[thelist] Certification

arch mayday1999 at zdnetonebox.com
Fri Mar 23 19:34:00 CST 2001


Hi:

Very true about left/right brain thing... I guess I was also in doubts
about the way the Brainbench testers wrote some of their questions. OK.
Here is the test:

Q. Please select how many good ways of doing a subselect on a 3 table
join in SQL?

a. 1
b. 10-15
c. 2-3
d. 21-71
e. none

The correct answer is c. Do you know why?.. Because we recommended a
SQL 7: Administration and Implementation book by djc (see quotes below).
Just kidding, of course, but some of the questions did remind me that.
The were probably written by people/test writers that took one book and
whote their questions based on quotes from this book.

I can't say anything on SQL test because I wasn't taking it but those
were "technical" questions on photoshop... not some artistic ones...
Anyway, here is my conclusion/suggestions:
 - If Brainbench cerificates are a requirement by headhunters/employers/clients,
then buy books that Brainbench is recommending/advertising for test preparation
and you will pass the test :-)

Phew, am I silly or what :-)

Arthur Chidlovski
Digital Me-Mix in the Browser
http://www.chidlovski.com/ 



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::: Arthur Chidlovski :::
Digital Me-Mix in the Browser
http://www.chidlovski.com/

arch wrote:
as far as 'creative' tests like photoshop and graphics in general, i
don't think thats really brainbenches forte.. as for things like SQL,C,
Java, etc - the more 'disciplined and rigid' skills - they're a
nice(although of course, never perfect) measuring stick to see how well
you really understand more rigid things like that. i mean, theres a
shitload of ways to go about creating an image that has a drop shadow,
bevel, etc in RGB mode(i know nothing about photoshop as you can see:)
in a graphics program, but only two or three good ways of doing a
subselect on a 3 table join in SQL.

i guess its the whole right brain/left brain thing :)

.djc.




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