Acquia Certification Program An Inside Look at the Acquia Certified Drupal Site Builder exam

Peter Manijak, Jeff Beeman, Kenny Carlile

Acquia Certification Program →  The Acquia Certified Drupal Site Builder exam focuses on knowledge of Drupal 7 and

topic areas including Drupal features, Content and User Management, Content Modeling, Site Display, Community and Contributed Projects, Module and Theme Management, and Security and Performance.

→  In this webinar, you’ll learn about: §  The goals of the exam §  The exam blueprint §  The nature of exam questions §  Assessing your strengths and weaknesses §  How to improve on your areas of weakness

Acquia Certification Program SPEAKERS: →  Peter Manijak

Head of Acquia Certification, Acquia   →  Jeff Beeman

Technical Director, Professional Services, Acquia

→  Kenny CarlileTechnical Architect in Continuous Delivery, Acquia

Acquia Certification Program This exam validates a candidate’s ability to:

→  Plan, build, and manage Drupal 7-based solutions

→  Understand the core Drupal practices for site building

→  Develop and maintain applications using Drupal site building tools

→  Install and configure new Drupal modules and themes

Acquia Certification Program Acquia Certified Drupal Site Builder Duration: 75 minutes Price: $155 Length: 50 questions Pass/Fail mark: 68% (subject to change) Test Format: →  Multiple-choice: Examinee selects one option that best answers the question or completes a statement. →  Multiple-response: Examinee selects more than one option that best answers the question or completes a

statement.

Acquia Certification Program Sec$on   %  of  Examina$on  

1.0  Drupal  Features   10%  

2.0  Content  and  User  Management     18%  

3.0  Content  Modeling   24%  

4.0  Site  Display   20%  

5.0  Community  and  Contributed  Projects     8%  

6.0  Model  and  Theme  Management     8%  

7.0  Security  and  Performance   12%  

TOTAL   100%  

Acquia Certification Program Section 1 Drupal Features 1.1 Demonstrate the ability to explain the distinct and differentiating features of Drupal. 1.2 Given a scenario, identify specific Drupal features such as core modules, blocks or core content types used for site building.

Section 2 Content and User Management 2.1 Given a scenario, determine how administration tools are used for site management. 2.2 Given a scenario, demonstrate ability to configure user accounts. 2.3 Given a scenario of a completed content item, identify which elements are taxonomy terms, image fields or text fields. 2.4 Given an example of a page layout, determine what is content versus a block.

Acquia Certification Program Section 3 Content Modeling 3.1 Given a scenario, determine the need for a custom content type. 3.2 Given a scenario, identify which field types or widgets would be appropriate for a content type design. 3.3 Given a scenario, identify which content type defaults should be set. 3.4 Demonstrate ability to configure both controlled vocabularies and free tagging with Taxonomy. 3.5 Demonstrate ability to configure file and image fields, including image resizing options. 3.6 Demonstrate ability to configure text formats appropriately to specific needs.

Acquia Certification Program Section 4 Site Display 4.1 Given a scenario, identify the display types created with Views. 4.2 Given a scenario, identify the differences between using the menu system, block system or views. 4.3 Given a scenario, identify the appropriate permission configuration options. 4.4 Given a scenario, identify how a path was created. 4.5 Given a scenario, determine how to use blocks to display content within regions.

Acquia Certification Program Section 5 Community and Contributed Projects 5.1 Given a scenario, identify when a contributed module would be needed. 5.2 Given example project data, evaluate the health of projects. 5.3 Identify ways of community participation. 5.4 Demonstrate knowledge of how to report issues against either core or contributed modules.

Acquia Certification Program Section 6 Module and Theme Management 6.1 Demonstrate the ability to add, update, and remove contributed modules. 6.2 Demonstrate the ability to add, update, and remove contributed themes. Section 7 Security and Performance 7.1 Identify security issues resulting from site configuration 7.2 Identify performance issues resulting from site configuration

→ Added in 2015

Now  Available!    

Acquia Certification Program Key Links: Overview →  https://www.acquia.com/customer-success/learning-services/acquia-certification-program-overview

→  Acquia Certified Drupal Developer exam blueprint §  https://www.acquia.com/customer-success/learning-services/acquia-certified-drupal-site-builder-

exam-blueprint

Testimonials (self-study guides within the blog postings) →  https://www.acquia.com/customer-success/learning-services/acquia-certification-testimonials

Training courseware: →  https://training.acquia.com/courses Registry →  http://training.acquia.com/registry Blog →  https://www.acquia.com/blog/acquia-certification-program-ready-turn-1

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