We can't preset a "time limit" on what will be covered. We can, however preset a time to re-survey our audience and see what is still (and what new) is relevant at this level. I believe (and I'm sure Tom or Alan will correct me if I'm wrong) but every 18 months we plan to reevaluate our levels and update our content. This will include a new JAS survey to determine if our current tasks are indeed still current and if any new tasks have become relevant.
While it may seem obvious for LPI to simply say 'LPI will not cover topics current X years ago', it isn't part of the psychometric development method. LPI cannot determine what is covered (and scored) on the exams. The community of active and experienced admins (or whoever the exam in question is targeted toward) determines what is actually important in their job. It is my guess, that with the next survey (likely in mid or late 2002) will ask if legacy systems are still a part of the jr sysadmin job. If determined they aren't, objectives and items related to the legacy system will be updated or removed. Hope that clarifies (or muddles) things enough for you :) -Kara On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Michael Jang wrote: > Dear Kara, > > Is there an agreed time limit on LPI coverage of legacy systems? What will > be in use and be seen by a jr sysadmin in mid-2002 (after this exam comes > out)? I'm suggesting that a system or even a legacy app designed to the > 2.0.x kernel (and perhaps the older 2.2.x kernels) will be far less common - > and generally the province of more senior admins. > > Thanks, > Michael > > > I beleive you are correct. But, should jr admins be prepared to deal with > > "legacy" systems which may have these limitations still? If so, > > understanding these concepts is still relevant and should still be > > included. An example may be a system in a factory with an internally > > proprietary program running. The internal program may have been written > > specific to kernel 2.0 or maybe 2.2. The Jr admin was sent out to upgrade > > memory on the (hopefully standalone for security purposes) machine, but it > > only is seeing 64 of the 128 installed... > > > Kara Pritchard Phone: 618-398-7360 Director of Exam Development http://www.lpi.org/ -- -- This message was sent from the lpi-examdev mailing list. Send `unsubscribe lpi-examdev' in the subject to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to leave the list.
