Exam Guide for 1D0-450 CIW Server Administrator
- Credit Toward Certification
- Prerequisites
- Exam Information
- Skills Measured
- Exam Preparation Tools
- Exam Retake Policy
- Exam Retirement
CREDIT TOWARD CERTIFICATION
CIW Server Administrator is a requirement for the following CIW certifications:
- CIW Certified Instructor - for those teaching CIW Server Administrator content.
- Master CIW Web Site Manager
- Master CIW Administrator
CIW Associates who pass the CIW Server Administrator exam also achieve the following CIW certification:
PREREQUISITES
Candidates must complete the following prerequisites prior to sitting the CIW Server Administrator exam:
- CIW Certification Agreement. This simple on-line 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 to achieve CIW Professional, Master CIW Administrator, and/or Master CIW Web Site Manager certification designation.
No candidate is restricted from taking the CIW Server Administrator Professional exam. However, it is highly recommended that candidates take (and pass) CIW exams in sequential order.
CIW Server Administrator certification is a prerequisite for the CIW Internetworking Professional and CIW Security Professional exams, and a requirement for Master CIW Administrator certification. CIW Server Administrator certification is also a requirement for the Master CIW Web Site Manager certification.
EXAM INFORMATION
Students who have taken CIW courses are encouraged to continue their studies and apply their new skills before attempting the 1D0-450 Server Administrator exam. Skills taught in the CIW Server Administrator courses are best reinforced with real-world experience.
The candidate is responsible for learning the content and achieving a passing score on the CIW Server Administrator exam. Comments regarding course delivery should be referred to the training company that delivered the course.
Any 1D0-450 CIW Server Administrator exam will be subject to the following:
- Each delivery of the exam will include a random selection of 60 items.
- The examination period will be 75 minutes.
To achieve a passing score on the 1D0-450 CIW Server Administrator exam, candidates must:
- Correctly answer at least 45 of the 60 questions to achieve a total score of 75% or greater AND correctly answer at least 70% of the questions in each individual module.
| Module | Number of Items |
| Internet Systems Management | 30 |
| Advanced Internet Systems Management | 30 |
| Total Items | 60 |
Each exam item offers four solutions or distracters. Exam candidates must select the one best solution for each item.
SKILLS MEASURED
Server Administrator skills are not product- or system-specific. They are a combination of minimal technical and non-technical skills and knowledge required for those interested in developing specific Internet skills as a Web Server Administrator. Skills measured in the 1D0-450 exam include but are not limited to:
- Common IT services, focusing on hardware platforms and frequently used operating systems.
- TCP/IP configuration parameters, and Windows 2000 and Linux system configuration with static IP addresses.
- User access levels, password policies, and permissions based on standard practice and procedures.
- Management of users in Windows 2000 and Linux.
- Domain Name System (DNS) in Windows 2000 and Linux.
- Name resolution options for LANs and WANs, including the Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) and Samba.
- Internet services including FTP and Telnet, and control of access to these services.
- Web servers, including Microsoft IIS and Apache Server.
- Advanced Web server administration tasks.
- User-based access to Web servers.
- Limitation of access based on IP addresses.
- Functionality of a Web server, including Perl configuration and additional services.
- Web server connection to a database via Open Database Connectivity (ODBC).
- Configuration and management of streaming media servers.
- Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) transactions.
- Management of news servers.
- Configuration and management of SMTP, IMAP and POP3 e-mail servers.
- Configuration and management of proxy servers and Internet servers.
- Server and service log analysis.
- System performance evaluation.
- Internal and external security risks.
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.
Official Practice Exams
Official CIW Online Practice Exams allow students and instructors to instantly evaluate the level of IT knowledge achieved. This tool provides students with an additional method of review and assessment to enhance the learning experience. It can also be used as a pre-assessment, practice exam and quiz administration tool to help instructors evaluate their students' knowledge.
Third-Party Practice Exams
Additional exam preparation tools are available from MeasureUP who has developed practice tests to help candidates prepare for the CIW Server Administrator exam.
Third-Party Books and Web Sites
The following resources are provided as a supplement to your studies, and will reinforce the skills and concepts learned with CIW official Server Administrator course materials.
- Albitz, Paul, and Cricket Liu. DNS and BIND, Fourth Edition. Sebastopol, Cal.: O'Reilly and Associates, 2001. ISBN 0-59600-158-4.
- Apache Web Server Directives List
- Frisch, Aeleen. Essential System Administration, Second Edition. Sebastopol, Cal.: O'Reilly and Associates, 1996. ISBN 1-56592-127-5.
- Laurie, Ben, and Peter Laurie. Apache: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition. Sebastopol, Cal.: O'Reilly and Associates, 1996. ISBN 1-56592-528-9.
- McCarty, Bill. Learning Red Hat Linux. Sebastopol, Cal.: O'Reilly and Associates, 1999. ISBN 1-56592-627-7.
- Palmer, Michael J. MSCE Guide to Microsoft Windows 2000. Cambridge, Mass.: Course Technology, 2000. ISBN 0-619-01517-9.
- SAMBA
- W. Richard Stevens. TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1: The Protocols. Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1994. ISBN 0-201-63346-9.
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.
EXAM RETIREMENT
No retirement date has been announced for exam 1D0-450.
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