...resolve problems. Required exams: CompTIA A+ Essentials, CompTIA A+ Practical Application Number of questions: 100 for each exam Length of test: 90 minutes each Passing score: 675 for CompTIA A+ Essentials, 700 for CompTIA A+ Practical Application on a scale of 100-900 Exam Overiew: • CompTIA_A_220-701: pdf • CompTIA_A_220-702: pdf CompTIA A+ Test Taking Tips It is possible to study and learn about a topic and still not find success on a certification exam. Studying develops specific skill and knowledge, but it is the presentation of your skill and knowledge that satisfies the exam. This difference is vital to successful exam study. Multiple choice: What’s right and what’s wrong? Knowing what is wrong (and why it is wrong) as well as what is right, demonstrates mastery, and can lead you safely through the minefield of exam distracters (incorrect answer choices). Ineffective study may leave you knowing only a narrow vision of what is right in a particular circumstance. Multiple choice certification exams emulate the real world by including subtle knowledge,...
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...The top five IT certifications along with their brief descriptions that appear in at least three different sources are Cisco and VMware involved. These certifications are in no way "easy" to obtain or train for. Actually they are quite the opposite, and take years to train for, much like the LSAT or the MCAT to enter medical school the first of many. Starting with many years of training in various computer programs to become specialized at Cisco, MCTS (MICROSOFT CERTIFIED TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST) trains the candidates on various Microsoft hardware and software. The training prepares you to design optimize and erect solutions to corporations that depend on new technologies. The other Cisco certification is CCIE (Cisco certified internetwork expert) this just happens to be the highest level of certification Cisco has, and with this you will be highly sought after and in a league of your own. CCIE is one of the most difficult certifications to date, so much so that around 2010 there was only 21k CCIE professionals on the planet, so complicated there are 7 specializations to the program. VMware certified professional the entry level to this is labeled (VCP) it is one of the top industry recognized computer certification programs that focus on virtualization. The latest VCP 5 operating vSphere 5 technology developed by VMware. The certification objective is to train the candidate to install, configure and deploy VMware vSphere systems and manage virtualized environments. For my fifth...
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...Final Project: The Importance of IT Certifications Carlos C Page Kaplan University CM107-80 The Importance of IT Certifications Certifications are internationally acknowledged means of establishing as well as assessing the required set of qualifications essential for a job. They are hard indication that you are knowledgeable enough to perform the tasks assigned (or could be assigned in the future) to you. At the same time, they present the management with a worldwide accepted benchmark alongside which both current and prospective employees can be evaluated; and it’s no different in the IT business. Getting certified in applicable IT technology can help enhance your career forecast (greater compensation, more demanding job profiles, etc.), gain extra respect, and enlarge job security. The significance that companies attach to certifications has increased so much that in some cases companies are explicitly asking for certified individuals. First, certifications are fitting industry standards skill assessment; second, certifications are intent measurements of skills and therefore easy to use when it comes to comparing and contrasting the faculty pool. In several cases it becomes the critical distinctive factor when candidates have comparable skill sets and experience (Raths, 2010). Basically, when organizations are faced with the complicated decision of workforce down sizing, they will want to maintain those who are the most skillful and...
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...Max Havelaar France www.maxhavelaarfrance.org The Fairtrade certification impact on small producers: Conclusions of the first studies, April 2009 Synthèse Max Havelaar France : Karine Laroche & Barbara Guittard. From studies carried out by : OREADE BRECHE (République Dominicaine : Conacado et Banelino ; Pérou : Cocla), AVSF (Equateur : Fapecafes ; Pérou : Apromalpi ; Bolivie : Coopératives des Yungas). Synthèse on the impact of Fairtrade Certification FLO PREAMBULE A reflective work around the impact of FTC (Fairtrade Certification)’s activities, on the main group of beneficiaries, has been initiated in 2005 by Max Havelaar France and its federation FLO. Indeed, the substantial work done until now around guarantee (referring to the guarantee of the means (standards, prices, etc.) and the direct results of those means (verified through certification, ie: whether volumes sold have been paid at the defined levels, to democratic organisations, etc.)) only gave an incomplete overview of the sustainable and substantial changes brought by the FTC to organisations and its members. The action taken of measuring the FTC’s impact is thus aiming at better understanding the mechanisms and the reality of the FTC’s impact, in order to 1/ being able to explain it and to have more solid information, and 2/ being able to improve its tools and interventions. Several studies have been carried out in parallel to the elaboration and to the improvement of a common methodological frame...
