Re: Open-Ended Questions - by Darby

Since I wrote this - I've gotten a few more people who state this very
explicitly and still some who say what I wrote mirrored their experience.

I find the disparity of conflicting information - interesting.

Small matter either way - Fail the OEQ - Fail the Lab. Whether explicit or
implicit it still comes out to effectually 21 points.

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:47 PM, Anthony Sequeira <
asequeira_at_internetworkexpert.com> wrote:

> I was told by a proctor it is 21 points for the Core Knowledge section
> (graded pass/fail as we have posted about many times) and then 79 points in
> the configuration section.
>
> A student confirmed this for me and also indicated that the tasks are all 2
> or 3 points in value now. Obviously, if you have taken the exam recently and
> experienced anything that conflicts with this information, please let us
> know. :-)
>
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> On Apr 24, 2009, at 9:26 AM, Darby Weaver wrote:
>
> That's a good question - I did go back to my lists of people who passed
>> and
>> posed the questions.
>>
>> Perhaps there were two methods of scoring.
>>
>> The funny part is only one person said 21/79.
>>
>> The rest said no point values for the oeq. They were just asked to
>> complete
>> the questions and it was stressed how important it was.
>>
>> I did lean toward recent takers.
>>
>> I had a hard time swallowing the 21/79 - it just is not conistent with my
>> own lab experiences to be able to nail 21 points (by most accounts "easy")
>> in 20 minutes. However for everyone who passes, they would say the
>> questions I missed in my own labs were easy too.
>>
>> The funny thing is hindsight is 20/20 and I tend to agree with them - I
>> missed some easy stuff... Grumble Grumble - It all comes down to prep and
>> sleep.
>>
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