Labview CLAD Exam Resource

HelloAll,
I am looking for a resource(s) that can help me prepare for the Labview CLAD exam, I have worked through the 2 online example papers and these are very good at showing the weak spots. Some of the questions are a bit beyond me still, for example:
Which of the following apply to Property Nodes?
a. Understand ans
b. Understand ans
c. Understand ans
d. Property Nodes contained in a SubVI will always cause the front panel to beloaded in memory.
Which VI memory components are ALWAYS resident for a SubVI?
a. Data Space
b. not true
c. not true
d. Code
I would be gratefull for an online text that provides background to the the type of questions above, please.
Many Thanks
Chris

This screen capture from LV Help will answer both questions.
And regarding CLAD resources, this subject is all over the forums, just search "CLAD".
Richard

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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..
Also I assume you can retake online one a few times right? if I don't get an email with results that might be my only option..
I want to sign up for the actual CLAD exam but wanted to see how well I did on the online one first
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Jeff D.
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Certified LabVIEW Architect

Hi:
The system must have sent you an e-mail inmediately after finishing the
exam. At least that happen to me. Check in your Spam Folder, maybe it
was detected as spam. If not, and you're sure you're checking the right
e-mail account, then the option must be doing the exam again.
Regards.
PD. Hey, by the way, nice logo, nice Ferrari!!
Message Edited by Robst on 02-07-2006 11:32 AM
Message Edited by Robst on 02-07-2006 11:32 AM
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Preparing for CLAD exam with LV Basics I and II

Hi
This is my first post, so I want to say hello to all the users. I am currently preparing for CLAD exam. I participate in a course containing material from Core 1 and Core 2. I also have a CBT Labview Basics I and II kit. Does this CBT kit still cover all topics needed to pass this exam? It says that it`s almost 6 years old, so I want to ensure that it`s still worth of using it. Thanks for all the answers.

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
"Also be aware, I've spoken to quite a few CLAD exam takers in the last year and they all agree that the current CLAD exams are much harder and trickier than the sample exams here on ni.com. One taker for instance missed only one question the first time he took the sample CLAD exam but failed the actual exam by a couple questions. So make sure you're overprepared!"
Someone on the NI community made a pretty comprehensive list of preparation materials here:
http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-14014
Additionally, quite often we work with preparing people for the CLAD exam so I made a video examining a very common type of CLAD question:
http://blog.sixclear.com/post/2702910705/clad-exam-prep-1
You can take a look at the notes there which have a few more links to CLAD preparation resources. I'll include this one where someone on the NI community made a pretty comprehensive list of preparation materials:
http://decibel.ni.com/content/docs/DOC-14014
Good luck!
Brian Spears
sixclear.com

What are the CLAD exam topics?

Hi guys,
Here I am a bit confised about the topics covered in CLAD exam. My confusion comes from the fact that in the NI site for preparation guidlines the topics outlined are as follows:
Exam Topics (Outline):
LabVIEW programming principles
LabVIEW environment
Data types, software constructs, and Graphical User Interface (GUI) elements
Variables and functions
Simple design patterns
SubVI design
VI design and documentation
Error handling
Debugging tools and techniques
But if you scroll down at the bottom of the page is a download link with a PDF file. I've attached this file to this message.
In it the topics outlined include much more advances ones from Intermediate I and II such as event driven programming, TCP/UDP, Data Sockets, Custom Error generation, VI and application reference, dinamicaly loading of subVI and so on.
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,
The topics for the CLAD are those you cited in your post :
slavie a écrit:
Exam Topics (Outline):
LabVIEW programming principles
LabVIEW environment
Data types, software constructs, and Graphical User Interface (GUI) elements
Variables and functions
Simple design patterns
SubVI design
VI design and documentation
Error handling
Debugging tools and techniques
The other topic you saw in the pdf file you mentioned might be part of CLD et CLA (which are quite different from CLAD)
Hope this helps
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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.
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I've Cerified in CLAD Exam.

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CLAD exam question for recent test takers

I have scheduled for a CLAD exam. I have been reading many questions posted on LAVA and NI forum, working on example exams but still not very confident. Especially, after seeing people saying the actual exam was much harder than the two sample exams on NI. I wonder if it is true for recent exam (Summer, Fall 2011)? If anyone who just took the test, please verify this information
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As for that, I would like to add a question to this thread:
Am I able to recive any help on the exam if there are some words I don't understand? Like getting them translated for me or something?
I'm familiar with most of LabVIEW's terminology, but not all the other complex words used in the example exams.
Like this for an example:
The words I've marked is not trivial to me, and I'd might fail this type of question on the CLAD exam
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Do I need Core 3 to do CLAD exam?

