SAP APO DP/SNP (C_SCM3) certified

Hai,
I got certified on <a href="http://www50.sap.com/useducation/certification/curriculum.asp?rid=251&vid=5">APO DP/SNP certification</a>.
Just want to give some information to all those who want to take this exam:
The duration of test is 2 hrs. with 60 questions(2 mins. per question)
The questions are divided into 4 areas: General, SNP, Integration(CIF) and DP.
There are very clear instructions right before the test.Your test will only start once you read through all those and click on the icon for entering the exam. Your time starts right then.
The questions are more of conceptual rather than any real world scenarios. Reading through the SAP material for courses SCM 200(needed if you have no knowledge of SAP), SCM 210(DP), 220 (CIF) & 230 (SNP).
It's very helpful to follow SDN posts to understand what you read in books.
There is only one question from Network design that's very easy to answer if you just read the overview of ND in help.sap.com
Upon completion of the course, you will be given the result with details of Pass or Fail, Overall marks, markes scored in each section.
THe pass mark is 70 out of 100.
Finally a tip for all those taking certification: Be thorough with the content at the end of each unit( like exercises, Q&As).
I read through the material and have been following all the posts in SDN. I am really deeply indebted to SDN for the kind of subject I learnt from it. Special thanks for Somnath and Harish.
Guys, please let me know if any one have any questions on certification. I can not post the certification questions but will try to answer your other questions to my best.
Thanks.
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Visu Venkat

HI, Visu,
I am a shipping line and international logistics professional and have experience of around 12 years in the same field and worked in various department from Operations, Documentation and sales, and want to go for a certification in SCM.
So please advise in which module i should do certification, if you want i can send my profile to you for further details.
Regards
Akanksha
Visu Venkat wrote:
Hai,
        I got certified on <a href="http://www50.sap.com/useducation/certification/curriculum.asp?rid=251&vid=5">APO DP/SNP certification</a>.
Just want to give some information to all those who want to take this exam:
The duration of test is 2 hrs. with 60 questions(2 mins. per question)
The questions are divided into 4 areas: General, SNP, Integration(CIF) and DP.
There are very clear instructions right before the test.Your test will only start once you read through all those and click on the icon for entering the exam. Your time starts right then.
The questions are more of conceptual rather than any real world scenarios. Reading through the SAP material for courses SCM 200(needed if you have no knowledge of SAP), SCM 210(DP), 220 (CIF) & 230 (SNP).
It's very helpful to follow SDN posts to understand what you read in books.
There is only one question from Network design that's very easy to answer if you just read the overview of ND in help.sap.com
Upon completion of the course, you will be given the result with details of Pass or Fail, Overall marks, markes scored in each section.
THe pass mark is 70 out of 100.
Finally a tip for all those taking certification: Be thorough with the content at the end of each unit( like exercises, Q&As).
I read through the material and have been following all the posts in SDN. I am really deeply indebted to SDN for the kind of subject I learnt from it. Special thanks for Somnath and Harish.
Guys, please let me know if any one have any questions on certification. I can not post the certification questions but will try to answer your other questions to my best.
Thanks.
Message was edited by:
        Visu Venkat
Visu Venkat wrote:
Hai,
        I got certified on <a href="http://www50.sap.com/useducation/certification/curriculum.asp?rid=251&vid=5">APO DP/SNP certification</a>.
Just want to give some information to all those who want to take this exam:
The duration of test is 2 hrs. with 60 questions(2 mins. per question)
The questions are divided into 4 areas: General, SNP, Integration(CIF) and DP.
There are very clear instructions right before the test.Your test will only start once you read through all those and click on the icon for entering the exam. Your time starts right then.
The questions are more of conceptual rather than any real world scenarios. Reading through the SAP material for courses SCM 200(needed if you have no knowledge of SAP), SCM 210(DP), 220 (CIF) & 230 (SNP).
It's very helpful to follow SDN posts to understand what you read in books.
There is only one question from Network design that's very easy to answer if you just read the overview of ND in help.sap.com
Upon completion of the course, you will be given the result with details of Pass or Fail, Overall marks, markes scored in each section.
THe pass mark is 70 out of 100.
Finally a tip for all those taking certification: Be thorough with the content at the end of each unit( like exercises, Q&As).
I read through the material and have been following all the posts in SDN. I am really deeply indebted to SDN for the kind of subject I learnt from it. Special thanks for Somnath and Harish.
Guys, please let me know if any one have any questions on certification. I can not post the certification questions but will try to answer your other questions to my best.
Thanks.
Message was edited by:
        Visu Venkat

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