Saylor CS402

[AJ_Atlanta]

I'm mostly disappointed that they don't even touch on my favorite transmission method, IPoAC: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1149

Oh for the love of Elvis don't confuse them more, it's already way over their head

[theonlyski]

Oh for the love of Elvis don't confuse them more, it's already way over their head

Hahaha, I can really confuse them.

IPv6 Scenic routing:
https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7511

[yb1]

any updates on this? has anyone taken the final and passed?

How does it compare to the practice finals?

I just started reading the book yesterday and plan to do all of the practice quizzes. Is that all I need to pass? Any help would be greatly appreciate it. I am trying to finish this by April 17th.

[dfrecore]

any updates on this? has anyone taken the final and passed?

How does it compare to the practice finals?

I just started reading the book yesterday and plan to do all of the practice quizzes. Is that all I need to pass? Any help would be greatly appreciate it. I am trying to finish this by April 17th.

My husband took it cold yesterday, and failed (60%). He said that he knows for certain that some of the answers were totally wrong (one about LAN/WAN I remember).

He was going to study some of the materials and then try again as soon as he could.

BTW - he took the MIS and Cybersecurity DSST exams cold and passed. And he's MORE familiar with Networks than Cybersecurity, and thinks this was a bad test. But for $25, he's willing to give it another shot.

[theonlyski]

My husband took it cold yesterday, and failed (60%). He said that he knows for certain that some of the answers were totally wrong (one about LAN/WAN I remember).

He was going to study some of the materials and then try again as soon as he could.

BTW - he took the MIS and Cybersecurity DSST exams cold and passed. And he's MORE familiar with Networks than Cybersecurity, and thinks this was a bad test. But for $25, he's willing to give it another shot.

There are several questions that are absolutely wrong, some are poorly worded or have multiple correct answers (or no correct answers) and don't provide enough information to distinguish between the answer they want you to pick. I've gotten two of the questions fixed on the credit exam, I think I have 5-10 more that I am waiting to hear back on. I am not holding on much hope that they will fix the entire test (they essentially told me better luck next time after the two that they fixed) but I've been persistent and there's supposed to be a SME and another employee at Saylor looking at them. That was two weeks ago and I expect I'll get an update early next week.

The problem with the $25 per shot is if the questions are wrong, it's throwing away money. I am a little upset that I didn't get credit the first time, but I am not taking it again without knowing they fix the issues.

[yb1]

There are several questions that are absolutely wrong, some are poorly worded or have multiple correct answers (or no correct answers) and don't provide enough information to distinguish between the answer they want you to pick. I've gotten two of the questions fixed on the credit exam, I think I have 5-10 more that I am waiting to hear back on. I am not holding on much hope that they will fix the entire test (they essentially told me better luck next time after the two that they fixed) but I've been persistent and there's supposed to be a SME and another employee at Saylor looking at them. That was two weeks ago and I expect I'll get an update early next week.

The problem with the $25 per shot is if the questions are wrong, it's throwing away money. I am a little upset that I didn't get credit the first time, but I am not taking it again without knowing they fix the issues.

banghead banghead

[dfrecore]

There are several questions that are absolutely wrong, some are poorly worded or have multiple correct answers (or no correct answers) and don't provide enough information to distinguish between the answer they want you to pick.

This was exactly the issue he was having as well. He would say "look at this wording, then look at the answers you can choose from, now look at the info in the material where it is - NONE of these is the right answer!"

I'm going to try to have some of these fixed as well. And ask for a refund of our $25 if they can't show how his exam is correctly graded! It's ridiculous that they can't get these correct!!

[theonlyski]

This was exactly the issue he was having as well. He would say "look at this wording, then look at the answers you can choose from, now look at the info in the material where it is - NONE of these is the right answer!"

I'm going to try to have some of these fixed as well. And ask for a refund of our $25 if they can't show how his exam is correctly graded! It's ridiculous that they can't get these correct!!

I highly doubt you'll get a refund. Saylor didn't get the money, ProctorU did. ProctorU provided a service, they don't care what is on the test, they just care that you're not cheating. I think best case, your husband may get his score changed and be able to get credit for the test.

I even went so far as listing out the questions, then copying the material from the source which showed that I was correct but marked wrong and sending it to them. I also even offered to review (for free) the entire question bank to help clean it up, but they didn't seem interested in that.

I do find it interesting if you look at the course syllabus, there's nobody listed for the course designer whereas every other course that I recall looking at has one listed.

[theonlyski]

Ok, got another question fixed but that's all they're willing to do for me other than wish me luck on my next attempt and give me a bit of advice:

For some more general advice on how to approach the exam, I'd say that, often, having experience in a field can mean focusing too much on nuances in the questions, or mentally framing them in a way that isn't what the question is directly asking. In the real world, several things might be possible, given a specific set of circumstances, but most of the time exam questions are more cut-and-dry, and ask you to choose the best answer given only the information in the question itself. Because of this, it may be best to approach the exam as if you were a "beginner," and use the resources in the course to inform your answers.

So, basically, if you have experience in the networking field, you are going to be hurting and given the test questions and answers, I can tell you there were plenty that were in need of editing. I find it funny since attention to detail is required to be any good at this job. I asked to speak directly with the course designer and/or SME and was told "that is not possible."

[JamesIE]

I know what they mean.

I often have to remind myself when taking exams, especially the HR, Organization, etc.

What would someone who isn't a cynical ass think this question is asking? then, What would that person say is the correct answer if they had read the material?

With that in mind I've been doing ok.