Lesson 14: SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – Taking the SOLIDWORKS Electrical Design Associate Exam

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Lesson 14 addresses taking the on-line proctored SOLIDWORKS Electrical Design Associate (CSWA-E) exam as introduced in Lesson 13. Your students cannot design a product today without electrical knowledge. To assist students with these critical job skills, SOLIDWORKS Education provides SOLIDWORKS Electrical 2D Schematic, SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D, SOLIDWORKS Electrical curriculum, SOLIDWORKS Electrical Associate Exam Guide and the CSWE-E exam.

The exam can be taken with Desktop SOLIDWORKS. There are 50 questions in the CSWA-E exam. Each question is worth 1 point. Questions are either in a True or False or a multiple-choice format.

You are allowed to answer the questions in any order. Total exam time is 60 minutes. You need a minimum of 35 points out of 50 points to pass the exam.

Use the Summary Screen during the CSWA-E exam to view the list of all questions you have or have not answered.

All candidates receive an electronic certification, a digital badge, business card logo and optional personal listing in the SOLIDWORKS Certification directory when they pass.

Taking the on-line proctored CSWA-E Exam

Click the provided link: https://3dexperience.virtualtester.com/#home.

The 3DEXPERIENCE Certification Center Home page is displayed.

The 3DEXPERIENCE Certification Center is where students are able to login to take their certification opportunities, manage their certificates, address their digital badges, and make changes to their account settings.

If your school is an Academic Provider, the provider can allocate free CSWA-E exam opportunities.

Login to 3DEXPERIENCE Certification Center Home page.

Click the LOGIN icon.

Download the TesterPRO Client to your desktop.

Un-zip the Tester PRO Client.

Read the License Agreement.

Agree to the Candidate Conduct Policy.

Click I Agree.

Install the Tester PRO Client.

Click install.

Click Finish.

View the available languages.

Select Test Language.

Click Continue.

Create an account. If you already have an account, select “I already have a VirtualTester UserID and password”. Enter your school email address. Enter password. Click Continue.

Select SOLIDWORKS.

Select SOLIDWORKS Electrical Design Associate.

This will depend on the exam opportunity given by the Academic Provider.

Click Start Exam.

Select language.

Click Start Exam.

Click Yes.

Read the instructions. Agree to the Confidentiality Agreement and Candidate Conduct Policy.

Click I Agree.

Click Start Examination.

You are allowed to answer the questions in any order.

Use the Summary Screen during the exam to view the list of all questions you have or have not answered.

When finished, click End Examination.

Click Yes.

 

The exam is automatically graded and the final grade is displayed to the student. The exam grade is provided directly to the Academic Provider. Download the class results into an excel spread sheet. You need 35 points out of 50 points to pass the exam.

All candidates receive an electronic certification, a digital badge, business card logo and optional personal listing in the SOLIDWORKS Certification directory when they pass the CSWA-E exam.

If you fail the CSWA-E exam, you will need to wait 14-days before retaking it again. Note: Individual question results are not provided. The number of wrong and correct questions is displayed. The results will display the Topics to study.

Lesson 14 is finished.

There are three main certification levels: Associate, Professional and Expert. Lesson 15 will cover taking the on-line proctored Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional (CSWP) Exam, Segment 1.

The CSWP Certification is broken down into three separates and can be taken as three separate exams (one exam for each segment) or a single exam (3 hours 20 minutes) that includes all three segments.

 

Other blogs in this SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification Series:

Lesson 1 SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – What is the Journey?

Lesson 2 SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – Certification Provider Program for EDU

Lesson 3 SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification 3DEXPERIENCE Certification Center

Lesson 4: SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – Exam Opportunities

Lesson 5: SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – Student Needs

Lesson 6: SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – CSWA Exam Part 1

Lesson 7: SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – CSWA Exam Part 2

Lesson 8: SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – SOLIDWORKS Additive Manufacturing Associate (CSWA-AM) Exam

Lesson 9: SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – Taking the SOLIDWORKS Additive Manufacturing Associate Exam

Lesson 10: SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – SOLIDWORKS Simulation Associate (CSWA-S) Exam

Lesson 11: SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – Taking the SOLIDWORKS Simulation Associate (CSWA-S) Exam

Lesson 12: SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – Understanding and Taking the SOLIDWORKS Sustainability Association (CSWA-SD) Exam

Lesson 13: SOLIDWORKS Academic Certification – SOLIDWORKS Electrical Design Associate (CSWA-E) Exam

 

Design well.  Marie

 

Marie Planchard

Marie Planchard

Senior Director, Early Engagement, 3DEXPERIENCE Works at Dassault Systemes
Marie Planchard is an education and engineering advocate. As Senior Director of Education & Early Engagement, SOLIDWORKS, she is responsible for global development of content and social outreach across all levels of learning.
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