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Randy Kraemer  
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 More options Oct 12 2006, 1:16 pm
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From: "Randy Kraemer" <randykrae...@cox.net>
Date: 12 Oct 2006 10:16:31 -0700
Local: Thurs, Oct 12 2006 1:16 pm
Subject: Python 2.4 online certification - new items available for Beta testing
There is a free Beta test of a Python 2.4 Certification test available
at Brainbench.com. They are a provider of skills-based certification
exams.
Go to the link below to find the test. It is free to take the test.

http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/common/testcenter/betatests.xml


 
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s...@pobox.com  
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 More options Oct 12 2006, 1:57 pm
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From: s...@pobox.com
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 12:57:20 -0500
Local: Thurs, Oct 12 2006 1:57 pm
Subject: Re: Python 2.4 online certification - new items available for Beta testing

    Randy> There is a free Beta test of a Python 2.4 Certification test
    Randy> available at Brainbench.com. They are a provider of skills-based
    Randy> certification exams.  Go to the link below to find the test. It
    Randy> is free to take the test.

    Randy> http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/common/testcenter/betatests.xml

I've given up on Brainbench.  Ignoring the possibility that their
certification tests may not be all that useful, they never stopped spamming
me, so I refuse to help them with anything.

Skip


 
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NickC  
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 More options Oct 17 2006, 6:10 am
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From: "NickC" <ncogh...@gmail.com>
Date: 17 Oct 2006 03:10:26 -0700
Local: Tues, Oct 17 2006 6:10 am
Subject: Re: Python 2.4 online certification - new items available for Beta testing

s...@pobox.com wrote:
> Randy> There is a free Beta test of a Python 2.4 Certification test
>     Randy> available at Brainbench.com. They are a provider of skills-based
>     Randy> certification exams.  Go to the link below to find the test. It
>     Randy> is free to take the test.

>     Randy> http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/common/testcenter/betatests.xml

> I've given up on Brainbench.  Ignoring the possibility that their
> certification tests may not be all that useful, they never stopped spamming
> me, so I refuse to help them with anything.

> Skip

I went through their first test module (although using a mailinator
address after this testimonial from Skip) and I think "Beta" is
generous. Try "pre-alpha" - i marked nearly half (maybe more than half)
of the 20 questions as "no correct answer", and a number of the others
included sample code that stank to high heaven.

I also pointed out that "what does this code do?" type questions are
pretty pointless for a language that comes with an interactive
interpreter (I would actually be somewhat disappointed with any Python
programmer whose automatic reaction to such a question involving
deliberately obfuscated code *wasn't* to try it out on the nearest
interpreter prompt).


 
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