Ask The Expert – 16 March 2010

Que – What are my options in the Microsoft Windows certification area?

Ans -Candidates who are interested in Windows can choose Windows 7 and/or Windows Vista.

Microsoft’s MCTS: Windows 7, Configuration (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) certification is the latest certification on Windows 7 technology.

The MCTS: Windows 7, Configuration certification has been designed for professionals who have a thorough knowledge in installing, managing and configuring Windows 7 including new features such as security, network, and applications. This certification validates a candidate’s ability to understand the functions and features of Windows 7 and to troubleshoot network-connectivity and applications issues.

Features of Windows 7:

1. It proves your expertise on the new Microsoft Windows 7 and related technologies.

2. It enhances employment opportunities for IT professionals.

3. It is helpful for help desk professionals who want to upgrade their credentials and get recognition from the industry.

Microsoft’s MCTS: Windows Vista , Configuration (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) certification is a latest certification on the Windows Vista technology.

The MCTS: Windows Vista, Configuration certification has been designed for professionals who have a thorough knowledge in installing, managing and configuring Windows Vista including new features such as security, network, and applications.

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Que -I am interested in animation, which adobe exam should I give?

Ans – Adobe After Effects is latest used for motion graphics Adobe’s 9A0-096 test is designed for business professionals who want to demonstrate proficiency with Adobe After Effects CS4. Successful candidates for the Adobe After Effects certification have experience in creating motion graphics and visual effects. The candidates will also have knowledge to animate, alter, and composite media in 2D and 3D space with various built-in tools.
Some of the job roles that are suitable for Adobe Certified Professionals are:

  • For Graphic Design and Development: Graphic Designers, Web Designers, System Integrators, and Developers. Related certification are ACE, ACE Specialist and ACE Master.
  • For Instruction in Adobe Products: Certified Instructors. Related Certification is ACI.

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Que – Please tell me more about the CCNA exam.
Ans– CCNA is an entry-level certification, which is a pre-requisite for all the advanced level Cisco certifications such as CCNP, CCIE, and CCNA wireless. It validates the skills to install, configure and troubleshoot routed and switched networks. CCNA Certified professionals are capable of implementing and verifying connections to remote sites in a WAN. They also have basic knowledge on security issues, Wireless networking and performance-based skills. For more information on this, please visit the Cisco page.
The typical job roles for CCNA Certified Professionals are Network administrator, System Analyst, and Network Support Professional.

Cisco has now introduced ICND1 (640-822), ICND2 (640-816), and CCNA (640-802) exams. The 640-802 exam will be the single exam option for becoming CCNA. Alternatively, passing ICND1 and ICND2 will provide you the CCNA certification. However, passing ICND1 will provide a separate certification named Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT).

You can choose either of the two paths for becoming CCNA:

  • Single Exam Option > Pass 640-802 > CCNA
  • Two-Exam Option > Pass 640-822 (ICND1) > CCENT > Pass 640-816 (ICND2) > CCNA

If you would like to know more about the CCNA certification please visit: CCNA certification exam page.

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Que- Could you please let me know the full details for OCP 11g Developer track paper?
Ans– The OCP DBA 11g certification exam is a professional certification program offered by Oracle Corporation. To be Oracle 11g DBA OCP certified, you need to pass the Oracle 11g DBA OCA certification. It validates the skills required to manage a large scale database and enhances the knowledge regarding the concepts and architecture relating to database, backup and recovery procedures using RMAN and Enterprise Manager, various kinds of flashback technologies, instance configuration, and job scheduling.
The typical job roles for OCP DBA 11g certified professionals are database administrator, database analyst, and database developer.

If you want to become Database 11g Administrator Certified Associate you have to give two exams, you may choose from the following:

1. 1Z0-001 and 1Z0-052
OR
2. 1Z0-007 and 1Z0-052
OR
3. 1Z0-047 and 1Z0-052
OR
4. 1Z0-051 and 1Z0-052

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Que- Please tell me more about the ITIL V3 foundation exam.

