[lpi-discuss] lpi exam beta questions? and exam cram2 LPIC 1 book

[Steve]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ross brunson" <ross at brunson.org>
To: "General discussion relating to LPI." <lpi-discuss at lpi.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [lpi-discuss] lpi exam beta questions? and exam cram2 LPIC 1
book


> On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 09:20 -0400, ekco9595 wrote:
> > Hey whats with the beta questions!? lol thats kinda unfair, I just took
the
> > LPI 101 exam and passed it thank God ;) but I was surpised at having 25
beta
> > questions that werent even gonna count on my exam and I didnt know which
> > questions were beta and which werent that was kinda unfair lol beta is
for
> > voluteeners but oh well
>
> You'll have to give LPI feedback about that one, I've said for a while
> that seeding beta questions into a live exam is like doing drug testing
> on people who buy from the pharmacy, but it's a fact of life.
>
> >  and Ross!!! your book.. lol so much of it wasnt on the exam at all,
like
> > questions on vi i dont believe there was even one.
>
> Right, so you prepared and studied the objectives, and you didn't get
> any questions on two of those topics.  So, was the learning and studying
> wasted?  I and other book/courseware authors have to cover the entirety
> of the objectives, as you are going to be tested on them and have to
> perform them in real life.
>

 lol no its not wasted its imprinted into my brain now for future use if I
have to deal with serals and stuff ;0

> >  same with pppd no
> > questions at all, setserial i believe there was only one question or
none and
> > so many other topics as well there was just absoultely no questions on
and if
> > there were any at all they were extremely simple (you didnt need to know
> > about URTAGS and baud_base and setserial commands and ifconfig
>
> Same thing, you have to prepare and learn for the "possibility" of
> questions on these topics, if I teach you all nothing else, it's to
> learn about the depth and breadth of Linux, not just the stuff needed to
> pass the exams...

yeah but the exam is like really easy and basic so atleast dont go off
trying to get ppl to memorize and use the command line arugments and options
to things like serial,ppd,tr,sed,vi cause there are no questions about there
options and arugments. but I guess if your doing this to learn linux at the
same time then it is usefull. but thats excatly what i wasnt doing, ive
already been using Linux for 3 years so I just wanted the material for the
test to pass the test

>
> >  and IRQS I/O
> > there was like one question) arg just a little
>
>
> > furstated i studying that stuff and tried to keep it in memory for
nothing,
>
> cat /dev/steve | ispell > /dev/console  (grin)

lol yeah i cant spell or care for grammer, but that is a left-brainded trait
in which im less fluent in but that makes me more fluent in right-briainded
things like computers ;) which is why im a geek using Linux in the first
place haha so its all good.

>
> > as for you notes NO ITS NOT
> > A MUST ON THE EXAM lol but I do relize that the questions are different
if
> > you retake the exam but even still.. anywhoo i hade to vent a bit ;) I
still
> > love you though Ross  buddy ;) heh
>
> Same here, now go out and do something seriously worthwhile with all
> that energy, like pass your 102!

lol I plan too! ;) though i got a job interview tomm for full-time so I
dunno how much time I will have soon =/

P.S I thought you were probablly gonna get mad at my comments lol and get
into a dispute im glad that didnt happen, i just hade to vent a bit, but
that shows in your maturity level and is very good.
Steve.