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Databricks Machine Learning Associate Exam Questions
- Topic 1: Databricks Machine Learning: It covers sub-topics of AutoML, Databricks Runtime, Feature Store, and MLflow.
- Topic 2: ML Workflows: The topic focuses on Exploratory Data Analysis, Feature Engineering, Training, Evaluation and Selection.
- Topic 3: Spark ML: It discusses the concepts of Distributed ML. Moreover, this topic covers Spark ML Modeling APIs, Hyperopt, Pandas API, Pandas UDFs, and Function APIs.
- Topic 4: Scaling ML Models: This topic covers Model Distribution and Ensembling Distribution.
Free Databricks Databricks Machine Learning Associate Exam Actual Questions
Note: Premium Questions for Databricks Machine Learning Associate were last updated On Feb. 24, 2026 (see below)
A data scientist has defined a Pandas UDF function predict to parallelize the inference process for a single-node model:
They have written the following incomplete code block to use predict to score each record of Spark DataFrame spark_df:
Which of the following lines of code can be used to complete the code block to successfully complete the task?
To apply the Pandas UDF predict to each record of a Spark DataFrame, you use the mapInPandas method. This method allows the Pandas UDF to operate on partitions of the DataFrame as pandas DataFrames, applying the specified function (predict in this case) to each partition. The correct code completion to execute this is simply mapInPandas(predict), which specifies the UDF to use without additional arguments or incorrect function calls. Reference:
PySpark DataFrame documentation (Using mapInPandas with UDFs).
A data scientist has developed a machine learning pipeline with a static input data set using Spark ML, but the pipeline is taking too long to process. They increase the number of workers in the cluster to get the pipeline to run more efficiently. They notice that the number of rows in the training set after reconfiguring the cluster is different from the number of rows in the training set prior to reconfiguring the cluster.
Which of the following approaches will guarantee a reproducible training and test set for each model?
To ensure reproducible training and test sets, writing the split data sets to persistent storage is a reliable approach. This allows you to consistently load the same training and test data for each model run, regardless of cluster reconfiguration or other changes in the environment.
Correct approach:
Split the data.
Write the split data to persistent storage (e.g., HDFS, S3).
Load the data from storage for each model training session.
train_df, test_df = spark_df.randomSplit([0.8, 0.2], seed=42) train_df.write.parquet('path/to/train_df.parquet') test_df.write.parquet('path/to/test_df.parquet') # Later, load the data train_df = spark.read.parquet('path/to/train_df.parquet') test_df = spark.read.parquet('path/to/test_df.parquet')
A machine learning engineer would like to develop a linear regression model with Spark ML to predict the price of a hotel room. They are using the Spark DataFrame train_df to train the model.
The Spark DataFrame train_df has the following schema:
The machine learning engineer shares the following code block:
Which of the following changes does the machine learning engineer need to make to complete the task?
In Spark ML, the linear regression model expects the feature column to be a vector type. However, if the features column in the DataFrame train_df is not already in this format (such as being a column of type UDT or a non-vectorized type), the engineer needs to convert it to a vector column using a transformer like VectorAssembler. This is a critical step in preparing the data for modeling as Spark ML models require input features to be combined into a single vector column.
Reference
Which statement describes a Spark ML transformer?
In Spark ML, a transformer is an algorithm that can transform one DataFrame into another DataFrame. It takes a DataFrame as input and produces a new DataFrame as output. This transformation can involve adding new columns, modifying existing ones, or applying feature transformations. Examples of transformers in Spark MLlib include feature transformers like StringIndexer, VectorAssembler, and StandardScaler.
Databricks documentation on transformers: Transformers in Spark ML
A data scientist wants to efficiently tune the hyperparameters of a scikit-learn model. They elect to use the Hyperopt library's fmin operation to facilitate this process. Unfortunately, the final model is not very accurate. The data scientist suspects that there is an issue with the objective_function being passed as an argument to fmin.
They use the following code block to create the objective_function:
Which of the following changes does the data scientist need to make to their objective_function in order to produce a more accurate model?
When using the Hyperopt library with fmin, the goal is to find the minimum of the objective function. Since you are using cross_val_score to calculate the R2 score which is a measure of the proportion of the variance for a dependent variable that's explained by an independent variable(s) in a regression model, higher values are better. However, fmin seeks to minimize the objective function, so to align with fmin's goal, you should return the negative of the R2 score (-r2). This way, by minimizing the negative R2, fmin is effectively maximizing the R2 score, which can lead to a more accurate model.
Reference
Hyperopt Documentation: http://hyperopt.github.io/hyperopt/
Scikit-Learn documentation on model evaluation: https://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/model_evaluation.html
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