The IT Specialist: Databases exam assesses competency in introductory knowledge of how to design, create, and query relational databases, such as MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle. The syntax in the exam is provided in ANSI SQL.
An individual earning this certification has at least 150 hours of instruction or hands-on experience with database design and object management, data retrieval and manipulation, and related troubleshooting. This individual should be able to write ANSI SQL statements and troubleshoot syntax errors and runtime errors.