Hi guys!
Since I first encountered LV in June, I have done a lot of studying on my own. I believe I have done more than Core 1 of the NI courses explains. Therefor I would like to do Core 2. I contacted NI in my country and they gave me a price for Core 2, Core 3 and the CLAD exam. Fair indeed, but I'm not quite sure I need Core 3. You see, I'm just making small programs for testing of electronics. The people who will use the programs work for the same company as I do. So Core seems to be overkill for my purpose with LabVIEW.
I believe most of you have at least done the CLAD exam. Would you recommend me to do the Core 3 also, or would Core 2 be enough to do the CLAD exam?
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Hi Evan
According to the "book" you theoretically need only Core 1 and 2 before taking the CLAD. In practise I would strongly recommend that you take the course and also take the time to work a bit more, say 3-4 months with LabVIEW before the exam. However this is my general advice and may not be applicable to you specifically. You can always test your skill level with the CLAD preparation material to see how you fare.
When it comes to Core 3 I think it is one of the best courses to take regardless of the CLAD. It goes more in depth into the different structures, introduces new more advanced concepts (some of my favorites are User Events and enum/variant cluster with a queue) and how to structure your entire development practice. Even though you say now you will only develop small applications for internal use these can quickly grown to something unmanagable and cost you a lot of time if you haven't thought in terms of Scalability, Readability and Maintainability, which are the three key concepts of Core 3.
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What to use to study for the Clad exam?

Hello to all who may read this.
I will be going for my CLAD exam in just a few months and I hope that I will pass it and finally attain my certification.
I have a question for anyone who can answer it. What materials should I consider using to study for this test? I have been to the Basics 1 and 2, with Daq following that. I was a novice using LabView and could write a fairly decent program measuring temperatures and frequency sensors / transducers. However, I transferred to a new lab and haven't been able to even crack the book to maintain my level of knowledge for approximately 1 1/2 years. I haven't ever built a state machine or anything like that. My test will be in about 2 months, and I need a little direction on the study materials. Any help for me cramming all this in my head would be useful and appreciated. Preferably an app engineer or a clad, cld holder advice would be most helpful.
Please email me with any questions and / or advice you may have.
[email protected]
thanx in advance,
Myke

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:
As an addition to the previous post, (when you are taking the CLD exam), while you will be tested up to the version previous to the latest release, the test center may have the latest release on the computer you will use. Not much difference between 7.0 and 7.1, environment wise, but if all you have programmed in were the previous to 7.x releases, the environment (look and feel) of the "out of the box" installation is very different. The biggest problem that many have with the CLD exam isn't the difficulty of the problem as much as thinking of a solution and then implementing it within the test time. A good friend, and one of the best LabVIEW programmers I've known, wasn't familiar with the new lay out and didn't know that NI had given switches to make 7.x look like 6.x and the mental context switching and the looking for familiar tools in unfamiliar places cost him the exam (CLD) the first time he took it. The exam(s) are not terribly tough if you are prepared, but they are definitely not trivial either. Which is as it should be for them to have any validity!
Study hard and good luck.
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Free practice LabVIEW Fundamentals Exam

Hello All
Had NI removed the online preparation for CLAD. Previously there used to be online preparation test, like answer one question then click next. At the end of test it will give result, how many answers were right out of attempted 40.
Thanks & Regards,
Rajan

I got this reply by email:
Hello,
We regret that the LabVIEW Fundamentals Exam will no longer be available.
The exam questions have been updated and are available as two sample exams in pdf form on the following link https://lumen.ni.com/nicif/us/ekitcladexmprp/content.xhtml.
This transition will give us more control on the exam content, giving us the ability to add newer questions to the set when needed.
The new sample exams are a better representative of the current CLAD exam to help you better prepare for the exam.
We thank you for your patience and hope the new format serves you better.
Best regards,
GerdW
CLAD, using 2009SP1 + LV2011SP1 + LV2014SP1 on WinXP+Win7+cRIO
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Labview fundamentals exam results not recieved

hi,
i appeared for the labview fundaments exam but havent recieved the mail regarding the result. please help. how else can i get my results

Hi,
Kindly mail your exam and certifications related query to our support mailbox:
For INDIA it is [email protected]
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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....?.
Is there anyother possibility to take sample online CLAD exam???
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The link that I provided is a link to the online sample exam. Have you tried it?
PS: click on the words in blue, "this link"
Common Bob i checked it... It gives me only the pdf material and i have written both the sample exams... But i was searching for the Online sample exam... Ok is the pdf material is getting updated... ?
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I would like to attain sample Labview Developers exams.

I was hoping to download sample exams to study for the Labview Developers Exam. I also want to know if the preperation course offered by NI for the exam is worth pursuing.

There is not a sample test, but you can download a pdf of the Tasks and Objectives that might covered on the test here. Look for the "Certified LabVIEW Developer" heading, then click the Tasks and Objectives link. There is also other information available on that page.
I didn't take the prep course, but a co-worker did and he did pass the test after taking it.
Ed
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