You mean like articles on how psychometrics and other things are used in LPI's approach, followed by blog articles and testimonies? :)
Let's face it, LPI has all that information, and more out there. But LPI does not have marketing dollars. LPI relies heavily on word-of-mouth. This too has been to a pulp over decades. :) - bjs -- Sent from my Essential PH-1, please excuse any typos Bryan J Smith - http://linkedin.com/in/bjsmith On Fri, Apr 19, 2019, 04:55 Stephan Wenderlich <[email protected]> wrote: > Instead of discussing this topic again and again, LPI should do its > homework and take care about a serious cert guide which is accurate and > well designed. > > On 19.04.19 11:33, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On 2019/04/19 10:04, Simone Piccardi wrote: > >> Il 16/04/19 14:45, Mark Clarke ha scritto: > >>> I would suggest that its not an either or approach. We could have a > >>> part that is multiple choice and a practical part. The practical > >>> part doesn't have to be under exam conditions. It could be a task > >>> like write a bash script that does x or some other assignemtn. The > >>> student is given 2 days to do the task and submit the > >>> script/assignement and the testing can be automated. > >>> > >> And how do you avoid having the student getting "help" from a friend? > > > > > > That's an excellent point. > > > > Another is how will an automated tester account for every variation > > that the candidate might have or do? Perhaps a candidate might > > validate an IP Address (sensible) and naturally uses Python with > > netaddr. Automated testing is likely to fail and the assignment, > > whilst correct, is marked wrong. Now manual intervention is needed and > > that means salaries. The cost of an exam just multiplies many times. > > > > I've stayed out of this current discussion as it rears it's head every > > few years and never goes anywhere. Such discussions are tiring. > > > > Someone earlier mentioned the perception that hands-on testing is > > better. I very much agree that it is a perception. It might not be true. > > > > So what is hands-on testing good for? It's great for testing if a > > candidate can perform a series of predetermined steps in response to a > > given situation to produce a determined result. Hence why we test > > student pilots with it. And electricians, scuba divers and almost > > every action a sailor will do on the job (when sailors can't pass > > these tests, other sailors die). > > > > It's why RedHat, Cisco and SuSE use practical tests - those distros > > provide specific tools to do specific functions and the candidate can > > rely on the tools to be present and work correctly. To do task X on > > RHEL regarding selinux, RHEL provides a tool, and it will be present > > on the test machine. The candidate is required to show they can drive > > the tool to produce the result RedHat demonstrated in the course. > > > > In truth, this has very little to do with results, it has everything > > to do with the tool and how it is used, and the result is a > > side-effect. RedHat never puts anything in their low and mid level > > exams that is not covered in sufficient detail in their course > > materials, to do so would be very unfair. You can't expect someone to > > perform a task they were not taught how to do. > > > > If we look at LPI's mission, we see that it is to a large degree > > exactly opposite to the above. LPI is not about RHEL tools, it is > > about the candidate proving they understand Linux systems within the > > scope of the level tested. Because the scope is not bound to a > > specific distro or release, testing has to be done on a somewhat > > abstract, conceptual level. There is nothing wrong with measuring the > > extent of conceptual knowledge and this is what LPI does. > > > > Testing conceptual knowledge is not inherently better or worse than > > practical testing, they are simply different. Both have their place > > and they are answers to different questions about candidates and > > should not be conflated. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
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