CIW Certification Exam History
The Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) exam, also called the CIW Web Foundations Associate exam, was first available soon after May 1999 via www.ciwcertified.com.
Since that time, the CIW certification program has emerged as one of the top recognized industry-standard job
role certifications for Internet technologies.
CIW Certification Exam Overview
The Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) exam validates the basic hands-on skills
and knowledge that a professional is expected to understand and use. Foundational skills include basic knowledge of Internet
technologies, network infrastructure, web authoring using XHTML, and job skills such as project management.
The CIW Web Foundations Associate certification is ideal for entry-level webmasters. This prerequisite certification
is also required for all levels of specialization in the CIW program. CIW Associates have mastered the common core of
Internet knowledge and apply these foundational skills to further specialization.
The exam (Exam ID: 1D0-610) contains 90 questions. Examinees have 90 minutes to complete the exam. To pass this exam, students must achieve
a total score of 63.3% or greater. Each multiple-choice item offers four solutions or distractors. Exam candidates must
select the one best solution for each item. After passing the CIW Foundations exam, candidates are eligible for CIW
Associate status.
CIW Courses
The CIW courses are those courses that directly prepare students to pass the CIW Foundations exam.
CIW Assessment/Practice Exams
WOW Academy offers a CIW assessment exam.
The cost of the CIW assessment exam is $10 for students taking WOW Academy courses and $20
for those students not needing to take WOW Academy courses.
Taking the CIW Certification Exam
This is a proctored exam which must be attempted at a CIW-authorized testing centers.
CIW Certification Exam Cost
The cost of the CIW Web Foundations Associate certification exam is $150.
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Domains Of Examination
The lists below are the domains measured by this examination and
the extent to which they are represented in the examination.
- Internet Business Foundations (30 Questions)
- Site Development Foundations (30 Questions)
- Networking Technology Foundations (30 Questions)
Domain 1: Internet Business Foundations
- Identify job roles in the Information Technology (IT) industry, including the responsibilities, tasks and skills they require.
- Identify the infrastructure required to access the Internet, including hardware and software components.
- Define important Internet communications protocols and their roles in delivering basic Internet services.
- Identify the basic principles of the Domain Name System (DNS).
- Identify the functions of web browsers, and use them to access the Internet and other computer resources.
- Use e-mail clients to send simple messages and files to other Internet users.
- Define and use additional networking and Internet services.
- Demonstrate ways to communicate effectively using Internet technology.
- Identify and configure user customization features in web browsers, including: preferences, caching, cookies.
- Identify security issues related to Internet clients (e.g., web browsers, e-mail, instant messaging) in the workplace, including: certificates, malware, illicit servers, and viruses.
- Use different types of web search engines effectively.
- Identify and use principles of Personal Information Management (PIM), including: common applications.
- Efficiently transmit text and binary files using popular Internet services.
- Identify security-related ethical and legal issues faced by IT professionals.
- Relate project management concepts and terms to the IT profession.
- Recognize essential database concepts.
Domain 2: Site Development Foundations
- Demonstrate knowledge required to create a web page.
- Add images and graphical formatting to HTML files.
- Identify and use design and color principles for web pages.
- Create a basic HTML form that accepts user input.
- Create HTML frames.
- Define Extensible Markup Language (XML), and identify its features and appropriate use.
- Identify essential website navigation issues, and ensure page/site accessibility.
- Define and apply essential aspects of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) standard.
- Use Extensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML) to create web pages.
- Identify technologies for enhancing the user's web experience, including: programming languages and multimedia technologies.
- Use GUI-based HTML editing software to create web pages.
- Test and analyze website performance issues.
- Identify steps in the website planning and development process.
- Identify essential issues in developing and maintaining a website, including: project management, testing, and legal issues.
- Plan and deliver oral presentations of your website, during and after site development.
- Define electronic commerce (e-commerce) and related technologies and concepts necessary to develop a secure, useful interface (i.e., storefront).
- Demonstrate knowledge of languages commonly used to provide database connectivity to websites.
- Identify the benefits and drawbacks of running your own web server versus using a service provider.
- Identify common strategies for managing an end user's experience and improving site creativity.
- Consider copyright and ethical issues when creating Web pages.
Domain 3: Network Technology Foundations
- Demonstrate knowledge of basic data communications components, and demonstrate technical knowledge of the Internet.
- Identify the role of networking hardware, and configure common hardware for operation.
- Identify the relationship between IP addresses and domain names, including: assignment of IP addresses within a subnet.
- Identify the functions and components of servers commonly used on the Internet.
- Identify common Internet security and availability issues, including user-level and enterprise-level concerns.
- Identify common performance issues affecting Internet clients, including analysis and diagnosis.
- Perform basic hardware and system maintenance for network-aware systems.
- Manage fundamental elements of modern network-based client operating systems.
- Configure and troubleshoot wireless networks.
- Manage career opportunities in the IT industry.
- Represent technical issues to a non-technical audience.
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