How to take up my assessment?

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1 2011, Cognizant

2 How to take up my assessment? Step 1 : You have to take up the assessment only using the Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI environment) Please use the URL, for logging into the VDI environment Use the Cognizant network ID and password to log in.

3 How to login to Virtual Environment? Accessing Learning Labs: The Learning Labs can be accessed via two ways Using Horizon Client Using HTML access

4 Accessing Learning Labs over Intranet using Horizon View Client Double click on the VMware Horizon Client icon on the desktop.

5 Accessing Learning Labs over Intranet using Horizon View Client Click on Add Server icon.

6 Accessing Learning Labs over Intranet using Horizon View Client Enter learninglabs.cognizant.com in the name field. Click on Connect

7 Accessing Learning Labs over Intranet using Horizon View Client Feed your Cognizant Domain ID and Domain Password as shown below and Click on Login

8 Accessing Learning Labs over Intranet using Horizon View Client Double Click Academy Global to access your Session

9 Accessing Learning Labs over Intranet using Horizon View Client Your session will be launched for assessment

10 Accessing Learning Labs over Internet using Browser Access URL Click on VMware Horizon HTML Access HTML Access: Click on VMWare Horizon HTML Access to access DaaS via Browser. Note: Google Chrome is the recommended browser to access HTML mode, however supports Firefox, IE and Safari

11 Accessing Learning Labs over Internet using Browser Feed your Cognizant Domain ID and Domain Password as shown below and Click on Login

12 Accessing Learning Labs over Internet using Browser Double Click Academy_Global to access your Session

13 Accessing Learning Labs over Internet using Browser You would be encountered with Secure connection warning, please click on advance and proceed further on the connection. Note: Connection to the DaaS is a secure connection, as we are using a Third party Certificate, which is not available on all browsers, gives a warning. You need to authenticate the Certificate and deploy it. Which is a onetime activity.

14 Accessing Learning Labs over Internet using Browser Click on Security Exception.

15 Accessing Learning Labs over Internet using Browser Your session will be launched for assessment

16 How to take up my assessment? Step 2 Inside the Virtual Assessment Environment, please log in to the assessment portal using the below URL: Username will be your Employee id and password will be your Cognizant network password.

17 More on Assessment Duration The exam contains 2 levels. Level 1 Multiple Choice Questions. Level 2 One requirement document/case study. The total duration of the exam is 3 hours There is no restriction between the time slots available for MCQ and Case study sections. Associates can manage the total available duration (3 hours) per their convenience and need.

18 Step 3 After you logon to the portal read the instructions carefully and click on Start Assessment button as shown below. You can attempt MCQ or Case Study in any order. Click the attempt button to start the

19 Step 4 Once you click on Attempt for Multiple Choice Questions, read through the instructions carefully and click Continue. Please note that the course code, course name and below instructions in the screenshots are mock. After clicking Continue the actual assessment will begin.

20 Case Study Details Level 2 Use the Eclipse SDE available in VDI environment (available in Javaca folder), to attempt the Level 2 (Case study) of the exam. Please follow the following steps: 1. Navigate to Desktop -> Javaca -> SDE_7_SSH -> bin. 2. Double click on Eclipse. 3. Your Eclipse IDE will get opened up. 4. Choose the appropriate work space, if prompted to select and start working on the solution.

21 Case Study Details Level 2 In the EBOX Portal, Right click on your user name, on right top of the portal. Click on SSO Plugin Key. Clicking on this will generate a token number. You need to enter this token in the eclipse to login for Case Study.

22 Case Study details Level 2 Login into eclipse with this token. It will be valid for only 5 minutes. If you try to login after 5 minutes, the token would have been expired. In that case, you can regenerate a new token.

23 How to login to Ebox from Eclipse SDE In the Eclipse SDE -> Click on Windows -> Show View -> Other. Search for Ebox View and select, click Ok.

24 How to login to Ebox from Eclipse SDE Login to Ebox 1. Please choose HTTPS from the dropdown. Please type the URL as assessment.cognizant.e-box.co.in 2. User name is your Employee ID. 3. Enter the token which is generated in E-Box portal. 4. Click on Login button. Enter Username and Token

25 How to start the attempt in Eclipse SDE After successful logon, choose the course name and session name from the dropdown. You have get pop up shown below to start the attempt. Click on OK button.

26 How to start the attempt in Eclipse SDE Continued 1. Choose the problem name and language. 2. Skeleton code will get automatically imported to your eclipse workspace. You can download the skeleton by also clicking Download Code Template 3. Click on View problem button to view the problem statement. Choose the Problem View problem

27 How to start the attempt in Eclipse SDE Continued 4. You will get below popup window to select the project. Select the name of the project that is created/imported before. DO NOT select RemoteSystemsTempFiles from the dropdown. 5. Click on OK button. After you click OK, you will be presented with the problem statement. Please read all instructions given at the top of the problem statement, before you start with coding.

28 How to start working on the solution : Click on Download Code Template button, if you want to download the skeleton again. Clicking on Download button will not download the skeleton to workspace. It will get downloaded in the VDI location. Download the Code Template

29 Important points Please refer design considerations provided part of problem statement to develop the solution. Please use the same file names given in the case study document. Make sure you stick to the same project and DO NOT switch between projects or workspaces. You can view the assessment remaining time by clicking on button Get Remaining Time manually. Please use the same file names given in the case study document DO NOT close the Ebox View or Eclipse SDE till you Finish the assessment.

30 How to save and submit my solution file? Please note that you periodically save your project by clicking on the Save Project button. Once you click on Save Project, you will be asked to select the project. Select the name of the project that you have created in step 1 (DO NOT select RemoteSystemsTempFiles from the dropdown). Click on OK button.

31 How to save and submit my solution file? contd. We strongly recommend you to click on Save Project button after every 10 minutes. Click on Finish button to complete your attempt. This is important because even if you did not click on Finish before the time elapses, your last saved project will be considered for evaluation. You need not upload the code separately into the assessment portal. The finish will automatically submit your last saved code, for evaluation. It is always important to click on Save Project before clicking on Finish Finish

32 Don ts Do not click on Finish before completing and saving the solution. You cannot make another attempt. Please note if you did not saved and manually finish the exam before the time is lapsed, the code you had in workspace while you clicked on Save Project will be considered for evaluation Do not change the context root / package / class / method names or method signatures / access specifiers / data types / input or output variables / exceptions / Value Objects in the project skeleton Do not create additional interfaces or java files. You can add any number of private methods as necessary in the same java file. Stick to the design considerations while preparing solutions.

33 Don ts Contd. Do not delete the main method which has been provided as a part of the skeleton. Do not throw any exceptions from the method (other than what is provided) Do not create dependent classes or change the visibility of the existing classes provided in the Skeleton Do not add System. Exit in any block which terminates the execution of the Program flow.

34 Do s Spring Core Configure your database by running the.bat script provided in your skeleton. Open the location of the.bat file and double click the.bat file to run. Note:.sql file must reside in the same path where.bat file resides To configure the beans in xml, use applicationcontext.xml file ONLY To configure it using annotations, use ONLY the specific Config Java file provided part of skeleton. You can use either xml or annotation configuration, or can also mix the configurations.

35 Reference Links Help manuals can be found in the below portal:

36 2011, Cognizant Thank you