On Wed, 2006-06-14 at 02:21 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > Mark Miller raises an interesting point in this regard a year ago, I > wish I still had the mail to cite the source. The gist of it is that > there is a statistical trend with hands-on where the results are > affected by the candidates mood (nervous, freak out in exams) whereas > it is largely absent with multiple choice.
No joke! I got to directly observe 12 other candidates at my RHCE lab exam. 11 were in the crash course for the week, 1 other guy had failed the week prior so he was retaking the exam-only. I was just there for the exam-only, cold turkey. One gentleman was sweating bullets, literally! He was dripping globs! Totally drenched by the end of the first session. Several other people were noticeably lost. Especially the first part of the test where you have to get a _perfect_ 100%. In all honesty, I had less experience with that portion (I used an alternative solution), but I figured it out rather quickly. > A major disadvantage of hands-on is that questions usually follow on > from each other - you can only add new users if you perform the > install right. making a mistake in the first step affects the rest of > the scores, which it shouldn't as failing one step should affect only > the score for THAT step Sometimes the hands-on tests can really "paint you in a corner" if you don't have enough experience with something. I will never take the RHCE exam-only again (I got a 96% and passed, but as little as a 93% and you can still fail because of some sub-section compulsory requirement), you really need the crash-course. But if I need the crash-course, then what does that say for the exam? -- Bryan J. Smith Professional, technical annoyance mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------- The existence of Linux has far more to do with the breakup of AT&T's monopoly than anything Microsoft has ever done. _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
