Steve,

I can fully understand your feeling. When I show my colleagues both the
Basic and Advanced IPC Designer Guides, they are completely stumped by
the "whirlpool" of information and the numbers of standards that they
have to know and have great reserve in taking the exam up to today. At
least you make the first step to take it.

In my opinion, awarded with the C.I.D certificate is nothing great. What
great and of utmost importance is how well we can correlate and use the
learned knowledge into your work for better improvement and
self-devlopment. In this world, not all of us are born "examination
smart". On the other hand, it is sad to observe that experience cannot
be quantified without a certificate.

Regards,
Wee Mei

Steve Smith wrote:

>The test questions on the disk are a fair representation of the questions on the test.
>How hard is it?  I have seen designers with 15 years of experience fail and rookies
>with virtually no board experience pass, so it really depends on how well you know
>the material and how well you test.
>
>My regards,
>Steve Smith, C.I.D.
>Product Engineer
>
>Staco Energy Products Co.
>301 Gaddis Boulevard.
>Dayton, OH 45403
>Telephone: (937) 253-1191 Ext. 158
>Fax: (937) 253-1723
>E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>Web Site: www.stacoenergy.com
>& www.stacopower.com
>
>
>
>
>
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>>zhang
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>>I just signed in C.I.D. Certification Exam. I really want to
>>know how the exam is. Is it hard to pass?  What kind of
>>questions are they?
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>>Thanks
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