By understanding some basic principles of the brain, you can be able to maximize your studying and become more successful on the exam day. But before we get to the best lifehacks for your successful exam preparation, let’s know why the certification tests are so special.

What are the differences between IT certification exams and other tests?

The IT certification exams, unlike others, are designed to measure one’s skills needed at work. These skills are not only learnt for the test. Actually, there is a very big difference between IT and college exams.

First of all, you need to have hands-on experience for most IT certification exams. You may be required to input commands into the virtual command line, or drag and drop the network components around the virtual network. The IT tests come with a ton of information that the students should memorize and be able to use in practice. For instance, there are a lot of channels, commands, ports, and so on, that you should explore and remember. There are also several hands-on components for some of them. But we can’t say the same about the high school or college exams. Finally, the questions in the IT tests are highly technical and can be misleading, especially if you don’t understand how network and system components operate together.

What tips can help you excel in any IT certification exam?

So, the following tips and tricks are your best assistants during the exam preparation process. Let’s look at them in detail.

1. Get familiar with the exam details.

This should come first. Before you start, you should learn everything about the certification test. Most accredited examination bodies provide the candidates with blueprints that openly lay out the exam topics and all their sections. It will help in guiding your study approach. Besides, understanding question formats, quantity of questions, and the amount of time you will have can help you get prepared for your test in a better way.

2. Make a good start.

Before you begin your study, you should create a schedule. Be sure not to wait until the last minute because you won’t be able to learn everything within a short time. Instead, dedicate a minimum of 30 minutes for studying per day for several weeks. Alternatively, you can spend a few hours every weekend. You should never try to learn so much within a short period of time because your brain can only absorb a certain amount of information in a given period of time.

3. Determine your perfect learning style.

When studying for an IT exam, you should determine how you learn best. Doing so can help you align your preparation process with the inclinations of your brain. Some of the most common learning styles include auditory, visual, and kinesthetic/tactile learning. In case you are a visual student, you will study best by watching videos. But if you are an auditory learner, you are probably better at absorbing the info by reading the text out loud or by going through the concepts out loud. If you are a tactile or physical one, you will learn best through practical exercises or tutorials, which are hands-on learning. Ideally, the individuals should rely on all these three styles of learning.

4. Take mock tests and use simulators.

At the early stages of your training, you should take a mock test to get a general idea of what areas you need to focus on. It will help you determine problem areas and develop a strategic study plan that will enable you to minimize any knowledge gaps. You can evaluate yourself by taking full-length practice tests so that you can get to know how things will be on the real exam. If you are preparing for a network test, such as Cisco certification exams, you should use a network emulator or simulator. This preparation tool can help you find out your strong and weak areas.

5. Feel yourself comfortable.

When studying for your certification exam, ensure that you are comfortable with your study space and that you are able to focus on what you are studying. Most likely, you will absorb more information easily if there are no distractions, such as a poorly-lit room, uncomfortable chair, noise, and so on. Determine whether you will learn better in silence or while listening to music. The main point here is that your entire study space should be a pleasant place where you can concentrate to the maximum and learn effectively.

It’s important that you stick to the habits that you are accustomed to even on the exam day. For instance, if you had a good night’s sleep throughout your study period or you drank your favourite drink immediately before you begin studying, it’s important that you do the same on the exam day and just before the certification test, respectively.

6. Be ready on the exam day.

You should check all the requirements and rules for your certification exam and ensure that you adhere to all of them. Find out where the test center is and plan which route you will use to get there. Ensure that you are adding extra travel time in case you are caught up in traffic or if you get lost on your way there. The last thing you want this day is to arrive late for your exam. In such a case, the candidate, as a rule, don’t allow taking the test after a specified time of delay. You should also not feel rushed as this may interfere with your general exam performance. Ensure that you have everything you will require for your certification test a day before. Be sure to eat healthily and have enough sleep. Being hungry and feeling tired when taking the exam can negatively affect your concentration.

Summary

At first glance, preparing for any IT certification test can sound and seem daunting or even impossible. Of course, the certification exams are rarely a cakewalk, and the candidates need to learn a lot in order to succeed. However, incremental and consistent progress will help you get closer to your goal and achieve good results.