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...required to travel to evaluate the information systems of clients. For the most part IT auditors work independently, but when they are assigned to larger and/or complicated projects, they use the collaboration of other peers. James Reinhard, CPA, CIA, CISA, manager of Simon Property Group Inc. who has more than 20 years’ experience in IT and integrated auditing states that “The ideal IT auditor should be able to discuss IP routing with the network folks in one hour and financial statement disclosures with the controller in the next” (Scharf, 2008). To become the ideal IT auditor IT audit certifications are the best option. IT audit certifications have become preferred requirements from employers and government organizations because of reliability, reason why employers put more emphasis in recruiting IT auditors with a professional certificate. When preparing to obtain a certification, students learn about standards and regulations and how to implement them to security assessments and internal controls. There are many...
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...Research several certifications for an industry you are familiar with. Compare two certifications in the same industry. Which do you think is the stronger, or more effective, and why? Write a short analysis of your findings. For additional details, please refer to the Short Paper/Case Study Rubric document in the Assignment Guidelines and Rubrics section of the course. Food, the one thing all human beings can agree upon its necessity for our survival. Ever walked into a grocery store and gotten a headache from the bombardment of food certifications. USDA Organic, Certified Humane Raised & Handled, Natural, Fair Trade Certified, Non-GMO Project Verified, and Food Alliance are just a few of the dizzying array of food certifications circling around. The simple truth only two of the multitudes of certifications around should warrant your attention. Some will contend that Fair Trade has its merits, really? The Fair Trade association developed from the need to offer protection and security for coffee farmers. Fair Trade exists to provide premiums to farmers to ensure the farmers gets a standardized price and were not exploited for labor. Sounds fair right? Fair Trade lacks any governmental branch, its criteria is created from within its own walls. Where does the money really go? To the laborers? Better farming conditions? Or in someone’s bank account? There is unfortunately no way to trace the funds making Fair Trade hard to trust and impossible to verify. ...
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...The Washington State Board of Accountancy has specific education requirements that are current after July 2000. In order to be eligible to take the CPA exam, a person must have a Bachelor’s degree or higher and must have completed at least 150 semester credits of college education (Board of Accountancy Washington State). Within these 150 semester credits, 24 credits must be in accounting subjects with 15 credits at the upper or graduate level and 24 credits must be in business administration subjects (Board of Accountancy Washington State). The Board must also recognize your school as an accredited college. If your education was outside of the United States or was received from a non-accredited US college or university, the education has to be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service (Board of Accountancy Washington State). The CPA exam consists of multiple choice questions, written communication, and task based simulations. There are two sections to the CPA exam: the content specification outlines (CSOs) which covers auditing and attestation, financial accounting and reporting, regulation, and business environment and concepts; and the skill specification outlines (SSOs) which covers knowledge and understanding, application of the knowledge, and written communication (American Institute of CPAs, 2013). The auditing and attestation section of the CSOs covers auditing standards for public and non-public entities, government entities, and not-for-profit entities. It also covers...
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...A(n) __________ is a set of instructions that a computer follows to perform a task. program The physical devices that a computer is made of are referred to as __________. hardware The part of a computer that runs programs is called __________. the CPU Today, CPUs are small chips known as __________. microprocessors The computer stores a program while the program is running, as well as the data that the program is working with, in __________. main memory This is a volatile type of memory that is used only for temporary storage while a program is running. RAM A type of memory that can hold data for long periods of time, even when there is no power to the computer, is called __________. secondary storage A component that collects data from people or other devices and sends it to the computer is called __________. an input device A video display is a(n) __________ device. output device A __________ is enough memory to store a letter of the alphabet or a small number. byte A byte is made up of eight __________. bits In the __________ numbering system, all numeric values are written as sequences of 0s and 1s. binary A bit that is turned off represents the following value: __________. 0 A set of 128 numeric codes that represent the English letters, various punctuation marks, and other characters is __________. ASCII An extensive encoding scheme that can represent characters for many...
