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Certified Associate Tester with Python

Standardize your team on Certified Associate Tester with Python with a structured Python training path — a blueprint-weighted practice exam and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets Teams seat.

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Course
1
Practice exam
5
Core skills
$195
Exam fee (Python)
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Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam fee (Python)
$195
Courses on path
1
Official source
Python’s official exam page
Exam code
  • PCAT-31-01

Exam datasheet

Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
PCEP & PCAP (or equivalent)
Recertification
6 years
Testing center

Exams

Exams for this certification

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendor$195

Exam — Required

Every engineer on the Certified Associate Tester with Python path takes PCAT-31-01.

  1. PCAT-31-01Certified Associate Tester with PythonPractice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $195
    Exam length
    60 minutes
    Questions
    42
    Passing score
    70%

    Exam blueprint: PCAT-31-01

Skills your team builds

Python programmingTest automationSoftware testingPytestUnittest

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Certified Associate Tester with Python path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    PCAT

    This PCAT training covers Python test automation and quality assurance for the Certified Associate Tester with Python exam. It teaches writing reliable, efficient tests with unittest and PyTest, test-driven development (TDD), behavior-driven development (BDD), creating and managing test doubles with unittest.mock and pytest-mock, parameterized and property-based testing, and automating web interface tests with Selenium. For an engineering or IT Manager who needs software to run as expected, PCAT gives QA engineers, aspiring software testers, and developers one certified standard for Python testing. Individuals building a foundation in software testing earn the same Python Institute credential.

    Shaun Wassell
    176 videos26h
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Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Certification practice exams
  • Per-team completion reporting

Python career ladder

Where Certified Associate Tester with Python sits in your team's Python progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    3 certs

    Certified Entry-Level AI Specialist with Python

    PCEI-30-01

    Certified Entry-Level Data Analyst with Python

    PCED-30-02

    Certified Entry-Level Python Programmer

    PCEP-30-02

  2. Associate level

    3 certs

    Certified Associate Data Analyst with Python

    PCAD-31-02

    Certified Associate in Python Programming

    PCAP-31-03

    Certified Associate Tester with Python

    PCAT-31-01

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  3. Professional level

    1 cert

    Certified Professional in Python Programming 1

    PCPP-32-101

Customer outcome

Build PCAT-31-01 capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the Certified Associate Tester with Python course to the engineers who need it, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished, and who has passed the practice exam — the view leadership uses to see Python skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

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Team capability

Make PCAT-31-01 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on PCAT-31-01 gives leadership a clear picture of Python skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: Certified Associate Tester with Python

Exam
  • PCAT-31-01

Frequently asked questions about Certified Associate Tester with Python training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Certified Associate Tester with Python training for their team.

How does Certified Associate Tester with Python fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

Teams often cite Certified Associate Tester with Python when documenting that the engineers who write and maintain automated tests have validated Python testing skills. Team reporting in CBT Nuggets provides per-learner progress, completion, and completion exports for audit evidence, while your auditor's control crosswalk decides how the credential maps to your framework's formal requirements.

Who on the team should hold Certified Associate Tester with Python, and what can a certified team own?

The credential fits QA engineers, software testers, and Python developers who own automated test suites. Based on the linked course lessons, a certified team can own unittest and PyTest suites built on xUnit architecture, test fixtures, assertions, parameterized tests, and test doubles, along with context managers and decorators that keep test code maintainable across the testing levels the team supports.

What does CBT Nuggets Certified Associate Tester with Python training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets Certified Associate Tester with Python courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to Python's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track Certified Associate Tester with Python training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the Certified Associate Tester with Python courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to certify a team on Certified Associate Tester with Python?

The linked CBT Nuggets training totals about 26 hours of video. How long a team takes to certify depends on each engineer's starting point with Python and software testing fundamentals.

What if Python updates the Certified Associate Tester with Python exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates Python course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When Python restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

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