Hello Spring! Nice to meet you. It’s not a secret that spring is the best time for changes and upgrades. The IT world also falls under the spring “perestroika” (changeover). The globally recognized IT vendors withdraw or replace old certificates and exams, and launch new ones. These changes are always good because they test, confirm, improve, and broaden the knowledge and skills of current or future IT professionals.

Today, in this article you will know about updates related to the global organization EXIN, its retiring certifications and exams. Let’s start.

Some Words about EXIN

EXIN is a world independent certificate institute for ICT professionals. It never stands still, the institution permanently innovates via developing exams to improve its portfolio and widen the scope of the proposed tests. The main goal of EXIN is to provide digital transformation of organizations and professionals by evolving and testing digital competencies. It is committed to becoming a leader in digital transformation. And this institute has every reason to achieve it. After all, EXIN is 30 years of experience, about 2 million ICT professionals, 1000 accredited partners. The good reason to be a reliable and leading authority in the ICT market.

The most significant EXIN credentials are PRINCE2®, ITIL®, and ISPL. Nowadays, the institute focuses on responding to market trends with certifications, such as Information Security, Agile Scrum, DevOps, and SIAM.

Retiring Examinations

EXIN made a spring-cleaning thereby the following 6 certification exams will be no longer available, and won’t meet spring:

1. ITIL-Foundation offers a general understanding of the candidate for core terminology, concepts, and elements used in the ITIL® service life cycle, including links between used processes, life cycle stages, and their contribution to service management practices.
2. MOPF verifies that the individual has sufficient understanding and knowledge to work as an informed member of the Portfolio Office or in a number of portfolio management roles.
3. MORF confirms that the candidate has sufficient knowledge and understanding to help identify, assess and control risks in any organizational perspective.
4. MOVF verifies the individual’s knowledge and expertise in making an efficient contribution to MoV activities led by other.
5. MSPF is the first step to become a registered practitioner. It provides the candidate with information about the knowledge in program management.
6. PR2F measures the applicant’s ability to operate as an informed member of a project management team using the PRINCE2 technique in a project environment that supports PRINCE2.

EXIN Guarantees

Today, companies want to obtain generalized knowledge in related fields. By studying different areas in their general context, ICT professionals obtain a better understanding of their relationship. To meet the growing demand for experts, EXIN has developed the Certified Integrator: an integrated approach to business practices, new technological developments, and IT methodologies. When you receive three Foundation credentials, you will attain the EXIN Certified Integrator certification automatically and for free.

EXIN guarantees:

• EXIN Certified Integrator certificate
• EXIN Certified Integrator Secure Cloud Services certificate = Service Management + Cloud Computing + Information Security (you will receive it, in case you have EXIN Information Security Foundation, EXIN Cloud Computing Foundation and EXIN IT Service Management Foundation or ITIL Foundation)

Don’t forget about a thorough exam preparation, as it is the best way to earn one of the significant EXIN certifications. As usual, ExamCollection will provide you with all necessary information related to these examinations.

Well, well, well, our article is again devoted to the exam retirement. This time on the bench is the Selling Business Outcomes (810-403) exam. This certification test will be available only until December 29, 2017. Thus, to prepare for the exam and earn the Cisco Business Value Analyst Specialist or Cisco Business Value Specialist certifications, you should have a fundamental preparatory base. After all, for 90 minutes of the exam, you’ll have to show your knowledge and skills related to selling technology services and solutions with a business outcome focus. Candidates can prepare for the 810-403 test by taking the Selling Business Outcomes course or visiting ExamCollection database with Cisco braindumps. To make your exam preparation more effective, we provide you with the detailed exam topics.

End 2017 as a Cisco certified specialist!

After the redesign of the website, IBM continues to please us with good news. If you don’t hear about a new IBM website, you can read our article for November, 20, and familiarize with a new interface. From our side, we can say that the renewed website is pretty convenient and simple in use.

But today we would like to cover another event that happened recently in the IBM family. Let us introduce you a newborn certification – IBM Certified Mobile Application Developer –  Mobile Foundation V8.0! This newbie is designed for application developers to measure and validate their job skills in a Mobile Foundation v8.0 Application Developer.

The mobile application developer is generally self-sufficient and has the fundamental knowledge in Java programming, Web Services and REST, Mobile Integrated Development Environments and tools, Command Line Interface (CLI), JavaScript, HTML/CSS, Swift programming, Maven, Node, NPM and Git.

