Besu Certified Professional (BCP) Practice Exam
Besu Certified Professional (BCP) Practice Exam
About the Besu Certified Professional (BCP) Exam
The Besu Certified Professional (BCP) is a Linux Foundation certification designed to validate professional knowledge of Besu, an open source Ethereum client, and decentralized technology. It covers blockchain fundamentals, Besu networking, transactions and storage, cryptography, permissioning and privacy, execution engines, consensus, and monitoring. The certification helps candidates demonstrate their ability to understand and manage Besu-based blockchain networks and production deployments. It is suitable for developers, DevOps engineers, full-stack engineers, and IT professionals working with blockchain and decentralized applications. The BCP exam is an online, proctored, multiple-choice assessment with no prerequisites and a 90-minute duration.
Course Outline
The Besu Certified Professional (BCP) Exam covers the following topics -
Domain 1 - Besu Core Concepts 24%
- Blockchain propagation
- Genesis File
- Gas Concept
- Logs and Events
- Hashing, Encryption, and Signing
- Public Network and Chain IDs
- Addresses in Ethereum
- The Blockchain Trilemma
- Nodes
- Public Keys
Domain 2 - Networking 26%
- RPC node
- Validator Node
- New node in Blockchain
- Full Synchronization Method
- Node Discovery Mechanisms
- Node Networking Fundamentals
- PoA Consensus Mechanisms
- Trusted Private Network
- Gas Free Mode
- Comparison of all Consensus Mechanisms
Domain 3 - Transactions and Storage 14%
- Token Standards
- Roles of a Blockchain Node
- Account State
- Merkle trees
- Account Storage
- World state in Ethereum
Domain 4 - Cryptography 10%
- Transaction Signing Mechanisms
- Private Key Management
- Symmetric vs Asymmetric Encryption
- Structured Data Signing
- Elliptic Curve Cryptography
Domain 5 - Permissioning and Privacy 10%
- Onchain Permissioning
- Permissioning
- Node vs Account Permissioning
- Use Cases
- Privacy in Blockchain
Domain 6 - Execution Engine and Consensus 8%
- Transaction Pool
- EVM architecture
- Block Validation
- Layered Transaction Pool
Domain 7 - Monitoring 8%
- Besu Node Monitoring
- High Availability
- Monitoring using Grafana
- Plugins
