The Certified Quality Improvement Associate (ASQ CQIA) has a basic knowledge of quality tools and their uses and is involved in quality improvement projects, but doesn’t necessarily come from a traditional quality area.
Eligibility
Before applying for the ASQ CQIA certification you might want to do is to check if you qualify to appear in this exam.
You need to have a minimum of 2 years of work experience. There is no requirement related to the field of working. For some other certifications ASQ requires the experience in the field of auditing or improvement. However for ASQ CQIA certification it just requires 2 years of work experience.
Exam Details
Exam Details
The computer-based ASQ CQIA examination consists of 110 multiple choice question, three-and-a-half-hour exam and is offered in English only. 100 multiple choice questions are scored, and 10 are unscored. You will not know whether a question is scored or not scored.
It is the open book exam. You can take any book or binder in the exam. Loose sheets and multiple choice questions are not allowed in the examination room.
ASQ CQIA Exam Passing Score
You need 550 marks out of 750 to get certified. However these marks are not calculated simply by dividing the correct answers divided by total number of questions. Instead ASQ does do the balancing to ensure that difficulty of the particular exam is taken into consideration.