To earn this new certification, candidates must pass the IBM Mobile Foundation v8.0 Application Development (C1000-003) exam.

The C1000-003 exam is an hour and a half long exam with 59 question assessment. 43 of 59 is a passing score for this certification exam.

The exam consists of 9 sections described below:

Section 1- Development Environment Set-up

Section 2 – Development: Architecture

Section 3 – Using the Command Line Interface (CLI)

Section 4 – Development: Client Side

Section 5 – Development: Server Side

Section 6 – Notifications

Section 7 – Authentication and Security

Section 8 – Deployment

Section 9 – Analytics and Reports

For more information regarding the C1000-003 exam, visit the IBM Certified Application Developer – Mobile Foundation v8.0 certification web page.

As for exam preparation options, we prepared the whole list of the best tools for successful exam passing. The list includes:

1. Sample Test for C1000-003 (It gives the candidate an idea of the content and format of the questions that will be on the certification exam.)
2. IBM Guide (It is also good base that will help you prepare for the exam.)
3. Mobile Application Development with IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation V8 course (It teaches candidates how to develop native or hybrid mobile applications by using IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation V8 and how to build, deploy, and test applications on the MobileFirst Server.)
4. Product Documentation (It contains information about how to install, maintain, and use the IBM MobileFirst Platform Foundation.)
5. ExamCollection braindumps (As a sample test, it includes the content and format of the questions that will be on the certification exam.)

To sum up, after the earning the IBM Certified Mobile Application Developer – Mobile Foundation V8.0 certification, you will be able to use Mobile Foundation V8.0 to develop client-side applications, server-side integration and security components, as well as test and deploy Mobile Foundation V8.0 projects.

Sounds great? Then go for it!

Why is it so prestigious to be an Oracle certified specialist? Today, we’ll try to find an answer to this controversial question.

Let’s be frank, it’s hard to call Oracle one of the most elegant databases with the fastest platform. But this IT company continues to dominate the world’s database market. What is the secret of its phenomenon? The main criterion of Oracle success is its proactive approach and ability to introduce features far-ahead of the market demand. It’s not a random event that Oracle is so popular among IT specialists, after all, it is the world most flexible and robust database, and industrial-strength engine that can manage almost any data application.

So do you want to be an Oracle specialist but don’t know where to start? The new and promising Oracle Field Service Cloud Service 2017 Implementation Essentials exam is your lucky chance to become an IT expert.

The 1Z0-628 exam tests the candidate’s ability to implement and use Oracle Field Service Cloud. Individuals should be able to describe resource types and roles, configure screens for Core Manage and Mobility, create a custom property, explain OFSC API capabilities and configure an integration between OFSC and other Oracle Cloud products.

The Oracle test consists of 80 multiple choice questions which cover a wide range of exam topics: Resources, Resource Types, and the Resource Tree, Users, User Types, and Screen Configurations, Time Slots and Time Windows, Activity Types, Inventory Types, Fields and Custom Properties, Business Rules, Work Skills and Conditions, Work Zone Configuration, Calendar Settings, Display Screen’s Settings, Login Policies, Daily Extract Configuration, Activity Link Template, Glossary, Activity and Resource Filters, OFSC APIs, Statistics Parameters, Routing, Quota and Capacity Management, Notification Engine, Collaboration, Oracle Product Integrations, Service Requests, Action Management.

This exam is a qualifying test for the Oracle Field Service Cloud Service 2017 Certified Implementation Specialist certification.

To maximize the efficiency of your preparation process, you can take the Oracle Field Service Cloud Learning Subscription course or/and visit ExamCollection website for free Oracle exam materials.

Oracle will remain a leader in the future, so it’s high time to join the team of champions. Start today!

EMC Proven Professional certification program is one of the most prestigious and well-recognized in IT world. Getting certified will let you prove your up-to-dated skills, put you in the superior position compare to other professionals, and increase your earning potential.

So if you want to become EMC certified specialist due to the E20-370 and E20-670 exams, you should hurry up. On January 3, 2018, these two certification tests will retire.

