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Exin CDCP Exam Syllabus

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Before starting your CDCP exam preparation, it is recommended to review the complete Exin Certified Data Centre Professional Exam syllabus and carefully go through the exam objectives listed below. Once you understand the exam structure and objectives, you should practice using our free CDCP questions. We also provide premium CDCP practice test, fully updated according to the latest exam objectives, to help you accurately assess your preparedness for the actual exam.

Exin CDCP Exam Objectives

Section Objectives
Data Centre Location, Building and Construction For real estate managers, this section covers selecting appropriate sites and buildings and how to avoid pitfalls in various components of an effective data center and supporting facilities setup.
Raised Floor/Suspended Ceiling For facility engineers, this section covers uniform, concentrated and rolling load definitions applicable standards raised floor guidelines signal reference grid, grounding of racks disability act and regulations suspended ceiling usage and requirement
Light For facility engineers, this section covers standard light fixture types and placement of emergency lighting, and emergency power supply (eps).
Power Infrastructure For electrical engineers, this section covers power infrastructure layout from generation to rack level ATS and STS systems redundancy levels and techniques three-phase and single-phase usage power distribution options within the computer room power cabling versus bus bar trunking bonding versus grounding common mode noise and isolation transformers distribution boards, form factors and IP-protection grades power quality guidelines real power versus apparent power how to size and calculate load in the data center.
Generators For electrical engineers, this section covers static and dynamic UPS systems, selection criteria, how they operate and energy efficiency option battery types, correct selection and testing.
Thermo-graphics For mechanical engineers, this section covers thermo-graphics standards
Renewable Energy Factor (REF) For sustainability managers, this section covers renewable energy factor (REF) standards.
Electro Magnetic Fields For health and safety officers, this section covers electrical fields and magnetic fields definitions and units of measurement sources of EMF effects of EMF on human health and equipment (H)EMP standards EMF shielding solutions.
Equipment Racks For infrastructure engineers, this section covers rack standards, properties and selection criteria security considerations power rail/strip options
Cooling Infrastructure For mechanical engineers, this section covers temperature and humidity recommendations for cooling measurement units and conversion rates sensible and latent heat definitions differences between comfort and precision cooling overview of different air conditioner technologies raised floor versus non-raised floor cooling placement of air conditioner units and limitations to be observed supplemental cooling options cold aisle/hot aisle containment liquid immersion cooling concepts: seasonal thermal energy storage (STER) water supply.
Designing a Scalable Network Infrastructure For network engineers, this section covers the importance of a structured cabling system planning considerations copper and fiber cable technology and standards ANSI/TIA-942 cabling hierarchy and recommendations testing and verification network redundancy building-to-building connectivity network monitoring system requirements
Fire Safety/Protection For health and safety officers, this section covers standards for fire suppression detection systems various total flooding fire suppression techniques and systems, their benefits and disadvantages handheld extinguishers signage and safety regulatory requirements, and best practices.
Physical Security and Safety For security managers, this section covers physical security considerations and physical safety considerations.
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