When I took that test, I had about the same number of import questions as
export. Not knowing ahead which way the questions might be clustered, or if
they would, I studied/reviewed all material in preperation for the test. My
technique was to go through the candidate .pdf file and physically do
everything list in the test contents the day before the test. Doing that I
did not need to retake any tests.
Steve Brown
Van Messner <vmessner_at_netaxis.com> wrote in message
news:8GTM2.752$88.30187_at_news14.ispnews.com...
> A strange thing happened when I took the exam yesterday. Out of sixty
>questions I had read about 10% would be on export/import. And there were
>six questions on that topic.
> Three of them were specific questions about the "direct" parameter in
>export. One question involved "direct" in a more general way. There were
>no questions on import. There were no questions on export modes. There
>were no questions on complete/cumulative/incremental backups. And there
>were no questions on what is exportable. So the test really made no effort
>to find out what I knew about export/import.
> My guess is that there is a large database of questions on each subject
>and a certain number in each area are selected randomly for the test. So
>you can get this bunching in certain areas.
> Has anyone else had this experience?
> If my guess is right, do you think random selection of questions
provides
>a better test than one where a knowledgable person picked the questions?
>
>Van
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 01 1999 - 23:20:01 CST
