Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Exam History
The Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) exam, also called the CIW Foundations 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.

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 Foundations certification is ideal for all professionals who use the Internet. 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 contains 85 questions. Examinees have 90 minutes to complete the exam. To pass this exam you must achieve a total score of 63% or greater. Each multiple-choice item offers four solutions or distracters. 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.

Mastering the Internet Beginning XHTML Advanced XHTML

Cascading Style Sheets Web Design and Graphics E-Business

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 Exam:
This is a proctored exam which must be attempted at a CIW authorized testing centers.

Exam Cost:
The cost of the CIW certification exam is $125.

Domains Of Examination
The listed 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 (25 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 World Wide Web 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, 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 Web site 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, multimedia technologies.
• Use GUI-based HTML editing software to create Web pages.
• Test and analyze Web site performance issues.
• Identify steps in the Web site planning and development process.
• Identify essential issues in developing and maintaining a Web site, including: project management, testing, legal issues.
• Plan and deliver oral presentations of your Web site, 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 Web sites.
• 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, 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.