Requirements

Certain requirements must be met to ensure that Certiport exams are delivered in a consistent, appropriate environment. Examine the requirements below by certification program to learn more about what it takes to become a Certiport Center.

  1. MICROSOFT® OFFICE SPECIALIST EXAMS (MOS 2000–2010)
  2. MICROSOFT® TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE EXAMS (MTA)
  3. IC³® EXAMS
  4. IC³ GS3 EXAMS
  5. iCRITICAL THINKING™ POWERED BY ETS EXAM
  6. ADOBE® CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE EXAMS
  7. iQSYSTEM INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS TO RUN MOS 2003, MOS 2007, IC³ AND iCRITICAL THINKING EXAMS
  8. ONLINE (PC) TESTING REQUIREMENTS TO RUN MTA, VISTA, IC³, IC³ GS3, AND ACA EXAMS
  9. ONLINE (MAC) TESTING REQUIREMENTS TO RUN IC³ AND MAC-COMPATIBLE ACA EXAMS

MICROSOFT® OFFICE SPECIALIST EXAMS (MOS)

Requires a complete installation of the desired Office Suite version, installed to the default C: drive path. Only one Office Suite may be installed per machine.

Microsoft® Office 2000 Professional or Premium (SP3) – Word, Word Expert, Excel, Excel Expert, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access and Project – (Vista not supported) iQsystem Delivered Testing Only

Microsoft® Office XP Professional or Premium (SP3) – Word, Word Expert, Excel, Excel Expert, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access and Project – (Vista not supported) iQsystem Delivered Testing Only

Microsoft® Office 2003 Professional (SP3) – Word, Word Expert, Excel, Excel Expert, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access – (Vista not supported) iQsystem Delivered Testing Only

Microsoft® Office 2007 Professional or Enterprise (iQsystem 6.23 supports SP1; iQsystem 6.4 supports SP2) – iQsystem Delivered Testing Only

Windows Vista Exam – (Does NOT require Office installation) – Online (PC) Delivered Testing Only

Microsoft® Office 2010 Professional or Professional Plus – Word and Excel – iQsystem Delivered Testing Only


MICROSOFT® TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE EXAMS (MTA)

MTA Exams – Software Development Fundamentals (C#), Software Development Fundamentals (VB), Windows Development Fundamentals, Web Development Fundamentals (C#), Web Development Fundamentals (VB), Database Administration Fundamentals, Windows Server Administration, Networking Fundamentals and Security Fundamentals – Online (PC) Delivered Testing Only


IC³® EXAMS

IC³ (2003) – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online – iQsystem (Only Windows XP), Online (PC), and Online (MAC) Delivered Testing

IC³ (2005) – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online – iQsystem (Only windows XP), Online (PC), and Online (MAC) Delivered Testing

IC³ (2007) – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online – iQsystem (Only Windows XP), Online (PC), and Online (MAC) Delivered Testing

IC³ For MAC – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online – Online (PC) and Online (MAC) Delivered Testing


IC³ GS3 EXAMS

IC³ (GS3) – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online – Online (PC) Delivered Testing Only


iCRITICAL THINKING™ POWERED BY ETS EXAM

iCritical Thinking™ Powered by ETSiQsystem Delivered Testing Only


ADOBE® CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE EXAMS

Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Flash 8 and Dreamweaver 8Online (PC) and Online (MAC) Delivered Testing

Adobe (CS3) Flash, Photoshop, and DreamweaverOnline (PC) and Online (MAC) Delivered Testing

Adobe (CS4) Flash, Flash for MAC, Photoshop, Photoshop for MAC, Dreamweaver, and Dreamweaver for MACOnline (PC) and Online (MAC) Delivered Testing

Adobe (CS5) Flash, Photoshop, and DreamweaverOnline (PC) Delivered Testing


iQSYSTEM INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS TO RUN MOS 2000–2010, IC³ AND iCRITICAL THINKING EXAMS

Item

Required

Processor

Pentium® 4 1 GHz or better

RAM

MOS 2007 & 2010 = 1GB
MOS 2003, iCritical Thinking, and IC³ = 512MB

Complete local administrator rights (no group policies)

Yes

OS, Office Suite, My Documents, My Pictures and all folders must be installed on "C:" drive.

Yes

Hard Drive: Free Space (after Office and Windows install)

5GB

Keyboard & Mouse (pointing device)

Yes

Minimum Video Resolution

1024 x 768

Color Depth

16 Bit or Higher

Display Properties

96 DPI only

Minimum Monitor Size

17"

200 KBPS or DSL Internet connection speed or greater (click here to test your bandwidth)

Yes

Internet Explorer 7 or greater

Yes

Communication ports and IP addresses

Please add 192.41.91.74, 192.41.91.75, 192.41.91.76, 192.41.91.77, 192.41.91.78, 206.81.137.18, 216.36.40.134, 216.36.40.135, 216.36.40.144, and 216.36.40.145. You will need to have full access through ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS).

