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

<iinventedpants@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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>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'.
> 

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.


"Gil Alsberg" <gil@"remove me"zoopee.org> wrote in message 
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> 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
>
> <iinventedpants@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:1153680672.392344.147770@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>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'.
>>
>
> 

Rob Rodriguez wrote:
> 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

"matt" <m_lombard@ver_zon.not> wrote in message 
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> Rob Rodriguez wrote:
>> 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.