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July 24, 2008
VUE Releases Testing "Enhancements"
These were rumored at the end of last year...looks like they have finally arrived! VUE Testing enhancements:
• 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 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.
• 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 usually 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.
That "Forensic Analysis" section looks pretty interesting. I wonder if they're looking for the TestKing brain dump-style tests? I'm very curious!!!
Posted by JC at July 24, 2008 4:58 PM
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While I appreciate the idea that they are trying to protect the integrity of the exam, this seems to be going a bit too far. I wonder how many false positives they are going to end up with?
Posted by: Thomas at July 25, 2008 7:48 AM
I'm pretty sure there will be many false positives. I recall from my previous cisco exam, answering some questions in mere seconds.. not due to testking abuse, but because I simply knew my stuff and could very quickly identify troubleshooting problems (I'm talking about CCNA level).
I suppose on the higher end of the spectrum, where questions are not so simple (CCN* and onwards), it may prove useful. Ultimately they cannot stop people using TestKing products, but they can indeed make cheaters worry a little.
Posted by: Michael at July 27, 2008 8:19 AM
Agreed. I spend as much time as I can trying to learn more. Networking fascinates me.
Posted by: Thomas at July 28, 2008 9:52 AM
I like this because I have heard stories of friends making fake id's and paying people to take the exams for them. We actually had someone get expelled from my college for it too recently. I support it 100%!
Posted by: Kevin at July 30, 2008 8:13 PM
I'm really glad to hear that Cisco is doing something about cheating, hopefully this is the first step. Sure there will be false positives, but braindumpers are just a part of the cheating thats currently occurring. In Cisco's recent 8month trial they found that 1 in every 200 exams monitored were taken by a proxy.
Posted by: zanetworking at August 4, 2008 2:07 AM