CQRID

 

Setting the Standard for Professionalism: The CQRID Exam

About the CQRID Exam

The Council for Qualification of Residential Interior Designers (CQRID) qualifying examination is offered to residential interior designers who have the drive, ability and dedication necessary to achieve professional status in their chosen field. For those of you who possess these qualities, passing the CQRID examination places you among a select group of residential interior designers nationwide who have chosen to attain this high level of excellence and achievement. The CQRID testing program is the symbol for excellence in residential interior design and is your key to enhanced professional stature among your customers and peers.

The two-part examination fully conforms to established testing standards and is administered by the Center for Credentialing and Education, an independent not-for-profit outside testing company. The exam is available quarterly in every state.

Part I- Multiple Choice

The multiple choice portion of the exam consists of 150 items that use the four-option multiple choice format.

  • The multiple choice questions require candidates to demonstrate their knowledge of business practices, the design process, design fundamentals, furniture periods and styles, professional ethics, codes and Universal design.
  • Candidates have three hours and thirty minutes to complete this section of the exam, which is computer-scored.
  • Part I must be successfully completed before the candidate can submit their written request to take Part II-the Design Problem.

Part II- Design Problem

The design problem portion of the exam consists of one or more practical design problems based on client profiles.

  • The design problem requires candidates to demonstrate basic drafting skills, knowledge of barrier-free design, understanding of space planning, the ability to draw an elevation and complete a lighting plan.
  • Candidates have six hours to complete this section of the exam, which is scored by two jurors.

Candidates are required to bring their own tools and supplies for both exams. Supply lists: Part I and Part II