Re: IBM Technical Solutions Certification Test

Larry
last year that diagnostic test was FREE.  I  found it  a big  HELP and
gets you acclimated to the test  environment, if you  have never  taken a
certification test before.   ALSO, I  would add to the book list the AS400
Systems Handbook.  Finally -  as you reply , Think as IBM would think.

GOOD LUCK  Michele  !!

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At 11:03 PM 02/01/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Michele,
>
>  1st off I'm a bit surprised that the V4R3 test is still being offered
since the
>V4R4 test has been out for a year I believe.  Are you running a V4R3
system? If
>you are on V4R4 or a 7xx series system then you may want to consider the V4R4
>tests (there are two for V4R4).
>
>  Nonetheless, The first thing if you haven't already done so is to go here:
>
> http://www.ibm.com/education/certify/tests/obj361.phtml
>
>  and print it out.  This is the outline that the test is written to.
There WILL
>be questions in each of the areas there, sometimes more than one.
REMEMBER:  You
>must answer the questions with V4R3 and 6xx/Sxx and earlier hardware in mind.
>Even though the test covers V4R3 and that OS will run on 7xx boxes the
test was
>written prior to 7xx hardware announce.  The best single book to know and
'love'
>is the As/400 Handbook (GA19-5486 Revision 16)
>
>  You must know a lot about the AS/400 including CISC to RISC conversions,
>Network connectivity, Hardware configurations, and What software features of
>OS/400 and licensed programs are available and what they are used for.
>
>  There are 10 or so sample questions on the web site which will do little
more
>than give you a flavor for the way the questions are written.  At least
they are
>questions about the material in the test.  There is also available a
diagnostic
>test on the Web.  You must pay a fee to take that but I absolutely would
>recommend that you do so before you spend money to take the real test.  The
>diagnostic assesment has the same number of questions as the real test and
covers
>all areas the real test does.  It will NOT tell you which questions you
get wrong
>but Will tell you in which areas you did poorly or did well.
>
>  I must say that these tests (V4R3 AND V4R4 versions) are fairly wide in
scope
>and if you pass with 10 months on the platform, I would be impressed.
>
>  - Larry
>
>Michele Reinkemeyer wrote:
>> 
>> I've been "informed" I will be taking the IBM Technical Solutions
Certification
>> Test for V4R3 next Wednesday.
>
>
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>Larry Bolhuis         |         What if it's True?
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