My review of the 3d studio max certified user exam

I got my certification from Certiport in May of this year (2016).  In my opinion the test seemed unbalanced and seemed to test for knowledge of the program and not quite as much for skill.  Another problem is it makes you do things a certain way which is a potential problem for most likely a lot of people because there are many ways of doing a single thing in the program and to look for 1 way seems like it would make the grades some people earn unrealistic since they might have been taught to do things differently than the test is look for. it also has a 60 - minute time limit, I don't mind this, In fact I think it is ample time. I completed mine with 20 minutes remaining and got 594 out of 600 possible points, it is around 20- 30 questions long, which are comprised of  multiple choice, matching word to definition and hands on exercises. Overall I would recommend a BARE MINIMUM of  4-6 thousand hours of using the program and having a wide range of knowledge about the program before even attempting the test.