ArcGIS Pro Professional 2201 Exam Information Guide
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Exam Details
- Exam Questions: 65
- Exam Duration: 1 Hour, 30 Minutes
- Exam Format: Multiple Choice
- Exam Language: English
- Certification Code: EAPP 2201
- Exam State: Pending Retirement
Exam Purpose
The ArcGIS Pro Professional exam tests candidates’ experience utilizing a broad range of tools and functionality across ArcGIS to apply advanced GIS concepts and knowledge to a project using best practices.
Target Candidate Audience
The ArcGIS Pro Professional exam is intended for candidates that typically have four years of applied experience and should be proficient in best practices and uses of ArcGIS. Qualified candidates should demonstrate proficiency when applying advanced GIS concepts and knowledge to design and implement workflows, troubleshoot, and be skilled at defining and successfully completing or leading complex GIS projects.
Description of Qualified Candidate
The ArcGIS Pro Professional exam measures a candidate’s comprehension of complex ArcGIS concepts, including ArcGIS competency at an advanced level. It is recommended the candidate have extensive applied experience using ArcGIS. Candidates should be able to implement principles of data management, perform analysis, develop maps and visualizations, and share content across ArcGIS technologies at an advanced level. Passing the exam provides an opportunity for candidates to validate their professional expertise in implementing ArcGIS best practices.
Candidate Qualifications
A qualified candidate should be able to perform the following tasks:
- Apply and interpret fundamental spatial statistics (spatial distribution of the data)
- Configure/Author advanced visualization techniques for maps and scenes
- Describe how a geolocator works
- Use network dataset to determine cost
- Implement Python scripting
- Author Arcade Expressions
- Perform advanced vector and raster analysis
- Perform fundamentals of geodatabase design and operate within a multi-user geodatabase
- Perform surface modeling and analysis
- Create and edit ModelBuilder models to automate complex workflows
- Troubleshoot common workflows
- Author and troubleshoot a mosaic dataset
- Demonstrate proficiency in desktop user interface and environment configuration
- Determine and define an appropriate spatial reference system (coordinate reference systems, datums, and projections)
- Author, share to, and retrieve items from a portal
- Use web content or services to perform analyses
- Author ArcGIS Pro Tasks
- Configure charts and infographics
- Configure map layouts and map series
- Configure data schema and attributes
The following tasks are considered beyond the knowledge, skills, and abilities of the qualified candidate:
- Deliver production quality cartographic output with specific industry Solutions (e.g., Defense Mapping)
- Administer a multi-user geodatabase
- Develop or administer Web sites
- Develop tools or apps using any SDKs or APIs
- Network or systems administration
- Administer an ArcGIS Online organization
A qualified candidate should be familiar with the following:
- ArcGIS Pro
- ArcGIS Online
- ArcGIS Enterprise
- ArcGIS Network Analyst
- ArcGIS Spatial Analyst
- ArcGIS 3D Analyst
- ArcGIS Image Analyst
- Python
- Arcade
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%
- Given requirements for a specific project, determine how to design a geodatabase
- Given a scenario, convert and aggregate data
- Implement data integrity best practices
- Determine the configuration of specialized data sets
- Determine how to manage coordinate systems and projections
Mapping and Visualization 20%
- Use advanced cartographic techniques across ArcGIS
- Select the appropriate data visualization technique
- Determine how to configure, author, and optimize visualization products
- Configure ArcGIS Pro for visualization efficiency
Sharing and Collaboration 18%
- Given a scenario, determine the most effective process for sharing content.
- Given a scenario, identify procedures to create and share items.
- Describe the fundamentals of enabling multiuser workflows
Analytics 29%
- Determine the use case for Python in ArcGIS
- Determine how to create and edit ModelBuilder models to automate complex workflows
- Given a scenario, determine the workflow, data, tools, settings, and parameters to perform analysis
- Identify procedures to conduct raster data analysis
- Identify the procedures to conduct vector data analysis
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
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