LabVIEW Fundamentals ExamNational Instruments, the company that created LabVIEW, offers several levels of certification for LabVIEW programmers. These certifications are a great way to advance your career and to show your employer (or potential employers) that you really know LabVIEW. There are three levels of LabVIEW certification:
To become certified at any one of these levels, you have to pay a fee and pass an exam. National Instruments also offers a free online exam called the LabVIEW Fundamentals Exam. Anyone can take this exam whenever they want. Passing this exam will not earn you an official certification at any of the levels listed above, but it is a great way to prepare for the other exams. The LabVIEW Fundamentals Exam consists of 40 multiple-choice questions with a 45-minute time limit. Most of the topics on the exam are topics that we've covered in EET 159. So toward the end of this course you should take the exam and see if you can get a passing grade. A word of warning: I'm not a big fan of multiple-choice exams, because sometimes multiple-choice questions are worded in a way that makes them tricky or confusing. I've taken the LabVIEW Fundamentals Exam once, and I did think that some of the questions on the exam were trick questions, and I also thought that some of the questions dealt with tiny details instead of important concepts. Also, some questions deal with topics we haven't covered in EET 159, so you'll have to guess on those. But I still think it's worth your time to take the exam and see how you do. When I took the exam, I got 32 out of 40 questions right, for a score of 80%. Can you beat my score? By taking the exam you can earn up to 10 points of extra credit for this course. To earn this extra credit, you must complete the LabVIEW Fundamentals Exam before we take the final exam, and you must e-mail your score to me at nick.reeder@sinclair.edu. Here's how many points of extra credit you'll earn, based on how many of the exam questions you get right:
To take the test, you'll need a userid and password on the National Instruments website. If you don't already have a userid, it just takes a minute to create one for yourself. It's a good idea to do this anyway, because it lets you get to a lot of special features on their website. To get started, click here, read the directions, and click the button that says "Take the Exam." Good luck! Nick Reeder | Electronics Engineering Technology | Sinclair Community College Send comments to nick.reeder@sinclair.edu |