Exam Results and Candidate Records
- What is the CIW Certification Agreement?
- I just took my first CIW exam, what should I do next?
- Can I see exam questions that I missed?
- Can I challenge my exam score?
- I think the person who administered my exam did not follow the rules correctly (or, I had technical issues during my exam). Can this be investigated?
- Is using a braindump site considered cheating?
- My name is spelled incorrectly on my certificate. How can this be fixed?
Certificates and Badges
- I have downloaded my digital certificate. But I still have not received a paper certificate in the mail. Why?
- My employer needs immediate proof that I have earned my CIW certification. How can I prove that I am CIW certified now?
- Are there any badges available for CIW programs?
- Do CIW certifications expire?
CIW Program Specifics
- What are vendor-neutral exams?
- Do CIW exam objectives change when CIW courseware changes?
- Do CIW courseware version numbers correspond to CIW exam version numbers?
- When are CIW exams retired? Do I still receive credit for a retired exam?
- Does CIW offer its exams translated into any other languages?
- What does the CIW acronym stand for?
Before Taking an Exam
- Web Foundations Associate
- Internet Business Associate
- Site Development Associate
- Network Technology Associate
- Advanced HTML5 and CSS3 Specialist
- User Interface Designer
- Social Media Strategist
- Data Analyst
- Multimedia Specialist
- Ecommerce Services Specialist
- Database Design Specialist
- Web Security Associate
- Artificial Intelligence Associate
- AI Data Scientist
CIW exams are $175 each, however, international candidates may be charged in their local currency, according to currency exchange rates at time of purchase. For more information about taking CIW exam, see our Taking An Exam page under Certifications. This page has information about registration, test-taking, accommodations for the disabled, test results and more.
No, CIW Web Foundations Associate is no longer required as a prerequisite for any other CIW certifications. Some CIW certification awards require that you pass multiple exams. You are not required to take exams in any particular order. However, because more complex topics build on the CIW Web Foundations Associate topics, we generally recommend that candidates complete their study and take exams in escalating order. For more information about certification requirements, visit the CIW Certifications section.
Exam Results and Candidate Records
Effective October 2021, the CIW Certification Agreement is presented at the start of every high-stakes CIW certification exam. Candidates must accept this agreement before proceeding to the first exam question. The CIW Certification Agreement is a binding legal document governing the rights and responsibilities of all CIW certification candidates. It protects exam content copyright and non-disclosure requirements, candidate conduct, the use of CIW logos and copyrighted CIW trademarks, abuse of certification status, and other legal protections. All versions of the Agreement are remain valid, regardless of date of acceptance. If you wish to keep a copy of the current CIW Certification Agreement for your personal records, you may download a PDF version of it here.
Once you have passed a CIW exam, an automated email will be sent to your email address on record, with a link for downloading your certificate and badge from our credentialing service, Accredible. Accredible allows candidates to access multiple credentials, and publish them to their social media sites, as well. Be sure to use and keep a valid email address on record when you take CIW exams. Contact Certification Partners, if you are not able access your credentials. Be sure to provide your name, and any much exam information as possible, including your Registration ID.
If you feel that a physical or technical problem interfered with your performance on an exam, please contact your exam proctor promptly for remediation.. If you took your exam remotely, contact the testing service’s Candidate Service team directly.
Yes. If you believe the Proctor responsible for supervising your exam did not behave according to CIW program rules, please contact us using the form on https://ciwcertified.com/contact/. Please provide as much detail about your exam experience as possible. Since CIW has multiple testing services, the approach we take may vary, depending on which system you took your exam in. We can investigate with our customer schools, to determine if there was a local issue. Or, if you took your exam through Certiverse’s remote proctoring service, we can review the recording of your exam attempt. If we agree there was an issue, disciplinary action may be taken regarding the school CTC Proctor. If CIW confirms that Proctor actions or technical issues beyond anyone’s control interfered with your ability to complete a fair attempt at a CIW exam, we will make arrangements for you to retry the exam at no extra cost.
