An Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Developer 2021 Associate exam is intended for developers and those in Dev Ops who have 12 months or more experience of developing and maintaining OCI applications. They should have a solid understanding of cloud native fundamentals and in-depth knowledge of at least one programming language. They should demonstrate knowledge of developing, securing, testing and operating applications in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and ability to use the OCI service APIs, CLI, and SDKs to write applications. Hands on knowledge of OCI architecture, use cases, best practices are recommended.