Friday, September 30, 2011

WFV1: IT Fundamentals I

WFV1 is the CIW: Web Foundations Associate certification exam. Never heard of it? Me neither... Unfortunately, CIW certifications are not exactly "in demand" certifications that most hiring managers look for.

The material provided by WGU makes this course pretty easy. The only issue is finding what you need. For a course on web design, they are severly lacking in how they implemented these resources.

The exam encompasses three different areas; networking, HTML and E-commerce. Depending on your prior knowledge in those areas, you might be able to sail through this in just a couple of days. I spent a week preparing, mainly because of my limited HTML experience.  I focused my reading on the chapter summary PDF files. It consolidates the key chapter material into an easy to read 1 - 2 page document per chapter.

The practice tests are very similar to what you will encounter on the real exam. It just may take you a while to find them in the learning resources. The easiest method is to select the practice test link on the left side of the page and select "Overview" to display the full list of quizzes and tests available.

If you are scoring well in all three areas, you should probably go ahead and book your exam.
 

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