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I just finished taking the test this morning. Definitely know your
arrays and structures and some database knowledge is helpful as well.
Also don't be in a rush, I stopped in on my way to work with only about
30 minutes to run in and take the exam. I passed which is what counts
but probably could have scored higher if I would have had more time.
Oh and to answer your question number 3 on if you can go back at all,
yes it is computer based and they give you the option with each question
to come back at the end and review it to make changes. You can also
mark it to add comments to. Personally some of the questions where they
ask what is the "best" way to do things I found a little irritating.
Whats best for you might not be best for me.
Just my 2 cents of course...
Misty
CFCustomtags.com
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From: webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 10:56 AM
To: cf-talk
Cc: webmaster
Subject: RE: Certification Exam
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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