Multiple Choice Exam Objectives

The following chart provides the breakdown of the exam as to the distribution of questions within each knowledge domain.

Knowledge Domain Percentage

Ekahau Tools & Methodology 3
Standards & Regulations 3
RF Fundamentals 8
Modulations & Spectrum 3
Wi-Fi Channels & Power Levels 5
Association & Roaming 5
Contention 9
Wi-Fi Security 3
Wi-Fi Predictive Design 30
Wi-Fi Validation Surveys 28
Ekahau Reporting 3

Ekahau Tools & Methodology - 3% ● Explain IEEE 802.11-2020 PHYs + Amplitude & Phase
+ 802.11 Prime + Noise, Interference & SNR
● Identify and use Ekahau Tools
+ 802.11a + Inverse Square Law (ISL)
+ Ekahau AI Pro
+ 802.11b + Free Space Path Loss (FSPL)
+ Ekahau Connect Suite
+ 802.11g ● Understand how to measure wall
+ Ekahau Sidekick 2
+ 802.11n attenuation
● Explain Ekahau Guide to Awesome
+ 802.11ac ● Understand units used in Wi-Fi and
Wi-Fi: Design & Optimize
+ 802.11ax dB math
+ dB vs mW
Standards & Regulations - 3%
RF Fundamentals - 8% + Rules of 3s and 10s
● Explain the role of industry
● Explain RF fundamentals
organizations Modulations & Spectrum - 3%
+ Sine waves
+ IEEE & Wi-Fi Alliance
+ Wavelength & frequency ● Understand modulation types
+ Regulatory Domains & Bodies

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 ECSE Design Multiple Choice Exam Objectives

+ Amplitude & Phase Based + Association vs re-association + Scattering

● Understand modulation ● Understand Wi-Fi Discovery + Diffraction
constellations + Passive & active ● Explain network load impact on
+ BPSK + In-band & out of band contention
+ QPSK + Wi-Fi discovery in 2.4, 5 and 6 + Calculate capacity requirements
+ QAM GHz bands realistically
● Understand Air Time ● Explain association and
● Understand spread spectrum reassociation decision making Wi-Fi Security - 3%
+ DSSS process
● Explain Wi-Fi security options and
+ OFDM + Green Diamond
identify which ones should not be
+ OFDMA ● Explain association / reassociation
used in enterprise Wi-Fi
+ FHSS process and improvements
+ Open
+ Association process
+ WEP
Wi-Fi Channels & Power Levels - 5% + 802.11r
+ WPA
+ 802.11k
● Explain Multiple Input Multiple + WPA2
+ 802.11v
Output (MIMO) operations + WPA3
+ Spatial Multiplexing ● Understand Ekahau Survey
Contention - 9%
+ TxBF Security Visualizations
+ MRC ● Explain channel contention + Locate and remove rogue and
● Understand channels aggregation + Channel co-location & frequency interfering APs
● Explain Modulation and Coding reuse + Locate and remove RF
Schemes (MCS) table + Radio Tx power impact on channel interferers
● Understand Wi-Fi channels & power contention + Identify weak security
levels + Distributed Coordination
+ 2.4 channels allocation Function (DCF) aka "The Game" Wi-Fi Predictive Design - 30%
+ 5 GHz channels allocation + Design for Least Capable Most
● Understand steps required to
+ 5 GHz DFS Important (LCMI) device
prepare the project for Wi-Fi
+ 6 GHz channels allocation ● Explain interference impact on
design using Ekahau AI Pro
+ 6 GHz devices classification channel contention
+ Set regulatory domain
+ 6 GHz AFC + Cross-Channel Interference (CCI)
+ Import floor plans
+ 6 GHz PSD / channel contention
+ Scale
● Explain channel planning across all 3 + Adjacent-Channel Interference
+ Draw and manipulate walls and
bands (ACI)
attenuation areas
+ CCI + non-Wi-Fi interference
+ Create building
+ ACI + Noise
+ Align floors
+ Attenuation
+ Specify inclusion and exclusion
Association & Roaming - 5% + Reflection
areas
● Explain association basics + Multipath
+ Use areas nesting
+ 802.11 MAC frame types + Refraction
 ECSE Design Multiple Choice Exam Objectives

+ Use holes in the floors + Business requirements + Ekahau Optimizer

● Understand design visualizations + Technical requirements + Optimize Existing Wi-Fi
+ Primary coverage + RF requirements Superflow: Just Go + Optimizer
+ Secondary coverage ● Design Wi-Fi against different ● Use advanced Ekahau AI Pro
+ Coverage Planning requirements features
+ SNR + Small office + Auto Wall Calibration
+ Noise + Hospitality ● Vendor Integrations
+ Channel interference + Large office - coverage + Export maps & APs locations
+ Network health + Large office - high capacity from Insights
+ Network issues + Warehouse ● Demonstrate ability to analyze
+ Channel width survey and live 802.11 data
+ Data rate Wi-Fi Validation Surveys - 28% + Analyzing survey data with
+ Throughput ● Explain when and how to use Ekahau AI Pro
+ BLE different types of surveys + Analyzing survey data with
● Understand antenna fundamentals + Wi-Fi Design Survey Ekahau Optimizer
+ Gain + Pre-Deployment Survey (AP on a ● Demonstrate ability to use analyze
+ Beamwidth Stick) spectrum data
+ Polarization + Post-Deployment Survey + Types of RF interferers
+ Frequency response + Periodic Health Survey + Analyzing live RF conditions with
+ Coverage pattern + TShooting / Assessment Survey Ekahau AI Pro and Sidekick 2
+ Reading antenna data sheets / ● Explain when and how to use + Analyzing live RF conditions with
charts different types of survey data Ekahau Analyzer and Sidekick 2
● Use Ekahau AI Pro for manual collection with both Ekahau AI Pro + Channel utilization measured by
predictive design and Ekahau Survey a spectrum analyser vs reported
+ Choosing relevant AP and + Stop and go by a Wi-Fi network card
antenna type + Continuous + Spectrum analysis density vs
+ Using omnidirectional and + Autopilot waterfall views
directional antennas + Just Go ● Understand packet capture
+ Setting antennas height, direction + GPS + 4-channels capture with Sidekick
and tilt ● Understand the difference between 2 and Ekahau Analyzer
+ Setting radio Tx power active and passive surveys
● Use Ekahau AI Pro Auto-Planner for + Passive site survey Ekahau Reporting - 3%
automatic predictive design + Active site survey ● Demonstrate ability to use
+ AI Auto-Planner ● Demonstrate ability to Wi-Fi site reporting tools
+ Channel Planner surveys + Ekahau AI Pro - One-Click
● Understand how to capture business + Ekahau 5 Tips for Super-Accurate reporting tool
and technical requirements and Wi-Fi Site Surveys + Ekahau AI Pro - exporting
translate them into RF requirements ● Understand Ekahau Cloud visualizations as images
to design or survey against + Ekahau Insights + Ekahau Insights - guest link