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iRise Certified Modeler Exam 

St Steve Wilhite Wilhit 

iRise 

iRise Company Confidential © 2012 All rights reserved.

Session Agenda 

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10:00 – 10:45 Welcome and exam prep 

10:45 – 11:45 Exam 

11:45 – 12:00 Exam debrief 

If for some reason I can’t pull up results during the 

morning session, see me in the afternoon to check 

on results and pick up certificates. 


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TAKING THE IRISE CERTIFIED 

TAKING THE IRISE CERTIFIED 

MODELER EXAM 

XAM 


Technical Information 

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• Wireless connection required 

• iRise Studio not required 

• Modern web browser required 

– MSIE 7 or 8 highly recommended 

• Call me over if you get an error message 


The Testing Environment 

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• Time elapsed visible in upper right corner 

– Warning g will appear pp at 5 minutes remainingg 

• Assessment Navigator g and qquestion flagging gg g 

available 

• Progress should auto‐save 

• You will see your y results as soon as yyou 

click 

“Submit” 


Success Strategies 

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• Be aware of elapsed time 

– Pace yourself 

• Don’t second guess yourself or over‐analyze questions 

– Have confidence that your y knowledge g and experience p will carry y 

you through 

• Read all answer options for every question 

• LLook kffor verbal blcues iin question ti text t tlik like “which “ hi hTWO” TWO” 

and “NOT” 

• Remember that 70% is a passing score 


Types of Questions 

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• Multiple choice 

• Multiple select 

• Drag and drop 


Types of Topics 

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• Product knowledge 

– Studio UI 

– Studio features 

– Specific tasks 

• Process knowledge/skills (application) 

– Best practices 

– Modeling efficiency 

– Methodology 

– Communicating g 

with stakeholders 


Challenging Topics 

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The 3 D’s: 

• Dynamic displays (alternate views) 

• Data flow 

• Drag and drop 

And more … 

• Events and triggers 

• Navigation and data logic 

No trick ikquestions, i bbut there h are diffi difficult l ones! 

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Quick Review – Dynamic Displays 

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• Features 

– A set of “alternate alternate views views” for content on a page 

– Manipulated using Switch Views or Rules 

– Created/modified using the Views panel 

• Best practices 

– Don’t use when the majority of a page’s contents will change (use 

separate pages instead) 

– Avoid nested views (performance issues) 

– Use Section widgets to group contents of alternate views 


Quick Review – Data Flow 

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• Features 

– Clipboard – temporary (client/session‐based) (client/session based) data storage 

– Datasheets – persistent data storage 

– User Input widgets –page widgets used to capture data input by the reviewer 

– Form widget – used to create user input forms for capturing data from the 

reviewer 

– Submit Form Action – canvas widget used to invoke the submission of form data 

– Data lines – red lines linking g page pg widgets g to canvas widgets g ( (e.g., g , Clipboard, p , 

Record Action, Expression); direction of arrow indicates direction of data flow 

– Data tables, Tile Lists –page widgets used specifically to display data 


Quick Review – Data Flow, cont’d 

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– Use the Data Flow Editor to create collapsed (a.k.a. (a k a summary) 

data flow 

– Use the Clipboard for simple data capture and display, and for 

session i variables ibl 

– Don’t normalize data in datasheets 

– Use the minimum number of records necessary to visualize the 

requirements 

– Utilize the “Send clicked record to Clipboard” feature of data 

rows 


Quick Review – Drag and drop 

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• Features 

– Text, Section, Image, Table bl and d Tile l List widgets d can bbe made d 

“draggable”; can never be applied to User Input widgets. 

– Drag ag handle a de– a widget dget nested ested within t a Sect Section o widget dget ca can be 

designated as the “Drag handle” for the Section. 

– Drop target –A Section widget on the page can be designated as 

the “Drop Drop target” target for a draggable widget widget. 

– On Drop (Over Target) event trigger –Any event can be 

configured to use “On Drop (Over Target)” as the trigger. 


Quick Review – Drag and drop, cont’d 

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– Use Vertical layout of Section widgets along with the Drop 

target property to create portals with draggable portlets. 

– Use the Drag handle property to configure title bars for 

modal windows. 


