Certification overview
Every organization wants things in organize state for better performance. The CIW database design specialist certification is structured for individuals who want to start a career in database specialization. The certification includes knowledge of database design principles and its applications theory. The exam gives you an insight of database platform like DB2, Oracle database 11g, Microsoft SQL and mySQL. The main idea of the certification is to discuss structured query language and use normalization to optimize database. The database methodology is quite a boom in Indian IT industry and this exam gives you a comprehensive idea about the methodology of the database with design. The demand of database skills has reached beyond web or software companies and has placed into hospitals, retail etc.
Who can do this certification
The CIW Database design specialist certification is for all those individuals, who want to make a career out of database technology or related fields. In today's market database is not limited to software or information technology, it covers many more areas. This certification is ideal for individuals who want to make a career out of enterprise and application systems. The opportunity of database technology has increased many folds with the years progressing in, so getting certified on the same technology will give you a head start or push you further in your professional career.
Benefits
The profile of database administrators is one of the highest demanding skills of 2014. Big MNC's are looking for individuals who is having a similar skill set, so getting certified will get place in your dream place. Passing this certification will help you to get a profile of Database Administrator or Database Architects. The packages for this roles are also very lucrative and above market standards. The rise of database technology has pushed companies to desperately start seeking IT professionals that can help in their database efforts. Industries are seeking for individuals, who can manage and analyses large set of data. Salaries are also competitive for right candidates. The other profiles which you can choose from after passing the exam are database developers, enterprise developers or application developers.
Associated Exam
There are no associated exams with CIW database design specialist certification. Passing the exam will make you a certified individual in database technology. However there is other certification related to different domain like JavaScript, Perl available with CIW. For more information on that; you can visit the website of CIW. Database design specialist is one of the exam in CIW web development professionals and clearing all the three exams will earn you CIW web development professional certificate. However these three exam has no association with each other.
Prerequisite
This certification is basically for those individuals who want to pursue a career in database technology. Basic understanding of database and its methodology is required for the certification, as it will help you in understanding the advance topics. Indiviuals who are new to database technology can enroll themselves in short term course, to get an idea of the technology and as well exam. The short term courses for beginners are highly recommendable for giving the certification. The courses are design to cover all the topics related to database and its certification, so it will be a great help for the starters. For experienced indiviuals, who just wants to add a feather to their resume, can start with course content mentioned for the certification.
Examination Overview
The Certification (1D0-541) includes topics like:
- Database introductions
- Fundamentals on relational database
- Planning of database
- Insights on Database design methodology.
- Concept of normalization
- Design of database which includes physical and logical partition.
- Introduction to Structured Query Language (SQL)
- Information on relational algebra
- Security and transaction concepts of database
The Exam requires prior knowledge of database concepts and its usage on systems. The individual needs to have basic understanding of database design, database methodologies and also brief on extraction process.
The CIW Database design specialist certification has multiple choice questions. The number of questions in the certification is 50 and the time duration for the certification is 90 minutes (One hour and thirty minutes).
Passing the Exam will earn you a CIW Database design specialist certified Professional. A certified professional will have a skill set of database methodologies, implementation, extraction, security, and also in and out of database.
Validity of the Certification
This certification has no expiry. Once you clear the exam, you are certified professional for life time. However the skills and certification objectives are revised periodically under the guidance of industry standards. So individual can update their skills by taking newest versions of certification. Industry always prefers professionals with latest skills, so it is always good to be on your toes.
Expert Review
The robustness and rigor of CIW exams and content fit with the high level of quality within our information technology degree program. And we didn't have to create our own courseware exams.
Gwendolyn Britton Western Governs University.
Utah, US