Both retiring exams include about 60 questions and last 90 minutes. Let’s have a closer look on each of the exams:

= Content Addressed Storage (CAS) Specialist Exam for Implementation Engineers =

This exam focuses on the CAS family products and implementation tasks required to integrate Centera in heterogeneous open systems environments. The exam topics include CAS concepts, Centera Architecture, Tools and Universal Access (CUA) as well as Centera Operations such as API, Naming Schemes, Pools and Profiles, Compliance, Advanced Retention Management, Replication and Restore.

The E20-370 exam is associated with the Implementation Engineer, Content Addresses Storage (CAS) Specialist (EMCIE) certification. To complete the requirements for this cert, it’s necessary to attain one of the following Associate level certifications:

• Information Storage Associate (EMCISA)
• Information Storage Associate Version 2 (EMCISA)
• Information Storage Associate Version 3 (EMCISA)

= Centera Specialist Exam for Platform Engineers =

This exam focuses on concepts of content addressed storage and the EMC Centera product line. The test also verifies the candidate’s ability to perform installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting in a CAS environment. It requires that a future specialist can formulate features and functions of various hardware models, understand architecture and theory of operations, and demonstrate management and administrative capabilities using native tools and EMC software applications.

The exam topics include Centera Fundamentals, Centera Installation & Maintenance and Centera Universal Access (CUA).

The E20-670 exam is associated with the Platform Engineer, EMC Centera Specialist (EMCPE) certification. To complete the requirements for this cert, it’s necessary to attain one of the following Associate level certifications:

• Information Storage Associate (EMCISA)
• Information Storage Associate Version 2 (EMCISA)
• Information Storage Associate Version 3 (EMCISA)

Dell EMC and ExamCollection provide free practice tests to assess your knowledge in preparation for these exams. These practice tests include the topics and question types you will find on the real exam.

EMC E20 – 370 & ExamCollection E20 – 370

EMC E20 – 670 & ExamCollection E20 – 670

Make the best New Year gift for yourself – become an EMC Certified Specialist!

How long we didn’t cover any news from the IT company HPE…But it’s high time to change this situation, especially, when we have a good reason. Recently, HPE released TWO new certifications! Let us introduce you the HPE ATP – Data Center Solutions V1 and Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) V1 certs! They have already become quite popular among IT specialist. But first things first.

HPE ATP – Data Center Solutions V1

What does this HPE certification validate? – It certifies that you can identify, describe, configure and manage core HPE data center solutions including HPE ProLiant Gen10, 3Par, Nimble and OneView infrastructure management. This cert also validates that you are able to describe the HPE data center strategy, and design HPE server, storage and networking solutions that are ideal for small to medium-sized business (SMB) enterprises

Why should you earn it? – You should attain the HPE ATP – Data Center Solutions V1 cert, if you want to fill the gaps in your skills, test your knowledge of HPE data center solutions spanning servers, networks and storage or advance your career as a certified professional.

Who is the typical candidate? – IT professionals who plan, design or manage data centers.

Which steps should you take to earn this certification? – There are 3 main steps:

Step 1 – Register for this certification in The Learning Center

Step 2 – Complete recommended training: 01114481: Designing HPE SMB Data Center Architectures, Rev. 17.41 & 01098484: Building HPE Data Center Solutions, Rev. 17.41

Step 3 – Pass the related exam: HPE0-S51: Building HPE Data Center Solutions

The HPE0-S51 exam has 60 questions (multiple choice, matching, drag-and-drop) and 90 minutes to complete them. The ideal candidate for this test should have a minimum of 12 months’ hands-on experience in the core HPE areas (Server, Storage, Networking) and 6 months’ hands-on experience in other HPE SMB solutions and technologies.

Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) V1

What does this HPE certification validate? – It certifies that you can implement and manage Aruba campus switching solutions at the enterprise level. This cert also validates that you are able to implement ArubaOS switches, including access provision and redundancy technologies, configure dynamic routing using Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) and the Edge Gateway Protocol (BGP), protect the network using Access Control Lists (ACLs) and other security measures.

Why should you earn it? – You should attain the Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) V1 cert, if you want to successfully implement enterprise grade Aruba campus switching solutions and advance your career as a certified professional.

Who is the typical candidate? – Networking IT professionals with a minimum of 1 years’ experience deploying enterprise level network solutions.

