>PHB level?? I'm curious what that means. ;-)
Actually, now that I think of it, there are two meanings of relevance:
Dilbertian: Pointy-Haired Boss
Traffic Engineering: Per-Hop Behavior
>
>I think the process at Cisco has degenerated even beyond what you describe.
>It's not just that instructional designers (IDs) rather than subject matter
>experts (SMEs) write the questions and answers. The new breed of IDs also
>seem to have limited experience with logic, rational thinking, and the
>English language. :-)
Ah. The question is: did their parents raise them according to the
doctrine of Doctor Spock or Mister Spock?
>
>Test-writing is very difficult. Sylvan Prometric actually offers classes in
>it. When I was involved in the now-defunct CNX program, we took classes in
>how to write tests before we were allowed to write any questions.
>
>There are some advantages for the test-taker if a test is written by an
>inexperienced test writer:
>
>1) If an answer such as "none of the above" or "all of the above" occurs
>rarely, it's probably the right answer when it does occur. Newbies forget
>to ever make those the wrong answer. ;-)
>
>2) The right answer is often the longest. Test writers spend more time
>writing the right answer.
If the tests were in the IETF, it might be the opposite. People like
Bill Simpson and Tony Li love "yes" or "no," although Bill is apt to
go on into an incredibly baroque flame.
>
>3) The right answer is the one least likely to have a typo. Test writers do
>more checking and editing on the right answer.
>
>4) Double negatives occur more often in the wrong answers. Test writers
>really struggle with the wrong answers and often have to make them wrong by
>making them negative, even though the question might have already been
>negative.
>
>5) When in doubt, the right answer is probably C. ;-)
I wonder how much that varies by the writer? I have noticed a
tendency, when I write questions, to tend to make B the correct
answer and make a conscious effort to avoid it.
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