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    Free Practice Questions for Scikit-learn Associate Practitioner Certification Certification

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    Question bank last updated:
    9 Oct 2026

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    Junior data scientists

    Exam Topics & Skills Assessed

    Skills measured (from the official study guide)

    1: Machine learning concepts

    1.1: Types of ML, supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised

    Types of ML, supervised, unsupervised, semi-supervised

    1.2: Model families, tree-based, linear, ensemble, neighbors

    Model families, tree-based, linear, ensemble, neighbors

    1.3: Key concepts, features, labels, training and test sets

    Key concepts, features, labels, training and test sets

    1.4: Overfitting and underfitting

    Overfitting and underfitting

    1.5: The bias / variance trade-off

    The bias / variance trade-off

    2: Model building and evaluation

    2.1: Splitting datasets with train_test_split

    Splitting datasets with train_test_split

    2.2: Training models with fit()

    Training models with fit()

    2.3: Predicting with predict()

    Predicting with predict()

    2.4: Evaluating with accuracy, precision, recall, F1, MSE, R squared

    Evaluating with accuracy, precision, recall, F1, MSE, R squared

    2.5: Interpreting score against a dummy baseline

    Interpreting score against a dummy baseline

    3: Interpretation and communication

    3.1: Visualizing results with matplotlib and seaborn

    Visualizing results with matplotlib and seaborn

    3.2: Reading a confusion matrix and an ROC curve

    Reading a confusion matrix and an ROC curve

    3.3: Explaining performance to non-technical stakeholders

    Explaining performance to non-technical stakeholders

    3.4: Reporting uncertainty without hand-waving

    Reporting uncertainty without hand-waving

    4: Data preprocessing

    4.1: Loading parquet datasets

    Loading parquet datasets

    4.2: Scatterplots and boxplots for first look

    Scatterplots and boxplots for first look

    4.3: Spotting wrongly-encoded columns (float as string, etc.)

    Spotting wrongly-encoded columns (float as string, etc.)

    4.4: Imputation with SimpleImputer

    Imputation with SimpleImputer

    4.5: Feature scaling, StandardScaler, MinMaxScaler

    Feature scaling, StandardScaler, MinMaxScaler

    4.6: Encoding with OrdinalEncoder, OneHotEncoder

    Encoding with OrdinalEncoder, OneHotEncoder

    4.7: Combining steps with ColumnTransformer

    Combining steps with ColumnTransformer

    5: Model selection and validation

    5.1: Cross-validation, KFold, ShuffleSplit, and friends

    Cross-validation, KFold, ShuffleSplit, and friends

    5.2: Reading learning and validation curves

    Reading learning and validation curves

    5.3: Hyperparameter tuning with GridSearchCV, RandomSearchCV

    Hyperparameter tuning with GridSearchCV, RandomSearchCV

    5.4: Stability of learned coefficients across splits

    Stability of learned coefficients across splits

    Techniques & products

    scikit-learn
    Pandas
    NumPy
    matplotlib
    seaborn
    SimpleImputer
    StandardScaler
    MinMaxScaler
    OrdinalEncoder
    OneHotEncoder
    ColumnTransformer
    KFold
    ShuffleSplit
    GridSearchCV
    RandomSearchCV
    parquet datasets
    Supervised learning
    Unsupervised learning
    Semi-supervised learning
    Tree-based models
    Linear models
    Ensemble models
    Neighbors models
    features
    labels
    training sets
    test sets
    Model overfitting
    Model underfitting
    Bias/variance trade-off
    train_test_split
    fit() method
    predict() method
    accuracy
    precision
    recall
    F1 score
    confusion matrix
    mean squared error
    R-squared
    Dummy models
    Plotting techniques
    Communicating model outputs
    Interpreting performance metrics
    Identifying wrongly encoded columns
    Handling missing values
    Feature scaling
    Categorical data encoding
    Combining preprocessing steps
    Cross-validation
    Learning curves
    Validation curves
    Hyperparameter tuning
    Coefficient stability analysis

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