From: shiran guez (shiranp3@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 05 2007 - 14:06:02 ART
you given me a headache just reading this, is that in the test :-)
On Nov 5, 2007 6:29 PM, William Nellis <nellis_iv@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I just did the assesor labs, and have done plenty of other labs in the
> past (including the real deal), but, one thing that always got me was how
> challenging it can be to get 80%. Given, I have done much school, college,
> and other certs... it never seems so hard to get 80%
>
> I figured it out. The premise that 80% is passing doesn't take into
> account that you must get all tasks per section to get the points. So if you
> figure... 3 points per "question", each question has 4 "tasks", and you only
> need to drop 1 task to drop all points for section... You can find that in
> reality, you need to score much greater than 90% to pass the lab. (assuming
> you are like me (and most), and you can solve the questions but occasionally
> will miss a task).
>
>
> Anyway, I think it is academically interesting. My personal opinion is
> that 80% should be easy to get, but how it is structured can make all the
> difference, since we're not just passing 80% of the required tasks... we're
> having to pass closer to 95% of the required tasks.
>
> Questions33
> Points per question3
> Tasks per question4
>
> (get 1 free point to make my math easy!)
>
> Total Tasks:132
>
> Min Tasks you can screw up and fail7
> (drop a task, drop points for question)
>
> End Score (based upon questions/points) for dropping 7 tasks79%
>
> End score, based on tasks completed 95%
> (125 out of 132)
>
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-- Shiran Guez MCSE CCNP NCE1 http://cciep3.blogspot.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/cciep3
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