What to use to study for the Clad exam?

[svelamal]

Hi Anitha,

I 'm getting some HTTP error while opening this nowledge base.

Please let me know if there is any other link similar relevant to the same.

Your help would be very much appreciated.

Cheers,
Suneel

[ryank]

Hi Suneel,

Here's an updated link to the CLAD preparation materials:

https://learn.ni.com/pages/certified-labview-associate-developer

For future reference, it's generally better to start a new topic than to reply to a very old one.  Fortunately I still had a subscription on this one, otherwise your post might not have been seen by anyone.

Regards,

Ryan K.

National Instruments

[sivaguru]

Hi there,

I'm planning to prepare for CLAD exam for placement purpose and I do have aspiration towards a career in research. I am a beginner in LabVIEW. I think that people from everyday workout in LabVIEW with their industry-based work/assignments will be pretty much comfortable with the preparation. So I do feel like working out some exercises to prepare well conceptually. Can you help me with exercises I could work on, to prepare for exam and at the same time learn?

Please reply.

Thank you

Best regards

Sivaguru

[ryank]

The CLAD Exam Preparation guide, which I posted a link to previously, lists a number of resources on its final page including a sample exam, course materials (both free and paid) and an online webcast.  In general, the CLAD is knowledge based, so the best way to prepare is to read materials rather than doing exercises.  However, doing exercises and writing code is a very good way to prepare for the next step, the CLD exam.

Once again, please start a new topic rather than replying to an old one.

Regards,

Ryan K.

National Instruments

[freemason]

hi,

   ppl please help.

I am planning to write CLAD exam. i would like to know how much time does the preparation take. is 1-2 weeks sufficient, if so what sources can i find to prepare well and fast.

i would be greatful to you for any valuble suggestion

thanks

[mdd_nim]

i live  south Korea ..

i prepare CLAD exam.

When i studied about CLAD..

i wonder about some problems..(i can't choose exactly)

so i attached problems..

if u can solve them, i want to receive your advice..

thanks ..

my e-mail: manship132@naver.com

[mdd_nim]

i live  south Korea ..

i prepare CLAD exam.

When i studied about CLAD..

i wonder about some problems..(i can't choose exactly)

so i attached problems..

if u can solve them, i want to receive your advice..

thanks ..

my e-mail: manship132@naver.com

[smercurio_fc]

Based on your answers I would say you still have a lot of learning to do, and it's premature for you to take the test. A lot of your answers were just plain wrong. You should spend the time looking over the LabVIEW Help and searching these forums, as these questions have been asked before. In fact, several of the questions have been posted verbatim, and answers have been provided.

[Ray.R]

Although NI will probably oppose what I'm about to say... here goes:

Don't take the CLAD exacm and get CLAD Certification just for the sake of saying "hey! I'm Certified!".. 

Learn the language first.  Get some real experience first.  If you are doing this to impress a potential employer and get a job, then you are not being honest.  Know LabVIEW.  That's how you get the job.   If you do have LabVIEW experience, then passing the test should be relatively simple.  Just know what you're working with. Too many people want short-cuts these days...  Maybe NI should make the CLAD exam even harder, or 50% multiple guess questions and 50% coding.

R

[Myke]

Ray is absolutely right. As far as sufficient study time.... everyone is different. If you do indeed "know" the language, your study time may only be 1 - 2 weeks. Conversely, if you don't know the language, your study time may be 6 months or more. Also, don't get certified just because you can. I can jump off a cliff anytime I want to, but that doesn't mean I'm going to do it. Get certified to give yourself an "atta-boy", or to give yourself a "besting goal". I know a ton of people that never took the test and aren't certified that can code me into a hole I'll never get out of.  Being certified is alot like going to college. Yes, you may have a bachelors but it doesn't rule out you working at the quickie mart either.Study materials: The best answer I can give is the CLAD study guides that is linked earlier in the post, and take a few classes. Study the books given to you during those classes. You local bookstore should carry at least some materials (barnes and nobles, books a million, etc.). DL the evaluation and use it to practice. Read, understand and comprehend everything and you should come out ok. Just a side note: The CLAD exam isn't like spending the day on the beach drinking mai-tai's and playing yatzzee. It takes a firm understanding of the G language as a whole.

The entire NI website has a wealth of knowledge at your finger tips.  Use it wisely and consistently. 

Please don't misunderstand. I applaud anyone with the fortitude and initiative to take the exam and pass. If you do pass, then at the end of the day you can say to yourself, "I took the the test. I passed. I did it for me." Something to think about anyway.

L8r!

Myke