How To Pass AI-900 Azure AI Fundamentals
Tags: azure, ai, machinelearning
Published: 2021-04-24 14:38:51

Here is my experience in passing AI-900 Azure, I hope it will be useful.

I am gonna to talk about the following:

* What is AI-900 Test ? 
* How to book for the Test ?
* Content of the Test 
* Resources I used


## What Is AI-900 Azure Microsoft Certification ?

Basically, this certification is designed to go over the fundamentals of machine learning and artificial intelligence in Azure, its good opportunity for both technical and non-technical backgrounds, As you don't need to have data science or software engineering experience but it will be much more helpful if you have some programming knowledge or experience. 
   
## How To Book For The Test ?

you can book for the test [here](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/ai-900), till now the exam price is about 99 USD, the exam price varies from country to country, you can check your own.
For me I got a scholarship to take the exam from the Ministry of Communications and Technology here in Egypt. We took the exam in [Certiport platform](https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/). 

## Content Of The Test 

The AI-900 exam tests knowledge in five focus areas:

* Describe AI workloads and considerations (15-20%).
 * Identify features of common AI workloads.
 * Identify guiding principles for responsible AI.

* Describe fundamental principles of machine learning on Azure (30-35%).
 * Identify common machine learning types.
 * Describe core machine learning concepts.
 * Identify core tasks in creating a machine learning solution.
 * Describe capabilities of no-code machine learning with Azure Machine Learning studio.

* Describe features of computer vision workloads on Azure (15-20%).
 * Identify common types of computer vision solution.
 * Identify Azure tools and services for computer vision tasks.
 * Describe features of Natural Language Processing (NLP) 
workloads on Azure (15-20%).

* Describe features of Natural Language Processing (NLP) workloads on
Azure (15-20%)
 * Identify features of common NLP Workload Scenarios.
 * Identify Azure tools and services for NLP workloads.

* Describe features of conversational AI workloads on Azure (15-20%).
 * Identify common use cases for conversational AI.
 * Identify Azure services for conversational AI.

For more illustration about how they are assessing those topics go [here](https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE4wGpB).
Note: Sometimes they update the content of the exam. 

The test contains between 50 to 60 MCQ, T/F, and drag & drop questions and has a 60-minute time limit. The total score is 1000 you should at least score 700 to pass the exam.


## Resources I used

* [Microsoft Learning path](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/ai-900)
I used it for steps about how to interact with azure.
I recommend to sign up in [Azure for Student](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/free/students/) to apply those steps.
In general their Learning path is very good and almost covers everything.

* [200 Practice Questions For Azure AI-900 Fundamentals Exam] (https://medium.com/bb-tutorials-and-thoughts/200-practice-questions-for-azure-ai-900-fundamentals-exam-e981d28ce91d)
You can use it to summarize and make sure that you cover all about the theoretical part. For me I loved the way of putting those info in the form of questions and answers, it was very helpful for me and make the process of recall very easy.

* Training Exams and examples
I used this [test](https://www.itexams.com/info/AI-900) and that [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQhgRR_Vtus) for testing myself. 
Also you can see a real exam from [here](https://pilegypt-my.sharepoint.com/personal/nh1_pilegypt_net/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Fnh1%5Fpilegypt%5Fnet%2FDocuments%2FNew%20folder%2FAI%2D900%202%2FAI%2D900%2Emp4&parent=%2Fpersonal%2Fnh1%5Fpilegypt%5Fnet%2FDocuments%2FNew%20folder%2FAI%2D900%202&originalPath=aHR0cHM6Ly9waWxlZ3lwdC1teS5zaGFyZXBvaW50LmNvbS86djovZy9wZXJzb25hbC9uaDFfcGlsZWd5cHRfbmV0L0VZTTNCaTMwdjRCTnUzRjZkNkRBNkE0QnpfY1dRUlA2TkZvc1VoWVhBYUM2WGc%5FcnRpbWU9X0NIcUVpMEgyVWc).


It took me three days for preparing for the Exam. If you study well, you wouldn't have any problem in passing the exam.
Good luck!