Seems very cool and an enjoyable and solid way to take the time to really absorb this stuff. However, from the description it doesn't sound like anything that you couldn't work through hands-on, from the website within say 1-2 weeks, if you focused on it.

M102: MongoDB for DBAs

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-o... http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-d...

http://try.mongodb.org/ type 'tutorial'

http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Import+Export+Tools

http://www.10gen.com/presentations/mongosv-2011/a-mongodb-re...

http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Indexes

http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Indexing+Advice+and+FAQ

http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Sharding+Introduction

http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Simple+Initial+Sharding+...

http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Sharding

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/administration/sharding-archi...

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/faq/sharding/

http://www.10gen.com/presentations/mongosf-2011/backing-up-m...

http://www.mongodb.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=19562846

http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Replica+Sets