[NTLUG:Discuss] FWD: SuSE Linux 103 Exam ... in serious need of a public US beta!

[Chris Cox]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> FYI ...  
> http://lists.leap-cf.org/pipermail/itprodev/2004-July/000085.html  
> 
> Moral of the story:
> 
> Novell isn't retiring this at year's end for nothing (despite just
> introducing it last month as SuSE previously promised).  ;-p
> 
> 

I don't know.. I think you could have answered
A,C correctly on the bash question.  I would
have eliminated D for the reason you gave, but
your statements about C are just wrong (well,
it's a Red Hat-ish comment... but still wrong).
B is VERY wrong.. but it's obvious you have
Red Hat leanings.  If you look close enough
you'll see why it's the wrong answer even on
Red Hat since it assumes the Red Hat user
has not modified his local ~/.bashrc.

Btw.. that Red Hat behavior has changed over time, so
if you don't see your ~/.bashrc trying to pull in
/etc/bashrc.. don't fret.  You can add it if you want
since it is your local profile.

I barely passed the GNU SAIR LCA's Network exam.. it
too was poorly worded and I disagreed with
many of the answers... the good news is that for
the most part I could figure out what they were
thinking and answer correctly.  I will tell you that
I failed at first and had to show them a mistake
on their exam in order to receive a passing mark.
Since I took all 3 in one day, they called me
personally to let me know I passed (after considering
my complaint).


You made some very good points though.  Poorly worded questions
are probably the #1 problem with certification exams.

I also think my teaching and exams are superior... but
I also tell people that they'll need to use official
study guides to help them prepare for whichever
certification test they choose to take.  You can know
it all and not give them the proper "spin" they'll need
to do well on the various certification exams.  Even so,
I could see people failing on their first attempt even
if well prepared.  If I hadn't won my complaint on the
GNU SAIR network exam, I would not have passed it.