Webmaster Certification - WAW Assessment Exam

WAW Assessment Exam Overview
WOW Academy offers the WAW assessment exam, which helps determine the current skill level of a student seeking WAW certification. Since students have various levels of self -training, students are encouraged to take this assessment exam first to determine on which courses and topics on which to focus. Some advanced students may find they are ready to take the official WAW certification exam now. Once students have completed training, they are encouraged to practice with the WAW assessment exam to sharpen their webmaster skills until they feel they are ready to take the official WAW certification exam. Each time a student attempts the WAW assessment exam, he/she will be presented with a new set of randomly selected questions similar to those found on the official WAW certification exam.

WAW Courses
The WAW courses are those courses that directly prepare students to pass the WAW certification exam.

	Mastering the Internet
	Beginning HTML

	Advanced HTML
	Cascading Style Sheets

Taking the WAW Assessment Exam
The WAW assessment exam can be purchased via WOW Academy and then attempted online at any time.

WAW Assessment Exam Cost
The WAW assessment exam is $10 for students taking WOW Academy courses and $20 for those not taking WOW Academy courses.

WAW Assessment Exam Specifics
The WAW assessment exam contains 40 questions. Examinees have 60 minutes to complete the exam. Examinees scoring 70% have demonstrated that they have the skills needed to pass the official WAW certification exam. No certification is awarded for receiving a passing score on the WAW assessment exam.

WAW Assessment Domains and Topics
Listed below are the domains and topics addressed in the WAW assessment exam. These are the same skills found on the official WAW certification exam. The WOW Academy courses map well to the WAW domains and topics. Training centers are encouraged to ensure that their courses map well to these domains and topics to ensure students have the best chance of passing the WAW certification exam.

Domains and Topics
The table below lists the domains measured by this examination and the extent to which they are represented in the examination.

Mastering the Internet
What is the Internet? What is an Intranet? Clients and Servers Defined What is a Host? What is a Webhost? TCP/IP Defined Internet Languages Internet History Internet Timeline About Usenet Using Usenet Newsgroups Usenet Tests Groups Internet Email Internet Chat	Internet Lingo Internet Emoticons Internet Shorthand Netiquette Web Browsers Rebel Web Browsers Using FireFox Using Internet Explorer Browser Dependent Features Only in Netscape Only in Internet Explorer Browser Plug-ins Browser Cookies Search Engines	Web Indexes Search Engine Rankings Optimize Your Search Internet Search Tools About FTP FTP Terminology About FTP Downloading Downloading With a Browser Uploading with FTP Downloading with FTP Free Internet Services Free Internet Resources Free Internet Hosting

Beginning XHTML
Minimal HTML tags Comments Tags Tag Attributes Background Colors Text Colors Line Breaks Preformatted Text Paragraphs Headings Horizontal Rules Text Alignment Tag Etiquette Bold Tags Italic Tags	Font Sizing Font Coloring Font Typeface Font Superscript/Subscript Special Characters Ordered Lists Unordered Lists Definition Lists Nested Lists About Links Link Colors Linking to Local Files Linking to Documents About URLs	Linking to a website Linking within a File Linking to an FTP Site Linking to Local Drives Linking to email Color Schemes Background Graphics Background Textures Displaying Graphics Image Spacing Attributes Missing Text and Graphics Using a Graphic as a Link

Advanced XHTML
Basic Table Tags Table Padding Table Spacing Table Header Tag Table Cell Color Table Span Column Span Table Cell Alignment Empty Table Cells Table Column Span Table Row Span Nested Tables	Basic Form Tags Form Password Input Form Check Boxes Form Radio Buttons Form Pull-Down Menus Form Scrollable Form Text Areas Form Reset buttons Form Cancel buttons Using "mailto:" in Forms Transparent Graphics Animated Graphics	Graphic Submit buttons Image Mapping Frame Target Attributes Frame Design Good Frame Examples Bad Frame Examples About Dynamic HTML What are Style Sheets Limitations of DHTML Alternatives to DHTML

Cascading Style Sheets
About Style CSS1 vs. CSS2 Inline Style Limitations Inline Style Syntax Background Image Attached Backgrounds Background Repeat Text Alignment Text Indentation Text Spacing Text Decoration Text Case Control Font Family Font Size Font Weight "Bold" Font Style "Italic" Content Padding	Border Style Border Color Border Width Border Compatibility Line Spacing Margin Control Form Background and Border Textbox Control Textarea Control Select Control Button Control Float Right Float Clear About Layers What Layers Can Do The DIV tag Making a Layer	Absolute Positioning Relative Positioning Layer Priority Layer Content Overflow Inline Style Shortcomings About Style Sheets The <style> tag CSS Backward Compatibility Embedded Style Sheets CSS Comments Using Classes Style Grouping Using IDs External Style Sheets Style Inheritance CSS Best Practices