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Certain requirements must be met to ensure that Certiport exams are

delivered in a consistent, appropriate environment. Examine the requirements
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1. Microsoft® Office Specialist Exams (MOS 2003–2010)

2. Microsoft® Technology Associate Exams (MTA)
3. IC³® Exams
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 4. IC³ GS3 Exams
5. Adobe® Certified Associate Exams
6. Autodesk Certified User Exams
7. Intuit Quickbooks Certified User Exams
8. Comptia Strata Exams
9. iQsystem Installation Requirements To Run MOS 2003, MOS 2007, and IC³
Exams
10. Online (PC) Testing Requirements To Run MTA, Vista, IC³, IC³ GS3,
Strata, Autodesk, Intuit, and ACA Exams
11. Online (MAC) Testing Requirements To Run MAC-compatible ACA Exams

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MICROSOFT® OFFICE SPECIALIST EXAMS (MOS)
Newsletter
Requires a complete installation of the desired Office Suite version or
versions. Only one Office Suite may be installed per machine.
Microsoft® Office 2003 Professional (SP3) – Word, Word Expert, Excel,
Excel Expert, PowerPoint, Outlook and Access – iQsystem Delivered Testing
GO
Only
Microsoft® Office 2007 Professional or Enterprise Word, Word Expert,
Excel, Excel Expert, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access – iQsystem Delivered For Email Newsletters you can trust
Testing Only
Windows Vista Exam – (Does NOT require Office installation) – Online (PC)
Delivered Testing Only
Microsoft® Office 2010 Professional or Professional Plus (32 bit only) –
Word, Word Expert, Excel, Excel Expert, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint,
Sharepointe and Onenote – iQsystem Delivered Testing Only for the
Microsoft Office exams. SharePoint and OneNote are delivered with
the Online (PC) testing
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 MICROSOFT® TECHNOLOGY ASSOCIATE EXAMS (MTA)
MTA Exams –Windows Operating System Fundamentals, Software
Development Fundamentals (C#), Software Development Fundamentals (VB),
Windows Development Fundamentals, Web Development Fundamentals (C#),
Web Development Fundamentals (VB), Database Administration
Fundamentals, Windows Server Administration, Networking Fundamentals
and Security Fundamentals, Microsoft .NET Fundamentals (C#), Microsoft
.NET Fundamentals (VB), Gaming Development Fundamentals and Mobile
Developmnet Fundamentals – Online (PC) Delivered Testing Only

IC³® EXAMS
IC³ (2005) – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online –
iQsystem, Online (PC), and Delivered Testing
IC³ (2007) – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online –
iQsystem, Online (PC), and Delivered Testing
IC³ For MAC – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online
– Online (PC) Delivered Testing

IC³ GS3 EXAMS

IC³ (GS3) – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living Online –
Online (PC) Delivered Testing Only
IC³ (GS3 Refresh) – Key Applications, Computing Fundamentals, and Living
Online – Online (PC) Delivered Testing Only

ADOBE® CERTIFIED ASSOCIATE EXAMS

Adobe Certified Associate (ACA) Flash 8 and Dreamweaver 8 – Online
(PC) Delivered Testing
Adobe (CS3) Flash, Photoshop, and Dreamweaver – Online (PC)
Delivered Testing

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 Adobe (CS4) Flash, Flash for MAC, Photoshop, Photoshop for MAC,
Dreamweaver, and Dreamweaver for MAC – Online (PC) and Online
(MAC) Delivered Testing
Adobe (CS5) Flash, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and Dreamweaver –
Online (PC) Delivered Testing

AUTODESK CERTIFIED USER EXAMS

Using AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor ​ Online (PC) Delivered Testing
INTUIT QUICKBOOKS Certified User Exams
Intuit Quickbooks Certified User 2009, Intuit Quickbooks Certified User 2010
and Intuit Quickbooks Certified User 2011 ​ Online (PC) Testing Only

COMPTIA STRATA EXAMS

Fundamentals of PC Functionality Exam (FC0-U11), fundamentals of PC
Technology Exam (FC0-U21), It Fundamentals (FC0-U41), PC Hardware
Technology Engineer (FC0-1010 and PC Operating System Engineer (FC0-
210) ​ Online (PC) Delivered Testing Only

iQSYSTEM INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS TO RUN MOS 2003–2010 AND

