> On Tuesday, October 29, 2013 3:02 PM, Dru Lavigne <dru.lavi...@att.net> wrote:
> > Sorry for the late response, catching up on email after travels... > > What would be more useful than practice questions would be to fill in the > gaps > in the study wiki: > > http://bsdwiki.reedmedia.net/wiki/Table_of_Contents.html > > The number 1 comment we get back from examinees is that they wish there had > been > more info here to supplement the Exam Objectives document for users who are > still learning sysadmin skills. To prevent spambots, the user creation is > protected by a password, but Jeremy can provide that password to anyone > interested in assisting with the wiki. > > Here's some background information, feel free to ask for more info if > something is unclear. > > On purpose, we do not provide practice questions. Part of this is > philosophical > (we don't want people to just learn to an exam), part is practical (if you > understand the exam objectives, it does not matter how the question is > asked), > and part of it deals with the psychometrics (which requires us to only ask > questions covered by the objectives in a very clear manner, which means there > really is only so many ways you can ask a question). The three part series on > taking the exam in BSD Mag (February through April 2012) discusses this in > much > more detail. > > Regarding SMEs, anyone can become a Subject Matter Expert, though it does > mean > that you are experienced in at least some areas for the exam that you act as > an > SME. The SME NDA stipulates that you cannot take, teach, or create materials > for > the exam you act as SME for a period of at least 6 months after your last > contact with the exam questions. This is to prevent conflicts of interest and > to > protect the integrity of the exam. It is also a requirement to have a > separation > between people who have access to exam questions and any study materials in > order to meet the requirements of accreditation standards. Our last SME > session > was several years ago, though we plan to have BSDP SME sessions in 2014. This > NDA also prevents me from creating study materials or providing exam training > as > I continue to have access to the exam questions as I prepare and ship the > paper-based exams. > > Cheers, > > Dru > Thank you for the clarification. I'll have to take a look at the BSD Mag articles you referenced. _______________________________________________ BSDCert mailing list BSDCert@lists.nycbug.org http://www.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert
