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Get the Help You Need - Preparation and Test Taking StrategiesBarbara Bowen and Bill McCookWW Professional Certification Programs

Today's Talk Includes

Program Updatesƒ new beta and final exams

Test Prep materialsƒ How to find them, what's available

Test Taking Strategies

Your Questions

Program UpdatesR6 update exams are final and availableƒ 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/Canada EMEA Latin America AP/Japan Total

25,675 25,394 2,311 22,542 75,922

Exam Name Exam # Certification earned

Notes Domino 6 Application Development Foundation Skillsin beta now - half price!

610 CLS

Notes Domino 6 Application Development Intermediate Skillsin beta now - half price!

611

Notes Domino 6: Developing Web Applications (in development)

612 CLP (3 above exams req'd)

Using JavaScript in Notes Domino Applications

513 PCLP (one only req'd)

LotusScript in Notes for Advanced Developers

273 PCLP (one only req'd)

Using Java in Notes Domino Applications 516 PCLP (one only req'd)

Notes Domino 6 Beta Exams now Available

Application Development for candidates new to cert

Exam Name Exam # Certification earned

Notes Domino 6 System Administration Operating Fundamentalsin beta now - half price!

620 CLS

Notes Domino 6: Building the Infrastructure in beta now - half price!

621

Notes Domino 6: Managing Servers and Users (in development)

622 CLP (3 above exams req'd)

Notes Domino 6: Configuring Domino Web Servers (in development)

623 PCLP (one only req'd)

Notes Domino 6 Beta Exams now Available

System Administration for candidates new to cert

Exam name Exam #

Administering Sametime 3now final!

542

Administering QuickPlace 3in beta - free!

531

Domino. Doc System Administration 3.0(OK for 3.5)

533

Implementing Lotus Discovery Server 1.0

534

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 name Exam #

Developing Instant Collaborative Applications with Lotus QuickPlace 3 free now in beta!

561

Developing Web Applications in Sametime 3free now in beta!

572

Developing Applications Using Lotus Workflow 3

565

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 stuffƒ http://www.lotus.com/certification

Prep pages should be your first stopƒ 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 LotusLotus study showed a positive correlation between using the exam guide and a passing score

Go through each competency thoroughlyƒ many CLPs find that searching in the help file on each

competency helps

Experience - you must use the productƒ we recommend 90 days minimum

Training MaterialsLAEC Coursesƒ Instructor led, On-lineƒ Check WW schedule

CBTsƒ NetGƒ SmartForce

Practice Tests!ƒ SelfTest Softwareƒ CertFXƒ Advanced CLPƒ Thomas Tester

Training MaterialsIndependent exam prep guidesƒ Que in Q2ƒ Exam prep books from Libby in Q2

Other reference books and materialsƒ Redbooks, Lotus documentationƒ Third party publisher booksƒ The View, E-Pro Magazine

Product Release notes and help filesForumsƒ CLP ƒ LDDƒ SearchDomino.com

Test Taking StrategiesPlan your exam timeƒ Arrive earlyƒ "Relax", "take deep breaths"

Initial reviewƒ Read through the exam questionsƒ Mark items where your confidence is very high

Second reviewƒ Answer the marked itemsƒ Spend most of your time on unmarked itemsƒ 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 ResultsExam Structureƒ 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 itemsƒ Unscored items are used for replacement purposes

Results ƒ Results are presented by content groups within the examƒ Scoring provides focused feedback

Beta Examsƒ Typically 100 to 120 items; "one pass through"ƒ Scores provided at the end of the Beta periodƒ Lower exam fee

How to Connect with Your Fellow CLPsCLP Private Website (www.lotus.com/educationzone)

Lively discussion area - both technical and program information - more than 30,000 registered!

Special offers Order your transcript and update your address Monthly Where in the World numbersTechnical articles and linksProgram Updates

For more informationCertification public website www.lotus.com/certification

e-mail us CLP@lotus.comƒ program questions, comments, exam questions and

comments

Subscribe to CLiPpings! Email newsletter that delivers the 5th of each month http://www.lotus.com/certification click on the CLiPpings icon - RH side of the page

Join the CLP Private Website www.lotus.com/educationzone

e-mail me directly barbara_ bowen@us.ibm.com

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