Become an Adobe Certified Expert
No doubt that passing the certification exam for any of Adobe products is a good proof for your employer and in your resume for your profession in this tool. This does not mean that you have to know every thing about the product as many people wrongly think, it is a totally misleading concept.
The certification exam proofs that you got the maximum knowledge of the product and you are able to solve and understand project problems, structure using this tool.
Adobe Certification Exams and Exam Structure
Adobe has three types of exams for individuals, Adobe Certified Association, Adobe Certified Expert ACE and Adobe Certified Instructor. The Adobe Certified Association measures your knowledge of Adobe products related to specific field such as web, printing…etc. However, it is not specialized in one tool and directed to beginners in most cases. The Adobe Certified Expert is to measure your profession in specific tool such as Flash, Photoshop, Illustrator…etc.
The third exam is for instructors who would like to be a certified instructor from Adobe and the trainer should pass any of the Adobe certification exams in addition to an extra exam to proof the training qualifications.
You can find more information about the exam, available exams, exam location in your area in Adobe Certification exam page here.
How to Get Ready
Getting ready for the exam starts by knowing all the information about the exam, number of questions, time and reading the guideline PDF specified to each exam from the link above or directly from the available exams and exams guides page here.
Since the exam measure your knowledge of the product, the second step is to start using the product you would like to take its exam with a new way, dig into each tool during your work with the product, start to explore areas that you never used before ad focus on the tools and features mentioned in the guide line of the exam. This will help you collect your previous experience about the product and recap it while you use the studying resources mentioned below:
Adobe Classroom in a Book Series
Adobe Classroom in a Book series published by peachpit.com is considered the official exam preparation guide for the Adobe certification exams. This series lets you learn about the product through examples and how-to style to get full understand about the too.
This series that is written by Adobe Team helps you get a good part of your exam preparation and focus your study to a specific areas mentioned in the guide line.
Adobe Help files
it is the very long documentation that comes along with the product when you press F1. since it may be impossible to cover all the help documentation especially with the increasing features with every new version of the product. I always recommend to start by the exam guideline and Classroom in a Book series to keep yourself focused when start to explore through the help files and only concentrate on the points of concern.
Exam practice tests
There are only two exam practice providers for Adobe exams, pass4sure.com and ucertify.com . I wrote many exams for uCertify PrepKit exams and I recommend it as I tried to make sure that the practice exam is actually mimic the real exam in strength, type and structure. So, I see it is a good practice for the real exam.
You are Ready Now!!
After following the above steps, I think you are ready now to register your exam. Visit any of the VUE authorized center (Adobe authorized exam location) in your area and they usually give you a time after few days and you can give the time you see suitable, give yourself a good time to revise the information in mind, focus to clarify the points of conflict…etc.
Try to take good rest before the exam and sleep well to get the maximum of your focus in the exam, and go with the high trust in yourself and confident.
Are We Finished?
No, not actually. The most important part is the exam itself. Many people get confused and choose the wrong answer because of some few points during the exam:
Give each question its time
Try to give a time for each question that you do not exceed, and make sure to have enough time for one or two final revision by the end of the exam. For example, give each question 1.5 minutes, 1 minute for solving the question and the other half minute to check your answer again and prepared to move to the next question.
Do not leave blanks
Do not ever leave a non-answered question, if you do not know the answer, just give a guess, it may be right at the end.
Now We are Done
We are now finished with the exam tips and tricks and if you need any further information, ideas and suggestion about how to get prepared for the exam, do not hesitate contact me with any question in mind and I will get back to you.
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thanks for the information!
im from Argentina and i would like to do the exam for after effects. not right now, because i dont think i have the enougth level. but in the future. is there a way to do the exam in Buenos Aires Argentina?
THANKS and sorry for muy limited english!
thanks for the information!
im from Argentina and i would like to do the exam for after effects. not right now, because i dont think i have the enougth level. but in the future. is there a way to do the exam in Buenos Aires Argentina?
THANKS and sorry for muy limited english!
