CSWP sample exam on SW website. Help

I am trying to solve the hands-on portion of the sample exam
(compression plate) and seem to be short a couple dimensions. How are
the two bosses on the back of the plate located vertically? Also, is
there a diameter dimension for both cylindrical bosses on the front
side? I see from the design intent that some of the values need to be
able to change and update, but should there be enough info to solve for
the initial state, or is that part of the exam? Thanks for any help.
Pedro
I got to the page through google, 'cswp exam', clicking the top
listing, then clicking 'sample cswp exam'.

 

Hi Pedro,
I agree with you that the drawing is missing some dimensions. however it is
stated that the part is symmetrical on design intent criteria, so I guess
that those bosses on the back are located vertically to each other in the
middle of the part.
On the front side there is a specific dimension in the drawing stating that
the external diameter of the round boss is 16mm and the internal round hole
diameter is 6mm and 8mm deep.

Good luck,
Gil

 

In my opinion a large part of the CSWP exam is decoding the exam itself.
The sample exam part shows this rather well. You need to be able to "read
between the lines" in order to do well on the exam. Again, my opinion only.

 

I agree. Two years ago I took the more involved support technician
test, and many of the multiple choice questions would present situations
where none of the answers were correct or there were multiple correct
answers. It is a test about test taking and someone's quirky usage of
the english language, not about SolidWorks. I'm not sure what anybody
gains by not making the language of the questions straightforward and
easy to understand. I have no idea how they would translate the test
into another language, with all of the trivial subtlety in the wording
of the question.

In a room of about 25 reseller ae's, there were I think 4 marks in the
90s but more than half failed. Most of the questions I got wrong I knew
the answers to, I just didn't understand the questions.

 

I agree too. I finally passed the test before two weeks, and while repeating
the same test for three times I noticed the quirky English which messed my
thoughts, and slowed me from advancing in the test (needless to say that my
mother tongue is Hebrew and I took the test in Israel, but the test wasn't
translated to Hebrew).

cheers,
Gil