Certification Tests for Application consultants
Application development in the ABAP/4 Development Workbench
Accounting and Controlling
Human Resources
Materials Management
Production and Production Scheduling
Sales Order Processing

The Examination
Multiple choice examination.
Lasts 3 hours and allows the candidate to refer to the R/3 on-line documentation.
Each question may contain 3 to 5 propositions to answer.
Sometimes more than one proposition may be correct.
Application Consultants 3.x - 80 questions - 3 hours - 600 AUD
Application Consultant Delta 3.x , 4.x - 30 questions - 1 hour - 350 AUD
Application Consultant 4.x - 80 questions - FI, CO, MM - 3 hrs each, PP, SD, HR, ABAP - 1 hr each - 600 AUD
Technical Consultants 3.x- 160 questions - 4 hours for all Databases ( 3 hours for Basis/AS/400) - 600 AUD

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Certification - Aus & NZ
Current exam date list - Australia & New Zealand
Certification Examination Registration Form -- Australia & New Zealand
Certification Exams - US
Certification(ABAP)-Canada
SAP AG - BIW Consultant Training
Canada Partner Academy
Ireland & UK
SAP Southern Africa - Training - training Registration
SAP Southern Africa - Training - Certification registration
SAP Southern Africa - Training - TeamSAP ABAP/4 Workbench
SAP South Asia - Sapient College
The center in the US is at Walthom( Boston) in US, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary in Canada.

Costs ( Approximate) - Check with SAP partner Academies
Australia: 600 AUD
Netherlands: 750 Guilders
Singapore : 600 Singapore $ ( US$ 400)

India
Tests are conducted everymonth at Sapient college. Contact them in the last week of the month for the exact dates in the coming month
The fee in India is Rs 25,000 .
One may join the sapient colleges at the following to take the training as well as the test. Else, if you wish to take the test alone, write to the following with your resume . If your experience is found sufficient to take the test, you will be informed accordingly

Singapore - Tel: 65-2491588; Fax:65-2491518
Malaysia - Tel : 603-261-0233; Fax: 603-263-2688
Thailand - Tel :662-631-1800; Fax : 662-631-1818
Philippines - Tel:632-848-0181; Fax:632-848-0168
Indonesia - Tel:6221-572-4289 ; Fax :6221-572-4292
India - Tel :9180-509-5056 ; Fax :9180-509-5055

Requirements for R/3 Consultants in Accounting and Controlling
The examination for becoming an R/3 consultant for the Accounting and Controlling area is intended to provide candidates with the opportunity of proving that they have a fundamental knowledge of this particular area of the R/3 System as well as that they are able to apply this knowledge within a project environment.
The examination consists of 80 multiple choice questions from the areas specified below:
1.General Questions
2. Master Data
3. General Ledger
4. Accounts Receivable
5. Accounts Payable
6. Fixed Assets
7. Cost Element Accounting And Cost Center Accounting
8. Internal Orders
9. Profitability Analysis
10. Integration

Sample Question in Accounting and Controlling
Which of the following statements are correct?
Caution: more than one answer may be correct. Please mark ALL correct answers.

A More than one chart of accounts can be created for each client
B The chart of accounts contains all the G/L accounts, vendor accounts and customer accounts
C More than one company code can be allocated to the same chart of accounts
D The chart of accounts controls all the customising settings in the R/3 system
E All accounts within a chart of accounts must have the same tax code

Requirements for R/3 Consultants in Human Resources
To fulfil the requirements of the examination for R/3 consultants in Human Resources, participants have to demonstrate fundamental knowledge of the R/3 system in the area of Human Resources and be able to apply this knowledge to customer projects.
The examination consists of 80 multiple choice questions from the subject areas specified below:
1. General Questions
2. Basic HR Principles
3. Master Data
4. Time Recording
5. Recruitment
6. Gross Payroll
7. Organizational Management
8. Personnel Development
9. Training And Events Management
10. Reporting

Sample Question in Human Resources
Choose the variable which can be used to determine the screen modifications for master data.
A User Group
B Personnel Administrator
C Organizational Key
D Cost Centre
E Payroll Area

Requirements for R/3 Consultants in Materials Management
To fulfil the requirements of the examination for R/3 consultants in Materials Management, participants have to demonstrate fundamental knowledge of the R/3 system in the area of Materials Management and be able to apply this knowledge to customer projects.
The examination consists of 80 multiple choice questions from the subject areas specified below:
Subject Areas
1. General Questions
2. Master Data
3. Material Planning & Forecasting
4. Purchasing
5. Inventory Management
6. Invoice Verification
7. VALUATION AND ACCOUNT DETERMINATION

Sample Question in Materials Management
You wish to procure a material using a purchase order. You wish to take delivery of the material at different times. A graduated discount scale exists for the material.
How do you proceed if you wish to take advantage of the discount arrangement?

A Enter several order items with the same material number and different delivery dates
B Enter one order item with the material number and assign the material to different accounts
C Enter an order item with the material number and create a number of schedule lines
D Enter a number of purchase orders for the material and specify different delivery dates

Requirements for R/3 Consultants in Production and Production Planning
In the examination for production and production planning, the participant must provide that he/she has grasped the basic functionality of the R/3 system in this area and can apply this knowledge to the project for which he/she is responsible.
The examination consists of 80 multiple choice questions from the areas specified below:
1. General Questions
2. Material Master
3. PP Master Data
4. Sales And Operations Planning
5. Demand Management & MRP
6. Production Orders
7. Capacity Planning
8. Product Costing
9. Repetitive Manufacturing
10. Logistics Information System
11. Integration

Sample Question in Production and Production Planning
The following control parameters can be set in a long-term planning scenario:

A Planning period
B Opening stock
C Strategy group
D MRP type
E Version of available capacity

Requirements for R/3 Consultants in Sales Order Processing
In this test, R/3 consultants in sales order processing are expected to demonstrate a basic knowledge of the R/3 system in the sales order processing area and be able to use this knowledge practically in supporting projects.
The examination consists of 80 multiple choice questions from the areas specified below:
1. General Questions
2. Organizational Structures
3. Master Data In SD Processing
4. Sales
5. Pricing
6. Shipping
7. Billing
8. Credit Management
9. Sales Information System
10. Integration With related Applications
11. Special Business Transactions

Sample Question in Sales Order Processing
Which statements concerning goods issue are true?

A Goods issue reduces requirements in materials planning
B Goods issue posts value changes to the stock account in inventory accounting
C Goods issue posts value changes to the stock account in asset accounting
D Goods issue posts value changes to the tax account
E Goods issue reduces warehouse stocks

For Basis Consultants:
There are three parts.
Part 1 for Basis covers 80 questions to be answered in 2 hours.
Part 2 for OS ( like Unix etc) covers 40 questions to be answered in 1 hour.
Part 3 for database ( like Oracle etc covers 40 questions to be answered in 1 hour.
To succeed you need to pass all the three tests on the same day with over 70% marks.

More details including sub-details of all topics for all the above tests can be had from http://www.sap.com/australia/sapient/certific/certification.htm

TeamSAP Partner Academy

This is established to train Partner's consultants. The target audience is a professional whose focus is R/3 system implementation consulting. The training includes hands on classroom training and intensive case study.
Details at http://wwwext03.sap.com/usa/trainsupp/academy.asp
SAP training by SAP is available currently only for SAP customers and Business partners. (contact : 1-800-872-1727)
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Training includes three levels of training courses.