There is a free 40 question CF 4.5 Certification exam available at brainbench.com. I
have been told that if you score at least a 4 (on a 5 point system), you have a good
chance of passing the Allaire test. Good luck!
Shane Witbeck
www.digitalsanctum.com
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From: "Mark W. Breneman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:39:14 -0600
>Don't take it too lightly. I took it three times and failed. I always
>thought of my self as a good (better than average) cf programmer. Only
>missed it by one question the last time.
>
>I will not complain until after I pass it. But, I knew that the result was
>not going to be pretty when I guessed on five or six CFSCRIPT questions. I
>have never used cfscript before.
>
>Note: The 61 test questions are pulled from about 100 to 150 questions
>(guessing).
>
>Study:
>CFscript
>Array (pay attention to the names of the array tags)
>Anything related to Structures. (and looping over them)
>Application tag
>SQL insert and wildcard selects
>
>http://www.cfcertification.com
>
>Hope this helps
>Mark W. Breneman
>-Cold Fusion Developer
>-Network Administrator
> Vivid Media
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> www.vividmedia.com
> 608.270.9770
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Leong Yew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 6:14 PM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: Re: Certification Exam
>
>
>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
>> T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133
>>
>> "Websites for the real world"
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