Re: Outrage that OCP exams are now unproctored - Comments?

Don,

Plus there are fewer exams with the Oracle 9i exam sequence (verses the 8i OCP). Sigh.

Bertram Moshier
Oracle Certified Professional 8i and 9i DBA

http://www.bmoshier.net/bertram

"Don Burleson" <don_at_burleson.cc> wrote in message news:998d28f7.0212250820.5cc2fb6_at_posting.google.com...
> Greetings,
>
> I have heard a rumor that the Oracle9i OCP SQL exam is unproctored:
>
> "The new exam is un-proctored, meaning that you can take the exam
> unsupervised at your own location. If you do not have good internet
> access, proctored exams are delivered in a secure testing environment,
> at an Oracle University Training Center or Authorized Prometric
> Testing Center."
>
> Because there is no guarantee that the person taking the exam is the
> same person who registered for the exam, many DBAs feel that this
> practice degrades the value of Oracle certification, and makes it even
> more worthless than before.
>
> Comments?
>
Received on Fri Dec 27 2002 - 15:35:43 CST