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Oracle Cloud AI Foundations Exam Prep (1Z0-1122)

Preparation for Oracle's Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI Foundations Associate exam (1Z0-1122-26): AI, machine learning and deep learning foundations, generative AI and LLMs, prompts, RAG and fine-tuning, the OCI AI services, OCI Data Science and GPU infrastructure, OCI Generative AI and its agents, AI Vector Search and Select AI, and responsible AI. Preparation for the exam, not the Oracle certification itself.

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Free to learn. Verifiable certificate £19 when you pass the final exam (optional, VAT included).

Level
Beginner
Modules
14
Video
14 hours
Price
Free

Outcome

What you will be able to do

Map the 1Z0-1122-26 topic areas to a study plan; explain AI, ML, DL and generative AI and the learning types; compute and read model metrics; explain neurons, gradient descent, CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs and transformers; explain tokens, embeddings and decoding settings and choose between prompting, RAG and fine-tuning; match tasks to OCI Language, Speech, Vision, Document Understanding, OCI Data Science and OCI Generative AI; describe dedicated AI clusters, agents, AI Vector Search and Select AI; review a use case against responsible AI requirements; and sit Oracle's exam with a method for scenario questions.

  • Map your study to Oracle's 1Z0-1122-26 topic areas and book the exam on Oracle MyLearn
  • Tell supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning apart and compute precision, recall and RMSE
  • Explain neurons, activation functions, gradient descent, CNNs, RNNs and LSTMs with worked numbers
  • Explain tokens, embeddings, transformers and temperature, and choose between prompting, RAG and fine-tuning
  • Match a task to OCI Language, Speech, Vision, Document Understanding or OCI Data Science
  • Describe OCI Generative AI: on-demand models, dedicated AI clusters, T-Few and LoRA, and agents
  • Rank rows with AI Vector Search, pick HNSW or IVF, and describe Select AI
  • Review an AI use case against trustworthy AI requirements and sit the exam with a method

Software

An OCI Free Tier account (Always Free resources plus a 30-day trial credit) for the console exercises; Oracle MyLearn for Oracle's free learning path and practice exam; a browser. Optional: an Always Free Autonomous Database for the SQL exercise. OCI Generative AI is offered in selected regions and is billed by use after the trial, so check before you start and delete what you do not need.

Hardware

A computer with a browser. No GPU is needed.

Syllabus

14 modules

Each module has video lessons, notes and a short quiz. The final exam closes the course.

  1. 1The 1Z0-1122-26 exam and AI foundations: what AI is and what it is used for2 lessons
  2. 2Machine learning foundations: supervised, unsupervised and reinforcement learning2 lessons
  3. 3Training and evaluating models: metrics, overfitting and the bias-variance trade-off3 lessonsLab
  4. 4Deep learning foundations: neurons, layers, activation functions and how networks learn4 lessons
  5. 5Deep learning architectures: CNNs for images, RNNs and LSTMs for sequences4 lessons
  6. 6Generative AI and large language models: tokens, embeddings, transformers and attention4 lessons
  7. 7Prompt engineering, fine-tuning and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)3 lessonsLab
  8. 8The OCI AI portfolio: AI services, OCI Data Science and GPU infrastructure5 lessons
  9. 9OCI Language and OCI Speech: text analytics, translation and transcription4 lessons
  10. 10OCI Vision and Document Understanding: images, OCR and document extraction5 lessons
  11. 11OCI Generative AI service: models, playground, dedicated AI clusters, fine-tuning and agents4 lessons
  12. 12Oracle Database AI Vector Search and Select AI4 lessons
  13. 13Responsible AI, trustworthy AI and exam strategy for 1Z0-1122-262 lessonsLab
  14. 14Final Assessment1 lesson

How it works

How this course works

  1. Watch the video lessonsOne module at a time, at your own pace.
  2. Take the module quizA short quiz at the end of each module shows what stuck.
  3. Keep your notesWrite in My notes beside each module and ask the trainer if you are stuck.
  4. Practise in the labOptionalTry a task from the module in the EDWartens Lab, in your browser.
  5. Sit the final examPass it once you have been through the modules.
  6. Certificate, if you want oneOptionalPaid, and only after you pass. Anyone can check it online.

EDWartens Lab

Practise this in the EDWartens Lab

See the exam concepts at work: read overfitting and metrics, write a prompt that gives exact output, make an assistant cite sources, and measure fairness between two groups.

Works alongside Oracle Cloud AI Foundations Exam Prep (1Z0-1122). The Lab is ai for industry practice in your browser: no install, no hardware, free to use. Sign in as a learner and it opens with your account.

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Levels to try with this course

Optional. Skip it whenever you like: it never blocks your progress or your certificate.

