Technical 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.
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- Microsoft® Office Specialist Exams (MOS 2003–2010)
- Microsoft® Technology Associate Exams (MTA)
- IC³® Exams
- IC³ GS3 Exams
- Adobe® Certified Associate Exams
- Autodesk Certified User Exams
- Intuit Quickbooks Certified User Exams
- Comptia Strata Exams
- iQsystem Installation Requirements To Run MOS 2003, MOS 2007, and IC³ Exams
- Online (PC) Testing Requirements To Run MTA, Vista, IC³, IC³ GS3, Strata, Autodesk, Intuit, and ACA Exams
- Online (MAC) Testing Requirements To Run MAC-compatible ACA Exams
| MICROSOFT® OFFICE SPECIALIST EXAMS (MOS) |
Requires a complete installation of the desired Office Suite version or versions. Only one Office Suite may be installed per machine. |
Microsoft® Office 2003 Professional (SP3) – Word, Word Expert, Excel, Excel Expert, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access – iQsystem Delivered Testing Only |
Microsoft® Office 2007 Professional or Enterprise Word, Word Expert, Excel, Excel Expert, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access – iQsystem Delivered Testing Only |
Windows Vista Exam – (Does NOT require Office installation) – Online (PC) Delivered Testing Only |
Microsoft® Office 2010 Professional or Professional Plus (32 bit only) – Word, Word Expert, Excel, Excel Expert, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, Sharepointe and Onenote – iQsystem Delivered Testing Only for the Microsoft Office exams. SharePoint and OneNote are delivered with the Online (PC) testing |
| MICROSOFT® TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE EXAMS (MTA) |
MTA Exams –Windows Operating System Fundamentals, 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, Microsoft .NET Fundamentals (C#), Microsoft .NET Fundamentals (VB), Gaming Development Fundamentals and Mobile Developmnet Fundamentals – Online (PC) Delivered Testing Only |
| IC³® EXAMS |
IC³ (2005) – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online – iQsystem, Online (PC), and Delivered Testing |
IC³ (2007) – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online – iQsystem, Online (PC), and Delivered Testing |
IC³ For MAC – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online – Online (PC) Delivered Testing |
| IC³ GS3 EXAMS |
IC³ (GS3) – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online – Online (PC) Delivered Testing Only |
IC³ (GS3 Refresh) – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online – Online (PC) Delivered Testing Only |
| ADOBE® CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE EXAMS |
Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Flash 8 and Dreamweaver 8 – Online (PC) Delivered Testing |
Adobe (CS3) Flash, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver – Online (PC) Delivered Testing |
Adobe (CS4) Flash, Flash for MAC, Photoshop, Photoshop for MAC, Dreamweaver, and Dreamweaver for MAC – Online (PC) and Online (MAC) Delivered Testing |
Adobe (CS5) Flash, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Dreamweaver – Online (PC) Delivered Testing |
| AUTODESK CERTIFIED USER EXAMS |
Using AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor Online (PC) Delivered Testing |
| INTUIT QUICKBOOKS Certified User Exams |
Intuit Quickbooks Certified User 2009, Intuit Quickbooks Certified User 2010 and Intuit Quickbooks Certified User 2011 Online (PC) Testing Only |
| COMPTIA STRATA EXAMS |
Fundamentals of PC Functionality Exam (FC0-U11), fundamentals of PC Technology Exam (FC0-U21), It Fundamentals (FC0-U41), PC Hardware Technology Engineer (FC0-1010 and PC Operating System Engineer (FC0-210) Online (PC) Delivered Testing Only |
| iQSYSTEM INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS TO RUN MOS 2003–2010 AND IC³ EXAMS | |
Item |
Required |
|---|---|
Processor |
Pentium® 4 1 GHz or better |
RAM |
MOS 2007 & 2010 = 1GB |
Complete local administrator rights (no group policies) to install |
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 |
Communication ports and IP addresses |
All need to have full access through ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS) 216.36.40.144 and 216.36.40.145 need access through port 21 TCP |
Pop-up blockers including Google, Yahoo, and other Internet Explorer-installed blockers and automatic updates |
Turned Off |
Java |
|
Adobe Flash Player |
|
Adobe Reader |
|
.Net Framework |
.Net 3.5 |
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 8 or 9 |
Supported Operating Systems |
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP3) |
Supported Microsoft® Office Versions |
Microsoft® Office 2003 Professional (SP3) |
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. |
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| ONLINE (PC) TESTING REQUIREMENTS TO RUN MTA, VISTA, IC³, IC³ GS3, STRATA, AUTODESK, INTUIT 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 |
Communication ports and IP addresses |
All need to have full access through ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS) 216.36.40.144 and 216.36.40.145 need access through port 21 TCP |
Pop-up blockers including Google, Yahoo, and other Internet Explorer-installed blockers and automatic updates |
Turned Off |
Java |
|
Adobe Flash Player |
|
Adobe Reader |
|
Restoring software |
Software must be disabled during testing or testing PC will not keep user-tracking progress during test |
.Net Framework |
.Net 3.5. |
Browser Lockdown |
Certiport Browser Lockdown 2 required |
*.certiport.com added to trusted sites |
Yes |
Installed Printer |
Yes |
Supported Web Browsers |
Internet Explorer 8 or 9 |
Supported Operating Systems |
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional (SP3) |
| ONLINE (MAC) TESTING REQUIREMENTS TO RUN 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 |
All need to have full access through ports 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS) 216.36.40.144 and 216.36.40.145 need access through port 21 TCP |
Pop-up blockers including Google, Yahoo, and other browser-installed blockers and automatic updates |
Turned Off |
Adobe Flash Player |
|
Adobe Reader |
|
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 |