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...Name of Sponsoring Organization | Name of Certification | Web-Site Address | Experience and Education Requirements | Nature of Certification Process | Society For Human Resource Management | Professional in Human Resources | www.shrm.org | Colleges offer undergraduate programs in labor relations, human resources, personnel management, or business. Entry level HR employees are generally expected to hold at least a high school diploma and business training. For professionals making human resource a career, ongoing training at business schools or post graduate degree and certification programs | Step 1. Create an online account HRCI (HR Certification Institute). Step 2. Complete application and payment. Step 3. Affirmation Step 4. Application fee for payment Step 5. Schedule exam Step 6. Take exam | HR Certification Institute - HRCI | Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) | Hrci.org | 1)A minimum of 4 years of experience in an exempt-level (professional) HR position with a Master’s degree or higher, OR 2) a minimum of 5 years of experience in an exempt-level (professional) HR with a Bachelor’s degree, OR 3) a minimum of 7 years of experience in an exempt-level (professional) HR position with a high school diploma | Step 1. Create an online account HRCI (HR Certification Institute). Step 2. Complete application and payment. Step 3. Affirmation Step 4. Application fee for payment Step 5. Schedule exam Step 6. Take exam | WorldatWork Society of Certified Professionals...
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...2012 Recognition of ISO 9001 certification at NATA assessments Policy Circular 15 - Recognition of ISO 9001 certification at NATA assessments © Copyright National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia 2012 This publication is protected by copyright under the Commonwealth of Australia Copyright Act 1968. NATA’s accredited facilities or facilities seeking accreditation may use or copy this publication or print or email this publication internally for accreditation purposes. Individuals may store a copy of this publication for private non-commercial use or copy a reasonable portion of this publication in accordance with the fair dealing provisions in Part III Division 3 of the Copyright Act 1968. You must include this copyright notice in its complete form if you make a copy of this publication. Apart from these permitted uses, you must not modify, copy, reproduce, republish, frame, upload to a third party, store in a retrieval system, post, transmit or distribute this content in any way or any form or by any means without express written authority from NATA. May 2012 Page 2 of 3 Policy Circular 15 - Recognition of ISO 9001 certification at NATA assessments Recognition of ISO 9001 certification at NATA assessments NATA is frequently contacted, by both facilities operating within a management system certified to ISO 9001 and customers seeking technical services from accredited facilities, for guidance regarding the relevance of certification to the assessment of the management...
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...HS101, Unit 6 Assignment Alicia Hugie Kaplan University Student June 23, 2015 The American Association of Medical Assistants, offers a Certified Medical Assistant Certification for those who have obtained the required education through an accredited medical assistant program (American Association of Medical Assistants). The Medical Assistant’s professional Code of Ethics is a guide I can always refer back to when my ethical responsibilities are being tested, or when I am in doubt whether a certain situation is ethical or not. It is a reminder of why I choose this career, dedicating myself to the care and wellbeing of all people. For Medical Assistants, there are three certifying agencies available within the state of California, where I reside: American Association of Medical Assistants, where you can obtain a “NCCA” Accreditation (aama-nh.org), American Medical Technologists RMA certification, where you can obtain a AMT certification (amt1.com), and California Certifying Board of Medical Assistants where you can obtain a California Certified Medical Assistant (CCMA) certification (ccbma.org). The “Scope of Practice” determines the boundaries that a physician, or other medical professional practices. In entails the range of responsibilities and practice guidelines (medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com). The American Association of Medical Assistants determines this (aama.ntl.org). Three of the standards of professionalism that are based on the codes of...