Why practise in a lab

Technical work is judged on what you can do: wiring, commissioning, finding a fault. Doing a task yourself teaches more than watching it a second time, and a lab lets you try it safely before you meet real equipment. It does not replace working on real hardware.

  • Practise safely, so a mistake costs nothing.
  • The lab checks your work like a site test, so you know when it is right.
  • Free, in your browser, with nothing to install.

Certificate

An optional certificate when you pass

Learning is free. Pass the final exam and you can have a certificate for £19, including VAT, with a number employers can check online. It records that you completed a free online course; it is not a regulated qualification or a CPD certificate.

  • Your name, the course, its study time and your final exam score
  • A unique certificate number and a QR code to its verification page
  • Issued by Wartens Ltd; add it to your LinkedIn profile in one click
  • Pay now or after you pass: it is issued the moment you pass the final

How the certificate works

Sample certificate for Oracle Cloud AI Foundations Exam Prep (1Z0-1122)

Credits

Who made the lessons

The video lessons belong to their creators. EDWartens wrote the study plan, notes, quizzes and the final exam.

  • IBM Technology

    short explainers on AI, ML, DL and generative AI, supervised and unsupervised learning, CNNs, LSTMs, transformers, context windows, RAG versus fine-tuning and responsible AI

  • Cloud Alchemy Academy

    the OCI AI Foundations series: AI workloads, neural networks, deep learning models, transformers, deepfakes, GPUs, OCI Supercluster and RDMA cluster networking, and the OCI Language, Speech, Vision and Document Understanding lessons with console demos

  • StatQuest with Josh Starmer

    k-means clustering, bias and variance, sensitivity and specificity, and recurrent neural networks

  • 3Blue1Brown

    the visual deep learning chapters on neural networks, gradient descent, backpropagation and transformers

  • Mahesh Huddar

    a worked confusion matrix with accuracy, precision, recall and F1

  • KodeKloud

    prompt engineering types and techniques

  • Oracle

    OCI Generative AI first principles, the AI Vector Search demo and the closing OCI Generative AI overview

  • Oracle Learning

    the OCI Data Science AI Quick Actions tour, building a Data Science lab, and OCI Vision custom models

  • Oracle Developers

    the OCI GenAI overview, getting started with the OCI Generative AI service, getting started with AI Vector Search, and Select AI

  • Oracle Database Product Management

    what AI Vector Search is and how it searches by meaning

  • Brendan’s Tech Ramblings

    building an OCI Generative AI agent in the console

Questions

About this course

Is this the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI Foundations Associate certification?
No. This is a free-to-learn preparation course for Oracle's 1Z0-1122-26 exam. The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI Foundations Associate credential is awarded only by Oracle after you pass its own exam, booked on Oracle MyLearn. EDWartens is not affiliated with Oracle and is not an Oracle training partner; Oracle and OCI are trademarks of Oracle.
Which exam does this course prepare for?
It prepares for Oracle's Oracle Cloud Infrastructure AI Foundations Associate exam, code 1Z0-1122-26 as listed on Oracle MyLearn on 11 October 2026. Oracle revises the exam roughly yearly and changes the suffix, so check the code, question count, time and passing score on Oracle's exam page before you book. Any exam fee is set by and paid to Oracle; check the current fee, if any, on Oracle's exam page.
Who is the OCI AI Foundations course for?
Engineers, IT staff, graduates and students who want a first AI credential on Oracle Cloud, and anyone who needs to explain AI, machine learning, generative AI and the OCI AI services at work. No machine learning, coding or cloud experience is needed.
What topics does the 1Z0-1122-26 exam cover?
Six areas: AI foundations; machine learning foundations; deep learning foundations; generative AI and large language models; the OCI AI portfolio (AI services, OCI Data Science and AI infrastructure); and OCI Generative AI with Oracle Database AI Vector Search and Select AI. Responsible AI runs through them. Module 1 maps each area to the modules of this course.
Is the course free to learn?
Yes. Every module, the notes, the worked problems, the practice tasks, the optional project and the final assessment are free to learn. The Oracle exam is booked separately with Oracle.
Do I need an Oracle Cloud account?
Only for the optional console exercises. An OCI Free Tier account gives Always Free resources and a 30-day trial credit; OCI Generative AI is offered in selected regions. The concept modules, notes and questions need only a browser.
How long does the course take, and what certificate do I get?
About 14 hours at your own pace, of which about 8.7 hours is video, plus about 8 hours for the optional project. Pass the 15-question final at 60 percent to earn a verifiable EDWartens certificate of completion with a unique number, a QR code and a public verification page showing the course, the modules covered and your score. It is not the Oracle credential.
What should I take next?
Sit Oracle's free practice exam on MyLearn, then the real 1Z0-1122-26 exam. After that, go on to the Generative AI and LLM Foundations course or Oracle's professional-level OCI Generative AI path for hands-on depth.

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