500-420: Cisco AppDynamics Associate Performance Analyst (CAAPA)

The Cisco AppDynamics Associate Performance Analyst exam certifies that you have the knowledge and skills to use AppDynamics technologies.

500-420: Cisco AppDynamics Associate Performance Analyst (CAAPA)

Cisco 500-420 Exam Overview:

Exam Name	Cisco AppDynamics Associate Performance Analyst
Exam Number	500-420 CAAPA
Exam Number	$300 USD
Duration	90 minutes
Number of Questions	55-65
Passing Score	Variable (750-850 / 1000 Approx.)
Sample Questions	Cisco 500-420 Sample Questions
Practice Exam	Cisco AppDynamics Associate Performance Analyst Practice Test

Cisco 500-420 Exam Topics:

Section	Weight	Objectives
Agents and Application Performance	20%	- Verify agent functionality, performance, and connectivity - Monitor performance trends - Troubleshoot performance problems - Configure alerts - Identify system performance metrics - Determine application performance impact - Define scheduled reports
Troubleshooting	15%	- Utilize dashboards to identify performance issues - Utilize pre-established procedures to investigate - Capture snapshots with diagnostic sessions - Troubleshoot health rule violations - Identify slow performance and errors from backend systems - Evaluate server performance metrics - Identify memory thrashing and leaks - Identify slow, error, and stalled business transactions
Business Transactions	20%	- Create business transaction configurations - Determine business transaction scope and rule assignment - Manage business transaction discovery (instrumented code and entry points) - Initiate business transaction preview - Analyze business transaction metrics - Manage business transaction clean-up - Determine required detection logic
Health Rules, Dashboards, and Snapshots	20%	- Create health rules - Configure health rules - Monitor health rule events - Create dashboards - Identify problems based on dashboard indications - Create snapshots - Locate snapshots - Utilize snapshots in development mode - Analyze snapshots and drill-down content
Collectors, Information Points, and Service Endpoints	25%	- Define data collectors - Configure data collector settings - Utilize database collectors - Configure information points - Utilize information point metrics - Manage business transaction split configurations - Configure asynchronous transactions - Create service endpoints - Analyze service endpoint metrics