Braindump question

After I read Samantha's posting on braindump, I have a
new question with a different twist!

Assumed that a candidate failed a MCSE exam the first
time due to underestimation of the difficulty level,
inadequate preparation, lack of sleep, or what ever
reason. This candidate has 10 years of IT experience
working with NT, and W2K. The candidate went back to
review the course material, re-do the lab exercises in
his/her home lab, re-check the Technet articles, searched
MSDN, read white papers, knowledge based articles to
search for the correct answers. Subsequently, the
candidate passed the exam without any problem! The
candidate repeated this for two exams!

Question:

Is the candidate a braindumper?

Despite the fact, the candidate did not purchase a
braindump test questions from a web site, the candidate
remembered the questions from the exam. The candidate
knew what kind of questions and the possible answers
available! Can you really shut off your brain because of
Non Disclosure Agreement?

What is your vote?

1. She/he is a (technical) braindumper!
2. She/he is dedicated IT professional!
3. She/he is troll!
4. She/he is just another human being in Earth!

Cheers,
Chops

Chops

>4. She/he is just another human being in Earth!

Reason: - nothing has been proven, except that he/she would have taken
on board, information which he/she did not understand before.

As the exams do not prove whether or not he/she would be able put into
practice those concepts covered, it cannot be determined if he/she is
an 'IT professional'.

The question explicitly states that he/she did not use braindumps, so
he/she cannot be a braindumper!

Being a 'Troll' has no meaning within the context of the question.

Kline Sphere (Chalk) MCNGP #3

The Poster Formerly Known as Kline Sphere

Somewhere around 3 out of 10 do not pass an exam on the 1st try. of those
that persevere and retake the exam, fully 4 out of 10 do not pass on the
second try. On the harder exams, usually the design and/or infrastructure
exam, the initial and subsequent failure rates can be even higher.

Not everyone is capable of passing all the exams necessary to complete MCSE.
Relying on the opinion of those that do pass easily or at least more easily,
they would have you believe the exams are too easy. I dispute that. I feel
the exams are adequate, and have validity in real world experience...what I
find wrong, is the availability of braindumps, the willingness to use them
and the requirements of some employers to un necessarily inflate job
pre-qualification (i.e, requiring an MCSE for desk top support)...as fueling
the arms race for greater and greater certifications for even basic
positions. This in turn drives the less bright to cheat, in order to make a
decent wage.

My point is not about social engineering or to excuse the efforts of persons
to do whatever they think they need to do in order to make a higher salary.
The issue is, lack of follow through on the part of HR as well as a number
IT managers in failing to really interview job candidates. It doesn't take a
CS degree to weed out people who are not suited to IT advancement, just a
few questions and "what if" scenarios will tell you quite a bit about a new
hire.
"Chops" <> wrote in message
news:18c1501c44bcc$3f2a12b0$...
> After I read Samantha's posting on braindump, I have a
> new question with a different twist!
>
> Assumed that a candidate failed a MCSE exam the first
> time due to underestimation of the difficulty level,
> inadequate preparation, lack of sleep, or what ever
> reason. This candidate has 10 years of IT experience
> working with NT, and W2K. The candidate went back to
> review the course material, re-do the lab exercises in
> his/her home lab, re-check the Technet articles, searched
> MSDN, read white papers, knowledge based articles to
> search for the correct answers. Subsequently, the
> candidate passed the exam without any problem! The
> candidate repeated this for two exams!
>
> Question:
>
> Is the candidate a braindumper?
>
> Despite the fact, the candidate did not purchase a
> braindump test questions from a web site, the candidate
> remembered the questions from the exam. The candidate
> knew what kind of questions and the possible answers
> available! Can you really shut off your brain because of
> Non Disclosure Agreement?
>
> What is your vote?
>
> 1. She/he is a (technical) braindumper!
> 2. She/he is dedicated IT professional!
> 3. She/he is troll!
> 4. She/he is just another human being in Earth!
>
> Cheers,
> Chops


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