On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 23:41:48 +0300 doron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my question, is why we don't use the method of tasks based exam ?
It would be more expensive. You need more or faster hardware and it is more difficult to check the results automatically. > for example : if the task is to build and configure apache with 2 > virtual hosts , we test the knowledge of installing apache (using rpm > for example) , using vi to change the configuration .. the knowledge > of apache configuration etc. AFAIK Cisco exams work this way. Generally I think some practice should be part of an exam - or one of several necessary exams to get a certificate. Automated theory tests like multiple choice tend to support students who are good in filling their memory with a lot of stuff for a limited time and forget everything after the exam to provide free space for the next exam. so their main problem is to do the exam ASAP after learning. Other skills like solution strategy or logical combination are difficult to test by automated Q&A-tests because those can't deal with descriptions as answer or different ways to the same result. Usually you have info- and man-pages, documented config files, howtos and internet available where you can look for parameters and correct spellings. In this environment the limiting factor is time and the goal is a correct solution without "guessing" because "guessing" needs more time. In such practice tests you can't get a fast (!) solution without already knowing most of the more important commands but it would be up to you which one you already know. I believe that this is more close to "the real world" because if system XY isn't running any more no one asks you whether you look in man-pages or not as long as the system is on-air ASAP. It's just an idea: Maybe in future exams for higher certification levels with some practice part will be developed. In the past Cisco went this way: "Beginners" tests (administrator level) with multiple choice and expert level tests in the laboratory. -- Gruß, Tobias. _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
