This book covers everything a reader needs to know to take and pass the DB2 10.5 Fundamentals for LUW certification exam. The comprehensive guide takes the reader through each of the topics: planning, security, working with databases and database objects, working with DB2 data using SQL and XQuery, working with DB2 tables, views, and indexes, and data concurrency. This book contains a complete practice exam with 125 questions, which closely models the actual 615 exam, along with a detailed answer key.