Certified Demand Side Manager (CDSM) Exam Question Bank

The Certified Demand Side Manager (CDSM) Exam Question Bank consists of multiple-choice questions. Students can assess their knowledge and their ability to pass the exam with the required score by practicing 600 questions across five simulation exams, each designed to be completed in 4 hours.

The simulation exams follow the latest version of the CDSM knowledge domains.

Certified Demand Side Manager – CDSM

AEE’s Certified Demand Side Manager (CDSM) program awards special recognition to professionals who have demonstrated a high level of competence and ethical fitness in demand-side disciplines. Professionals in the utility industry widely use the program.

Who Are Certified Demand-Side Managers?

• Are you an energy utility professional who plans, manages, administers, or supports demand-side management (DSM) or demand response (DR) programs?

• Are you an energy-efficiency consultant who proposes DSM or DR projects to utilities or to local, state, and federal government clients?

• Are you involved in deciding which energy procurement, energy utilization, and energy cost reduction projects get approved?

Body of Knowledge

• History of Demand Side Management (DSM), Demand Response (DR), and Load Management (LM)

• Planning and Evaluating DSM, DR, and LM

• Designing DSM, DR, and LM Programs

• Implementing DSM, DR, and LM Programs

• Managing DSM, DR, and LM Programs

• Verification and Analysis of DSM, DR, and LM Programs

• Future DSM, DR, and LM Programs

About the Instructor

The 600 practice questions, along with the NEW CDSM Key Terminology Flash Cards (208+ key terminology flash cards!), were prepared by Krishnaji Pawar, CEO and founder of Beyond Smart Cities. He specializes in sustainable design strategies for green building certification systems (LEED, GSAS, ACP, ISO 14001:2015, etc.), energy management, energy efficiency, energy audits, building commissioning, environmental impact assessment, and environmental management systems.

This course is designed to help energy professionals, including utility professionals, energy managers, energy engineers, facility managers, consultants, contractors, financial officers, and energy service company professionals, become more aware of and more effective at planning, delivering, and evaluating demand-side programs that reduce energy costs, peak demand, and greenhouse gas emissions.

Learning Objectives

• Practice over 600 questions across 5 practice exams, ranging from easy to hard to specialist levels.

• Understand the reasoning behind each answer and the related knowledge area, so you can restudy or revise.

• Learn how to plan, design, implement, manage, and verify DSM, DR, and LM programs.

• Evaluate program impacts on utility and customer costs, capacity, reliability, and resiliency.

• Recognize strategies and make smart, objective program decisions.

• Experience the CDSM exam format and timing before test day.

• Use the NEW CDSM 208+ Key Terminology Flash Cards to master essential terms.

• Treat the practice tests as part of your education.

What Does a CDSM Do?

A Certified Demand Side Manager (CDSM) plans, manages, administers, executes, or supports demand-side management (DSM), load management (LM), or demand response (DR) programs. The CDSM proposes DSM, LM, and DR strategies, technologies, and projects to utilities, to local, state, and federal government clients, and to end-use customers.

A CDSM also takes part in monitoring and evaluating energy procurement, energy utilization, and energy cost reduction projects and in deciding which ones get approved or modified. This work applies a range of energy principles to show the impact on utility and customer costs, resiliency, capacity, reliability, and project financials.

The CDSM understands how customers, utilities, and communities view DSM, LM, and DR program frameworks and how energy programs align with organizational goals and expectations.