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...years shown exponential growth and expansion in service ranges, as well as client base. Being a pioneer, Tech Valley Networks Limited (TVNL) today is recognized as a leading comprehensive IT Solution & Service provider in Bangladesh, which works in all IT mediums. TVNL & Cisco duet/journey begins in 2002 as Reseller, in 2004 promoted as Premier Partner, in 2006-07 as Select Partner and from 2009 as Silver partner The Cisco Silver Certification recognizes and rewards those partners that have achieved two from the following list of four Advanced Specializations: Unified Communications, Routing & Switching, Security, and Wireless LAN technologies; or, the Express Unified Communications Specialization and one of the following Advanced Specializations: Routing & Switching, Security, or Wireless LAN technologies. In addition, Silver Certification recognizes partners for the broad technical skills, Master Specialization recognizes partners for achieving the deepest level of expertise in a specific Cisco technology. With Silver Certification, partners benefit from an increased level of support from Cisco, including access to best-in-class products and services, technical support, productivity tools, online training, marketing resources, and sales promotions. Additional benefits for all Cisco Certified Partners include:Participation in Partner Success Story Program Access to Cisco Partner E-Learning Connection Access to Cisco customer...
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...1) The DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) is the United States Department of Defense (DoD) process to ensure that risk management is applied on Information Systems from an enterprise view. DIACAP is a DoD-wide standard set of activities, tasks and process for the certification and accreditation of a DoD information system that will maintain the Information Assurance posture throughout the system's life cycle. The Department of Defense Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation Process (DITSCAP) is a process defined by the United States Department of Defense (DOD) for managing risk. DoD Instruction (DODI) 5200.40 establishes a standard DOD-wide process with a set of activities, general tasks and a management structure to certify and accredit an Automated Information System (AIS) that will maintain the Information Assurance (IA) posture of the Defense Information Infrastructure (DII) throughout the system's life cycle. DITSCAP applies to the acquisition, operation and sustainment of any DOD system that collects, stores, transmits, or processes unclassified or classified information since December 1997. 2) The Director of Central Intelligence Directive (DCID) 6/3 establishes the security policy and procedures for storing, processing, and communicating classified intelligence data in information systems. To achieve compliance with DCID 6/3, agencies must ensure that information is safeguarded at all times and that...
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...Technology and Management Training Courses and Seminars http://www.tonex.com Telecommunications Certification - Certificate in Telecommunications Why should you choose TONEX for Telecommunications Certification? Certificate in Telecommunications Technology, Engineering and Management? Telecommunications Certification, Technology, Engineering and Management, a 8-week program, addresses the requirement of the communications industry for technical and management expertise and business skills. Telecommunications Certification provides telecom technical knowledge along with telecom management. skills: telecom planning, implementation, management of physical systems for voice, video, and data communications. Telecommunications Certification Objective: Provide a strong foundation in the technical aspects of telecommunications technologies Learn about Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) Industry Structures and Concepts Assess current and emerging telecommunications technologies including wireline, wireless, mobile and broadband Establish an understanding of telecommunications management Become proficient in the technical specifications of telecommunications technologies Evaluate alternative technologies for the fulfillment of communications needs Understand telecommunications trends for voice, data transfer,video and digital entertainment converge Telecommunications Certification optional courses include: Introduction to Telecom Networks 1/3 Tonex Training Technology...
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...The Magnet Certification Mihaela Colea, Betty Drury, Harold Girado, Rebecca Madden University of Phoenix Research Utilization Project NUR/598 Dr. Ashley Garneau December 09, 2012 The Magnet Certification The demand on improving the quality of service imposed by the Magnet certification on performing the health care needed solutions to solve global issues, such as nursing shortage, and the way the health system is developing. Based on research utilization proposals and highly trained staff, from management training, as well to support, and to nurse executives patient safety and health care quality is applied based on performance improvement projects. The components of a Model Magnet are exceptional professional practice, transformational leadership, empowerment, based on knowledge and innovation (American Nurses Credentialing Center, 2012). Magnet is something that demonstrates achievement. Magnet standards are also a set of standards to move toward (Chaney, 2002). The Forces of Magnetism According to, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (2012), in 1983 a research study was performed that identified 14 characteristics that differentiated the hospitals best able to recruit and retain nurses. These characteristics became the “Forces of Magnetism” that form the conceptual framework for the Magnet Recognition Program. They are a designation that indicates excellence in nursing practice. According to the ANCC, the forces are described as high-quality...
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