But when logging in remotely you could still have help from someone. I doubt an employer would care much about a certification that you could get from home... Don't get me wrong, I don't like that, but I think it's true.
Also, in order for the certification not to be the dreaded 'toiletpaper', shouldn't there be a more practical part? I vagely remember reading about the RHCE certification, didn't that include having to fix real problems, on wich you could use any man-pages and faqs, but had to fix it in a time-limit? And if that wasn't the RHCE, isn't it a good idea anyway :-) Out of curiosity, what kind of price do you think is reasonable? I really find that hard to think about, any opinions here? Lucas >> What about an excrutiatingly large question pool designed for adaptive >> testing? Integration of free-response/essay questions? A live-distro >> that requires actual skill to accomplish a real task that can be >> recorded and graded or automatically analyzed? The key I would think >> would be to make the testing as multi-faceted as possible with >> emphasis on skill and knowledge. > > A large pool, why not, but who is able to do it ? The problem is first > to create questions, then to validate and rate them : every question > does not have the same 'power'. > An excrutiatingly large pool, well, it just may be impossible. > > free-response/essay : same problem as for check-box. You just have to > know the question before taking the test, then to search for the answer, > then to go to the test. Another problem here is you need a human to > check and rate the answers. Big money in sight. > > Same thing for a live distro : I download it, I launch it at home, and I > exerce myself to answer the questions (even if this is a so-called lab > test). > > IMHO there is no way to work around the fact people can learn the answers. > Then --> the only way is to have a test which, when the guy knows the > answers, permit to be (nearly) sure he have the correct skills. Even if > answers are just memorized. > Maybe a live distro is a nice idea. Or a remote access. > > > _______________________________________________ > BSDCert mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert > _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert
