On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Alan McKinnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> On Sunday 09 November 2008 15:36:33 Alexandre Vieira wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I'm about to start my cert path on LPI. > > > > > > I've searched for some info on the fill in the blanks to no avail. > > > > > > 1) In case of numerical answer should I use the numerical character or > the > > > number word? ie 4 or four > > > 2) If I need to refer to a command should I use only the filename or the > > > full path? ie rm or /bin/rm > > > 3) Imagine I have to refer to the root filesystem. Should I use "/" or > > > "root"? /tmp filesystem or tmp filesystem? > > > > > > Probably you have several correct values for the fill in questions but > it's > > > better to ask than sorry :) > > You will find that when you write the exam, that the answer required is > very explicit and the question itself will tell you what it wants, i.e. > there is no ambiguity. > > I find this is a common concern amongst people who have not written the > exam yet. I put it down to uncertainty ofthe unknown coming just over the > horizon. In reality, you have nothing to worry about in this regard and your > time is *much* better spent learning the subject matter rather than worrying > about the mechanics of the exam. Trust me on this one, if you know the > subject matter and your English is OK (as yours does seem to be), it will be > obvious how you should answer. > > By way of example (a deliberately silly question that will not come up in a > real exam), suppose the question has to do with creating new users and in > which directory the new home directory will be placed by default. A "pick > one" question might give choices of /home, /home/people, /opt or /var; and a > "fill in the blank" can only be '/home/' (or '/home' but that's easy to > check with a marking script). > > Do you see that there can be only one possible answer? Do you also see that > any argument about how to answer the question reduces to either > > a. You don't know English. Go study English, or > > b. You don't know the subject matter. Go read the man page > > In either event, arguing about the question methodology is pointless and > completely misses the reality. You will find on your exam that questions are > similarly exact. But, if you do happen to be that one in a thousand person > who gets an odd question that slips through the gaps, there is a comment > section at the end where you can enter your comments, and LPI does read them > and act on them. > > Hope this helps, > > -- > > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > _______________________________________________ > lpi-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss > Thanks for the insight! Alex
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