From: WorkerBee (ciscobee@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2008 - 19:21:05 ART
Ah...that's tough being a CCSI to get premium score above the
above....at least they don't make CCIE trainer to take a lab and pass
within 4hrs.
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:17 AM, Anthony Sequeira
<Anthony_Sequeira@skillsoft.com> wrote:
> Yeah - funny huh!
>
> As a Cisco Certified Systems Instructor, I have to take each exam
> revision to remain certified to teach the subject. EVEN AS A CCIE. :-)
>
> Silly.
>
> I passed with a 980 and took 11 minutes.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WorkerBee [mailto:ciscobee@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:14 PM
> To: Anthony Sequeira
> Cc: Michael Jones; Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: Good job CISCO!!!!
>
> Anthony, being a CCIE, how come you are taking BCMSN? Are you a proxy
> test taker
> as well? Just kidding ;)
>
> On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:08 AM, Anthony Sequeira
> <Anthony_Sequeira@skillsoft.com> wrote:
>> Finally, Cisco will invalidate a passing score if the candidate
>> completed the exam with a score of 980 and it took them 11 minutes.
>>
>> Even for a CCIE taking the CCNA - that is just not possible unless you
>> have purchased the correct answers.
>>
>> In addition to analyzing the time spent on questions, I wonder what
>> other "forensic" techniques will be used?
>>
>> One sad note for me on this topic, however. I took the new BCMSN exam
>> last week and was amazed at how incredibly difficult it was. That is a
>> good thing of course, ensuring the CCNP knows his stuff. But the
> problem
>> was that several of the questions were OUT OF SCOPE for the Cisco
>> Official Course. It looked like they had borrowed questions from other
>> courses! Cisco needs to be more careful about this in my opinion. It
>> would be easy for someone to justify cheating if they spend a bunch of
>> money for a course that does not prepare them for the exam.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
>> Michael Jones
>> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:14 PM
>> To: Cisco certification
>> Subject: Good job CISCO!!!!
>>
>>
> http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/telecom/cisco-pearso
>> n-vue-combat-exam-fraud-global-test-delivery-enhancements/-1099877822
>>
>> Tuesday, July 22, 2008 Cisco and Pearson VUE Combat Exam Fraud With
>> Global
>> Test Delivery Enhancements
>>
>> Jul 22, 2008 (Hugin via COMTEX) ----New Security Measures Underscore
>> Commitment to Protect Certification Integrity and Value
>>
>> SAN JOSE, CA and BLOOMINGTON, MN--(Marketwire - July 22, 2008) - Cisco
>> (NASDAQ: CSCO: 21.76, -0.41, -1.84%) and its global testing provider,
>> Pearson VUE, a business of Pearson, today announced a series of
> security
>> enhancements that will reinforce the integrity and value of the Cisco
>> certification portfolio.
>>
>> "Cisco certifications are one of the most highly valued credentials
>> available to information technology (IT: 22.37, +0.24, +1.08%)
>> professionals, and protecting that reputation is paramount," said Erik
>> Ullanderson, manager of global certifications for Learning@Cisco.
> "Proxy
>> testing and other forms of cheating can diminish the value of
>> certifications
>> for individuals and the organizations that employ them. Pearson VUE
> and
>> Cisco are leading the way in aggressively combating this industry wide
>> issue
>> through the latest advancements in exam development and delivery."
>>
>> The advanced security enhancements include the use of digital
>> photographs
>> for candidate-identity verification and forensic analysis of testing
>> data.
>> The new measures, to be implemented beginning on Aug. 1, will include:
>>
>> -- Photo on Score Report and Web -- On completion of a certification
>> exam at
>> the test center, candidates will receive preliminary score reports
>> imprinted
>> with their photos and unique authentication codes. The authentication
>> code
>> can be used to access a candidate's official score online at Pearson
>> VUE's
>> website www.pearsonvue.com/authenticate usually within 72 hours of the
>> examination. The online score report will also display the candidate's
>> photo. Candidates may share access to their online records with
>> employers or
>> other third parties.
>>
>> -- Forensic Analysis -- Exam results and other testing data will be
>> continuously analyzed by forensic software to detect aberrant testing
>> behavior and to flag suspect exams for further investigation. When
>> problems
>> are identified with the validity of a test result, the candidate's
> score
>> will be invalidated. Depending on the exact issue with the flagged
> exam,
>> further consequences may range from having to retake the exam to the
>> imposition of a one-year or lifetime testing ban.
>>
>> -- Preliminary Score Report -- All paper score reports will be
>> preliminary,
>> pending the results of forensic analysis, until official exam scores
> are
>> posted to the Web within 72 hours of exam completion. Once the exam
>> scores
>> are official, candidates may use the authentication codes on their
> score
>> reports to access the Pearson VUE website for score and photo
>> verification.
>>
>> "We looked at alternatives for addressing the issue of proxy testing,
>> the
>> two primary victims of which are employers and those members of the
>> certification community who chose training, hard work and experience
> as
>> their path to certification," explained Randall Trask, vice president
> of
>> market development for Pearson VUE. "We determined that adding photos
> to
>> score reports and providing employers with the ability to authenticate
>> both
>> the exam score and the person achieving it will provide a direct
> benefit
>> to
>> all."
>>
>> These new exam security measures are part of Cisco's overall strategy
> to
>> protect the value and integrity of its certifications. Other measures
>> include simulation-based testing, dynamically generated questions and
>> emulations to help ensure that Cisco certified networking
> professionals
>> continue to have the knowledge, skills and credentials to perform well
>> on
>> the job.
>>
>> About Pearson VUE
>>
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