fundamental exam

[ajmartin]

I just searched and read all the posts I could find on this subject. I took the fundanental exam and think it would be a great way to find out your weakness IF only NI would tell you what you got wrong! I would love to be able to build the ones I can and see if I really understand them, then look up the others and make sure my understanding is correct. Has any one cut and pasted the exam into a document? I am NOT asking for the answers, I just want to use it as a study guide. I cant take the test again for 2 days!

Thanks!

Alan

[tst]

If you want, you can try taking this exam, which does give you the answers when you're done. There is only one problem with this - of the 20 questions, I found at least 8 which are unclear, ambiguous, misleading or even wrong. NI is aware of this issue, but I'm not sure when they will fix it.

[Harold_Timmis]

What a great quiz they even recommended the advanced class for me...LOL now all I have to do is get the 1000.00+ dollar's to go LOL

[Neil.Pate]

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ajmartin wrote:

I just searched and read all the posts I could find on this subject. I took the fundanental exam and think it would be a great way to find out your weakness IF only NI would tell you what you got wrong! I would love to be able to build the ones I can and see if I really understand them, then look up the others and make sure my understanding is correct. Has any one cut and pasted the exam into a document? I am NOT asking for the answers, I just want to use it as a study guide. I cant take the test again for 2 days!

Thanks!

Alan

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Alan, there is an old saying, "where there is a will, there is a way"

If you want to do the test multiple times without waiting the two days (what a ridiculous artificial constraint, come on NI we are not children eating chocolates here), just register a new account with some dummy name. You can do this till your heart is content...

EDIT: I have no idea if doing this is breaking some Terms of Service or something, but you have been warned. If the black helicopters start to circle your house at night you will know why!

Message Edited by nrp on 09-07-2009 05:31 PM

[F._Schubert]

Are you trying to prepare for the test or are I trying to learn LabVIEW?

If you want to make sure to get a certification, then stay focused on the test.

But: If you really want to improve your LV skills, then get some project to code up and seek advice on your code on this forum or on LAVA.

Felix

[ajmartin]

Thanks, Im trying to do both! I do have a project coded up. I have a USB-6008 DAQ on a bread board with an LM34 temperture sense IC wired to an analog input of the DAQ. In front of the LM34 on the breadboard I have an LED sized filiment lamp, the lamp heats up the LM34. The lamp is 12V DC and is turned OFF/ON via a solid state relay connected to a digital output of the DAQ. I convert the degree F to degree C with a formula node on the BD, and then display both on Temperture ICONS on the FP. I also display the degree F on a waveform chart on the FP. I have an over temp setting ( temp > overtemp?) where i turn on both a virtual LED on the FP and a real LED on the breadboard. When ever there is an over temp condition I turn off the lamp and  write the temperture to a measurment file.

All this works very well UNTIL I turn on the Highlight trace debug tool, then the VI crashes after one itteration, what the heck?

Alan

[RavensFan]

Well, for help with that, you really should post your VI.  I've never heard of having problems with highlight Execution.

[johnsold]

Alan,

When a program behaves differently with Highlight Execution on and off, it usually indicates a timing problem.  As Ravens Fan said, crashes with Highlight Execution are very unusual.  Please post your code.

Lynn 

[ajmartin]

I am moving this to a more appropriate topic, Highlight ececution crashes myVI

Thanks.

ALan