CDE‌® Examination Structure

MODULE CODES ASSESMENT AREAS TRAINING HOURS WEIGHT% A1
(MULI-CHOICE ANSWER TEST)		 A2
(CODING TEST)		 A3
(INTERNAL ASSESSMENTS)		 TOTAL PASSING SCORES
      A B C D E 75%
CDE01 UNDERSTANDING OF INTERNATIONAL IT INDUSTRY   5 100   25 30 22.5
CDE02 UNDERSTANDING OF COMPUTER SCIENCE & IT FUNDAMENTALS   5 100   25 30 22.5
CDE03 UNDERSTANDING DATABASE CONCEPTS   10 100 100 25 45 33.75
CDE04 UNDERSTANDING DDL (DATA DEFINITION LANGUAGE) AND DML (DATA MANIPULATION LANGUAGE)   10 100 100 25 45 33.75
CDE05 UNDERSTANDING DATABASE OBJECTS   10 100 100 25 45 33.75
CDE06 KNOWING DATABASES   10 100 100 25 45 33.75
CDE07 USING SQL SERVER 2012   10 100 100 25 45 33.75
CDE08 USING ORACLE DATABASES   10 100 100 25 45 33.75
CDE09 USING MYSQL   10 100 100 25 45 33.75
CDE10 UNDERSTANDING OF EMERGENT TRENDS & TECHNOLOGIES   10 100 100 25 45 33.75
CDE11 UNDERSTANDING OF LANGUAGE, BEHAVIORAL & RECRUITMENT READINESS PRE-REQUISITES   10 100   25 35 26.25
  TOTALS   100 1100 800 275 455 341.25

  • Proportional weights of respective assessment areas
  • This is the question/ answer type test given online to test the examinee's abilities to recall concepts and learning and their comprehension
  • This test is designed to evaluate an examinee's skills of programming. The test is administered through a powerful online Coding engine.
  • This component accounts into the progressive learning displayed by an examinee as reflected by the internal assessment scores attained by the examinee during training. The MAX scores possible in internal assessments are scaled to 25
  • Total MAXIMUM SCALED score possible in the BCI Certification Examination for an examinee = ((B+C)*A/100))+D