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Preparing for and Passing Technical Certifications (Coursera)

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Technology provides you with great opportunities for professional advancement, and technical certifications prove your knowledge, expertise, and hands-on experience to prospective employers or clients. It is extremely important to organizations like AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, ITIL, PMI, and many others that their certifications prove technical expertise; otherwise, their certifications are of no value. That is why the exams are so hard. This course is intended to help you formulate an effective learning plan that will build the knowledge you need, not only to pass the exam but to be truly competent in the technology you are being tested on.

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Syllabus

WEEK 1
Preparing for and Passing Technical Certifications
Technology provides you with great opportunities for professional advancement, and technical certifications prove your knowledge, expertise, and hands-on experience to prospective employers or clients. It is extremely important to organizations like AWS, Google, Microsoft, Oracle, ITIL, PMI, and many others that their certifications prove technical expertise; otherwise, their certifications are of no value. That is why the exams are so hard. This course is intended to help you formulate an effective learning plan that will build the knowledge you need, not only to pass the exam but to be truly competent in the technology you are being tested on.
Certification Exams Under the Hood
In this module, you will get some insight into how and why certifications are created. You will also learn how exam questions are written and scored.
Analyzing Certification Requirements
In this module, you will learn how to recognize your personal learning styles so you can select learning resources that are optimal for you.
Passing Your Exam
In this module, you will learn some strategies for optimizing your study time and tactics for passing your exam.

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