>Ed,
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>>ROFLMAO! Anything to justify your standing...
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>Why do you feel, you'll have to insult people again ed ??
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Walter, it's a weak excuse for an exam, period, much less one that demonstrates mastery of the product. It's like saying that someone who passed the 6th grade reading examination is a PhD in English lit - you can say it all you want, but it ain't necessarily so.

You've left out all the cogent critique of the exam - the lack of clear statement of demonstrated skills, the quality of the knowledge domain, the types of skill qualities that are tested. I take it that you'd not bother to dispute this - the BrainBench exam isn't capable of identifying or assuring some demonstrable set of skills and familiarity with the toolset. It doesn't state what is expected, does not require application of skills to demonstrate integration and understanding of the test material, and does not pass muster as far as accuracy or precision of correct responses. Face it - it's a poorly written test. The testing requirements for the MCP exames are far more stringent, and require the candidate to both analyse and synthesize as well as regurgitate syntax. And the MCP doesn't claim to identify master-level competence.

You're welcome to feel all smiley and warm, but the BrainBench test is a poor excuse for an exam that differentiates between various levels of qualification and mastery of required skills.

>>I took the beta stoned off my butt on codeine the day after hernia surgery and got 4.14...demonstrates a working capable mastery of VFP it certainly fails to do...in a very convincing fashion.
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>Yes it fails, but you seem to fail to see the possibilities of this testing concept. I'ts really easy to critisize new ideas, it's more difficult to see the new opportunities for each new one.
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Oh well, bullshitometer is pegged to the wall on the right, all the way to the stop. I take it you're eminently qualified to distinguish the qualities that go into differentiating between good and bad exams based on your college curriculum in CS. Enjoy your stay in Wonderland, Alice...I'm off to work.

>>Take the 155 and 156 exams...
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>If they 'll be available on the internet, I will. Personally, Right now I don't see that many advantages in taking these test.

Well, I'd suggest that's because you might not be as happy with the results of those tests as you are with the BrainBench exam. I think that anyone who's taken both will tell you that the MCP exams are considerably tougher, and MS, the certification authority in this case, says that the MCP qualification demonstrates a base level of competence, not mastery or wizardry. YMMV. Like I said, enjoy the other side of the mirror.

Y'know, I'll bet you'd do very well on the third-grade reading competence exam, too!

Ed Rauh, MCP