VUE Testing Center

Virtual University Enterprise (VUE), a subdivision of international corporation National Computer Systems (NCS), was established in 1997. VUE is a global service of electronic testing (Computer-Based Testing) with more than 3000 authorized testing centers, which successfully work in the USA, Australia and most of the European countries. VUE uses the most modern methods of testing, based on Java technology, and guarantees high quality of testing and providing services to the customers.

VUE collaborates with such known vendors as Cisco, Avaya, Lucent Technologies, Microsoft, Novell, IBM and many other companies that developed the certification system which gives IT specialists an opportunity to show thorough knowledge, abilities and skills. In fact, not only specialists benefit from the certification system; employers use it as an effective method of choosing an appropriate candidate for the job position in the sphere of information technologies. International certification system of different companies, especially Cisco certification system, nowadays appears to be the most important tool of career and professional growth.

Any organization, having fulfilled all requirements of VUE Company, can become the authorized testing center. As a rule, testing centers are established on the basis of the largest authorized educational centers.

Knowledge Center is the authorized center of VUE testing, where You can test your knowledge and receive international certificates.

What are Certification exams needed for?

Manufacturing companies that develop different teaching tracks and tests based on their products, support those specialists who both completed education and passed all required exams, and, therefore, proved their qualification level. When manufacturing companies received all information about the tests from testing organizations, they began to grant specialists with nominal certificates. These certificates gave organizations a possibility to certify specialist’s knowledge and preparation level before hiring the specialist.

Why does an employer benefit from extra expenses on employees’ testing after completing the training? The answer is very simple: successful test completion guarantees that investments in specialist’s education were justified. Many western companies regard the successful passing of the obligatory testing after the training as an indispensable condition.
Testing allows:

• to estimate the real knowledge of specialist’s in information systems support
• to decrease the network ownership cost, and also to guarantee information services effectiveness and quality of users’ support in the organization’s network due to excellent administration by technically competent specialists whose  knowledge is ratified by the software manufacturer
• to analyze current knowledge of specialists in advance in order to find out whether it is necessary to conduct additional training
• to stimulate specialist’s intension for  additional education in order to raise the level of proficiency and receive an international certificate that confirms specialist’s experience .
• to increase stability of network work due to the opportunity which a certified specialist gets as he receives additional technical information from the manufacturer. Specialist needs this information for a successful support of the used software.

Testing rules

There are two kinds of tests: formal tests with exact number of questions and adaptive tests. Adaptive tests are intended to check whether candidate’s answers to the questions are correct or wrong. Depending on the number of correct and wrong answers, the number of questions may change from 15 to 30. The examination time may be changed accordingly. More than 90% of tests are formal. The number of questions in different tests is from 45 to 150, but it is known beforehand. Accordingly, the examination time is strictly limited; tests can last from 45 minutes up to 3 hours. In formal tests, it is possible to answer questions randomly; therefore, you may first look through all the questions and answer the simplest ones, and then concentrate on more difficult questions without making haste. Each question has from 2 to 5 answering options. Usually only one correct answer is to be chosen. Still, some questions require several correct answers. Also there are tests with tasks that require doing a sequence of practical steps, which imitate work with a real product, but this kind of tasks occurs rarely.

Unanswered questions are regarded as incorrect ones.

Examination rules

• On the day of examination the Candidate must arrive to the Testing Center 15 minutes prior to the appointed time
• Being late for the examination is allowed, but not more than for 15 minutes. Otherwise:
• The Candidate is allowed to pass the test only if a free place is available. The Candidate must identify himself; show his passport or other document
• Candidate’s personal belongings are kept in a secure place during the examination. It is forbidden to take the following personal belongings to the testing room: cellular phones, computers/personal digital assistants (PDAs) or other electronic devices, pagers, watches, wallets, purses, hats, bags, coats, books and notes. The testing center is not responsible for lost, stolen or misplaced personal belongings
• If the Candidate receives an erasable note-board or specific exam materials, he/she may use them only after the exam has started. It is also prohibited to take away all these items from the testing room at any time during the exam; the Candidate must return these items to the administrator immediately after the end of exam
• The Administrator has to see the Candidate to assigned workstation/seat, verify that he/she is taking the intended exam and begin the exam. Eating, drinking, smoking, making noise and disturbing other candidates during the examination is prohibited

Rules of Candidate’s behavior during exam

• Exam is limited in time. Testing Organization regulates the examination time. The examination timer is not stopped if the Candidate is absent at the workstation during examination.
• The Candidate must fulfill all requirements of Administrator during the test and must not leave the workstation. The Candidate must turn off a pager or cellular telephone for the time of examination
• The Administrator will monitor the candidates continuously during the exam. The session may be videotaped or otherwise recorded for security or other purposes
• If the Candidate experiences problems that affect his ability to take the exam, he may notify the Administrator immediately
• The Administrator cannot answer the questions related to exam content. If the Candidate has questions of this nature, he may contact the exam sponsor after he leaves the testing center.

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