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Current Version: ArcGIS Utility Network Associate 2024
The 2024 exam version is an associate level exam. The ArcGIS Utility Network Associate exam is designed for candidates with two to four years of experience with the ArcGIS Utility Network. They should also have industry-specific asset management experience working with ArcGIS in multi-user models. The candidate should have experience with services-based architecture and a strong understanding of the core utility network information model. In addition, the candidate should have experience with basic administration editing, analyzing, and managing data in a utility network.
Exam Version Enhancements
- Re-evaluate the expertise recommendation and re-classify within the Associate Level
- Create an enhanced score report to provide section level performance pass/fail ratings
- Review all sections and objectives to ensure they properly align with the latest software version
- Grow the exam content to support 65-questions and 4-sections.
Previous Version: ArcGIS Utility Network Specialty 20-001 – Retired 30 June 2024
The 20-001 version was originally published as a Specialty exam. All specialty exams have been converted to associate level exams to improve the test-taker experience, and all specialty exams are pending retirement on 30 June 2024. Learn more about Specialty exam retirement here. Specialty exams were created with only 40-multiple choice questions and do not provide test takers with a section level score report to provide performance information.
- Level: Specialty
- Published date: 2020
- Retired Date: June 2024
- Exam State: Retired
Exam Version Comparison
- Number of questions, exam duration, software version:
- 2024 Version: 75 questions, 1 hour and 30-minutes to complete
- Software: ArcGIS Utility Network (version 4 and later), ArcGIS Enterprise 10.8.1, ArcGIS Pro 2.6
- 2201 Version: 40 questions, 60 minutes to complete
- Software: ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Utility Network
- Adjustments reflect blueprint survey feedback due to change in software versions and number of questions. Learn about blueprint surveys here.
2024 Exam Version | 20-001 Exam Version |
Deploy – 20% | Create and Configure – 40% |
Describe the utility network information model | Describe the utility network information model |
Deploy ArcGIS Utility Network Foundations solutions | Apply procedural concepts to create a utility network |
| | Configure a utility network based on client requirements |
| Given a scenario, determine the appropriate association implementation |
Configure – 23% | |
Identify various data management concepts leveraged by the utility network | |
Given a scenario, configure a utility network | |
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Edit – 25% | Edit – 33% |
Describe various components for editing the utility network | Apply procedural concepts to perform network topology workflows |
Describe the various network diagram commands | Configure diagrams based on requirements |
Given a scenario, perform network topology edits | Given a scenario, edit the utility network |
Analyze – 32% | Analyze – 27% |
Describe approaches for managing utility network topology | Given a scenario, configure and perform tracing of utility networks |
Given a scenario, configure and perform tracing of utility networks | Given a utility network, perform data quality control analysis |
Given a utility network, perform data quality control analysis | |
Given a scenario, perform common subnetwork management tasks | |
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