Adobe® Flash® Lite™ 2.
0 Mobile
Developer Exam
EX AM PREPAR ATION GUIDE
June 2007
EXAM PREPARATION GUIDE
Adobe Flash Lite 2.0 Mobile
Developer Exam
This guide provides all the information you need to get started in
preparing for Adobe Certified exams. Passing an exam demonstrates
your proficiency with Adobe software products and allows you to
promote your expertise with customers and employers.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the benefits of being certified? What are the exams like? Get all your
questions answered in a brief, to-the-point FAQ.
Exam Topic Areas and Objectives
Review the test content—topic areas and objectives—for each product exam. The
topic lists will help direct your studies, so please review correctly.
Practice Exam
Review sample questions to get an idea of the types of questions that will
be on the exam. Note: Though helpful, these practice exams are not necessarily
representative of the difficulty of the questions that you will encounter on the
actual exam.
ADOBE CERTIFIED EXPERT
FREQUENTLY ASKED Q. What is the main benefit of passing exams and becoming Adobe certified?
A. Adobe certification is an industry standard in excellence that can be used
QUESTIONS to demonstrate your product knowledge and expertise, and also serves as a
catalyst when finding a job or seeking a promotion. The Adobe Certified logos
and credentials have been created for self-promotional use by individuals who
have met all requirements of the Adobe Certified Professional or Adobe Certified
Instructor programs. Those who have passed the tests may place certification
logos on business cards, resumés, Web sites, and other promotional materials.
Q. What is an Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI)?
A. An Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) is an individual who provides instruction
on Adobe products. ACIs must have an instructor qualification (a teaching
credential, passed the CompTIA CTT+ (http://www.comptia.org/certification/
ctt/) or equivalent), in addition to passing one or more Adobe exams. For
more information, visit the ACI home page, http://www.adobe.com/support/
certification/aci.html
Q. How do I prepare for an exam?
A. The keys to preparing for an exam are experience with the product and studying
this Exam Preparation Guide (http://partners.adobe.com/public/ace/main.html).
To access online training, user guides, and many other study materials, visit
Adobe’s training resources page (http://www.adobe.com/support/training.html).
The following resources may also help you prepare for your exam:
• Adobe product user guides
• Adobe Press books
• Adobe Authorized Training Centers (find the AATC nearest you through
the Adobe Partner Finder online at: http://partners.adobe.com/asn/
partnerfinder/search_training.jsp)
• Adobe online training at www.adobe.elementk.com
• Tutorials and materials from Total Training, at www.totaltraining.com
• Other training resources online at www.adobe.com/support/training.html
Q. How do I get training?
A. Once you know what product you want to get certified in, use the Adobe Partner
Finder (http://partners.adobe.com/asn/partnerfinder/trainingprovider/index.
jsp) database to locate an Adobe Certified Instructor or an Adobe Authorized
Training Center in your area that teaches a class on the Adobe product you want
to learn. Contact them directly for more information about their classes and
registration details.
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ADOBE CERTIFIED EXPERT
Q. What is the format of the exams?
A. Adobe exams (which are administered by Pearson VUE and Thomson Prometric,
independent third-party testing companies) are computer-delivered, closed-
book tests consisting of 60 to 90 multiple-choice questions. Each exam takes
approximately one to two hours to complete, and results are given to you at the
testing center immediately after you complete the test.
Q. How do I register for an exam?
FREQUENTLY ASKED A. Contact Pearson VUE or Thomson Prometric by phone, on the Web, or in-person:
QUESTIONS
Pearson VUE Thomson Prometric
Register online www.pearsonvue.com www.2test.com
Register in-person Find a location online at Find a location online at
www.pearsonvue.com www.2test.com
Q. What is the fee for the exam?
A. Each exam is US$150 or local currency equivalent.
Q. Soon after I passed an exam, the exam was published for a new product
version. Do I have to successfully complete the new exam within 90 days?
A. You may continue to use your logo and materials in accordance with the Adobe
Certified Program Guidelines for Logos and Credentials. When an exam is are
published for the next version of the product, you must successfully complete
that exam within 90 days to keep your status current and continue using the logo
and materials.
Q. What can I expect from Adobe if I pass the exam?
A. As soon as you pass the exam, your name and exam results are given to us by
Pearson VUE or Thomson Prometric, our worldwide test administrators. Your
exam data is then entered into our database. You will then be sent a Welcome
Kit and access to your logo. You are also placed on our certification mailing list to
receive special Adobe announcements and information about promotions and
events that take place throughout the year.
Q. How long does it take to receive my Welcome Kit?
A. You can expect your Welcome Kit to arrive four to six weeks after we receive your
exam results.
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Adobe Flash Lite 2.0
EXAM Exam Content: Topic Areas and Objectives
Following is a detailed outline of the information covered on the Flash Lite 2
TOPIC AREAS Exam.
AND 1. Planning mobile application solutions
OBJECTIVES • Recognize and plan for device data capabilities and limitations, technology
standards, and industry guidelines.
• Identify data network infrastructure topology, bandwidth capabilities,
limitations, and device compatibility.
• Identify critical application functions that need special consideration for
planning application development.
2. Developing mobile application solutions
• Apply mobile templates, add assets, and publish documents.
• Utilize Flash features for inputting dynamic and static text, device and
embedded fonts, alias and non-aliased text, and pixel fonts.
• Integrate Non-English Character Sets, and Unicode.
• Import sound, change sound properties and add sound to a timeline.
• Create wallpaper and ringtones.
• Access mobile OS functionality.
• Utilize MovieClip Properties, Instance Names, Timeline for state and loading
content.
• Determine appropriate external communications for sending SMS and MMS
messages or dialing a phone number via getURL() loadVariablesNum()) and
access Variables.