IC³ EXAMS
Required
Item

Pentium® 4 1 GHz or
Processor better

MOS 2007 & 2010 =

1GB
RAM MOS 2003, and IC³ =
512MB

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 Complete local administrator rights (no group policies) Yes
to install
Hard Drive: Free Space (after Office and Windows 5GB
install)
Yes
Keyboard & Mouse (pointing device)

1024 x 768
Minimum Video Resolution

16 Bit or Higher
Color Depth

96 DPI only
Display Properties

17″
Minimum Monitor Size

200 KBPS or DSL Internet connection speed or Yes

greater (click here to test your bandwidth)
The domain
certiport.com needs to
be accessible.
The following IP
addresses
216.36.45.201
www.certiport.com
216.36.45.202
certprep.certiport.com
216.36.45.203
iQc.certiport.com

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 216.36.45.204
info.certiport.com
216.36.45.205 Digital
Literacy
216.36.45.206
MySpeed
216.36.40.134
CertiportTerminal
Server
216.36.40.135
Certiport Terminal
Server
216.36.40.144
Certiport FTP
216.36.40.145
Certiport FTP

All need to have full

access through ports
80 (HTTP) and 443
(HTTPS) 216.36.40.144
and 216.36.40.145
need access through
port 21 TCP

HTTP redirects needs

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Communication ports and IP addresses
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to be permitted (these
are all completed within
the certiport.com
domain).
BrowserLockdown2.exe
is started by the
ActiveX control when
Lockdown is engaged
at the beginning of an
exam. If the Testing
Center’s security
software (firewall,
antivirus, anti-spyware,
etc.) is not configured
to allow this program
the same rights as
Internet Explorer to
access the internet,
you may experience:
A white screen when
the exam attempts to
start.
The tutorial loads and
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works but some or all
of the exam content
does not load
Questions start
loading but never
complete
Note:If the internet is
accessed through an
authenticating proxy
server and the system
is not configured to
automatically pass
credentials to it, you
will experience the
symptoms listed above.
Security
configurations should
be changed so that full
access to the internet
is given to
BrowserLockdown2.exe
— usually by the IT
department or
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 personnel due to
access rights.

Pop-up blockers including Google, Yahoo, and other

Turned Off
Internet Explorer-installed blockers and automatic
updates
current version
Java

current version
Adobe Flash Player

current version
Adobe Reader

.Net 3.5
The install of the
.Net Framework iQsystem will
automatically install it.

Software must be
disabled during testing
or testing PC will not
Restoring software
keep user-tracking
progress during test

Yes
Installed Printer

Internet Explorer 8 or 9
Supported Web Browsers

Microsoft® Windows®
XP Professional (SP3)
Microsoft® Windows®
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 Supported Operating Systems Vista​ Business (SP2)
Microsoft® Windows®7
Professional (SP1)

Microsoft® Office 2003

Professional (SP3)
Microsoft® Office 2007
Professional or
Enterprise (SP2) (32 bit
Supported Microsoft® Office Versions only)
Microsoft® Office 2010
Professional or
Professional Plus (32
bit only)

iQsystem uses concurrent technology which uses hard-coded paths and the
registry inside your machine to run. Other software can manipulate these
settings. We recommend if iQsystem is on a machine that the machine have
as few other software applications installed as possible.

ONLINE (PC) TESTING REQUIREMENTS TO RUN MTA, VISTA, IC³, IC³

GS3, STRATA, AUTODESK, INTUIT AND ACA EXAMS
Required
Item

Pentium® 4 1 GHz or
Processor better

1GB
RAM

Yes
Keyboard & Mouse (pointing device)

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 1024 x 768
Minimum Video Resolution

16 Bit or Higher
Color Depth

96 DPI only
Display Properties

17″
Minimum Monitor Size

200 KBPS or DSL Internet connection speed or Yes

greater (click here to test your bandwidth)
512MB
Minimum temporary Internet files disk space usage

