Certified Irrigation Designer
CID
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- practice questions
- 1,100+
- exam domains
- 6
- practice test
- Free
Exam at a glance
- Exam fee
- General Landscape/Turf exam $250 member and $495 nonmember; specialty exam $250 member and $495 nonmember; retake $200 member and $325 nonmember; annual renewal $75 member and $125 nonmember
- Questions on exam
- General Landscape/Turf exam has 150 equally weighted multiple-choice questions; Landscape/Turf specialty has 50 questions for Golf Course or 100 questions for Residential/Commercial
- Duration
- Each exam is 4 hours, for 8 hours total across general plus specialty
- Validity
- Certification requires 20 continuing education units per 2-year cycle plus renewal fees
Published exam facts, from the official outline.
What’s on the CID exam
- Equipment (40%)
- Hydraulics (16%)
- Scheduling (15%)
- Layout (15%)
- Electrical (7%)
- Maintenance and Operations (7%)
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