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Certified Wireless IoT Connectivity Professional

Provider
CWNP; Prometric testing centers and CWNP in-house remote proctoring
Format
Multiple choice/single answer
Exam questions
Total questions: 60.
Time limit
90 minutes; approved accommodations may modify the allotted time
Passing score
70% minimum under the current CWNP program FAQ
Examination outline
  • Wireless IoT Technologies and Solutions (10%)
    • IoT architectures
    • Architectural benefits and constraints
    • IoT feature tradeoffs
    • Wireless IoT components
    • Technology-specific architecture comparisons
  • Wireless IoT RF Characteristics (10%)
    • Frequency band properties
    • Common IoT frequency bands
    • Frequency and free-space loss
    • Sensitivity, RSSI and Friis
    • Airspace incumbents
    • Radio propagation
    • Bandwidth, signal ratios and power
    • Common IoT RF bands
    • Bandwidth and SNR relationship
    • Transmit and receive power
    • Compression and receiver desensitization
  • Wireless IoT PHY Structure and Operations (20%)
    • 802.15.4 physical layer
    • LoRa physical layer
    • Z-Wave physical layer
    • BLE physical layer
    • Other specified IoT PHYs
  • Wireless IoT MAC Layer Structure and Operations (20%)
    • 802.15.4 medium access
    • LoRaWAN medium access
    • BLE medium access
  • Wireless IoT Upper Layers Protocols (20%)
    • Zigbee upper layers
    • 6LoWPAN upper layers
    • Thread upper layers
    • WirelessHART and ISA100.11a comparison
    • ISA100.11a layer interactions
    • Matter architecture
  • Wireless IoT Security (10%)
    • Privacy, integrity and cryptography
    • Provisioning and access control
    • Security policy implementation
    • Network protection
    • Data-centric and action-centric security
    • Security and monitoring practices
  • Validate and Troubleshoot Wireless IoT Solutions (10%)
    • Fault diagnosis and tools
    • Troubleshooting and configuration
    • Validation against requirements
    • Validation against best practices
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