Exam Guide for 1D0-420 CIW Site Designer

• CREDIT TOWARD CERTIFICATION
• PREREQUISITES
• EXAM INFORMATION
• SKILLS MEASURED
• EXAM RETAKE POLICY
• EXAM RETIREMENT

CREDIT TOWARD CERTIFICATION

CIW Site Designer is a requirement for the following CIW certifications:

• CIW Certified Instructor - for those teaching CIW Site Designer content.
• Master CIW Web Site Manager.
• Master CIW Designer.

CIW Associates who pass the CIW Site Designer exam also achieve the following CIW certification:

• CIW Professional.

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PREREQUISITES

• Candidates must complete the following prerequisites prior to sitting the CIW Site Designer exam:

  • CIW Certification Agreement. 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).
    
    
  • CIW Associate certificate. Passing the CIW Foundations exam 1D0-410 is required for those candidates to achieve CIW Professional, Master CIW Designer, and/or Master CIW Web Site Manager certification designation. Students may sit the CIW Site Designer exam prior to the CIW Foundations exam, however it is recommended that students take (and pass) these exams in sequential order.

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EXAM INFORMATION

Students who have taken CIW courses are encouraged to continue their studies and apply their new skills before attempting the 1D0-420 Site Designer examination. Skills taught in the CIW Site Designer courses are best reinforced with real-world experience.

The candidate is responsible for learning the content and achieving a passing score on the CIW Site Designer exam. Comments regarding course delivery should be referred to the training company that delivered the course.

Any 1D0-420 CIW Site Designer exam taken on or after August 20, 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.

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 Site Designer examinations taken before August 20, 2001.

Each item offers four solutions or distracters. Exam candidates must select the one best solution for each item.

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SKILLS MEASURED

Site Designer 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 Web site designer. The 1D0-420 exam tests the following common core of Internet skills:

• Explain and implement Web design concepts, including page layout, multimedia, font and color selection, graphic images, audience usability, file hierarchy, and navigation.
• Manage Web site development processes.
• Develop a Web strategy with goals and tactics to support it, and implement techniques such as mindmapping and site metaphor concepts.
• Select and implement basic Web technologies, such as HTML tables and frames, metadata, and Cascading Style Sheets.
• Use Web production applications and tools to create and manage pages and sites, create animated GIFs, edit graphic image files, and create multimedia files.
• Describe and implement advanced Web technologies, including scripting languages, Dynamic HTML, Extensible Markup Language (XML), server-side technologies, Java applets, and plug-ins.
• Describe the functions of Web servers, server administration ports, cookies, databases, and database management systems.
• Identify the Internet governing organizations.
• Understand how to research Internet standards and register a domain name.
• Complete development of a functional Web site.
• Compare in-house Web site hosting to hosting with an Internet Service Provider.
• Publish sites to the Web using various tools and techniques.                                                            

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EXAM RETAKE POLICY

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.

*ProsoftTraining is a Member of the Information Technology Certification Security Council (ITCSC). ITCSC is an association formed for the establishment and recognition of standards, best practices and programs leading to enhanced security for IT certification programs. ITCSC's primary goal is to prevent unethical activities and practices that result in the invalidation of IT certifications by unqualified individuals. As an ITCSC Member, ProsoftTraining is obligated to report to ITCSC and its Members all violations of this Exam Retake Policy. Such violations will be reported to ITCSC and its Members for the purpose of maintaining the value and ensuring the integrity of the certification exams of ITCSC's Members and protecting the investments made by candidates in the certification programs of such Members. In addition to any action taken by ProsoftTraining, ITCSC and its other Members may take action against any candidate determined by ProsoftTraining to have violated the ProsoftTraining Exam Retake Policy, which action may include the invalidation of exam results, the denial of certification and the revocation of any certification previously issued by any or all ITCSC Members.

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EXAM RETIREMENT

No retirement date has been announced for exam 1D0-420

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