CLAD Exam

In about 24 hours I'm going to take the CLAD exam for NI certification. I had talked casually to our NI rep about this on the phone last week and was told I'd breeze through it with my experience. I guess, with that in mind I did not put any prep time in for the test until now, the night before. To be honest, after just taking the LV fundamentals exam online and the CLAD sample exam, I believe I've underestimated the prep time needed. Are there others out there that have taken the CLAD? If so, I'd be curious as to what you thought of the exam and how much time you spent preparing for it. Maybe I'm just spooking myself.

Ben,
   You didn't take the minute or so to reconfigure to your familiar environment, like during the code off? A good friend of mine didn't  pass the CLD for that reason. As to whether they will be having the exam in a specific version, it may depend on the exam site. Where I took it (at one of the select integrators in my area) they had just set up  the computers, so they had 7.1 on them (last spring). They didn't have floppies on the computers, which possed a problem when we were to finish up as we were supposed to save the exam to floppie and put it in a sealed envelope to send to NI.  You definitely want to be familiar with the environment, much of the difficulty passing the exam has to do with the time available to complete the exam. Unfortunately, in their wisdom, NI hasn't made it easy to configure LV 8's  environment to resemble the old versions :-( May help the newbies, but it definitley causes lost time for those of us who have gotten to "touch wiring" familiarity with the previous layout.
P.M.
Putnam
Certified LabVIEW Developer
Senior Test Engineer
Currently using LV 6.1-LabVIEW 2012, RT8.5
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    Hi guys,
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    Can somebody who has passed this exam recently clarify me with what exactly is included in CLAD?
    I'll be very thankful to any input because in 10 days I have to go and pass it.
    Thanks, Slavie

    Hi Slavie,
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  • CLAD exam question for recent test takers

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  • Preparing for CLAD exam with LV Basics I and II

    Hi
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    Another couple things to add. I posted this comment a little while ago which reiterates what ajmartin said: http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Do-I-need-Core-3-to-do-CLAD-exam/m-p/1402686#M546312
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  • Labview CLAD Exam Resource

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    This screen capture from LV Help will answer both questions.
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  • What happened to the online sample CLAD Exam???

    Now only am planning to take the CLAD Exam but before that my seniors advised me to take the online CLAD sample exam. I searched a lot nut am not able to get that... :smilwysad: What happened???... Any issue regarding that....?.
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    The link that I provided is a link to the online sample exam.  Have you tried it?
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  • Do I need Core 3 to do CLAD exam?

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    Hi Evan
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  • CLAD Exam retake after 1st attempt

    If CLAD Exam failed at first attempt, when we can take next CLAD exam(one week or two weeks or three weeks)??
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    It may be because of the available slot or they might have changed it now. One most likely case is that they change the questions every 15 days or something like that.

  • What to use to study for the Clad exam?

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    To add to one of the previous posts, if you can get a hold of a newer (7.x) version (while there are differences between 7.0 and 7.1 they're not huge) write programs using as many of the main concepts (Loops, cases, etc.,) as possible. It will help you in the CLAD exam, things that are theoretical will also be remembered in the practical part of your brain!. Plus, if and when you are ready to take the CLD exam being _very_ familiar with the environment will really help. The following only applies when you are ready to take the CLD exam:
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  • CLAD sample exam - windows dialog button mimic

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  • LabVIEW CLAD Online Prep-exam

    I just finished taking the online Prep (Free) exam for the CLAD.. how long typically before you get your score. I did not think I did too bad, but thought I would have gotten an email already..
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  • CLAD Sample exam

    Hi,
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    Hi there guys,
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    So I ran a search for CLAD exam sample papers, and it was the very first search result.
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    Hi
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    is LabVIEW Basics I and II manual are sufficient for the preparation of the
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    Ray is right, the best way to get pricing and scheduling information is to contact the NI India branch directly.
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