TensorFlow Certification Exam

[MkRakesh]

Hi Daniel. I am going to try for TensorFlow certification after a week.. I have gone through your github page regarding this. So I have a doubt that, the test evaluate only model or the other part of the code(if so I can train on colab and download the model).. Also I read somewhere that the model accuracy should be more than 90% to get 5/5 credited? . It would be helpful If you reply to this since there are not much discussion regarding this around in web.

Regards
Rakesh MK

[mrdbourke]

Hi @MkRakesh ,

You're right, the tests for the examination only evaluate the model's score.

So you can train the model somewhere else and submit the saved model file.

Yes, model accuracy should be quite high to get 5/5, however, the datasets/models you have to build are quite small.

If you've gone through the TensorFlow course, you should be capable of building a good enough model for the exam (I designed the course to be harder than the exam).

Remember, the exam is also open book, so you use any TensorFlow documentation/materials for it.

Let me know if you have any other questions :)

Best,

Daniel

[MkRakesh]

Thanks for your reply Daniel. I have done the course well and developed all the models you built , but my doubt is like , shall I follow the all basic steps like batching and augmenting since it can potentially increase the training time and whether to follow any model architecture like TiniVGG. Also since there will be a separate dataset for testing, shall I split into train and test, that may cause reducing number of sample.. Please mention whether a GPU is mandatory or not to finish the test at time and average number of epochs that I have to train(I am planning to rent a GPU if so)..

Regards
Rakesh MK

[mrdbourke]

Hi Rakesh,

Many of the questions you've asked will be up to you to decide in the exam.

I'd start with a small and simple model first and see how it goes.

The datasets + models you need will be small enough that a GPU is not required.

You should be able to train a model in less than 5 minutes on a modern computer.

The datasets will often be preprocessed for you, so your main task will be designing a model that can take in the target data and then produce a good result.

[MkRakesh]

Hi Daniel . I have cleared TF developer exam.. Thanks for your course and materials..

Bests...