Ans-The Foundation Certificate is a proof of understanding of the ITIL basis which includes most of ITIL terminology, terms, concepts, and relationships between various ITIL processes. ITIL Service Management Foundation Certification is a first step to start the career in ITIL. The foundation certification is a credit for the next certificates: practitioner and manager (master). This certification exam focuses on providing knowledge and comprehension of the key concepts, structure, terminology, and processes of ITIL. It validates the skills of ITIL terminology, structure and basic concepts and has comprehended the core principles of ITIL practices for Service Management. The ITIL Foundation certificate in IT Service Management is not intended to enable the holders of the certificate to apply the ITIL practices for Service Management without further guidance. The typical job roles include the following:

  • ITIL Configuration Manager.
  • Problem Analyst.
  • Remedy ARS Developer.
  • Remedy Application Business Analyst.
  • SACM Technical Writer – ITIL v3.
  • Service Request Analyst.
  • Change Manager.
  • Incident Resolution Manager.
  • Support Analyst.
  • Configuration Manager.
  • Websphere Application Server (WAS) Administrator.
  • BMC Remedy Support Specialist.
  • Remedy Action Senior Developer.

Benefits of OGC ITIL certifications

  • Offers a single, definable, repeatable, and scalable documented framework for IT best practices that flow across the IT organization.
  • Supports sinking IT costs and mitigating the cost of IT quality.
  • Supports skill of IT to determine and get better internal performance and service provisioning.
  • Defines IT in requisites of services rather than systems.
  • Improves communication and information flows between IT and organization business departments.
  • Offers a framework for IT to support regulatory challenges.
  • Improves ability of IT to adjust as business opportunities and challenges are offered.
  • Improves relationship of IT with the business.

You may take any one exam from the below given two exams:

1. BH0-006 ISEB ITIL Foundation v.3

2. EX0-101 Exin ITIL Foundation v.3

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Que- What are the pre-requisites for the CHFI exam? What skills are required to pass this exam?
AnsComputer Hacking Forensic Investigator certification (CHFI) is appropriate for entry-level IT professionals. After passing the exam, you can work as an e-Business Security professional, Systems administrator, Legal professional, IT managers etc. It validates the skills of a candidate to identify, track, and prosecute the cyber-criminals. It also recognizes the knowledge of detecting hacking attacks and properly extracting evidence to report the crime and conduct audits to prevent future attacks. There are no prerequisites for writing the Hacking Forensic Investigator (CHFI) 312-49 exam, although it is recommended that candidate take CEH Exam before enrolling into CHFI program. However it is not mandatory to pass CEH exam before applying for CHFI exam. The CHFI certified candidate can work as a e-Business Security professional, Systems administrator, Legal professional, IT managers etc. Numerous corporate sectors are recruiting Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator to prevent and protect there digital infrastructure and to take appropriate steps against the security breach and other computer related crimes within an organization.

Ec-council exams can be taken at VUE or Prometric testing facilities.

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Everything you want to know about GCFA exam?

Q. What is the GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) exam?
A. GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst (GCFA) is a vendor-neutral certification that validates an individual’s understanding of forensic investigation/analysis, advanced incident handling, or formal incident investigation.

Q. What are the prerequisites for the GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) exam?
A. There is no prerequisite for the GCFA exam.

Q. What are the benefits to becoming an GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)?
A. The GCFA certified candidate can work as an e-Business Security professional, Systems administrator, Legal professional, IT manager, etc. Numerous corporate sectors are recruiting Computer Hacking Forensic Investigators to prevent and protect there digital infrastructure and to take appropriate steps against the security breach and other computer-related crimes within an organization.

Q. What credit does the GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) exam provide?
A. Passing the GCFA exam provides the GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst certification.

Q. How many questions are asked in the test?
A. This test consists of multiple-choice questions. There are no case study type questions, and the test is not adaptive. You will be required to attempt one hundred and fifty (150) questions.

Q. What is the duration of the test?
A. Candidates are required to attempt all questions in 240 minutes (4 hours).

Q. Which type of the test is it? (Adaptive/Linear)
A. Linear

Q. What is the passing score?
A. 69.3% (104 of 150 questions) minimum passing score

Q. What is the test retake policy?
A. If you fail a GIAC Certification Exam, you may purchase a retake for the cost $199 by clicking on the “buy retake” link, under the “certification attempts” section in the GIAC exam engine area of your portal account. Once purchased, retakes are non-refundable.

