From: Thomas Perrier (thomas@perrier.name)
Date: Sat Jan 24 2009 - 06:50:19 ARST
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 6:52 AM, Pavel Bykov <slidersv@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2. A person that has once used the materials, then went into the lab, read
> the agreement and "signed it" by clicking submit (eh... no comment) and then
> took the test. During the test, he/she had extremely good mood, because all
> of the quensions he/she already knows and they were answered with such an
> extreme ease. Exam is finished in 20 minutes. But wait... what did the
> agreement say? How come I had access to training materials? I didn't know it
Who reads these agreements before signing? I did once, and I assure
you I'm the exception rather than the norm in this case.
> was illegal... damn.. No wonder that test was so easy and I'll forget 3/4 of
> all that in a week. I better study for real next time, not to cheat and
> break the agreement, buy Cisco Press books and use authorized vendors for
> practice questions, like Boson.
Unfortunately, that's the theory. I'd say at minimum half, and mostly
around 3/4 of people (total guesstimate) will say to themselves "wow
that's stuff good, let's do it again and I'll be certified in no time,
quick and easy".
And of course, there are all those who know very well it's cheating,
but do it nonetheless, because in practice there's absolutely no risk
(have you ever heard of someone stripped of his "paper certs"?). And
that includes people working for Cisco partners: actually not
surprising, since these companies require a certain number of
certified people, which are sometimes hard to find; I know cases where
the management recommends TK, P4S, etc. to their staff, and even pays
for those "practice tests".
Narbik wrote:
>> I did not see TK or P4S, lots of people study based on Boson, what is the
>> difference between them, please do not think that i am recommending any of
>> these stupid tests.
>> How would a person know which one is the real exam? if he/she has not gone
>> through them?
Well, it's well hidden on these companies' sites, true. There aren't
many hints that would warn the potential buyer. I found this funny
sentence, though, on a test package description's P4S page:
"Verified Answers Researched by Industry Experts and almost 100% correct".
-Thomas
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