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

26 Dec 2002 06:39:15 -0800, michael ngong said (and I quote):

> I am not sure what some people expect OCP,s to do.Get in and
> solve every problem or answer all questions which are oracle related?

Would be fun if for once a few of them could actually get ANY problem solved or one question answered...

> Just like other diplomas and every work of life, some people come out
> without a lot to offer while others come out with the feel of some
> one who has been working for a while.

So because the "other walks of life" are blatantly wrong, we should perpetuate the same mistake with OCP?

> But the bottom line is you know at least
> on a theoretical bases ( assuming
> you read books exclusively in preparation for the tests )some very
> useful information about Oracle.

No you don't. The OCP is an exam with multiple choice answers, mostly unrelated to any real life situations. Many of the questions are more related to you knowing the marketing flavour of the month (release) rather than you knowing anything about databases. You know jack about running a real installation after completing it. The whole thing is bogus, always was, always will be.

> "Worthless" therefore is not the proper word

It is an appropriate word. The only organisation for which it is not worthless is Oracle and the multiple "examiners" who have made a motza out of something that is fundamentally flawed and was never asked for by the user community.

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Nuno Souto
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