driven decisions)
- Identifying the purpose of metadata, item description, and other properties for sharing (ESRI Reference: Create and Manage Metadata in ArcGIS Pro)
- Determining how to create and manage map layouts and map books (ESRI Reference: Sharing Maps and Layers with ArcGIS Pro
Analysis and Geoprocessing [20%]
- Comparing the functionality of table joins and relates, relationship classes, and spatial joins (ESRI Reference: Getting Started with Spatial Analysis)
- Determining the appropriate geoprocessing tool to use (ESRI Reference: Introduction to Space-Time Analysis)
- Using tasks, batch processing, models, or scripts to execute a complex workflow (ESRI Reference: Python for Everyone)
- Identifying analysis tools available from the connected portal (ESRI Reference: Python Scripting for Geoprocessing Workflows)
- Applying raster functions for raster processing (ESRI Reference: Creating Python Scripts for Raster Analysis)
ArcGIS Desktop Associate 19-001 Study Guide
Study Guide
The ArcGIS Desktop Associate 19-001 Study Guide offered by Eris Academy aims at enhancing your knowledge and experience in the ArcGIS Platform. This study guide will let you gain a deeper insight into the objectives of the ArcGIS Desktop Associate 19-001.
Instructor-led Training
The Esri Academy has designed two instructor-led training programs for the ones seeking to take the ArcGIS Desktop Associate Exam. These instructor-led training aims to enhance the knowledge of candidates in the ArcGIS platform, enabling them to get familiar with their roles as an ArcGIS Desktop Associate.
1- Introduction to GIS Using ArcGIS
The Introduction to GIS Using ArcGIS training program will train you in the fundamental concepts underlying the GIS technology and geographic data. With this training candidates will attain experience in using GIS maps in visualizing and exploring real-world features. You will also gain knowledge in analyzing data in answering questions and creating new information, and also sharing maps, data, and other resources for there access throughout your organization.
Goals of this Instructor-led Training
- Identifying appropriate data in supporting a mapping project
- Creating maps, adding data to it, and symbolizing map features to support the map’s purpose
- Sharing data, maps, and other content to an organizational portal
- Performing spatial analysis in obtaining information about map features within an area of interest
2 – Migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro
The Migrating from ArcMap to ArcGIS Pro training includes the use of faster tools and integrated 2D and 3D capabilities, in streamlining your GIS projects, using ArcGIS Pro. This course trains you to become an experienced ArcMap user. You will gain command of the essential ArcGIS Pro terminology and its concepts. Moreover, you’ll be able to efficiently complete a variety of tasks that are related to mapping, editing, analyzing, and sharing geospatial data and resources.
Goals of this Instructor-led Training
- Creating an ArcGIS Pro project and importing map documents and 3D scenes
- Creating and modifying map symbology and layouts
- Importing a Geoprocessing model and identifying potential migration issues
- Sharing Geospatial resources to an ArcGIS Online organizational site or on-premises ArcGIS portal
Books
The Esri Academy provides reference books that can be helpful while studying for the exam. These books contain various useful resources to get a deeper insight into the exam objectives, and hence crack the test, and earn your certification. The two important books recommended by Eris Academy for the exam are –
- The ArcGIS Book: 10 Big Ideas about Applying The Science of Where
- Getting to Know ArcGIS Pro, second edition
Join Online Forums
A healthy discussion is always beneficial, no matter where it is done. The same goes for online discussion forums. This is a nice way for the students to discuss their issues and get insights into how their competitors are going for the exams. One thing which is an advantage for anything that comes online is the scope of people joining it. An offline discussion is restricted to a small number of people, whereas online platforms can reach a wider range. The prospects of getting resolutions to an issue increase steeply when a greater number of people are involved.
Also, multiple viewpoints make the stuff more dynamic. These discussions make the studies more comprehensive. Introverts get a chance to express themselves, who might otherwise prefer staying out of discussions. Forums work really well to build a community that is essential for understanding others.
Practice Tests
Mistakes are inevitable, but surely, they can be limited. When it comes to exams, practice papers help a lot in limiting mistakes. Because mistakes made in practice papers can be easily avoided in the exam. Training the brain is very essential. ESRI Desktop Associate practice exam papers give that simulation in which the brain needs to get used to the actual exam. Other than knowledge, there are many factors that can affect your performance in the exam. These include confidence, speed, understanding the marking scheme, physical and mental alertness and concentration, and more. ESRI Desktop Associate practice exam tests help in all these aspects.
The more answers you get right in a practice paper, the more confident you’ll feel for the examination. Also, you will know exactly how much time and effort needs to be invested in a different section of the question paper. Your brain will get trained to be at its highest potential for the duration of the exam. All of these factors can make a huge difference. Remember, your result does not reflect how much you know, but how much you wrote. Talent can only be judged if it translates well in performance.