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Exam objectives — ASTRA Tech Sales Advisor

D1. Solution architecture, integration and operating boundaries — 14.3%

D1.1 Given a scenario, frame a scoped technical-commercial pilot from the required outcome and unknown interface capabilities.

D1.2 Given a scenario, trace the producer, consumer, integrator and business approver through a proposed flow.

D1.3 Given a scenario, choose an integration pattern that meets timing, replay and duplicate constraints.

D1.4 Given a scenario, interpret reliability test measures without hiding retries or failed records.

D1.5 Given a scenario, resolve identifier, status, timestamp and version semantics in a two-party data contract.

D1.6 Given a scenario, trace technical and approval boundaries across a candidate workflow.

D2. Cloud and solution economics — 12.5%

D2.1 Given a scenario, identify the cost meter, period, usage owner and forecast exposure behind a quote.

D2.2 Given a scenario, interpret entitlements, rights and commitment terms under changing demand.

D2.3 Given a scenario, reconcile a usage record to a defined billing line and find a mismatch.

D2.4 Given a scenario, calculate stepped or tiered charges and the cost of unused commitment.

D2.5 Given a scenario, compare scenarios without treating demand assumptions as confirmed savings.

D2.6 Given a scenario, calculate commercial economics without merging subscription and partner-service revenue.

D2.7 Given a scenario, calculate released operational capacity while separating model from realised return.

D2.8 Given a scenario, calculate the full effort model and bound the resulting commercial claim.

D3. Security, assurance and operational trust — 12.5%

D3.1 Given a scenario, identify supported least-privilege and diagnostic controls, and what remains unproven.

D3.2 Given a scenario, translate a scoped security questionnaire into claim-specific evidence requests.

D3.3 Given a scenario, assign control operation, disclosure and customer-exception decisions to their authorised owners.

D3.4 Given a scenario, interpret an assurance report within its period, tested services and exceptions.

D3.5 Given a scenario, sequence remediation, retest, customer acceptance and approved messaging.

D3.6 Given a scenario, calculate incident reporting time using the specified clock trigger and authorisation.

D3.7 Given a scenario, respond to an assurance objection without extending supplier evidence to a customer tenant.

D3.8 Given a scenario, reconcile supplier assurance with tenant controls and executed customer terms.

D4. AI value, quality and safe-use decisions — 14.3%

D4.1 Given a scenario, frame an AI-supported workflow by decision consequence, source and permitted action.

D4.2 Given a scenario, evaluate a measured model result for the intended population and operating threshold.

D4.3 Given a scenario, define allowed data, processing purpose, retention and deletion evidence.

D4.4 Given a scenario, interpret intervention metrics and choose the owner-led response to drift.

D4.5 Given a scenario, distinguish model intent, tool execution and reviewer authority in an AI control event.

D5. Technical-commercial translation and defensible recommendations — 12.5%

D5.1 Given a scenario, deliver a bounded architecture recommendation with explicit exit criteria.

D5.2 Given a scenario, compare options under complete first-year costs and nonfinancial gates.

D5.3 Given a scenario, give a conditional purchasing decision with named triggers and accountable owners.

D5.4 Given a scenario, assemble a conditional offer from cost, capability and customer acceptance evidence.

D5.5 Given a scenario, deliver a governed customer/partner handover with review and exit conditions.

D5.6 Given a scenario, sequence reversible pilot gates and the earliest evidence-backed next action.

D5.7 Given a scenario, deliver an integrated recommendation distinguishing observed, modeled and unknown outcomes.

D6. Discovery, stakeholders and decision sequencing — 12.5%

D6.1 Given a scenario, calculate and order dependent testing, security and acceptance activities.

D6.2 Given a scenario, prepare a conditional deployment handover with monitoring and reversal gates.

D6.3 Given a scenario, calculate eligible weighted pipeline without counting booked or unqualified opportunities.

D6.4 Given a scenario, frame a customer decision with technical, financial and governance constraints.

D6.5 Given a scenario, target discovery questions to the owner and the gate each answer changes.

D6.6 Given a scenario, calculate the dependency path for reversible expansion and acceptance.

D6.7 Given a scenario, frame a multi-party, multi-domain decision into a bounded customer recommendation.

D7. Partner, channel and contracting boundaries — 10.7%

D7.1 Given a scenario, define a partner motion while preserving the customer and supplier boundaries.

D7.2 Given a scenario, apply deal-registration and conflict evidence before allocating attribution.

D7.3 Given a scenario, distinguish sourced, influenced and disputed co-sell evidence.

D7.4 Given a scenario, apply capability and performance evidence to reversible enhanced-term gates.

D7.5 Given a scenario, protect customer continuity, renewal ownership and exit responsibilities.

D7.6 Given a scenario, prepare a governed channel handover with economics, owners, gaps and expiry.

D7.7 Given a scenario, resolve vendor, partner and customer authority in a proposed transaction.

D8. Evidence governance, approvals and responsible claims — 10.7%

D8.1 Given a scenario, link budget, admission and approval controls to cost and service continuity.

D8.2 Given a scenario, evaluate retention and subprocessor evidence across the actual data lifecycle.

D8.3 Given a scenario, distinguish AI assurance evidence from claims it does not establish.

D8.4 Given a scenario, assemble a conditional response across evidence, missing controls and owner actions.

D8.5 Given a scenario, assign business, data, model and execution approval decisions to the correct owners.

D8.6 Given a scenario, sequence the review, version binding and release checks for a consequential action.

D8.7 Given a scenario, decide which provider or model changes require retest before deployment.

D8.8 Given a scenario, classify observed, modeled and unestablished outcomes within one commercial claim.

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