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| rchristo 2002-12-23, 1:08 am |
| I just had a thought about the Microsoft Windows 2000 tests. If they make the tests
closer to real life and the actual experiences of network administrators will that make the tests easier to pass. After all some of the questions that I have seen
appear to be unrealistic and bizarre. | |
| azimuth40 2002-12-23, 3:04 am |
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Originally posted by rchristo
I just had a thought about the Microsoft Windows 2000 tests. If they make the tests
closer to real life and the actual experiences of network administrators will that make the tests easier to pass. After all some of the questions that I have seen
appear to be unrealistic and bizarre.
Sure they are unrealistic and bizarre, if they were not it would not be a Microsoft exam now would it. | |
| Luchnia 2002-12-23, 5:37 am |
| I would think if they make the test more hands-on, they would be a piece of cake, instead of the bizarre nonsense garbage they have on them now. Everbody I have worked with in the industry says most of the junk on the Windows test is useless crap.
In my opinion, it would be a refreshing change, besides hands-on is 100 times easier than book knowledge questions. All a person would have to do to pass, is set up a small lab and go to town.
For a few hundred bucks, you could even use VMWare (virtual machines) and jam out with multiple systems all networked together. Maybe set up a couple physical servers with DHCP, DNS, Active Directory for replication, etc., and let her rip.
Given that, the MCSE track would be much easier and a lot less time consuming. You could spend a few months and pretty much go the distance. It takes so much longer to learn the concepts accademically and then physically than it does to be a hands-on monkey.
One bad thing about changing the exams this way, people would only be good at hands-on and be no brainers for any accademic knowledge of how to do anything really. One must really have concept knowledge before he is worth toast.
You can train a monkey to do anything once he has done it a few times, but you cannot really train a monkey to think conceptually on his own.
Think about it, all you would need is a lead tech and just teach the monkeys, "monkey-see, monkey-do" techniques and boom, you got it. You could train the chimp to pass the test like that, but to think is another story.
Microsoft will probably mix the environment up quite a bit to entail both worlds, but at the rate Microsoft is going, they are going to kill themselves eventually. I like their OS but do tire of their never ending skewed tactics at manipulation of the human race.
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| mindmesh 2002-12-23, 6:56 am |
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You can train a monkey to do anything once he has done it a few times, but you cannot really train a monkey to think conceptually on his own.
I resent that. | |
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| Mr. Linux Guy 2002-12-23, 7:12 am |
| MS isn't alone in this kind of behaviour. Suns's SCSA and SCNA exams are kind of silly as well. They often tend to focus on stuff they are trying to seel you on rather than the things that are important. |
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