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Cognos BIO-130 Certification

I’ve tried to pass Cognos BI Modeler exam this weekend and failed. That leaves me rather disappointed and anxious for another try.

Some notes and comparison with EP certification:
- BI Modeler is way faster (~110 questions in 2,5 hours vs ~135 in 3,5 for EP)
- BI Modeler is problem oriented (most questions consider sql\modeling problems, rather than product specific problems) and cognos-terminology dependent (reporting traps names and descriptions should be memorized by heart)
- BI Modeler has higher pass mark (84% vs 73% for EP). I scored 75% and would pass if score was as for EP. )
- EP test includes lots of rather meaningless questions directly addressing some minor issues, which are depicted only in documentation and rarely accessed in practice (like publishing restrictions and format precedence), and no modeling questions at all
- BI Modeler includes some “best-practice” questions where answer is quite unclear (maybe explained in trainings, though)

As a conclusion: Modeler is much-much harder than EP test. Even regarding mine 4 years of EP experience vs 2 years of BI, I can be quite clear in this — it’s harder.

Yet a goal to achieve.

  • prasad

    hi
    i am prasad working in cognizant

    i want to write cognos certification plz give me advise on that
    ok
    bye

  • John

    Hello,
    first of all thank you for the blog. It is a really good source of information on Business Intelligence!
    Just wanted to share a link I came across recently with some free cognos certification materials.
    Anyone knows if the q&a provided there is helpful during the exam?

    Regards
    John

  • ykud

    Hi, John.

    Looked through the site you point at and must say that it depends on what exam you’re going to pass. Most of the questions covered there are technical and administration oriented, so if you’re up to Administrator or Technical Consultant — they would suit. I’ve seen questions of such type only on BI Pro exam, since I chose other certification path.

    Thanks for good words )

  • Jaya D

    Any free material for COGNOS modeling certification? Thanks – Jaya

  • Gaurav

    I cleared Cognos certification and Cognos interview with the help of this blog:
    http://cognosbistudy.blogspot.com/
    Contact – guideoncognos@gmail.com