BusinessObjects Certification Exams

general discussion
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Before asking about certification please use the “Search this Forum” box on the top right corner of your screen. Enter the single word “certification” and you’ll get around 20 result topics, all of which have various disussions about the current implementation (or lack thereof) of BusinessObjects certification. Thanks.

Dave Rathbun :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-06)

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Dave,

I believe that all 20 posts I found for ‘certification’ are linked to this post, telling me to search ‘certification’.

I love it!

Looking forward to seeing ‘Best of Variables’ in Orlando!

jayteabrew :us: (BOB member since 2004-01-13)

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You probably only looked at the 20 most-recent posts since this sticky was created.

BO XI Certification Questions is one that has lots of discussion, for example.

Anita Craig :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-17)

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Any one can tell me sample Cerfication dumps on Business Objects

sundaresh_s (BOB member since 2005-06-23)

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I don’t know what you mean by “dumps” so I cannot answer your question. If you are, however, asking for the exam questions and answers then the answer is No.

Dave Rathbun :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-06)

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This morning I heard on the Public Radio that my post was offensive.
I want to apologize for an inappropriate joke. I wish luck to anyone seeking BECP. Let me assure you that learning materials and hands on work is enough to breez through the exams.

sfaridi :pakistan: (BOB member since 2002-08-29)

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By the way passing BECP was not the joke it was the money part. :hb:

sfaridi :pakistan: (BOB member since 2002-08-29)

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That’s great encouregement. I’m studying now for the exam. I’ve been working alot with XI, and have been going through the classes, both online and classroom. There’s so much to learn, but I’m getting more confident as I work with the product.

MichaelWelter :vatican_city: (BOB member since 2002-08-08)

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Thanks Michael.
For me the trick was to learn what each service does and learn workflows e.g. what happens during on-demand viewing

I found Level II to be easier than Level I since scope of questions was more focused. For someone at your level Level III should not a big challange either.

Good luck, may be we can celebrate in Novemeber together. This time no one is keeping me from attending.

sfaridi :pakistan: (BOB member since 2002-08-29)

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Excellent. It’ll be great to see you.

MichaelWelter :vatican_city: (BOB member since 2002-08-08)

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hey, how r u all? r u going to make the BECP exams?? now am studing for these exams also but the first and second exams, but the third i didnt take the course related to so i dont know if it is enough to study its manual?? but i think its very interesting exams :)…

thank you

rawan :jordan: (BOB member since 2006-01-19)

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rawan, It’s great to have your participation on BOB, but please avoid using Instant Message abbreviations here. Please take the time to spell out the words, making to easier to read by our international community. Thanks.

MichaelWelter :vatican_city: (BOB member since 2002-08-08)

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thank you michael, i will do…

rawan :jordan: (BOB member since 2006-01-19)

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Wow, looks like you guys have put in a lot of hard work…I am planning to give XI certification as well and have started my preparation recently.

Since you might have given atleast one level till now, I would like to know the format of questions. Per say, will the questions be multiple choice or descriptive or we would be required to build a report or would we be expected to jot down steps for something ( Example: making a new connection) etc.

This is my first attempt at a BO certification and I do not know what to expect, so any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Dex

Dexterous (BOB member since 2006-04-13)

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Dex,

Welcome to B:bob:B!

I haven’t taken any tests yet, so I don’t know what it’s like. I’m not really concerned about that. I’m interested in learning as much as I can about Business Objects. And if I do, then I will pass regardless of what the test is like.

MichaelWelter :vatican_city: (BOB member since 2002-08-08)

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There are true / false, multiple choice (single answer), and multiple choice (multiple answer) questions. They have to be determinate answers (no fill-in-the-blank) because they are graded by the computer, so an answer must either be right or wrong.

The tough ones are the multiple-choice multi-answer questions, which can be something like:
Q: Identify all of the following that are true

  1. BOB is awesome
  2. BOB sucks
  3. BOB is my home page
  4. 1 and 3 but not 2
  5. 1 and 2 but not 3
  6. All of the above
  7. None of the above

If you miss any part of the multiple correct answers, the entire question is wrong. :stuck_out_tongue:

Dave Rathbun :us: (BOB member since 2002-06-06)

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hi to all,

about the exams, i didn’t make any exams untill now but i knew that the exams are multiple choices but they are very exact and obscure exams so good luck for all and for me too…

rawan

rawan :jordan: (BOB member since 2006-01-19)

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My experience with the exams

  1. 10% questions were subjective especially in Part I
  2. 20% questions had one obvious answer
  3. 50% questions can be answered if you take a moment and think it through in light of your experience (see Dave’s post)
  4. 20% questions required mastery of the material and handling some curve balls, for example exact same choices one used the word ‘downloaded’ and other used the word ‘streamed’. Course used the word streamed to identify file transfer between FRS and Page server. So the question becomes are they testing your knowledge of BOE processes or mastery of material or they want to make sure you can distinguish between ‘downloaded’ and ‘streamed’ processes.

All in all being BECP means squat if you have don’t have hands on experience. But you can not pass it if all you have is experience but no understanding of the architecture and process flows. Part III requires experience and understanding beyond BOE
good luck all

sfaridi :pakistan: (BOB member since 2002-08-29)

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Great to be welcomed by a senior and thanks to all who replied. This is a great help.

Couple more questions:
Is there negative marking for the wrong answers?

I am mostly a reporter and I do design universes, but am not into server administration. Is that knowledge required to get the certification?

Thanks,
Dex

Dexterous (BOB member since 2006-04-13)

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The three exams that I’m looking at the achieve the BECP are CMC, server administration and deployment. They are expected to add exams for universe and report design in the future.

The exams will change on July 3rd to include Release 2. The certification will become “BOCP”. The number of questions on the 2nd exam go from 40 to 50 and the time for the second exam goes from 80 minutes to 100 minutes.

I’ve taken the classes and I’m studying… :crazy_face:

Eileen King :us: (BOB member since 2002-07-10)