Exam Guide For 1D0-437 CIW Perl Fundamentals
- Credit Toward Certification
- Prerequisites
- Exam Information
- Skills Measured
- Exam Preparation Tools
- Exam Retake Policy
- Exam Retirement
CREDIT TOWARD CERTIFICATION
CIW Perl Fundamentals 1D0-437 is a requirement for the following CIW certifications:
- CIW Certified Instructor - for those teaching CIW Perl Fundamentals content
- Master CIW Enterprise Developer
PREREQUISITES
Candidates must complete the following prerequisites prior to sitting the CIW Perl Fundamentals exam:
- CIW Certification Agreement. This simple online agreement needs to be completed only once, but is necessary for CIW Certification Central to ship CIW certificates (CIW Associate, CIW Professional or Master CIW certificates) to candidates who pass the required CIW certification exam(s).
- CIW Associate certificate. Passing the CIW Foundations exam 1D0-410 is required for those candidates seeking CIW Professional and Master CIW Enterprise Developer certification.
EXAM INFORMATION
Students who have taken CIW courses are encouraged to continue their studies and apply their new skills before attempting the 1D0-437 Perl Fundamentals exam. Skills taught in the CIW Perl Fundamentals course are best reinforced with real-world experience.
The candidate is responsible for learning the content and achieving a passing score on the CIW Perl Fundamentals exam. Comments regarding course delivery should be referred to the training company that delivered the course.
All 1D0-437 CIW Perl Fundamentals exams are subject to the following:
- Each delivery of the exam includes a random selection of 50 items.
- The examination period is 75 minutes.
| Examination Version | Date Published | Exam Notes |
| CIW Perl Fundamentals 1D0-437 | August 24, 2001 | 50 items presented |
To achieve a passing score on the exam, candidates must:
- Correctly answer at least 38 of the 50 questions to achieve a total score of 75% or greater.
Each exam item offers four solutions or distracters; exam candidates select the best response for each item.
SKILLS MEASURED
Candidates taking the CIW Perl Fundamentals exam should be familiar with the Perl syntax, the basics of using regular expression, how to use Perl data types, and how to access and manipulate files. They should also be familiar with database connectivity and debugging techniques. Skills measured in the 1D0-437 exam include but are not limited to the following:
- Identify the role of the Perl interpreter.
- Implement and use basic syntax of Perl code.
- Use scalar variables, expression operators and the STDIN data type.
- Control flow to create complex Perl scripts using Boolean expressions, logical operators and I/O redirection.
- Use regular expressions to define and match patterns and strings in Perl.
- Use Perl arrays and the functions that manipulate them.
- Use Perl hashes and the functions that manipulate them.
- Create and call subroutines to reuse code in Perl scripts.
- Manipulate files and devices in Perl using I/O functions and filehandles.
- Use and manipulate environment variables and command-line arguments in Perl.
- Use Perl packages and modules to facilitate code reuse.
- Create object-oriented Perl scripts.
- Use Perl to interface with databases.
- Debug Perl programs and design Perl scripts to minimize bugs.
EXAM PREPARATION TOOLS
Official Curriculum
Instructor-Led Training
Practice Exam Sites
CIW does not endorse Web sites that list study guides or practice questions for CIW exams. All CIW examinations are copyrighted material. To maintain the security and value of our program, we reserve the right to decertify and/or prohibit from examinations any individuals who republish or distribute our copyrighted certification exam questions.
Third-Party Practice Exams
Additional exam preparation tools are available from MeasureUp, who developed practice tests to help candidates prepare for the CIW Perl Fundamentals exam.
Third-Party Books, Web Sites, or Newsgroups
The following resources are provided as a supplement to your studies, and will reinforce the skills and concepts learned with CIW official Perl Fundamentals course materials.
- Descartes, Alligator and Tim Bunce. Programming the Perl DBI. Sebastopol CA: O'Reilly, 2000.
- Schwartz, Randal L. and Tom Christiansen. Learning Perl. Sebastopol CA: O'Reilly, 1997.
- Siever, Ellen with Stephen Spainhour and Nathan Patwardhan. Perl in a Nutshell. Sebastopol CA: O'Reilly, 1999.
- Wall, Larry with Tom Christiansen and Randal L. Schwartz. Programming Perl. Sebastopol CA: O'Reilly, 1996.
EXAM RETAKE POLICY
The CIW Exam Retake Policy outlines the conditions under which a candidate may retake a CIW exam. A waiting period between retakes of a single certification exam maintains the security of the exam and strengthens the value of the CIW certification. Each CIW exam is defined by a unique exam ID (e.g., IDO-410). A retake is any subsequent sitting of an exam with the same CIW exam ID by the same candidate at any authorized testing center.
In the event that a candidate passes a CIW exam, the candidate will not be allowed to retake that CIW exam. If the CIW exam objectives change, the exam ID changes to reflect the new exam version. Candidates who have passed an exam may sit a newer version of the exam that may have the same title but a different ID number.
In the event that a candidate fails a CIW exam on his or her first attempt, a 24-hour waiting period is required between the first and second sittings of that CIW exam. Candidates are required to wait for a period of no less than thirty (30) calendar days from the date of the previous sitting before any third or subsequent sitting of the same CIW exam.
Exams administered in any ways that do not comply with the CIW Exam Retake Policy shall be considered invalid and ineligible for a refund.
In the event that a candidate has violated this Exam Retake Policy, the candidate may be deemed ineligible to register for or schedule any CIW exam for a minimum period of twelve (12) months from the date of such determination.
In addition, any candidate determined to have violated the CIW Exam Retake Policy* may be subject to any or all of the following:
- Denial of a specific CIW certification for a period of twelve (12) months from the date of such determination;
- Revocation of a specific CIW certification, if such certification had been previously granted to the candidate;
- Revocation of all CIW certifications previously granted to the candidate;
- Ineligibility to receive any CIW certification for a minimum of twelve (12) months from the date of such determination;
- Any other appropriate actions, including legal remedies, deemed necessary or appropriate to enforce the CIW Exam Retake Policy.
*Prosoft Learning is a Member of the Information Technology Certification Security Council (ITCSC). ITCSC is an association formed for the establishment and recognition of standards, best practices and programs leading to enhanced security for IT certification programs. ITCSC's primary goal is to prevent unethical activities and practices that result in the invalidation of IT certifications by unqualified individuals. As an ITCSC Member, Prosoft Learning is obligated to report to ITCSC and its Members all violations of this Exam Retake Policy. Such violations will be reported to ITCSC and its Members for the purpose of maintaining the value and ensuring the integrity of the certification exams of ITCSC's Members and protecting the investments made by candidates in the certification programs of such Members. In addition to any action taken by Prosoft Learning, ITCSC and its other Members may take action against any candidate determined by Prosoft Learning to have violated the Prosoft Learning Exam Retake Policy, which action may include the invalidation of exam results, the denial of certification and the revocation of any certification previously issued by any or all ITCSC Members. For more information about ITCSC, visit: www.certsecurity.org.
EXAM RETIREMENT
No retirement date has been announced for exam 1D0-437.
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