Quick Review – Events and triggers 

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• Multiple ways to configure events: drag‐and‐drop, right‐ 

click or the Events panel 

• Three required elements: source widget (e.g., a button), 

event (e.g., g Link or Action) and trigger gg (e.g., g On click, On 

load) 

• Events panel 

– EEspecially i ll useful f lf for configuring fi i On O Drop D (Over (O Target) T t) events t 

and events associated with menu items in a Menu widget 

– Number in parentheses indicates number of events associated 

with ith that th t trigger ti … e.g., On O click li k (1) 


Quick Review – Navigation and data logic 

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• Two ways to add business logic to your simulations: 

– Rules 

– Where conditions 

• Rules can be configured g to accept p either user input p or 

data as the criterion 

– User input example – choosing an option from a Select widget 

to drive navigation or control an event 

– Data example –variable placed on the Clipboard (e.g., the value 

of the “Role” field in a data record) is used to drive navigation or 

control an event (e (e.g., g display an alternate view) 


Quick Review – Navigation and data logic 

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• Where conditions are generally used to filter data 

records 

– Functional search 

– Login validation 

• Advanced topic (not covered on Certified Modeler 

Exam) ) 


Resources and Help 

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– iRise training materials 

– iRise Certified Modeler Exam Study Guide 

– iRise Quick Reference Guide 

– iRise Help System 

– iRise e‐Learning 

– iRise Online Tutorials 

– iRise Community 


Example Question (Data Tables) 

In order to change a data row into a header or footer row, the user can: 

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a. Right‐click the data row and choose ‘Convert to normal row’. 

b. Click a row or a cell within the row and uncheck ‘data row’ in the 

Properties panel panel. 

c. Double‐click a row or a cell within a row and choose ‘Data row’ from the 

pop‐up dialog box. 

d. Double‐click table and choose ‘Normal’ table from pop‐up dialog box. 


Example Question (Dynamic Displays) 

Of the following, which is NOT a way to create a duplicate view of a page 

widget: 

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a. Right‐click the page widget and choose Add View > Duplicate View. 

b. With the widget selected on the page, choose View > Duplicate View from the 

main menu bar. 

c. With the widget selected on the page, click +Add > Duplicate View from the 

Views tab in the Details panel. 

d. Assuming the widget is already part of a dynamic display, expand the Dynamic 

Display drop‐down and choose Duplicate View. 


Example Question (Page Widgets) 

When wrapping multiple widgets in a section widget, which TWO 

methods are valid: 

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a. Ctrl‐click the widgets and then choose Edit > Wrap in > Section from the 

menu bar. 

b. Select the widgets, and then drag a Section widget from the Widget 

Toolbar and place it on top of the selected widgets. 

cc. Lasso the widgets and select Wrap in > Section in the Properties panel panel. 

d. Lasso the widgets, right‐click one of the highlighted widgets, and choose 

Wrap in > Section. 


Example Question (Events and Triggers) 

Which one of the following methods is valid for triggering an event when a page 

loads: 

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a. With a widget selected on the page, choose On Load from the ‘Show events for’ drop‐ 

down in the Events tab of the Details panel. Click Add > Action and configure the event 

in the Set Page Action dialog box. 

bb. Right Right‐click click the widget on the page page, choose Add Event > Action and configure the event 

in the Set Page Action dialog box. Then right‐click the resulting navigation line and 

choose Move To > On Load. 

c. Double‐click the widget on the page. Choose Add Event > Action and configure the 

action in the Set Page Action dialog box. box Then right‐click right click the resulting navigation line 

and choose Move To > On Load. 

d. None of the above. 


Example Question (Record Actions) 

Which one of the following methods could NOT be used to initiate 

the process of adding a Get Record widget to the canvas? 

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a. Drag the Record widget icon from the Widget Toolbar to the canvas. 

b. Right‐click the canvas and choose Insert > Record Action. 

c. With the page selected, choose Edit > Insert > Record Action from the 

menu bar. bar 

d. Drag a datasheet from the Directory panel to the canvas. 


Example Question (Forms) 

Which one of the following statements is accurate? 

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a. Forms can be nested within other Forms. 

b. Forms have a draggable property. 

c. Forms can only contain form layout (User Input) widgets. 

d. There is no limit to the number of Forms a user can put on a page. 


Example Question (Drag and Drop) 

Which one of the following best describes the requirements for 

designating a Drag Handle for a draggable widget? 

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a. Only Image widgets can be used as Drag Handles. 

b. Any draggable widget contained inside another draggable widget can be 

designated as a Drag Handle for the parent widget. 

cc. Only User Input widgets can be used as Drag Handles. Handles 

d. There is no such thing as a Drag Handle in iRise. 


Questions? 

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