Adobe® Dreamweaver CS5 Recertification Exam Bulletin

Exam # 9A0-147

ACE Certification Checklist

The checklist below will help guide you through the process of obtaining ACE certification.

Review this bulletin to become familiar with the topic areas and objectives of the exam.
Identify the topic areas and objectives you need to study.
Determine which study materials you need to improve your skills.
The recommended class for this exam is Dreamweaver Bootcamp Level 1
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Your score is electronically reported to Adobe. Please allow 2 weeks from the date you pass the exam to receive your certificate electronically via email.

Exam Structure

The following lists the topic areas and percentage of questions delivered in each topic area:

Topic Area	% of Exam	# of Questions
Understanding Web technologies	3%	1
Managing sites	13%	4
Working in Design view	19%	6
Working in Code view	3%	1
Working with assets	9%	3
Designing pages with CSS	44%	14
Testing Web pages and sites	9%	3

Number of Questions and Passing Score

32 questions
71% minimum required to pass

Test Content: Topic Areas and Objectives

Following is a detailed outline of the information covered on the exam.

1. Understanding Web technologies

List and describe the infrastructure required to implement and deploy Web sites.

2. Managing sites

Given a scenario, create a site. (Scenarios include: using the Site menu bar and Files panel)
Manage files associated with a Dreamweaver site. (Including: moving, deleting, renaming, copying)

3. Working in Design view

Describe options available for positioning objects. (Options include: CSS and tables)
Work with the Properties inspector in Design view.
List and describe the panels and options available when using Design view.

4. Working in Code view

Configure preferences for Code view.

5. Working with assets

Create editable areas in templates.
Apply a template to a page. (Options include: applying a template to a new page, applying a template to an existing page)
Manage assets by using the Assets panel.

6. Designing pages with CSS

Create and work with AP elements.
Create styles for typography and positioning by using the CSS Property inspector.
Describe the Box model.
Create and attach style sheets to pages.
Explain the behavior of inheritance with respect to styles and style sheets.
Explain the meaning of cascading and specificity with respect to CSS.
Explain when and why you would use Inspect mode.

7. Testing Web pages and sites

Identify attributes and reports used to ensure that pages and sites conform to accessibility standards.
Describe the HTML reports that are available for testing.
Identify and fix broken links.

Practice Exam

Try out these practice questions to get a feel for the types of questions on the ACE exam. Please note that your performance here does not indicate how you will do on the actual exam.

1.1 List and describe the infrastructure required to implement and deploy Web sites.

To transfer files to a network server, which two folders should you specify during site setup? (Choose two.)
A. default images folder
B. local site folder
C. testing server folder D. remote server folder E. notes folder
Correct answer: B, D

5.1 Create editable areas in templates.

You wish to add an element to your template that you can display or hide on web pages as desired. Which type of template object should you use?
A. Editable Region

B. Optional Region

C. Repeating Region

D. Nested Template
Correct answer: B

5.5 Manage assets by using the Assets panel.

You are editing index.html and create a link to about.html. Both pages are in the same folder. Will this link show up in the URLs category of the Assets panel?
A. Yes, because all links show up in the Assets panel.
B. Yes, because the index and about pages are in the same folder.

C. No, because the link is to a page in the same site.
D. No, because the link is an absolute link. Correct answer: C

6.1 Create and work with AP elements.

Which type of positioning is created by Dreamweaver when you insert an AP div?
A. Table layout
B. Absolute positioning
C. Relative positioning
D. A combination of absolute and relative positioning
Correct answer: B

6.4 Create and attach style sheets to pages.

Which command or button allows you to create and attach an external stylesheet in one step?
A. Choose File > New. Click Blank Page then CSS in the resulting dialog box.

B. Choose Format > CSS Styles > Attach.
C. In the CSS Styles panel, click New CSS Rule.
D. In the CSS Styles panel, click Attach Stylesheet. Correct answer: C

6.6 Explain the meaning of cascading and specificity with respect to CSS.

You have created a class rule that changes text color to blue. The style was applied correctly, but the text is NOT blue. How can you find out what is wrong?
A. Look at the order of the styles in the CSS Styles panel in All mode, All Rules pane.

B. Look at the CSS Property inspector.
C. Look at the CSS Styles panel in Current mode, Rules pane.

D. Look at the CSS Rule Definition dialog box.

Correct answer: C