ArcGIS Pro Foundation 2025 Exam Information Guide
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Exam Details
- Exam Questions: 75
- Exam Duration: 1 Hour, 30 Minutes
- Exam Format: Multiple Choice
- Exam Language: English
- Certification Code: EAPF 2025
- Exam State: In Development
Exam Purpose
The ArcGIS Pro Foundation exam tests the candidate's experience applying ArcGIS concepts and processes to workflows. The exam will test the comprehension of basic GIS concepts within ArcGIS at an entry level. It will test on topics including entry-level mapping and visualization tasks, editing, sharing, analysis, and data management tasks. It expects that candidates have zero to two years of experience with ArcGIS Pro.
Target Candidate Audience
The ArcGIS Pro Foundation 2025 exam is designed for candidates with zero to two years of ArcGIS Pro experience. Candidates include non-GIS industry specialists, educators, recent college graduates, and those seeking entry-level positions, such as GIS Technician, GIS Specialist, or GIS Analyst.
Description of Qualified Candidate
Qualified candidates should demonstrate comprehension of basic ArcGIS Pro concepts and experience with fundamental ArcGIS Pro workflows. The candidate should be able to perform entry-level mapping and visualization, editing, analysis, and data management tasks. In addition, the candidate should have experience sharing and accessing data across ArcGIS. Passing the exam provides an opportunity for candidates to validate their knowledge of ArcGIS Pro.
Candidate Qualifications
A qualified candidate should be able to perform the following tasks:
- Organize workspace and interact with panes, ribbons and Quick Access Toolbar
- Describe the ArcGIS Pro project structure
- Construct a map using available local or online data
- Create maps and layouts
- Find and add data from a portal
- Demonstrate understanding of coordinate systems
- Select the appropriate tools for working with coordinate systems
- Describe the difference between small- and large-scale maps
- Describe the basics of metadata
- Select features by attribute or location
- Manage tabular data
- Perform field calculations
- Create and populate a new feature class
- Create a new file geodatabase and perform basic data management
- View and edit data properties such as the source or the spatial reference system
- Perform basic geometry and attribute edits
- Place points on a map using locational attribute data
- Find an address or x, y coordinate pair on a map
- Set basic layer properties: symbology, visibility ranges, transparency, labeling, and definition queries
- Share packages, layers, and maps
- Perform basic analysis in ArcGIS Pro
- Use geoprocessing tools within ArcGIS Pro toolboxes
The following tasks are considered beyond the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the qualified candidate:
- Any content tested on the Esri certification exams level of Associate/Professional, including but not limited to:
- Create and edit annotation features
- Use tools within an ArcGIS Pro extension
- Evaluate reasons for data not aligning as a result of datum differences
- Create and edit 3D features
- Be familiar with metadata styles other than the default item description style
- Publish a tile service
- Perform image processing and raster analysis
- Workflows using programming languages: Python, JavaScript, etc.
- Automate ArcGIS workflows using ModelBuilder or ArcGIS Pro Tasks
- Use or create time-enabled data
- Build address locators
- Understand Arcade expressions
- Perform spatial statistics
A qualified candidate should be familiar with the following:
Skills Measured
Candidates should use the exam content sections below as a checklist to identify gaps between their knowledge and the skills measured by the exam. The relative weight indicates the approximate size of each section. It is recommended that preparation be focused in areas where knowledge gaps are found.
Data Management 32%
- Identify and access data properties and metadata
- Identify supported ArcGIS data formats and the procedures necessary to create file geodatabases and feature classes
- Determine the appropriate method of managing tabular data
- Identify basic editing workflows that are necessary to create or modify features
- Recognize the purpose and characteristics of geographic and projected coordinate systems
Mapping and Visualization 36%
- Demonstrate familiarity with ArcGIS Pro interface
- Recall how to modify layer symbology and labels
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to configure map and layer properties
- Identify the use and impact of scale on map layers
- Identify the steps necessary for adding data
Layouts and Sharing 12%
- Recall how to share content
- Determine the appropriate method to share content from ArcGIS Pro
Performing Analysis 20%
- Determine the appropriate workflow for using proximity and overlay tools
- Determine the correct workflow to select features interactively, by attributes or by location
- Recall methods to find geographic locations
Resources
To help prepare for the exam, we recommend candidates use the training resources provided below, along with reviewing the list of exam objectives, to identify and fill any knowledge gaps. Completing the recommended training courses does not guarantee a passing score on a certification exam.
The Esri-curated learning plan for this exam is updated regularly to reflect the latest Esri Academy resources and resource retirement schedules.
Esri Academy
Esri Community
Link to ArcGIS Documentation
Esri Press Book Resources
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