PurpleGab

Taking and passing the original 4-hour test two years ago almost gave me a nervous break down. I wouldn't want to do that again. So today I got my CLA-R with 80%. That after I did a "test-run" at the European CLA-Summit early this year (which I failed). And a preparation day with a colleague and co-CLA. After the written CLA-R that gives you no results except the %, I must admit the Pearson Vue test is pretty fair as it allows you to review the answers after the test so you can see at least what was wrong. The set of questions does not seem to be huge so I probably would have passed at the second attempt. Thank god, two more years before that. Otherwise all other comments above are correct. The questions are sometimes a bit guessy, but I feel there has been an improvement from early this year. Even an explanation of not so common terms was given once. Gabi

Let me add my 0,05 Euro As a non-native speaker (German) it certainly is a bit more challenging, but (with a tight margin) I did it. I am an official Certified Labview Architect. For all others benefit let me give you a few comments. If you come from CLD (well, we all do) where style is a major issue, look at the requirements as posted before. The time is definitly too short to present a sound design. But I guess thats meant to be. You'll surely end up with white spots in your design. Be wise were to leave these. Write a lot. Explain, what you want to do. Build a top level VI with startup and shut down, even with, maybe, blank frames. Write for each of the modules a VI with all connections and put your [Covers: xxx] at least there. Define typedefs there, they'll be needed otherwhere. For all state machines make frames as required and again place your "Covers" there. Then again check your comments. Then start with a simple object and complete it as much as possible. No need to go to "advanced stuff" like classes or Xctrl. I did, a colleague of mine did not. We both passed. So again, architecture is at the top. Start from the top! Good luck Gabi