On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 04:59:35PM -0400, Etienne Goyer wrote:
> G. Matthew Rice wrote:
> > PS - You still better know the switch and parameters that are used all the
> >         time.  An LPIC-1 that doesn't know 'ls -l'...umm, well isn't an
> >         LPIC-1.
> 
> But ... but ... I could look it up in the man page!

Exactly.  A good admin knows where to find the required knowledge
quickly.

To do that requires either a hands on test, or something like
brainbench which permits you a certain amount of time to answer each
question but lets you use any websites and reference books and other
things as you wish.  The hands on test is probably harder to cheat on
than brainbench, but much harder to administer.  I think both when not
cheated on are a better indicator of knowledge than paper tests like
LPIC.  The problem is preventing cheating, or the amount of effort
required to setup the test environment I suppose.

-- 
Len Sorensen
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