From: Roman Rodichev (roman@iementor.com)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2008 - 19:45:09 ART
What is stopping someone who used pass4sure and knows all the answers, from answering a few questions wrong and sitting there for two hours instead of 11 minutes? I don't get it. Forensics?!!
Roman Rodichev
5xCCIE #7927 (R&S, Security, Voice, Storage, Service Provider)
Instructor, Content Developer. ieMentor Corporation
http://www.iementor.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Anthony Sequeira" <Anthony_Sequeira@skillsoft.com>
To: "Michael Jones" <majonestx@gmail.com>; "Cisco certification" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: 7/24/08 5:08 PM
Subject: RE: Good job CISCO!!!!
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.
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