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| craenor 2003-09-11, 10:13 pm |
| Heya guys...
Myself and a number of my co-workers are getting ready for the CWNA exam. We've been studying right out of the study guide and I've been leading the study sessions.
I thought things were going well, we've been really going over stuff, training for understanding (I have a technical training background) and making great progress..but now it's stopped.
They've gotten ahold of a couple of CWNA braindumps off the web, with collections of like 110 questions and answers. They have stopped coming to the study sessions and just studying those.
My question is, are they just setting themselves up for failure? I can't imagine that knowing just 110 of the possible questions from the exam pool will be enough to pass. I want to convince them of the importance to keep up the studying.
Am I just wasting my time though? Because of our job situation, no one I am studying with cares about the knowledge they gain from the certification, they just want the piece of paper (long story). Should I just let them sink or swim with the braindump things they are trying to use?
Thanks... | |
| meijin 2003-09-11, 10:48 pm |
| So, if I type the word braindumps or braindump, does it automatically point to a site? | |
| meijin 2003-09-11, 10:49 pm |
| Yep..guess so. That's intersting.
They might be able to pass the test with just them. But at least you will know the truth. Plus, once you get in the "field" they will quickly fall on their face. | |
| craenor 2003-09-11, 10:56 pm |
| Heh, that's just it though...we are already in the field, we do tech support for wireless lan's used in businesses and homes. No large scale wireless networking, but small scale for like home or small business internet access.
As part of making our call center certified we are pushing everyone to get the CWNA cert, but honestly we use very little of the knowledge involved therein.
Most of our troubleshooting involves driver and software configuration problems which the CWNA exam barely touches on.
Craenor | |
| isles1 2003-09-12, 5:13 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by craenor
Heh, that's just it though...we are already in the field, we do tech support for wireless lan's used in businesses and homes. No large scale wireless networking, but small scale for like home or small business internet access.
As part of making our call center certified we are pushing everyone to get the CWNA cert, but honestly we use very little of the knowledge involved therein.
Most of our troubleshooting involves driver and software configuration problems which the CWNA exam barely touches on.
Craenor
Why get certified if the objectives covered are useless to those trying to obtain it?
Your company spending the money to get employees certified by memorizing and spitting back info they will not use does not seem cost effective.
But if having a "certified" call center will increase revenues, I guess it is worth it from the standpoint of the bottom line.
This is a pretty good example of why many certifications are meaningless and have a declining and negligible value thses days. | |
| slinthi 2003-09-14, 9:19 pm |
| While not a fan of braindumps, I'm of the opinion that vendors simply do not spend enough efforts modifying test questions and creating new test questions. This failure allows braindumps to continue. Go out and try to find a useful braindump for the CISSP exam. Truth is that the ISC2's bread and butter is its certification exam and it changes the questions so often and enforces its NDA, that those who rely on braindumps and don't know or learn the information covered on its certification exam are out of luck.
The CWNP for its part has done a number of things to reduce the braindumps for its exams. One thing is not to permit you to review answers to previous exams. Those of us who have taken the CWNA 2.0 exam recognize that if you are given a large number of questions to complete in a relatively short time and not able to review the questions you walk away from the testing booth with little memory of specific questions.
Rather than looking for braindumps, how about spending the time reading their excellent study guide, play with some wireless equipment, and learn what you need to know to be an effective wireless guru.
Regards,
Steve |
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