Re: www.proveit.com
I was thinking about an open-source-community-contribute exam center before. It was a nightmare for me to try to find resources when I tried to take the exam. I can certainly set it up if I have you guys' supports, but is there any any legal bound to it? I figure if it isn't, a lot of people would have set it up by now. Johnny I took their test for CF5 3 years ago and had the same impression. It had a lot of incorrect answers and several where there were multiple correct answers. Not a good test at all.Perhaps you ought to talk to one or two of the larger testing companies and propose such a project. How about an open-source test - the community contributes the questions and the answers to them. larry On 6/15/05, Michael Dinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just took a CFMX 6.1 skill test from http://www.proveit.com/ and let me say that I was VERY disappointed. Yes, it was the standard 'memory' over skill but it was even worse than that. There was one question which had 4 correct answers and the only difference was your own personal style of programming. This seems to be the test used by head hunters when evaluating CF people and I'm REALLY not happy about it. I believe that a real test written by real people and edited by a real technical editor is needed for those who are clueless of ColdFusion and need a standard placement test. ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2684 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: www.proveit.com
I took their test for CF5 3 years ago and had the same impression. It had a lot of incorrect answers and several where there were multiple correct answers. Not a good test at all.Perhaps you ought to talk to one or two of the larger testing companies and propose such a project. How about an open-source test - the community contributes the questions and the answers to them. larry On 6/15/05, Michael Dinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just took a CFMX 6.1 skill test from http://www.proveit.com/ and let me say that I was VERY disappointed. Yes, it was the standard 'memory' over skill but it was even worse than that. There was one question which had 4 correct answers and the only difference was your own personal style of programming. This seems to be the test used by head hunters when evaluating CF people and I'm REALLY not happy about it. I believe that a real test written by real people and edited by a real technical editor is needed for those who are clueless of ColdFusion and need a standard placement test. ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2679 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
www.proveit.com
I just took a CFMX 6.1 skill test from http://www.proveit.com/ and let me say that I was VERY disappointed. Yes, it was the standard 'memory' over skill but it was even worse than that. There was one question which had 4 correct answers and the only difference was your own personal style of programming. This seems to be the test used by head hunters when evaluating CF people and I'm REALLY not happy about it. I believe that a real test written by real people and edited by a real technical editor is needed for those who are clueless of ColdFusion and need a standard placement test. ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2676 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: www.proveit.com
I took that one once and had a similar reaction to it. My response was to try to contact ProveIt and sell them my services as a CF expert and tech writer to fix their test. I was never able to get a response, though. At 04:53 PM 6/15/2005, you wrote: I just took a CFMX 6.1 skill test from http://www.proveit.com/ and let me say that I was VERY disappointed. Yes, it was the standard 'memory' over skill but it was even worse than that. There was one question which had 4 correct answers and the only difference was your own personal style of programming. This seems to be the test used by head hunters when evaluating CF people and I'm REALLY not happy about it. I believe that a real test written by real people and edited by a real technical editor is needed for those who are clueless of ColdFusion and need a standard placement test. -- Jeffry Houser, Software Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Company: http://www.dot-com-it.com My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com My Recording Studio: http://www.fcfstudios.com Connecticut Macromedia User Group: http://www.ctmug.com ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2677 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
