Re: Linux Journal

[Kara Pritchard <kara@linux.com>]

On Wed, 3 May 2000, Leon Jackson wrote:

> 
> At 11:16 PM 5/2/00 -0500, Kara wrote:
> >
> >> 
> >
> >The training has, but not the testing. Keep in mind, granted RHCE is 66%
> >hands on, it's not psychometrically developed. This means there is no R&D
> >behind the RHCE that makes it legally valid to state that a passing score
> >RHCE actually proves anything.
> >
> >Also, LPI exams aren't simple Q&A multipe choice answers. It's not
> >distribution sensitive. It learns how you answer your questions, and
> >expects certain answers down the road. You can't just guess. There are
> >multiple answer questions, and fill in the blank. LPI isn't your standard
> >paper exam.
> >
> Sounds interesting, What would you say is the skill level required before
> attempting to tackle it?
> Or should a person reasonably proficient with linux/computing computing in
> general be able to do well after going through the course material?
> In looking at most of the MS and some Novell exams you can pretty much pass
> quite a few of them with no knowledge whatsoever.
> 
> leon
> 
Level 1 exams are aimed at Jr Administrator, Novice Admin, or upper help
desk type of people. However, some of the tasks they cover are what I'd
consider higher level. Last week at Comdex, maddog took it, and even found
it a struggle.

We post what objectives are covered on the exams at:

http://www.lpi.org/p-index.html

- Kara

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