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Get the Help You Need - Preparation and Test Taking Strategies Barbara Bowen and Bill McCook WW Professional Certification Programs

Today's Talk Includes  Program Updates ƒ new beta and final exams  Test Prep materials ƒ How to find them, what's available  Test Taking Strategies  Your Questions

Program Updates  R6 update exams are final and available ƒ Reminder - there is no deadline! ƒ Re-certification is not required. It is optional. We never take away your title.  Total number of certified candidates by region US/CanadaEMEALatin AmericaAP/JapanTotal 25,67525,3942,31122,54275,922

Exam NameExam #Certification earned Notes Domino 6 Application Development Foundation Skills in beta now - half price! 610CLS Notes Domino 6 Application Development Intermediate Skills in beta now - half price! 611 Notes Domino 6: Developing Web Applications (in development) 612CLP (3 above exams req'd) Using JavaScript in Notes Domino Applications 513PCLP (one only req'd) LotusScript in Notes for Advanced Developers 273PCLP (one only req'd) Using Java in Notes Domino Applications516PCLP (one only req'd) Notes Domino 6 Beta Exams now Available Application Development for candidates new to cert

Exam NameExam #Certification earned Notes Domino 6 System Administration Operating Fundamentals in beta now - half price! 620CLS Notes Domino 6: Building the Infrastructure in beta now - half price! 621 Notes Domino 6: Managing Servers and Users (in development) 622CLP (3 above exams req'd) Notes Domino 6: Configuring Domino Web Servers (in development) 623PCLP (one only req'd) Notes Domino 6 Beta Exams now Available System Administration for candidates new to cert

Exam nameExam # Administering Sametime 3 now final! 542 Administering QuickPlace 3 in beta - free! 531 Domino. Doc System Administration 3.0 (OK for 3.5) 533 Implementing Lotus Discovery Server Collaborative Solutions Certifications updates...for System Administrators Any single exam earns a CLS certification. Any 3 exams earns a CLP. All 4 exams earns a PCLP.

Exam nameExam # Developing Instant Collaborative Applications with Lotus QuickPlace 3 free now in beta! 561 Developing Web Applications in Sametime 3 free now in beta! 572 Developing Applications Using Lotus Workflow Domino.Doc 3.0 Customization (OK for 3.5) 563 Collaborative Solutions Certifications updates...for Application Developers Any single exam earns a CLS certification. Any 3 exams earns a CLP. All 4 exams earns PCLP.

Navigating the Lotus Certification Site  Important to find your way to the good stuff ƒ  Prep pages should be your first stop ƒ Select Certification Choices from nav bar, select the certification you are interested in, and click on the exam

Exam Guides and Experience are Key!  Listing of competencies that could be covered on the exam and that you should know with sample items  Determined by your peers - not Lotus  Lotus study showed a positive correlation between using the exam guide and a passing score  Go through each competency thoroughly ƒ many CLPs find that searching in the help file on each competency helps  Experience - you must use the product ƒ we recommend 90 days minimum

Training Materials  LAEC Courses ƒ Instructor led, On-line ƒ Check WW schedule  CBTs ƒ NetG ƒ SmartForce  Practice Tests! ƒ SelfTest Software ƒ CertFX ƒ Advanced CLP ƒ Thomas Tester

Training Materials  Independent exam prep guides ƒ Que in Q2 ƒ Exam prep books from Libby in Q2  Other reference books and materials ƒ Redbooks, Lotus documentation ƒ Third party publisher books ƒ The View, E-Pro Magazine  Product Release notes and help files  Forums ƒ CLP ƒ LDD ƒ SearchDomino.com

Test Taking Strategies  Plan your exam time ƒ Arrive early ƒ "Relax", "take deep breaths"  Initial review ƒ Read through the exam questions ƒ Mark items where your confidence is very high  Second review ƒ Answer the marked items ƒ Spend most of your time on unmarked items ƒ Review the question "stem" only - Can I answer? ƒ Review question options – How do the options differ? – Eliminate options/no penalty for guessing

Exam Structure and Results  Exam Structure ƒ More than one equivalent "form" is used – Forms are equivalent in difficulty and content – Are assigned randomly to test takers ƒ Typical exam has 40 scored items and 5 unscored items ƒ Unscored items are used for replacement purposes  Results ƒ Results are presented by content groups within the exam ƒ Scoring provides focused feedback  Beta Exams ƒ Typically 100 to 120 items; "one pass through" ƒ Scores provided at the end of the Beta period ƒ Lower exam fee

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