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Magento Magento-2-Associate-Developer Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Catalog, Checkout & Sales Customization | 15% | - ACL and admin menu configuration - Sales order and invoice processing - Catalog structure and product types - Checkout flow and quote management |
| Topic 2: Request Flow & Routing | 15% | - Indexing and URL rewriting - Frontend and admin routing - Controllers and response handling |
| Topic 3: Presentation Layer & UI Customization | 15% | - Themes and frontend assets - Blocks and ViewModels - Adminhtml UI components and grids - Layout XML and template hierarchy |
| Topic 4: Database & EAV Model | 20% | - Entity-Attribute-Value (EAV) architecture - Models, resource models, and collections - Extension attributes and custom attributes - Install/upgrade schema and data patches |
| Topic 5: Magento 2 Architecture & Customization Techniques | 35% | - Module structure and configuration - Plugins, events, and observers - Service contracts and API fundamentals - Dependency injection and object manager |
Magento 2 Certified Associate Developer Exam FAQ Hub
Registering for the Magento 2 Certified Associate Developer exam costs $195 USD, and you need 68% to pass. One detail worth remembering: a failed attempt is not discounted — retaking the exam means paying $195 USD again in full. Use the PracticeVCE test engine to benchmark yourself first; when your mock results consistently clear 68%, you are ready to book.
The Magento-2-Associate-Developer exam is Magento's official test for the Adobe Certified Professional - Magento Commerce Developer (formerly Magento 2 Certified Associate Developer) credential, a certification at the Associate / Professional level. Earning it tells employers your skills have been verified by the vendor itself, which carries real weight in hiring and promotion decisions. Within the same certification track, it sits alongside Magento 2 Certified Professional Developer, Magento 2 Certified Professional Front-End Developer, Adobe Certified Expert - Magento Commerce Developer, so it can also serve as a stepping stone toward those credentials.
Magento divides the Magento 2 Certified Associate Developer exam into 5 domains. The largest ones are Catalog, Checkout & Sales Customization at 15%, Request Flow & Routing at 15%, Magento 2 Architecture & Customization Techniques at 35% — together these account for the bulk of your score, so start there. The complete domain-by-domain outline appears in the exam topics section above on this page.
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You will face 60 questions in 90 minutes on the Magento 2 Certified Associate Developer exam. Do the math and the per-question budget is tight, which is why pacing drills matter as much as content review. Our advice: take two or three full timed mocks in the PracticeVCE engine before the real thing, and practice skipping a stubborn question instead of burning five minutes on it.
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Formal training teaches the syllabus; then the 105 practice questions from PracticeVCE show you whether that knowledge holds up under real exam conditions.
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Basic PHP/object-oriented programming, MySQL, HTML/CSS/JS; recommended 6–12 months hands-on Magento 2 experience Eligibility rules are set by Magento and do change from time to time, so double-check the latest requirements on the official exam page at https://certification.adobe.com/certifications before you register.
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Magento 2 Certified Associate Developer Sample Questions:
While reviewing a layout file named sales_order_view.xml you notice the element
<update handle="customer_account"/>
What is the purpose of this element?
- A. Updates the current page handle to customer_account
- B. Adds the customer_account handle to the page's handles list
- C. Replaces the customer_account handle with sales_order_view
- D. Nothing, this element has been deprecated
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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A module you are working on needs to send a newsletter to all subscribed customers at predefined intervals.
Which two actions do you take to make sure the newsletter is sent? (Choose two.)
- A. Make sure bin/magento cron:run is added to the system crontab
- B. Implement \MyCompany\MyModule\Cron\NewsLetterSender::execute and register it in etc/crontab/.xml
- C. Implement \MyCompany\MyModule\Cron\NewsLetterSender::execute and register it in etc/crontab/di.xml
- D. Register the plugin for \Magento\Customer\Model\Customer::authenticate in etc/crontab.xml
Correct Answer: A,B 🗳️
A module declares the route:
What is the layout handle of the storefront path /custom/feature/?
- A. custom_feature_index
- B. custom_feature
- C. mymodule_feature_index
- D. mymodule_feature
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
You are creating a new page layout for your custom module.
What is the primary difference between container and block elements?
- A. They extend different abstract classes
- B. Only containers can be removed by name or alias
- C. A container's children are rendered automatically
- D. A block's position within the layout can be altered
Correct Answer: C 🗳️
You are working on a custom web API endpoint and have configured it in etc/webapi.xml. This config is cached as part of the config_webservice cache type.
Keeping performance in mind, how do you refresh the cached version of this config using Magento CLI?
- A. cache:refresh config_webservice
- B. cache:clean config_webservice
- C. cache:purge
- D. cache:flush
Correct Answer: B 🗳️
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