A retake will extend your final certification attempt deadline by one month and your adjusted deadline will be displayed in your Exam Engine.

If you do not purchase the retake before your expiration date arrives, you will need to purchase an extension, and then purchase the retake. Please see the information on extensions below. Your access to any associated practice tests and/or audio files will be automatically extended to match your certification deadline.

Q. Where to take the test?
A. The primary method for taking a proctored exam is through our testing partner KRYTERION .

Q. What is the exam fee?
A. The cost of GCFA certification attempt is $899 and recertification attempts are $325.

Do certification exams expire?

Given the rapidly changing IT industry, one might expect certification exams to expire every few months. Luckily, this is not the case. IT Certification exams do expire, but not as frequently as one might expect. More often than completely retiring an exam, certification vendors offer updates to existing certifications to keep pace with changing technology.

What is the frequency of exam expiration?

As mentioned above, the decision to retire and/or replace an exam rests soley with the certification vendor. In general, the validity of a certification once granted, is typically valid .Frequency of exam expiration can be predicted. It depends on technology as well as vendor of that exam. Lets take a example of Microsoft, windows vista came in market after windows XP. But the demand of XP still high than vista, so XP was not retired at that time though it was old. This time windows 7 has come. It is better than XP, so Microsoft will decide to expire XP in near future.

What is the impact on my investment in certification exams?

There is no impact on investment of individual, if certain exams expire because when a exam expire, a upgrade exam of that is available. So users or students can take that upgrade exam, and make them upgrade according to the technology. Certifications are never wasted .If someone does not want to take upgrade paper, he or she can also get job because lot of organization does not change their setup. For example, this time oca dba 11g is most updated and demanding exam but in many organization still people are working on OCA DBA 10 g and 9i. So still there is demand for old technology. This proves that certification exams are forever, so the investment in certification is always profitable.

Why do exams expire or retire?

The decision to retire an exam rests with soley with the certification vendor. The factors are typically based on:

Demand for the certification

The more a certification is in demand, the more likely it is to stay valid. The less popular it is, the more likely it is to be retired in a couple of years.

Technology

If there is a major change in the underlying technology being tested, a certification vendor typically upgrades their exams.

Is exam expiration is good or not for employees

As we know, when there occur advancement in technology, new certification exams or upgrade of previous are available. If employees of a particular company, take these new or upgrade certification, they will keep pace with technology. They can do their work in better way. Efficiency and effectiveness of the employees are enhanched.

Notable exceptions

Microsoft and CompTIA are vendors that typically do not announce exam expiration dates in advance. As long as an exam is in demand by the market, the exam is not retired. Once the demand diminishes, the retirement date for the exam is announced fairly quickly.

Everything you want to know about PgMP exam?

Q. What is the PgMP exam?
A. PgMP exam is conducted by the Project Management Institute (PMI). Passing the PgMP exam is the prime process for being certified. The PgMP certification is to designate those professionals that qualify through their experience, program management knowledge and review by professional peers as certified program managers. PgMPs are professionals whose day-to-day activities are beyond project management. As a certified program manager, you demonstrate your ability to lead, manage, and direct programs. One of the primary goals of the certification is to display the certified program managers within your performing organization and in the international program and project management community.

Q. What are the prerequisites for the PgMP exam?
A. You need to have project management as well as program management experience as a pre-requisite for appearing in the PgMP exam.

  1. Candidates having High school diploma/global equivalent educational qualification will require 4 years of project management experience and 7 years of program management experience.
  2. Candidates having Bachelor’s degree/global equivalent educational qualification will require 4 years of project management experience and 4 years of program management experience.

Note: Your application may be picked for auditing. Be careful in documenting and fulfilling your details.

Q. What are the benefits to becoming a PgMP certified?
A. As a certified program manager, you demonstrate your ability to lead, manage, and direct programs. One of the primary goals of the certification is to display the certified program managers within your performing organization and in the international program and project management community. It makes you elite and you stand out from the crowd.