• Identify approaches for reporting to a user of the UI that a feature cannot be
supported.
3. Using ActionScript
• Set up events and listeners for persistent data and network connectivity
status.
• Identify objects for passing event notifications.
• Explain how to parse XML documents asynchronously by using ActionScript.
• Explain how to use complex data objects. (Complex data objects include:
arrays and objects.)
• Incorporate video into a mobile application.
• Open a synchronous data connection by using ActionScript.
• Architect an application by using ActionScript custom classes.
• Control states of an application by using ActionScript.
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• Use different types of sounds (mp3, SMAF, MMF, etc.), event sounds and
streaming sounds.
• Modify event navigation, key events for mobile devices with Flash Lite
ActionScript.
• Remap Soft Keys and free soft key functionality.
• Utilize effective conditional logic processing, looping and concatenation of
variables
• Utilize ActionScript FSCommand2.
• Create an animation with ActionScript.
• Create and duplicate Movie Clips dynamically.
• Implementing, testing, and deploying mobile application solutions
• Recognize appropriate approaches for checking network connectivity,
verifying load status of data sources, and network signal strength.
4. Recognize and interpret error codes in the authoring tool, mobile
emulator and the player for the mobile devices.
• Determine approaches for testing for SMS and MMS capability of a device.
• Identify tests for checking battery level, OS language, and sound capabilities
(_capcompoundsound, _capStreamSound) of a device.
• Identify appropriate approaches for dealing with common dynamic data
problems, updating and server-side solutions.
• Determine appropriate optimization of interactive animation using
staggering animation for performance improvement.
• Recognize how to organize mobile application by using layers, Actions layer,
vector graphics, Assets, Symbols, graphic Symbols, movie clip Symbols,
Library, guides and rulers.
• Recognize how to apply best image practices for mobile development with
Bitmap and Vector image optimizations.
• Recognize how to use the numerous approaches for transferring files to
mobile devices, such as using Bluetooth, memory card, infrared or an USB
cable.
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Adobe Flash Lite 2.0
PRACTICE EXAM 1. Apply mobile templates, add assets, and publish documents.
What is the size of the Stage, that corresponds to the device screen, for the
Try out these helpful practice standard series 60 template that ships with the Flash authoring tool?
questions to get a feel for
A. 240 x 268 pixels
the types of questions on the
exam, but please note that B. 240 x 270 pixels
your performance here does
C. 176 x 208 pixels
not indicate how you’ll do
on the actual exam. To fully D. 176 x 220 pixels
prepare for the exam, closely Correct Answer: C
review the topic areas and
objectives in this guide. 2. Access mobile OS functionality.
While in emulator mode, what happens when the content type of a Flash Lite
application is switched from “Standalone player” to “Wallpaper” in the device
publish settings?
A. stage size changes immediately
B. extra code is added to the ActionScript layer
C. frame rate of the document is adjusted to fit the new content type
requirements
D. list of available devices displays the supported devices for the new content
type
Correct Answer: D
3. Utilize MovieClip Properties, Instance Names, Timeline for state and
loading content.
Which panel is used to assign an instance name to a MovieClip on the stage?
A. Info
B. Library
C. Movie Explorer
D. Property Inspector
Correct Answer: D
4. Determine appropriate external communications for sending
SMS and MMS messages or dialing a phone number via getURL()
loadVariablesNum()) and access Variables.
Which property of the System.capabilities class should be tested before a text
message is sent?
A. hasEmail
B. hasSMS
C. hasMMS
D. MimeTypes
Correct Answer: B
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5. Set up events and listeners for persistent data and network connectivity
status.
You are writing a real time game for a multiplayer mobile environment. The
interactivity between the players will be facilitated by an XMLSocket. You want
users to be able to change servers so they can play with other groups. What
should you do?
A. provide the changed host and port parameters to the XMLSocket.connect()
PRACTICE EXAM method.
B. provide the changed host and port parameters to the XMLSocket
constructor.
C. unload the MovieClip where the data is displayed before attempting to
change the address and port of the XMLSocket.
D. Close all sockets, delete all instances of the live connection and reinitialise
the XMLSocket constructor and connect method. All methods in your code
relating to the original XMLSocket must be deleted.
Correct Answer: A
6. Open a synchronous data connection by using ActionScript.
The XMLSocket() object in Flash Lite can only connect to
A. Port 80 only
B. Port 25 only
C. Ports 21 and higher
D. Ports 1024 and higher
Correct Answer: D
7. Control states of an application by using ActionScript.
You want to display multiple screens in a mobile application. You also want to
maximize the performance of the application. What should you do?
A. Load a bitmap graphic from a remote server as required.
B. Use the MovieClip draw API to dynamically create the content.
C. Use attachMovie to bring in link enabled content from the library.
D. Place the media in an area off screen and change the _x & _y properties as
required.
Correct Answer: C
8. Use different types of sounds (mp3, SMAF, MMF, etc.), event sounds and
streaming sounds.
You want to test the value returned by a key press. What should you do?
A. Use getCode()
B. Remap the keys with setCode()
C. Test only on the keyDown event
D. Use the softkeys as a tabing method
Correct Answer: A
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9. Determine appropriate optimization of interactive animation using
staggering animation for performance improvement.
You are creating a game for a mobile device in Flash Lite 2.0/2.1. You want to
improve performance. What should you do?
A. decrement your loops
B. use timeline-based looping
PRACTICE EXAM C. reduce the number of onEnterFrame events
D. use a for-in loop rather than a for-counting loop
Correct Answer: C
10. Recognize how to use the numerous approaches for transferring files to
mobile devices, such as using Bluetooth, memory card, infrared or an USB
cable.
What is the default frame rate for Flash Lite documents?
A. 10
B. 12
C. 24
D. 30
Correct Answer: B
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