From: WorkerBee (ciscobee@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2008 - 19:14:17 ART
Anthony, being a CCIE, how come you are taking BCMSN? Are you a proxy test taker
as well? Just kidding ;)
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:08 AM, Anthony Sequeira
<Anthony_Sequeira@skillsoft.com> wrote:
> Finally, Cisco will invalidate a passing score if the candidate
> completed the exam with a score of 980 and it took them 11 minutes.
>
> Even for a CCIE taking the CCNA - that is just not possible unless you
> have purchased the correct answers.
>
> In addition to analyzing the time spent on questions, I wonder what
> other "forensic" techniques will be used?
>
> One sad note for me on this topic, however. I took the new BCMSN exam
> last week and was amazed at how incredibly difficult it was. That is a
> good thing of course, ensuring the CCNP knows his stuff. But the problem
> was that several of the questions were OUT OF SCOPE for the Cisco
> Official Course. It looked like they had borrowed questions from other
> courses! Cisco needs to be more careful about this in my opinion. It
> would be easy for someone to justify cheating if they spend a bunch of
> money for a course that does not prepare them for the exam.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Michael Jones
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:14 PM
> To: Cisco certification
> Subject: Good job CISCO!!!!
>
> http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/telecom/cisco-pearso
> n-vue-combat-exam-fraud-global-test-delivery-enhancements/-1099877822
>
> Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Cisco and Pearson VUE Combat Exam Fraud With
> Global
> Test Delivery Enhancements
>
> Jul 22, 2008 (Hugin via COMTEX) ----New Security Measures Underscore
> Commitment to Protect Certification Integrity and Value
>
> SAN JOSE, CA and BLOOMINGTON, MN--(Marketwire - July 22, 2008) - Cisco
> (NASDAQ: CSCO: 21.76, -0.41, -1.84%) and its global testing provider,
> Pearson VUE, a business of Pearson, today announced a series of security
> enhancements that will reinforce the integrity and value of the Cisco
> certification portfolio.
>
> "Cisco certifications are one of the most highly valued credentials
> available to information technology (IT: 22.37, +0.24, +1.08%)
> professionals, and protecting that reputation is paramount," said Erik
> Ullanderson, manager of global certifications for Learning@Cisco. "Proxy
> testing and other forms of cheating can diminish the value of
> certifications
> for individuals and the organizations that employ them. Pearson VUE and
> Cisco are leading the way in aggressively combating this industry wide
> issue
> through the latest advancements in exam development and delivery."
>
> The advanced security enhancements include the use of digital
> photographs
> for candidate-identity verification and forensic analysis of testing
> data.
> The new measures, to be implemented beginning on Aug. 1, will include:
>
> -- Photo on Score Report and Web -- On completion of a certification
> exam at
> the test center, candidates will receive preliminary score reports
> imprinted
> with their photos and unique authentication codes. The authentication
> code
> can be used to access a candidate's official score online at Pearson
> VUE's
> website www.pearsonvue.com/authenticate usually within 72 hours of the
> examination. The online score report will also display the candidate's
> photo. Candidates may share access to their online records with
> employers or
> other third parties.
>
> -- Forensic Analysis -- Exam results and other testing data will be
> continuously analyzed by forensic software to detect aberrant testing
> behavior and to flag suspect exams for further investigation. When
> problems
> are identified with the validity of a test result, the candidate's score
> will be invalidated. Depending on the exact issue with the flagged exam,
> further consequences may range from having to retake the exam to the
> imposition of a one-year or lifetime testing ban.
>
> -- Preliminary Score Report -- All paper score reports will be
> preliminary,
> pending the results of forensic analysis, until official exam scores are
> posted to the Web within 72 hours of exam completion. Once the exam
> scores
> are official, candidates may use the authentication codes on their score
> reports to access the Pearson VUE website for score and photo
> verification.
>
> "We looked at alternatives for addressing the issue of proxy testing,
> the
> two primary victims of which are employers and those members of the
> certification community who chose training, hard work and experience as
> their path to certification," explained Randall Trask, vice president of
> market development for Pearson VUE. "We determined that adding photos to
> score reports and providing employers with the ability to authenticate
> both
> the exam score and the person achieving it will provide a direct benefit
> to
> all."
>
> These new exam security measures are part of Cisco's overall strategy to
> protect the value and integrity of its certifications. Other measures
> include simulation-based testing, dynamically generated questions and
> emulations to help ensure that Cisco certified networking professionals
> continue to have the knowledge, skills and credentials to perform well
> on
> the job.
>
> About Pearson VUE
>
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>
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