Possibly. Numerous web sites offer so-called practice exams and other test preparation tools. These sites, known as braindumps, are collections of exam items that have been stolen from high-stakes certification exams. Several international organizations publish, distribute and sell these items illegally, under thousands of different organization names and Internet domains. Using these collections is a violation of the CIW Certification Agreement and is grounds for decertification. If you are considering a practice test tool and are not sure of the legitimacy of a particular site, you can check it using CertGuard’s free search tool at www.certguard.com/search.asp. We strongly recommend using official CIW courseware, to prepare for exams. Our courseware includes a variety of quizzes, assessments and practice exams specifically designed to prepare you for the corresponding certification exam.
I took CIW exams several years ago. How can I get a new copy of my certificate?
Contact us using our form: https://ciwcertified.com/contact/
Be sure to provide as much information about your exam as possible, including name (as it was spelled at the time you earned the credential). We need this information to locate your record(s) in our certification database, and then generate a new credential in our partner service, Accredible.
My name is spelled incorrectly on my certificate, and I am unable to change this. How can this be fixed?
Contact us using the form at: https://ciwcertified.com/contact/ so we can investigate. Include your CIW ID and the complete information from your Official CIW Exam Score Report, including your name as it is spelled on the score report and the way it should be correctly spelled. We will update your name our credentialing service, Accredible.
Certificates and Badges
I have downloaded my digital certificate. But I still have not received a paper certificate in the mail. Why?
As of September 2014, CIW no longer physically mails paper based certificates. You can print your digital certificate as often as you wish.
You can download a PDF file of your certificate, and deliver that to your employer. You can also email proof of your certification from your credential page in the Accredible service. Click on the link in the email about your certificate, and locate the “email” link just below the certificate.
Are there any badges available for CIW programs?
Yes. You can download a certificate badge from our credentialing service, Accredible. Click on the link provided in the automated email(s) sent when your certification was awarded, and locate the “Badge” link just below the certificate.
Do CIW certifications expire?
Effective October 2024, CIW certifications do have expiry periods. The period of validity is three years. Candidates can renew their credentials by retaking and passing the same exam. Upon passing the exam again, the expiry period starts over from date of the most recent passing attempt. If the exam has been retired, they can take the newest exam in the program to renew their credential.
The following programs now have expiry periods:
- Web Foundations Associate
- Internet Business Associate
- Site Development Associate
- Network Technology Associate
- Advanced HTML5 and CSS3 Specialist
- User Interface Designer
- Social Media Strategist
- Data Analyst
- Multimedia Specialist
- Ecommerce Services Specialist
- Database Design Specialist
- Web Security Associate
- Artificial Intelligence Associate
- AI Data Scientist
General Info about CIW Exams
Once retired, the exam is no longer available at testing services. In some cases candidates can still apply a previously passed exam result toward a multi-exam certification. For more information about retired CIW exams, see the Exam Retirement page. CIW provides at least six months’ notice for retirement of any exam, so that interested candidates have time to prepare and take the exam while it is still available. Retirement notices are posted on our web site. You can find information about retirement status for a particular exam by visiting that exam’s Certification Series page.
The CIW Internet Business Associate exam 1D0-61A is available in Spanish to select CIW Academy customers. Contact your Account Manager directly for more details about this.
The CIW brand has come to represent quality standards in IT and Web-based certification, education and skills validation. The program’s original name has evolved and is therefore de-emphasized in favor of the simple CIW brand. The acronym “CIW” was adopted to represent a family of professional certifications and associated curriculum originally known as the Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW). Since then the CIW program grew to include job-role certifications that exceed the boundaries of the Internet and the role of the Webmaster. CIW certifications now validate skills and expertise in more advanced and diverse IT disciplines, such as server administration, security, application development, programming languages and enterprise solutions, as well as computer and Web skills practical for every job. As such, the program title was modified for the 21st century to “Certified Internet Web Professional.”