Q. What certificate does it provide?
A. Passing the PgMP exam is the prime process for being PgMP certified.

Q. How many questions are asked in the test?
A. 170

Q. What is the duration of the test?
A. 4 Hours or 240 Minutes

Q. Which type of the test is it? (Adaptive/Linear)
A. Linear

Q. What is the passing score?
A. Approximately 65%

Q. What is the test retake policy?
A. You can take the PgMP assessment exam up to three times within the one-year period from your authorization to test letter. PMI members will have to pay re-examination fees of $500. Whereas, non-PMI members will have to pay $600.

Q. Is the PgMP exam right for me?
A. This exam requires four year of project management work and four year of program management work. If you have this level of experience and you want to stand out of the crowd, this exam is for you.

Q. What to expect in the exam?
A. It is a multiple-choice exam.

Q. What are the skills being measured for the PgMp exam?
A. PMI has specified more than thirty-five objectives for the PgMP test. These objectives are grouped under six topics. Following are the important areas in which an individual should possess good knowledge before taking the PgMP test:

  1. Defining the program
  2. Initiating the program
  3. Planning the program
  4. Executing the program
  5. Controlling the program
  6. Closing the program

Q. How to prepare for the exam?
A. uCertify provides quality PgMP training products to help you pass the required exam. uCertify preparation kits (PrepKits) come with realistic practice tests containing challenging questions with detailed explanations to help you understand the key concepts. The PgMP PrepKit also contains short tutorials, study notes, articles, and exam tips so that you can identify question patterns, key concepts and little known tips. Comprehensive reporting tools identify your strengths, weaknesses and opportunities for improvements. In other words, we provide you everything you need to become PgMP certified.

The PrepKit covers 100% objectives for PMI’s PgMP: Program Management Professional exam, in accordance with actual exam pattern and question types. This kit is based on The Standard for Program Management (SPM) Second Edition published by PMI.

Q. Where to take the test?
A. PgMP certification exam is provided through Prometric.

Q. How do I register for an exam?
A. Visit Prometric

uCertify Newsletter March 2010

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Certification World

  • New pricing from Oracle for Sun and Oracle certification exams
    Oracle has recently hiked the price of technical certification exams for Sun and Oracle technologies. This price hike affects both Internet-based exams and proctored ones conducted at testing centers. The new prices are as follows: – All worldwide non-proctored exams, proctored Sun exams for emerging-market countries and Oracle Database, Middleware and Linux exams for emerging-market countries will be US$125.

    – Oracle application exams are set as 195$ in the countries which have emerging market. Proctored Sun tests will cost $300 in developed countries.

    Key Points:

    1. The actual cost will vary by local currency.
    2. Test vouchers bought prior to the new pricing model remain valid. The same discount rate will be applied with discount vouchers, but they will be applied against the new pricing.
    3. Those who signed up and submitted payment for a test before Mar. 1 will not be required to pay more money as long as they maintain their original exam date.

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  • Will Oracle University support the Sun Certification Program?
    Oracle plans to migrate and offer Sun certification offerings to Oracle certification offerings. Inspite of this migration, Oracle University supports Sun certification. The issues which has been changed or not are given below.

    Will Sun certification continue be valid for students?

    Any Sun certifications will be valid and continue to be recognized by Oracle and remain valid for the version specified by an individual credential. Oracle will announce Retirement or decommissioning of any certification track.

    Will an individual be required to recertify as a result of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun? One who is Credential holders need not to take exams again in order to keep their current Sun credentials. Future certification offerings may require candidates to take an exam if they wish to upgrade. Oracle will announce the requirement of all programs, and will be explained on the Oracle Certification Program Web page.

    Can an individual/student still get Sun certified?

    Yes. An individual can take Sun certification because it is still available.

    Will the Sun certification tracks be modified?

    Sun certification tracks will be changed. It will be according to the Oracle. It will follow oracle certification model: Associate, Professional, Master, and Expert.

    What is the exam registration process?

    Students should register for Sun exams under ‘Sun Microsystems’ on Prometric’s Web site.

    Will my credential be branded Oracle or Sun?

    Currently, the credential will remain a Sun certification. In future, the Oracle Certification Program will fulfill credential for Sun certification.
    For more info, please visit Oracle’s website

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