[BSDCert] ARRL format

[Siju George]

On 7/31/05, Dru <dlavigne6 at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005, Richard Bejtlich wrote:
> 
> > I don't see a problem with this "open" system.  For example, the FCC
> > expects me to know the answer to this question:
> >
> > Who makes and enforces the rules for the amateur service in the United States?
> > A.  The Congress of the United States
> > B.  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
> > C.  The Volunteer Examiner Coordinators (VECs)
> > D.  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
> >
> > I know the answer is B, whether I read the book and remember it or I
> > read the question and see the answer is B.  Either way I learn the FCC
> > is in charge.
> >
> > The questions are not reproduced exactly (i.e., Congress is always
> > answer A, FCC, is B, etc.), so test-takers still need to know the
> > right answer.
> >
> > The benefit of this system is that lousy questions are immediately
> > recognized by anyone inspecting the pool.  Contrast the FCC pool
> > questions with those in the lousy CISSP exam that never see the light
> > of day, and you'll know what I mean.
> 
> 
> Interesting approach and certainly the opposite of what most people expect
> in an IT technical exam--hence the entire "brain dump" phenomena...
> 
> Would we be able to sell this approach to the corporate/HR community or
> would they just think us BSD people are still on LSD?
> 

If the no. of questions in the question pool is very large then this
would be appreciated otherwise not.

kind regards

Siju
> Having studied the question pool, how does it work? Is there like 20,000
> questions in the pool and you get asked 100 of them?
> 
> Dru
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