Hello :)
On Mon, Jun 21, 2004 at 10:59:54AM +0000, Steve Poe wrote:
> .... I think "we" as the people who are
> helping re-write the questions for up-and-coming Linux sys admins, we
> should evaluate what truth we can pull out of this person's email and
> apply it. We'll only made the quality and caliber of the LPI test that
> much better.
Steve, this is good!
> Issue 1: Fill in the blank.
> "'fill in the blank' questions were often hard to understand, given with
> little criteria/syntax to use. There are 50 ways to do any one task in
> Linux".
>
> How can we do this better?
I believe we have all made every effort to supply the 50 different ways
to answer any FITB question. However, this does highlight some possible
concerns.
1) Did we get all the right answers?
2) Can we make it less confusing at test time?
3,4,...?) I didn't come up with anymore, but can you?
Is there a way to compile all the answers from all the tests to examine
actual results? We might get more "right" answers and gain some insight
as to where the confusion actually is and how to clear it up.
Everyone takes tests differently. Some are Pro's and others just
freeze. For those situations toward the freezers, it might be helpful
having a note along the lines of "Supply only one correct answer even
if you can think of 50 different ways to do this." I don't know if that
is actually there since I havn't taken the test lately ;)
I would be willing to sort through them if this hasn't already been
done.
> Issue 2: Question Confusion
> "More so, silly stuff like piping and input direction questions seemed
> to just be there to be confusing, and not really get to the bare idea of
> what it does. You don't need to combine two pipes and a stdin into one
> question, it just makes it confusing, regardless if you know what they do."
>
> Again, it sounds like this person has two questions in one (possibily)
> and became confused. I disagree that one doesn't need to use two pipe in
> combination. If we minimize confusion, the knowledge can be better
> assessed.
If I recall correctly, the objective is to understand pipes and
redirection. It is not necessarily about need; moreso, it is about
having a certain amount of understanding required to figure out the
result. In that sense, some of the questions need to be confusing. No?
After all, Linux system administration can be a very confusing thing.
Our job is to test the administrator's ability to sort it out ;)
Isn't it?
Cheers!
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