In recent years, more and more people start to show concern over IT certificates and lots of insiders also intend to obtain them. However, there are still plenty of examinees who do not have a clear idea of some simple questions like enrollment, exam and training. Based on a large number of previous consultations received, the most frequently and the most typical question asked, we write the article to help people, in the text, we give a detailed answer to those questions candidates are most concerned about, so that everyone can have a very clear understanding throughout the IT certification structure. Because most people want to attend IBM Exam and other exams are almost little different with it, the article will take IBM COG-310 as an example.
1.Registration. Mnay friends wrote to me to ask where they should go to registrate, how many times they can attend the Exam in one yea and when the Exam will begin. For the IBM Cognos certification exams, we can tell you that you are free to decide examination time, like when can the test be. Why? This is from the structure of IT certification exams. We often say that IBM certification is undoubtedly a qualification IBM company giving to the technical staff, but the certification exam is not under the auspices of the company itself, the company entrust their certification exams to the companies specializing in the examination, such as Sylvan, VUE and so on. These companies have got exam centers in more than 100 countries around the world and these exam centers are connected with one another via internet so that exam results are able to be in no time transmitted to the database of the entrusted companies every day. As for the IT enterprises, the exam commission cost is very low, so almost all IT certification are entrusted to the Sylvan and VUE agent, while the two companies are also agents, such as GRE, TOEFL, with which we are more familiar.
The time of test is arbitrarily decided, because the centers have exams almost every day. The procedures of the COG-310 exam is as follows: firstly, you go to the test centers to registrate and choose the exam time. Exam centre will download all exams content includings yours on the day,what you need to do is to select the part of your own. But there are a small number of candidates in some places, therefore, the exam center will choose two examination days in a week to gather the candidates, in this way, you need ask the examination center for specific exam time.
2.Training. Whether one should take training to have the qualification to take certificate exams, is a question cared by many friends. Now, we answer you clearly that you don’t have to attend the training. Even if you know nothing about the exam, you still can attend it. Of course, it will be very different for you to pass it. As mentioned above, Sylvan exam center is a company specialized in the agent of holding exams in international arena, while the training center is the training institute authorized by related IT enterprises granting certifications. However, because all the two institutions take the form of applications to join, so for convenience, general training centers also apply for becoming exam centers.
Perhaps you think you are in a poor foundation, and should take the training. But you have to keep in mind that the current IT certification training is to strengthen the teaching, that only a few days training is impossible to make a master out of a rookie. Since the thick IBM Cognos certification teaching material with hundreds of pages must be finished within a few days, an average of about 200 pages will be finished everyday. Therefore, the training will not be efficient if you don’t have comparatively profound knowledge and go over the teaching material at least one time before you receive training. The training centers are also commercialized institutions, with unequal ability, but all oriented at the market. So don’t choose by the throughput rate merely. The real improvement is the most important.
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