Exam Preparation Guide: Adobe Target Business Practitioner Professional AD0-E408
Introduction
The Adobe Certified Professional - Target Business Practitioner exam preparation guide provides candidates with information they need to prepare for the certification exam.
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Exam Guide Sections
- Minimum candidate experience
- Intended audience
- Exam information
- Exam objectives and scope
- Practice test
- How to prepare for the exam
Minimum Candidate Experience
- Up to 12 months’ experience with optimization platforms, including Adobe Target
- Supervised hands-on experience with Adobe Target
- Up to 12 months’ experience leading/contributing to optimization programs
- Ability to identify basic Target/Adobe Marketing Cloud administrative tasks (preferences, user roles and permissions, settings)
- A basic knowledge of the three-step workflow (experiences, targeting, and goals and settings, including all reporting sources)
- The ability to read and understand Activity reporting results
Intended Audience
The study guide is intended for candidates with broad experience in Adobe Target who are members of the following teams/organizations:
- Optimization
- Personalization
- Analytics
- Digital and product marketing
Exam Information
- Exam number: AD0-E408
- Exam name: Adobe Target Business Practitioner
- Certificate level: Certified Professional
- Status: Active
- Available languages: English
- Number of questions: 50
- Formats: Multiple choice and multiple select
- Duration: 100 minutes
- Delivery: Online proctored (requires camera access)
- Passing mark: 31/50
- Price: $125 USD / $95 USD (India)
Exam Objectives and Scope
Section 1: Planning and strategy (26%)
- Identify business KPIs
- Given a scenario of business KPIs and data analysis, identify opportunities for optimization
- Describe how variables impact an activity
- Construct test hypotheses based on a given scenario
- Identify hypotheses elements
- Describe KPI-based primary and secondary success metrics
- Given a scenario, assess audience requirements
- Describe appropriate analytics reporting sources (i.e., Target or Adobe Analytics)
Section 2: Configuring, Executing and Managing (50%)
- Explain the use of Form-Based Experience Composer vs. the Visual Experience Composer
- Describe procedures to create an experience using VEC
- Describe procedures to create an experience using Form-Based Composer
- Describe procedures to manage experiences within an experience composer
- Describe the workflow that applies to creating Target Activities
- Given a scenario, apply procedures to create an A/B test activity
- Given a scenario, apply procedures to create an XT activity
- Given a scenario, apply procedures to create an MVT activity
- Identify how AP is used for solutions
- Identify when to use the Recommendation activity
- Describe procedures to create an Audience in Target
- Describe procedures to set Goals and Settings
- Describe procedures to conduct Activity QA
- Describe procedures to manage Activities and Audiences within Target
Section 3: Analyzing and Reporting (16%)
- Describe settings to help set the elements that appear in a report
- Describe the difference in Adobe Target Sample Size Calculator settings between planning and validating
- Describe common problems associated with A/B testing
- Identify how Automated Personalization Summary reports differ from other reports
- Describe the features of Experience Performance reports (MVT)
- Describe best practices that should be followed in A/B testing execution
Section 4: Troubleshooting (8%)
- Given a scenario, identify activity qualification issues
- Identify the features of browser debugging tools (including Experience Cloud Debugger)
- Identify metrics and reporting
Sample Questions
The sample questions allow you to see the type and format of items that you will encounter in the actual exam. There is no sign-on needed. The results of the sample questions are not stored, and do not predict your actual test results.
AD3-E408 Adobe Target Business Practitioner Professional Sample Questions
- Provide your email address.
- Answer the candidate agreement.
- Start the test.
- Mark your answer in each question.
- Click Next on the upper portion of the screen to save your answer and move to the next question. You may return and revise your question within the specified time.
- On the last question, click Submit Exam to submit all your answers.
- Answer the short survey.
How to Prepare for the Exam
You are not required to complete training before taking the exam, and training alone will not provide you with the knowledge and skills required to pass the exam. A combination of training and successful, on-the-job experience are critical to providing you with the repository needed to pass the exam. Here are some suggested resources to help as you prepare:
Section 1: Planning and Strategy
- Adobe Target Guide
- Adobe Target Documentation
- Visitor Profiles
- Adobe Target welcome kit
- Success Metrics
- Categories for Audiences Overview
Section 2: Configuring, Executing and Managing
- Visual Experience Composer Overview
- Adobe Target Welcome Kit
- A/B Test Overview
- Create an Experience Targeting activity
- Multivariate Test overview
- Recommendations Overview
- Create Audiences Overview
- Activity QA Overview
Section 3: Analyzing and Reporting
Section 4: Troubleshooting
Questions?
Please contact the Adobe Credential Program Customer Support team.
The content of this exam guide is subject to changes and updates. Last update February 2023.