All Episodes
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Welcome to the CompTIA Data+ Certification Audio Course
Pass the CompTIA Data+ (DA0-002) using audio alone. This course is built for busy learners who want clear explanations, repeatable exam decision patterns, and real-wo...
Episode 1 — Start Smart: How the CompTIA Data+ DA0-002 Exam Really Works
This episode establishes the practical shape of the CompTIA Data+ DA0-002 exam so you can study with intent instead of guessing what “counts.” You’ll connect the exam’...
Episode 2 — Scoring, Question Types, and Time Strategy for Data+ DA0-002
This episode focuses on how the Data+ DA0-002 exam evaluates your performance, what question formats you should expect, and how pacing decisions affect outcomes. You’l...
Episode 3 — Audio-Only Study Plan: Spaced Repetition Roadmap for Data+ Success
This episode builds a complete audio-only study system for Data+ DA0-002 that fits into busy schedules and still creates durable recall. You’ll define spaced repetitio...
Episode 4 — Exam Acronyms: High-Yield Audio Reference for DA0-002 Recall
This episode provides a structured, exam-focused way to master the acronyms and shorthand terms that appear throughout Data+ DA0-002. Rather than memorizing lists, you...
Episode 5 — 1.1 Master Relational vs Non-Relational Databases for Fast Exam Decisions
This episode explains the practical differences between relational and non-relational databases, with emphasis on making correct selection decisions under Data+ DA0-00...
Episode 6 — 1.1 Decode Common File Extensions: CSV, XLSX, JSON, TXT, JPG, DAT
This episode helps you recognize what a file extension implies about data structure, parsing effort, and analysis risk, which is a frequent decision point in Data+ DA0...
Episode 7 — 1.1 Map Data Structures: Structured Tables, JSON, and Unstructured Content
This episode builds a clear mental model of data structures and why structure determines what analysis is feasible, efficient, and trustworthy on Data+ DA0-002. You wi...
Episode 8 — 1.1 Understand Tables and Schemas: Facts, Dimensions, Slowly Changing Dimensions
This episode explains how schemas organize data so reporting and analysis stay consistent, a core theme that appears whenever Data+ DA0-002 asks you to reason about ta...
Episode 9 — 1.1 Recognize Data Types: Strings, Nulls, Numerics, Datetimes, Identifiers
This episode focuses on data types as the foundation of clean analysis and correct interpretation in Data+ DA0-002. You will separate common types and the mistakes tha...
Episode 10 — 1.2 Select Data Sources: Databases, APIs, Web Scraping, Files, and Logs
This episode builds decision-making skill around sourcing, a recurring theme in Data+ DA0-002 when prompts ask where data should come from and what tradeoffs follow. Y...
Episode 11 — 1.2 Compare Repositories: Data Lakes, Lakehouses, Marts, Warehouses, Silos
This episode clarifies the repository options that show up repeatedly in Data+ DA0-002 scenarios, especially when a prompt asks where data should live and how it shoul...
Episode 12 — 1.3 Choose Environments: Cloud Providers, On-Prem, Hybrid, Storage, Containers
This episode teaches the environment concepts behind many Data+ DA0-002 decision questions, where the prompt provides constraints like security, latency, cost, or oper...
Episode 13 — 1.4 Pick the Right Tools: IDEs, Notebooks, BI Platforms, Packages, Languages
This episode focuses on selecting tools in a way that matches the task and constraints, which is a frequent theme in Data+ DA0-002 when questions ask what tool categor...
Episode 14 — 1.5 Explain AI Concepts: Generative AI, LLM, NLP, Deep Learning, RPA
This episode builds exam-ready clarity around common AI terms that appear in modern data conversations and can show up in Data+ DA0-002 prompts as context or as part o...
Episode 15 — Spaced Review: Data Concepts and Environments Rapid Recall Workout
This episode is a structured review session that reinforces the foundational concepts from the early portion of the Data+ DA0-002 blueprint, with an emphasis on fast, ...
Episode 16 — Essential Terms: Plain-Language Glossary for Fast Recall and Clear Definitions
This episode builds a high-utility glossary for the Data+ DA0-002 exam by turning frequently tested terms into short, accurate explanations you can repeat under pressu...
Episode 17 — 2.1 Data Integration Strategy: Combining Sources While Preserving Meaning and Keys
This episode explains how the Data+ DA0-002 exam expects you to think about data integration: not as a generic “combine the data” step, but as a disciplined process th...
Episode 18 — 2.1 Querying Toolkit: Filters, Grouping, Aggregates, and Nested Queries
This episode develops the querying judgment that appears throughout Data+ DA0-002, where questions often describe a requirement and ask which query approach best produ...
Episode 19 — 2.1 Joins, Unions, and Concatenation: Choosing the Correct Merge Pattern
This episode trains you to select the correct merge pattern under Data+ DA0-002 prompts by separating three commonly confused operations: joins, unions, and concatenat...