Also, 216.36.40.144 and 216.36.40.145 need to have full access through port 21 (TCP). HTTP redirects need to be permitted. (These are all completed within the certiport.com domain.)

Do not block soap HTTP traffic.

Pop-up blockers including Google, Yahoo, and other Internet Explorer-installed blockers and automatic updates

Turned Off

Adobe Flash Player

current version

.Net Framework

iQsystem 6.23 – .Net 1.1
iQsystem 6.4 – .Net 2.0

Restoring software

Software must be disabled during testing or testing PC will not keep user-tracking progress during test

Installed Printer

Yes

Supported Web Browsers
Internet Explorer 7 or greater

Supported Operating Systems
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP3)
Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ Business (SP2)(MOS and IC³ not supported)

Supported Microsoft® Office Versions
Microsoft® Office 2000 Professional or Premium (SP3)
Microsoft® Office XP Professional or Premium (SP3)
Microsoft® Office 2003 Professional (SP3)
Microsoft® Office 2007 Professional or Enterprise (iQsystem 6.23 supports SP1; iQsystem 6.4 supports SP2)
Microsoft® Office 2010 Professional or Professional Plus

iQsystem uses concurrent technology which uses hard-coded paths and the registry inside your machine to run. Other software can manipulate these settings. We recommend if iQsystem is on a machine that the machine have as few other software applications installed as possible.


ONLINE (PC) TESTING REQUIREMENTS TO RUN MTA, VISTA, IC³, IC³ GS3, AND ACA EXAMS

Item

Required

Processor

Pentium® 4 1 GHz or better

RAM

1GB

Keyboard & Mouse (pointing device)

Yes

Minimum Video Resolution

1024 x 768

Color Depth

16 Bit or Higher

Display Properties

96 DPI only

Minimum Monitor Size

17"

200 KBPS or DSL Internet connection speed or greater (click here to test your bandwidth)

Yes

Minimum temporary Internet files disk space usage

512MB

Internet Explorer 7 or greater

Yes

Communication ports and IP addresses

Please add 192.41.91.74, 192.41.91.75, 192.41.91.76, 192.41.91.77, 192.41.91.78, 206.81.137.18, 216.36.40.134, 216.36.40.135, 216.36.40.144, and 216.36.40.145. You will need to have full access through ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS).

Also, 216.36.40.144 and 216.36.40.145 need to have full access through port 21 (TCP). HTTP redirects need to be permitted. (These are all completed within the certiport.com domain.)

Do not block soap HTTP traffic.

Pop-up blockers including Google, Yahoo, and other Internet Explorer-installed blockers and automatic updates

Turned Off

Adobe Flash Player

current version

Restoring software

Software must be disabled during testing or testing PC will not keep user-tracking progress during test

Installed Printer

Yes

Supported Web Browsers
Internet Explorer 7 or greater

Supported Operating Systems
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP3)
Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ Business (SP2)


ONLINE (MAC) TESTING REQUIREMENTS TO RUN IC³ AND MAC-COMPATIBLE ACA EXAMS

Item

Required

Processor

Core 2 Duo 1.8 or better

RAM

1GB

Keyboard & Mouse (pointing device)

Yes

Minimum Video Resolution

1024 x 768

Color Depth

16 Bit or Higher

Display Properties

96 DPI only

Minimum Monitor Size

17"

200 KBPS or DSL Internet connection speed or greater (click here to test your bandwidth)

Yes

Safari 4 or greater

Yes

Communication ports and IP addresses

Please add 192.41.91.74, 192.41.91.75, 192.41.91.76, 192.41.91.77, 192.41.91.78, 206.81.137.18, 216.36.40.134, 216.36.40.135, 216.36.40.144, and 216.36.40.145. You will need to have full access through ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS).

Also, 216.36.40.144 and 216.36.40.145 need to have full access through port 21 (TCP). HTTP redirects need to be permitted. (These are all completed within the certiport.com domain.)

Do not block soap HTTP traffic.

Pop-up blockers including Google, Yahoo, and other browser-installed blockers and automatic updates

Turned Off

Adobe Flash Player

current version

Restoring software

Software must be disabled during testing or testing computer will not keep user-tracking progress during test

Installed Printer

Yes

Supported Web Browsers
Safari 4 or greater

Supported Operating Systems
MAC OS X Leopard
MAC OS X Snow Leopard