Re: Will give you feedback after my OCP exam.

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 07:47:20 -0700
Message-ID: <1118933250.317717@yasure>

HansF wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 07:03:21 -0700, DA Morgan interested us by writing:
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>>HansF wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 15 Jun 2005 21:38:11 -0700, DA Morgan interested us by writing:

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>>>>>>Do you really think it is bad to post just the questions?
>>>>>
>>>>>Two people write the test.  One has worked with and studied Oracle for
>>>>>years.  The other has read the questions and studied (googled) only the
>>>>>answers.  
>>>>>Which one is most likely to pass?
>>>>
>>>>The one that has zero Oracle experience and has crammed for the exam.
>>>>Next question:
>>>>Which one is the better candidate to hire?
>>>
>>>OK, here's another rhetorical question ...
>>>Are you asking on behalf of HR or on behalf of the end user?
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>>My best interests are always served by being offered a job.
>>
>>Therefore I try to look at these questions through the eyes
>>of the HR folks.

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> In which case, the one with the 'proof of competence' is the one to hire.
> <g>
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> (So, is years of experience, or a certificate, the 'proof of competence'
> in the eyes of the person (or group) hiring?)
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> But we digress - the question was "Do you really think it is bad to post
> just the questions?". Perhaps answered, if not asked tongue-in-cheek.

The questions bothers me only from the standpoint of copywrite. The questions, with answers, I find offensive as it just breeds more people with a 'credential' yet incapable of actually doing real work.

The fact that anyone actually knows what the questions are is prima facia evidence that the certification is meaningless. In no other professional exam I can think of are the questions ever reused. Want to be certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology, for example, and the questions are different for every surgeon in every exam and never reused.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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Received on Thu Jun 16 2005 - 09:47:20 CDT