Hi
I downloaded the ACE program from the link you gave.
Since I am french i downloaded the french version for Dreamweaver CS3 (no CS4?).
There is a translation issue in the sample question 3.11. Snap to guide is translated in french by “aligner sur un repère”. That’s wrong, “aligner” in french means (guess what) “align” in english, not “snap”. In all Adobe products “snap” is translated by “magnétiser”.
Not very encouraging for passing a certification exam in french.
Hi
I downloaded the ACE program from the link you gave.
Since I am french i downloaded the french version for Dreamweaver CS3 (no CS4?).
There is a translation issue in the sample question 3.11. Snap to guide is translated in french by “aligner sur un repère”. That’s wrong, “aligner” in french means (guess what) “align” in english, not “snap”. In all Adobe products “snap” is translated by “magnétiser”.
Not very encouraging for passing a certification exam in french.
Hey the link to Ucertify is broken.. an easy fix but you might want to check it
Hey the link to Ucertify is broken.. an easy fix but you might want to check it
i have a question, i see there are two After Effects exams. Adobe After Effects CS4 Exam (9A0-096) and Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional ACE Exam (9A0-068). What is the difference between these two exams?
Thanks,
-carmen
i have a question, i see there are two After Effects exams. Adobe After Effects CS4 Exam (9A0-096) and Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional ACE Exam (9A0-068). What is the difference between these two exams?
Thanks,
-carmen
The After Effects CS4 exam is the most recent exam and tests your skills in the new version of After Effect, which is the CS4. The CS4 version exam tests your skills in the previous version fo the exam, which is CS3.
Hope this helps
Hi Pablo,
Sorry, I am not from Argentina, but if you go to VUE site (www.vue.com), you can find the VUE authorized center in your area and book the exam in it.
Thanks alot!!
Hi Vincent,
I never faced this translation issue before, but I aleays prefer to take the exam in English as possible since you may expect alot of these translation issues.
Also, I will try to Adobe and transfer to them your comment, thanks alot for sending it, really appreicate that.
Thanks alot!!
Hi Lawrence
Thanks alot for mentioning this, I will fix it now. It is http://www.ucertify.com
The points above are all very insightful, thanks very much.
The points above are all very insightful, thanks very much.
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Dear Allen i am fan too … this site is amazing… pity i found it only now a lot of information i have about adobe i found them by myself hardly , so many hours to learn by myself this site will accelerate my learning ! a big thank for this site !
Hi Allen,
Sorry for the late reply, you can email me at the contact form and I can answer any of your questions.
Thanks alot for visiting my site.
Rafiq
Hi Allen,
Sorry for the late reply, you can email me at the contact form and I can answer any of your questions.
Thanks alot for visiting my site.
Rafiq
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http://www.acequestions.com
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Hi Rafiq Sir thanks for the info on adobe certificaton exam…. I was seriously loking for smth like this
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I am considering taking the Adobe Certified Expert test for Dreamweaver. Do you all think it’s worth the time, effort, and cost?
I am considering taking the Adobe Certified Expert test for Dreamweaver. Do you all think it’s worth the time, effort, and cost?
Hi
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I was scared to write Exam for ACE Photoshop CS4
There any alot of tricks question .. some people failed cause of 2% or 3%
how not to get tricks by it
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Hi
I love this website it is amazing
I was scared to write Exam for ACE Photoshop CS4
There any alot of tricks question .. some people failed cause of 2% or 3%
how not to get tricks by it
:- )
Hey all , finally I’ve got my certification of Adobe Photoshop CS4 ..(I’ve found this post after getting it anyway LOL),now I am searching for a job..can anyone help?
I am a graphics designer and a freelance Photoshop teacher by the way
Thanks in advance
Hey all , finally I’ve got my certification of Adobe Photoshop CS4 ..(I’ve found this post after getting it anyway LOL),now I am searching for a job..can anyone help?
I am a graphics designer and a freelance Photoshop teacher by the way
Thanks in advance
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Thanks for useful information. I have learn many useful things related adobe,must dollow them.
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