CA CAT-120 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | CA Technologies (Broadcom) |
| Exam Name: | CA Application Performance Management Administrator Exam |
| Exam Number: | CAT-120 |
| Exam Duration: | 90 minutes |
| Passing Score: | 70% |
| Exam Format: | Multiple-choice, Multiple-answer, Scenario-based |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Price: | Not officially published; typically ~$150–$200 USD |
| Certificate Validity Period: | Not specified |
| Real Exam Qty: | 40 |
| Recommended Training: | CA APM 10.7 Administration Training |
| Exam Registration: | Broadcom Education Portal Pearson VUE Registration |
| Sample Questions: | CA CAT-120 Sample Questions |
| Exam Way: | Online proctored or onsite testing via Pearson VUE |
| Pre Condition: | Recommended 6+ months of hands-on experience with CA APM 10.7; no mandatory prerequisite exam |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://support.broadcom.com/ |
CA CAT-120 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Installation & Configuration | 25% | - Configuring collectors and clusters - System requirements and preparation - Deploying and configuring Agents - Installing and upgrading Enterprise Manager |
| Monitoring & Instrumentation | 25% | - Agent instrumentation and metric sets - Setting alerts, thresholds, and notifications - Transaction tracing and boundary blame - Defining applications, tiers, and backends |
| Administration & Maintenance | 15% | - Performance tuning and optimization - User roles, permissions, and security - Dashboard and report creation - Data retention, purging, and backup |
| CA APM Architecture & Concepts | 20% | - Overview of CA APM solution - Components: Enterprise Manager, Collector, Agent, Workstation - Introscope framework and metrics model |
| Troubleshooting & Diagnostics | 15% | - Analyzing metrics and transaction traces - Log analysis and diagnostic tools - Common performance problem resolution - Resolving agent/connectivity issues |

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