Stewart Watkiss said the following on 14.06.2006 15:53: > >>> would like to ask what do you think about all LPIC-3 exam series be >>> based in lab exams ? > My biggest gripe with the current LPIC exams is that they are purely a > measure of memory recall. Whether that particular option is -R or -r > does not measure the ability of someone to manage a linux computer. [...]
This is a very common comment. We obviously need to explain that much better on our website/FAQ: The above statement is simply not true. We do not test any memory skills even if it looks alike. What we do when we ask about options or parameters is testing if a candidate is experienced enough and did not just learn some commands for the exam. The options and parameters we test are not of that kind that are used rarely but such as an admin would use very often. We are aware that it doesn't provide informations about a candidate's administrator skill if we would ask about the ls option- D, --dired generate output designed for Emacs' dired mode, which probably isn't used often. On the other hand no admin should have problems with -la. Especially commands that use -R instead of the (rather expected) -r are useful if you try to verify that somebody has been using that command often... I hope I could shed some light on this topic. Best regards, Taki -- Dimitrios Bogiatzoules Product Developer LPIC-2 Linux Professional Institute GnuPG Key ID A7E4D183 http://www.lpi.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lpi-german.de
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