Data+

CompTIA Data+ is an early-career data analytics certification for professionals tasked with developing and promoting data-driven business decision-making.

Differentiate yourself with Data+

Better Analyze and Interpret Data
Mine data more effectively. Analyze with rigor. Avoid confounding results.

Communicate Insights
Highlight what’s important. Produce reports that persuade, not confuse. Help the team make better data-driven decisions.

Demonstrate Competency
Make yourself a more valuable team member. Proof of data literacy means you’re more employable and more upwardly mobile.

As the importance for data analytics grows, more job roles are required to set context and better communicate vital business intelligence. Collecting, analyzing, and reporting on data can drive priorities and lead business decision-making. CompTIA Data+ validates certified professionals have the skills required to facilitate data-driven business decisions, including:

  • Mining data
  • Manipulating data
  • Visualizing and reporting data
  • Applying basic statistical methods
  • Analyzing complex datasets while adhering to governance and quality standards throughout the entire data life cycle

What Skills Will You Learn?

Boost your knowledge in identifying basic concepts of data schemas and dimensions while understanding the difference between common data structures and file formats
Grow your skills to explain data acquisition concepts, reasons for cleansing and profiling datasets, executing data manipulation, and understanding techniques for data manipulation
Gain the ability to apply the appropriate descriptive statistical methods and summarize types of analysis and critical analysis techniques
Gain the ability to apply the appropriate descriptive statistical methods and summarize types of analysis and critical analysis techniques
Increase your ability to summarize important data governance concepts and apply data quality control concepts

Exam Details

exam code
CV0-003
CV0-002
Launch Date
February 28, 2022
Exam Description
The CompTIA Data+ exam will certify the successful candidate has the knowledge and skills required to transform business requirements in support of data-driven decisions through mining and manipulating data, applying basic statistical methods, and analyzing complex datasets while adhering to governance and quality standards throughout the entire data life cycle.
Number of Questions
90 questions
Maximum of 90 questions per exam
Type of Questions
Multiple choice and performance-based
Performance-based and multiple-choice questions.
Length of Test
90 Minutes per exam
90 Minutes per exam
Passing Score
750 (on a scale of 100-900)
750 (on a scale of 100-900)
Recommended Experience
CompTIA Network+ and Server+ and 2-3 years of experience in systems administration or networking.
2-3 years in system administration
Languages
English
English, Japanese
Retirement
Usually three years after launch
January 7, 2022 (English language version); June 8, 2022 (Japanese)
Testing Provider
Pearson VUE- Testing Centers & Online Testing
Pearson VUE- Testing Centers & Online Testing
Price
$348 USD per exam
$348 USD per exam

Renewal

Keep your certification up to date with CompTIA’s Continuing Education (CE) program. It’s designed to be a continued validation of your expertise and a tool to expand your skillset. It’s also the ace up your sleeve when you’re ready to take the next step in your career.

Get the most out of your certification
Information technology and Data & Analytics is an incredibly dynamic field, creating new opportunities and challenges every day. Participating in our Continuing Education program will enable you to stay current with new and evolving solutions and remain a sought-after analyst expert.

The CompTIA Continuing Education program
Your CompTIA Data+ certification is good for three years from the date of your exam. The CE program allows you to extend your certification in three-year intervals through activities and training that relate to the content of your certification.

It’s easy to renew
You can participate in a number of activities and training programs to renew your CompTIA Data+ certification. Collect at least 20 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in three years and upload them to your certification account, and your CompTIA Data+ certification will automatically renew.