DPKG vs. RPM in LPIC 101 exam -- RHCE scoring changed radically in 2003 ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 01:35, jdd wrote:
> I don't say so.
> I say only that asking a more than 90% score for an exam don't gives any 
> clue on it's difficultie, on the contrary.

If we were talking any "arbitrary" exam, correct.

But I'm talking about the _same_exam_ -- RHCE pre-2003, RHCE post-2003. 
Then yes, it's directly comparable to itself.

> no exam can ask questions on all the programm it covers, so there is 
> necessarily hazard on what questions are asked and so if one learn half 
> the programm (as an example) it may have 100% if he's lucky.

But Red Hat does a fairly decent job -- install a system, with basic
security, in 2.5 hours.  Not as good as the CCIE, but not bad either.

> the only way to have such a score to be significant is to state a 
> "mandatory" programm (one that _must_ absolutly be known) and ask all 
> and any question on this one. this can only be very partial one.

You get about 4-5 "items" per compulsory requirement on Section III. 
Screw more than one up at all, you're toast.

> In fact I know of many (in France) Ingenior school exams similar to RHCE 
> that need to be completed 3 or 4 the really given time (exams to enter 
> the school).

"Ingenior" -- am I reading that as "engineer"?  Or something else?

The reason I ask is if it is an "engineering" exam, or a "technology"
exam.  There is a _huge_difference_.

[ BTW, you _do_ know that engineering in France is very different than
engineering in the UK/US, correct? ]

> so one can pass the exam with a score such low as 30%

If you were talking engineering, I concur completely.  I'm sure on my EI
exam, I scored only about a 50%, but the "composite" was 79 (70 would be
passing, and around 35-40%).

> these exams ephasise on compulsory answer agains reflexion ones. this 
> can be good for car driving, not for computer learnig, where time is 
> never that important.

You're losing me.

> there are many examples in France of very difficult exams with a very 
> low % is sufficient to pass (fe: the agregation).

Again, I'm interested if you're talking engineering.

Engineering != Technology

-- Bryan, BSECE


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