Re: Re[1]: OCP question from Boson practice tests

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 1:59 AM

> My question, Richard, is can a person pass the exam just by studying
> what is correct? Or is it necessary to work harder to acquire some
> "veneer of false knowledge" specifically in order to pass the exam?
>

Hi Cary

Yes you can.

That's why you're allowed to get 1/3 of the questions wrong and still pass the exam !!

In defence of the questions, it's actually not that easy to write a multiple choice question that is both challenging AND non-ambiguous. The more complex an issue, the less likely you're going to successfully bind up a comprehensive and accurate answer in a single statement. That's why so many of the questions are so trivial, that's why the exams are so trivial and that's why the multiple choice method is so awful in determining an OCP. Attempts of questions to go beyond syntax, parameter settings, etc. often cause confusion and debate because the answer to the more complex issue isn't as simplistic as the question writers hoped it to be.

Interestingly, during beta testing, questions get selected based on how many people actually get the same (hopefully) correct answer. If most people agree with an answer, then the question is less likely to be ambiguous. So by intentional design, the OCP exams are actually aimed and geared towards the lowest common denominator.

So in short Cary, you have a fair to average chance of passing the exams :)

Cheers

Richard

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