Hello IRIS community,
InterSystems Certification is currently developing a certification exam for InterSystems IRIS SQL professionals, and if you match the exam candidate description given below, we would like you to beta test the exam! The exam will be available for beta testing starting May 19, 2025.
Please note: Only candidates with the pre-existing InterSystems IRIS SQL Specialist certification are eligible to take the beta. Interested in the beta but don’t have the SQL Specialist certification? Take the SQL Specialist exam!
Eligible candidates will receive an email from the certification team on May 19, 2025 with instructions on scheduling the exam.
Beta testing will be completed June 30, 2025.
What are my responsibilities as a beta tester?
You will schedule and take the exam by June 30th. The exam will be administered in an online proctored environment free of charge (the standard fee of $150 per exam is waived for all beta testers). The InterSystems Certification team will then perform a careful statistical analysis of all beta test data to set a passing score for the exam. The analysis of the beta test results will take 6-8 weeks, and once the passing score is established, you will receive an email notification from InterSystems Certification informing you of the results. If your score on the exam is at or above the passing score, you will have earned the certification!
Note: Beta test scores are completely confidential.
How is this exam different from the InterSystems IRIS SQL Specialist exam?
This new exam - InterSystems IRIS SQL Professional - covers higher-level SQL topics and is recommended for candidates with 4 to 6 years of relevant experience, compared to the 1 to 2 years recommended for the SQL Specialist exam.
Interested in participating? Read the Exam Details below.
Exam Details
Exam title: InterSystems IRIS SQL Professional
Candidate description: A developer or solutions architect who
- Designs IRIS SQL applications
- Manages IRIS SQL operations
- Uses IRIS SQL
- Loads and efficiently queries datasets stored in IRIS SQL
Number of questions: 38
Time allotted to take exam: 2 hours
Recommended preparation: Review the content below before taking the exam.
Online Learning:
Recommended practical experience:
- 4 to 6 years of experience developing and managing IRIS SQL applications is recommended.
- At least 2 years of experience working with ObjectScript and globals in InterSystems IRIS is recommended.
Exam practice questions
A set of practice questions is provided here to familiarize candidates with question formats and approaches.
Exam format
The questions are presented in two formats: multiple choice and multiple response. Access to InterSystems IRIS Documentation will be available during the exam.
DISCLAIMER: Please note this exam has a 2-hour time limit. While InterSystems documentation will be available during the exam, candidates will not have time to search the documentation for every question. Thus, completing the recommended preparation before taking the exam, and searching the documentation only when absolutely necessary during the exam, are both strongly encouraged!
System requirements for beta testing
- Working camera & microphone
- Dual-core CPU
- At least 2 GB available of RAM memory
- At least 500 MB of available disk space
- Minimum internet speed:
- Download - 500kb/s
- Upload - 500kb/s
Exam topics and content
The exam contains questions that cover the areas for the stated role as shown in the exam topics chart immediately below.
Interested in participating? Eligible candidates will receive an email from the certification team on May 19th with instructions on how to schedule and take the exam.