Exam Guide For 1D0-410
CIW Foundations
CIW Foundations is a
requirement for all CIW certifications, including:
- CIW Associate
- CIW Professional
- CIW Certified
Instructor
- Master CIW Web Site
Manager
- Master CIW
Administrator
- Master CIW Designer
- Master CIW Enterprise
Developer
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Candidates must complete
the following prerequisites prior to sitting the CIW
Foundations exam:
- This simple on-line
agreement only needs to be completed once, but is
necessary for CIW Cert Central to ship CIW
certificates (CIW Associate, CIW Professional or
Master CIW certificates) to candidates who pass the
required CIW certification exam(s).
- Candidates seeking CIW
Associate status (CIW Foundations exam 1D0-410) should
have prior experience using the Internet on a personal
computer running the Microsoft Windows or UNIX/Linux
operating systems.
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Students who have taken
CIW courses are encouraged to continue their studies and
apply their new skills before attempting the 1D0-410
Foundations examination. Skills taught in the CIW
Foundations courses are best reinforced with real-world
experience.
The candidate is
responsible for learning the content and achieving a
passing score on the CIW Foundations exam. Comments
regarding course delivery should be referred to the
training company that delivered the course.
Any 1D0-410 Foundations
exam taken on or after June 15, 2001 will be subject to
the following:
- Each delivery of the
exam will include 10 non-scored beta items, appearing
randomly.
- The examination period
will be increased from 75 minutes to 90 minutes.
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Examination Version |
Date Published |
Exam Notes |
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CIW Foundations 1D0-410 |
June 2001 |
This version contains 10 non-scored beta items
and 60 scored items.
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To achieve a passing
score on the exam, candidates must:
- Correctly answer at
least 45 of the 60 scored questions to achieve a total
score of 75% or greater.
This scoring method does
not apply to Foundations examinations taken before June
15, 2001.
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Module |
Number of
Items |
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Internet Fundamentals |
24 |
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Web Page Authoring Fundamentals |
12 |
|
Networking Fundamentals |
24 |
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Total Scored Items |
60
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Beta items – randomly delivered throughout exam |
10
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Total Items |
70 | |
Each item offers four
solutions or distracters. Exam candidates must select
the one best solution for each item.
After passing the CIW
Foundations exam, candidates are eligible for CIW
Associate status. To obtain your CIW Associate
certificate, simply fill out the CIW Certification
Agreement and a CIW representative will issue your CIW
Associate certificate.
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Foundation skills are not
product- or system-specific. They are a combination of
minimal technical and non-technical skills and knowledge
required for those interested in developing specific
Internet skills as a designer, developer or
administrator. The 1D0-410 exam tests the following
common core of Internet skills:
- Describe
infrastructure required to support an Internet
connection, including hardware and software
components.
- Explain important
Internet communications protocols and their roles in
delivering basic Internet services.
- Explain the basic
principles of the Domain Name System (DNS).
- Describe how Web
browsers can be used to access the World Wide Web and
other computer resources.
- Explain how e-mail
clients can be used to send simple messages and files
to other Internet users.
- Describe Internet
services, including but not limited to news, FTP,
Gopher, Telnet, and network performance utilities such
as ping and traceroute.
- Explain user
customization features in Web browsers, including
preferences, caching, and cookies.
- Describe security
issues related to Web browsing and e-mail, including
certificates and viruses.
- Explain how to use
different types of Web search engines effectively.
- Describe how to use
the Web to obtain legal and international business
information.
- Describe issues in
developing a corporate Web site, including but not
limited to project management, testing, and legal
issues.
- Explain how HTML files
are formatted to maintain compatibility with older Web
browsers.
- Explain how to include
images and graphical formatting in HTML files.
- Describe how to create
a basic HTML form that accepts user input.
- Describe how to test
and analyze Web site performance issues.
- Explain the features
and appropriate use of XML.
- Describe networking
and its role in the Internet, including protocols,
packets, and the OSI reference model.
- Explain the role of
networking hardware, and configure common PC hardware
for operation.
- Discuss the
relationship between IP addresses and domain names,
including assignment of IP addresses within a subnet.
- Describe the function
and components of the Web server.
- Discuss common
Internet security issues, including user-level and
enterprise-level concerns.
- Describe common
performance issues affecting Internet servers and
resources, including analysis and diagnosis.
- Describe how to
transmit text and binary files using popular Internet
services, including the Web and e-mail.
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The CIW Exam Retake
Policy outlines the conditions under which a candidate
may retake a CIW exam. A waiting period between retakes
of a single certification exam maintains the security of
the exam and strengthens the value of the CIW
certification. Each CIW exam is defined by a unique exam
ID (e.g., IDO-410). A retake is any subsequent sitting
of an exam with the same CIW exam ID by the same
candidate at any authorized testing center.
In the event that a
candidate passes a CIW exam, the candidate will not be
allowed to retake that CIW exam. If the CIW exam
objectives change, the exam ID changes to reflect the
new exam version. Candidates who have passed an exam may
sit a newer version of the exam that may have the same
title but a different ID number.
In the event that a
candidate fails a CIW exam on his or her first attempt,
a 24-hour waiting period is required between the first
and second sittings of that CIW exam. Candidates are
required to wait for a period of no less than thirty
(30) calendar days from the date of the previous sitting
before any third or subsequent sitting of the same CIW
exam.
Exams administered in any
ways that do not comply with the CIW Exam Retake Policy
shall be considered invalid and ineligible for a refund.
In the event that a
candidate has violated this Exam Retake Policy, the
candidate may be deemed ineligible to register for or
schedule any CIW exam for a minimum period of twelve
(12) months from the date of such determination.
In addition, any
candidate determined to have violated the CIW Exam
Retake Policy* may be subject to any or all of
the following:
- Denial of a specific
CIW certification for a period of twelve (12) months
from the date of such determination;
- Revocation of a
specific CIW certification, if such certification had
been previously granted to the candidate;
- Revocation of all CIW
certifications previously granted to the candidate;
- Ineligibility to
receive any CIW certification for a minimum of twelve
(12) months from the date of such determination;
- Any other appropriate
actions, including legal remedies, deemed necessary or
appropriate to enforce the CIW Exam Retake Policy.
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activities and practices that result in the invalidation
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No
retirement date has been announced for exam 1D0-410.
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