CTD Examination experience sharing....

[VaibhavKanchan]

Hi all,

I am posting this thread for different purpose. Aim of it is to get example questions,Important links,test formats related to CTD Test.It is not for to get any practice exams .I knew about CTD preparation guide.

For me more important are your valuable experience and suggestions related to CTD.

For this I am requesting  to all big guns to share their experiences, who had already appeared for the NI CTD test.

I would like to know..

1>Your expectation from the test.

2>Do's N Don't`during examination.

3>Problem faced .

4>Formula of success

5>Important area to prepare  🙂

Share your own experience,help me and other also..... 

[MattViewX.007]

Hello!

I recently passed the CTD exam and here's how I prepared (I am going to be careful not to say anything about the actual test)...

I read through the entire TestStand1 course book and a few select chapters from the TestStand2 course book.  If you don't have these books you can either take the classes or talk with your local NI rep about acquiring them.  This reviews many of the topics listed on the preparation guide but to cover my bases I also refreshed on some TestStand functionality by going through several of the example sequences provided with TestStand.  The TestStand manual is also a very valuable resource.  

All of this reading helps but nothing can substitute experience using TestStand.  If you are experienced with TestStand you might be able to fill in the blanks by reading about the stuff you are not familiar with but if you haven't your probably going to have a hard time.

Hope that helps and good luck!

Matt 

[Sergey_Kolbunov]

Matt,

Does this exam touch each and every functional area from the TestStand I & II training books?

In my case I have a lot of practical experience and even advanced one but I may not use everithing what TestStand can do just because this is not required by my tasks.

Does it use LabVIEW modules in the exam or something else?

[MattViewX.007]

I was kind of in the same boat... what I did was look through the ctd preparation guide and if I saw anything in there that I was unfamiliar with or was a little foggy I'd pull up an example sequence or research the topic.  As the prep guide indicates the test touches on many topics.  A solid background in TestStand development will help out a bunch though!  As far as LabVIEW goes the Exam only covers TestStand.... not any particular programming language it interfaces with.

Sorry about the vague answers I just want to make sure I don't say anything I shouldn't 🙂

[SpeeRose]

Thanks for sharing the experiency guys. I am also taking the exam in Dec andwould like to ask a few quesitons.

1. how long did you guys prepare for?

2. are there trick questions as most ppl said there were in CALD exam

3.  how much % of the exam is version specific, if there is any

4.  does it also cover the API functions

Thanks in advance.

best regards,

osman