The domain
certiport.com needs to
be accessible.
The following IP
addresses
216.36.45.201
www.certiport.com
216.36.45.202
certprep.certiport.com
216.36.45.203
iQc.certiport.com
216.36.45.204
info.certiport.com
216.36.45.205 Digital

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 Literacy
216.36.45.206
MySpeed
216.36.40.134
CertiportTerminal
Server
216.36.40.135
Certiport Terminal
Server
216.36.40.144
Certiport FTP
216.36.40.145
Certiport FTP

All need to have full

access through ports
80 (HTTP) and 443
(HTTPS) 216.36.40.144
and 216.36.40.145
need access through
port 21 TCP

HTTP redirects needs

to be permitted (these
are all completed within
the certiport.com
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Communication ports and IP addresses
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domain).
BrowserLockdown2.exe
is started by the
ActiveX control when
Lockdown is engaged
at the beginning of an
exam. If the Testing
Center’s security
software (firewall,
antivirus, anti-spyware,
etc.) is not configured
to allow this program
the same rights as
Internet Explorer to
access the internet,
you may experience:
A white screen when
the exam attempts to
start.
The tutorial loads and
works but some or all
of the exam content
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does not load
Questions start
loading but never
complete
Note:If the internet is
accessed through an
authenticating proxy
server and the system
is not configured to
automatically pass
credentials to it, you
will experience the
symptoms listed above.
Security
configurations should
be changed so that full
access to the internet
is given to
BrowserLockdown2.exe
— usually by the IT
department or
personnel due to
access rights.
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 Pop-up blockers including Google, Yahoo, and other
Turned Off
Internet Explorer-installed blockers and automatic
updates
current version
Java

current version
Adobe Flash Player

current version
Adobe Reader

Software must be
disabled during testing
or testing PC will not
Restoring software
keep user-tracking
progress during test

.Net 3.5.
We recommend using
the Microsoft
.Net Framework
installation found
on Microsoft’s website.

Certiport Browser
Browser Lockdown Lockdown 2 required

Yes
*.certiport.com added to trusted sites

Yes
Installed Printer

Internet Explorer 8 or 9
Supported Web Browsers

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 Microsoft® Windows®
XP Professional (SP3)
Microsoft® Windows®
Vista™ Business
Supported Operating Systems (SP2)
Microsoft® Windows®
7 Professional, 32 and
64 Bit (SP1)

ONLINE (MAC) TESTING REQUIREMENTS TO RUN MAC-COMPATIBLE

ACA EXAMS
Required
Item

Core 2 Duo 1.8 or

Processor better

1GB
RAM

Yes
Keyboard & Mouse (pointing device)

1024 x 768
Minimum Video Resolution

16 Bit or Higher
Color Depth

96 DPI only
Display Properties

17″
Minimum Monitor Size

200 KBPS or DSL Internet connection speed or greater Yes

(click here to test your bandwidth)
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 Yes
Safari 4 or greater

The domain
certiport.com needs
to be accessible.
The following IP
addresses
216.36.45.201
www.certiport.com
216.36.45.202
certprep.certiport.com
216.36.45.203
iQc.certiport.com
216.36.45.204
info.certiport.com
216.36.45.205
Digital Literacy
216.36.45.206
MySpeed
216.36.40.134
CertiportTerminal
Server

Communication ports and IP addresses 216.36.40.135

Certiport Terminal
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 Server
216.36.40.144
Certiport FTP
216.36.40.145
Certiport FTP

All need to have full

access through ports
80 (HTTP) and 443
(HTTPS)
216.36.40.144 and
216.36.40.145 need
access through port
21 TCP

HTTP redirects
needs to be permitted
(these are all
completed within the
certiport.com
domain).

Pop-up blockers including Google, Yahoo, and other Turned Off

browser-installed blockers and automatic updates
current version
Adobe Flash Player

current version
Adobe Reader
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 Software must be
disabled during
testing or testing
Restoring software computer will not
keep user-tracking
progress during test

Yes
Installed Printer

Safari 4 or greater
Supported Web Browsers

MAC OS X Leopard
Supported Operating Systems

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