On Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Richard Bejtlich wrote:
I don't see a problem with this "open" system. For example, the FCC expects me to know the answer to this question: Who makes and enforces the rules for the amateur service in the United States? A. The Congress of the United States B. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) C. The Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VECs) D. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) I know the answer is B, whether I read the book and remember it or I read the question and see the answer is B. Either way I learn the FCC is in charge. The questions are not reproduced exactly (i.e., Congress is always answer A, FCC, is B, etc.), so test-takers still need to know the right answer. The benefit of this system is that lousy questions are immediately recognized by anyone inspecting the pool. Contrast the FCC pool questions with those in the lousy CISSP exam that never see the light of day, and you'll know what I mean.
Interesting approach and certainly the opposite of what most people expect in an IT technical exam--hence the entire "brain dump" phenomena...
Would we be able to sell this approach to the corporate/HR community or would they just think us BSD people are still on LSD?
Having studied the question pool, how does it work? Is there like 20,000 questions in the pool and you get asked 100 of them?
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