Hi,
I'm pretty new to this thread. Not knowing what's transpired, I'm just
wondering if anyone who's taken the certification exam could comment on the
following:
1. What sort of familiarity are you expected to have with each CF tag and
function? Are you supposed to know every attribute that you can use with
each tag?
2. Can anyone recommed any exam preparation material or books? I found it
really disappointing that compared to the more established exams (eg
Microsoft's or Novell's) there aren't a lot of published materials or sample
exams (not questions) you can refer to.
3. When you're taking the exam, can you return to previous questions or must
you answer each question there and then? (I guess I'd have to admit that I'm
not sure if its computerized or paper-based).
Leong
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 6:49 AM
Subject: RE: Certification Exam
> > The test is easy enough, especially considering you only need 60%. Many
> of
> > the questions are ambiguous so if you are not sure you can get a decent
> > amount wrong.
>
> Hopefully they'll change the questions soon.
>
> One thing to note is that they have a large bank of questions, so you
> shouldn't get the same exam if you sit it twice (some people were at the
> Conference)
>
> > If you've been coding for about a year or two and are
> > familiar with the majority of CF tags you'll be fine.
>
> As an ammendment to Andrew's comment - be familiar with the majority of
the
> CF4.5 tags, knowing CF4 will get you by, but they do ask some CF4.5
specific
> questions
>
> > Look over the tags
> > and functions, as well as error processing and how cf handles copying
from
> > one variable to another (remember cf is pass-by-reference).
>
> Also brush up on how CFScript works - it's fairly important... oh, and
> knowing HTML, JavaScript and how a website basically works is a damn good
> idea <g>
>
> > Brush up on your queries
>
> A decent, but not amazing, knowledge of SQL is (pseudo) required, so
knowing
> only "SELECT * FROM TABLE" won't cut it...
>
> > and last but not least... get a good night's sleep.
>
> Erm, I took it on 3 hours sleep over 40 hours... running on coffee, but
> having sleep is a DAMN good idea <g>
>
> Overall, know as much about CF as you can - pretty bleeding obvious, but
> there were some people at the Conf who took it after using CF for only a
> couple of months (from those I chatted to and what I heard), which is a
very
> bad idea - you can't just know the manuals parrot fashion - you MUST know
> the material!
>
> BTW, 60% isn't a difficult target to hit, it was annoying when a question
> has multiple answers but the system only allows one!
>
> Philip Arnold
> Director
> Certified ColdFusion Developer
> ASP Multimedia Limited
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