Which steps should you take to earn this certification? – There are 5 main steps:

Step 1 – You should be qualified for an upgrade path: Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) V1- upgrade from HP ASE – FlexNetwork Architect V2 and HP ASE – FlexNetwork Integrator V1 & Aruba Certified Switching Professional (ACSP) V1- upgrade from Cisco, Juniper or Brocade

Step 2 – Register for this certification in The Learning Center

Step 3 – You must have Aruba Certified Switching Associate (ACSA) V1

Step 4 – Complete recommended training: 01095999: Implementing Aruba Campus Switching Solutions, Rev. 17.41

Step 5 – Pass the related exam: HPE6-A45: Implementing Aruba Campus Switching Solutions

The HPE6-A45 exam consists of 60 questions and lasts 90 minutes. The ideal candidate for this test should have a minimum of 4 to 5 years of general networking experience and 2 years of experience focused on interpreting network architectures and customer requirements to install and configure Aruba solutions.

Don’t forget about ExamCollection website where you can find free preparation exam materials for HPE exams.

Earn one of these new certifications to advance your career as a certified professional and keep your expertise current.

Ladies and gentlemen, good news! Avaya launched new ACIS certification for Avaya Oceana™ Solution. The Avaya Oceana Solution is developed as a single, universal solution for the complete integration and management of traditional telephone and digital channels. It can equip you to make smarter business decisions and expand contact center functionality at your own pace, adding digital channels.

Welcome the new Avaya Certified Integration Specialist – Avaya Oceana™ Solution (ACIS-7495) certification! It is a next-generation, multi-touch customer engagement solution that delivers an integrated support for all media, such as, email, chat, and SMS.

The ACIS – 7495 credential is associated with the Avaya Oceana™ Solution Integration (7495X) exam. This test has 67 questions and 90 minutes to complete them. The passing score is 69% (46 of 67 correct).

The 7495X exam covers the following objectives:

1. Explain the architecture, features, components, capabilities, licenses and deployment requirements for Avaya Oceana™ solution and Oceana™ Workspaces.
2. Explain additional Oceana channel types: Social Media, AMC, Outbound Voice with Proactive Outreach Manager (POM).
3. Describe the function and attributes of Avaya Control Manager and Oceana Voice Channel.
4. Configure Oceana Webchat, Avaya Oceana Email, Co-Browse Channels and SMS Channels.
5. Deploy Avaya Breeze™ Snap-ins and Omnichannel Windows Server.
6. Install Engagement Designer workflows.

As for an exam preparation, you can take the related courseware: 7415V, Integrating Avaya Oceana™ Core and Workspaces, and visit ExamCollection website for free Avaya exam materials.

Visit the Pearson VUE website and schedule the Avaya Oceana™ Solution Integration exam at Pearson VUE Test Center.

The Data Protection Advisor 6.x (E22-247) exam associated with the Data Protection Advisor 6.x certification, will retire on November 16, 2017.

This exam focuses on the implementation and management of Data Protection Advisor including the installation of DPA components, user credential management, configuration of backup components, remote data collection configuration and generating and interpreting reports. The Data Protection Advisor 6.x test also covers how to build custom reports using DPA and external sources, use of operators and Smart Groups.

The E22-247 exam is a 90-minutes test with 60 question assessment.

Exam topics include:

• Data Protection Advisor Overview
• Data Protection Advisor Installation – Configuration and Administration
• Data Protection Advisor Management
• Data Protection Advisor – Advanced Administration and Troubleshooting
• Data Protection Advisor – Advanced Custom Reporting

Preparation options:

• Practice test
• ExamCollection free EMC exam preparation materials

N.B. Data Protection Advisor 6.x credential once achieved, will not expire.

Wow! Oracle doesn’t cease to please us with novelties. We have already written about its four newcomers, and this time we’ll tell you about three new exams from this American IT company. Welcome the 1Z0-628, 1Z0-951 and 1Z0-952 exams! We have prepared a detailed overview for a close acquaintance with new Oracle tests. Here it is:

As for exam preparation, you can also have a look at ExamCollection database for FREE Oracle braindumps containing real exams, which will be a tremendous help in preparing for your Oracle tests.

We can say with confidence that these new exams will be a perfect opportunity to become Oracle certified specialist. It depends only on you, how soon it will happen.