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Below you will find a complete listing of certifications offered through NCSA along with descriptions and other exam information. Many of our certification exams are available to be taken free of charge, just sign up and take your exam. If you pass one of the free exams you will be offered the opportunity ot become certified in that area and receive your NCSA certification. Some newer exams and exams with prerequisites are members only and will require purchase of an NCSA membership to access. Click on a certification to learn more.

** The lock icon Member's Only or Premium Exam indicates a Member's Only or Premium exam. The gear icon Prerequisites indicates a certification requiring prerequisites.

General Subjects

Certification
Subject
Exam Length
CH-101
PC Basics
35
CH-111
Computer Hardware Technician
40
CH-211
Computer Hardware Tech. 2011 Member's Only or Premium Exam
40
CS-457
Microsoft Word 2013 Member's Only or Premium Exam
40
CS-566
Microsoft Excel 2013 Member's Only or Premium Exam
40
CS-576
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-536
Microsoft Access 2013 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-596
Microsoft Office 2013 Member's Only or Premium Exam
40
CS-654
Microsoft Word 2016 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-356
Microsoft Office Word 2007
35
CS-366
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
35
CS-376
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
35
CS-336
Microsoft Office Access 2007
35
CS-396
Microsoft Office 2007
40
CS-456
Microsoft Word 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-486
Microsoft Outlook 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-466
Microsoft Excel 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-476
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-436
Microsoft Access 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-496
Microsoft Office 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
40
CP-400
HTML 4.0
35
CP-450
HTML 5
35

Operating Systems

Certification
Subject
Exam Length
CS-208
Unix OS Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-218
Linux Ubuntu Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-507
Mac OS X Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-312
Windows 2000 Professional
40
CS-313
Windows XP Professional
40
CS-414
Windows Vista Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-516
Windows 7 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-528
Windows 8 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-332
Windows 2000 Server
40
CS-433
Windows Server 2008 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35

Office Productivity

Certification
Subject
Exam Length
N/A
Certified Typing Speed Test
3-5 Minutes
CS-234 
Microsoft Access 2000
35
CS-244
Microsoft Excel 2000
35
CS-254
Microsoft Word 2000
35
CS-274
Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
35
CS-294
Microsoft Office 2000
40
CS-235
Microsoft Access 2002 
35
CS-245
Microsoft Excel 2002
35
CS-255
Microsoft Word 2002
35
CS-275
Microsoft PowerPoint 2002
35
CS-295
Microsoft Office XP
40
CS-356
Microsoft Office Word 2007
35
CS-366
Microsoft Office Excel 2007
35
CS-376
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007
35
CS-336
Microsoft Office Access 2007
35
CS-396
Microsoft Office 2007
40
CS-456
Microsoft Word 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-486
Microsoft Outlook 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-466
Microsoft Excel 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-476
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-436
Microsoft Access 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-496
Microsoft Office 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
40

Programming Languages

Certification
Subject
Exam Length
CP-240
C++ Programming
35
CP-340
C# Programming Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CP-440
Java SE 6 Programming Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CP-242
JavaScript
35
CP-480
ASP .NET Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CP-540
Visual Basic .NET Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CP-490
ColdFusion 4.5
35
CP-400
HTML 4.0
35
CP-450
HTML 5
35
CP-207
SQL Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CP-491
ColdFusion MX Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CP-470
PHP Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CP-501
XML Member's Only or Premium Exam
35

Internet Technologies

Certification
Subject
Exam Length
CP-400
HTML 4.0
35
CP-450
HTML 5
35
CP-430
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CP-242
JavaScript
35
CP-207
SQL Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CP-480
ASP .NET Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CP-490
ColdFusion 4.5
35
CP-491
ColdFusion MX Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CP-470
PHP Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CP-501
XML Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CN-301
TCP/IP Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CN-376
Computer Networking Tech.Member's Only or Premium ExamPrerequisites
35
CS-599
NCSA Webmaster Member's Only or Premium ExamPrerequisites
20
CS-458
Adobe Flash CS5 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-386
SharePoint Server 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35

Computer Hardware

Certification
Subject
Exam Length
CH-101
PC Basics
35
CH-111
Computer Hardware Technician
40
CH-211
Computer Hardware Tech. 2011 Member's Only or Premium Exam
40

Computer Security

Certification
Subject
Exam Length
CX-211
Computer Security Technician Member's Only or Premium Exam
40

Graphics / Publishing

Certification
Subject
Exam Length
CS-447
Adobe PhotoShop CS Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-547
Adobe PhotoShop CS4 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-497
Microsoft Publisher 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CS-446
Microsoft Visio 2010 Member's Only or Premium Exam
35

Database

Certification
Subject
Exam Length
CP-207
SQL Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CD-211
Oracle 11g Member's Only or Premium Exam
35

Computer Networking

Certification
Subject
Exam Length
CN-301
TCP/IP Member's Only or Premium Exam
35
CN-376
Computer Networking Tech. Member's Only or Premium Exam Prerequisites
35

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