Online Cisco exams from the comfort of your own home

Started by Dieselboy, April 16, 2020, 06:50:42 PM

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Dieselboy

April 16, 2020, 06:50:42 PM
I saw this today https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/online-exam-proctoring.html

Looks like your webcam and microphone would have to be on, dont think that would bother me for an hour.

I'm interested in Devnet.

deanwebb

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April 17, 2020, 10:33:39 AM
Do they also prohibit mirrors and trick cameras?

Oooh, here's one... Camera set up on the "test-taker's" PC, but the actual test is running on another PC, where the guy is cheating like a felon, out of view of the camera.
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Otanx

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April 17, 2020, 11:19:16 AM
Quote from: deanwebb on April 17, 2020, 10:33:39 AM
Do they also prohibit mirrors and trick cameras?

Oooh, here's one... Camera set up on the "test-taker's" PC, but the actual test is running on another PC, where the guy is cheating like a felon, out of view of the camera.

It doesn't even need to be on another PC. I can just put a fake keyboard and mouse on the desk, split the video feed, and put another setup on the other side of the wall. Then I sit in front of the camera pretending to take the test. The guy in the other room actually takes it, and with no camera he can have another system sitting there to help. There is no sure fire way to prevent cheating in a remote setup like this. You do what you can to get rid of most cheating, and hope it is enough.

-Otanx

Dieselboy

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April 17, 2020, 08:51:26 PM
It says that before the test can be taken, the system needs to be checked out. I'm sure Cisco has thought of most ways that the test could be frauded. They've been doing this a very long time and there is absolutely no sign of any exams questions and answers being posted online from Cisco exams pre-COVID.




Not.

deanwebb

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April 20, 2020, 11:02:04 AM
Quote from: Dieselboy on April 17, 2020, 08:51:26 PM
It says that before the test can be taken, the system needs to be checked out. I'm sure Cisco has thought of most ways that the test could be frauded. They've been doing this a very long time and there is absolutely no sign of any exams questions and answers being posted online from Cisco exams pre-COVID.




Not.

:haha1:
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

eaadams

#5
April 23, 2020, 03:48:05 AM
yes, waiting to hear from someone has taken a cert exam remotely so as to know the testing protocols required
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. Alvin Toffler, "Future Shock" 1970

config t

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April 28, 2020, 01:10:11 AM
Quote from: Dieselboy on April 17, 2020, 08:51:26 PM
It says that before the test can be taken, the system needs to be checked out. I'm sure Cisco has thought of most ways that the test could be frauded. They've been doing this a very long time and there is absolutely no sign of any exams questions and answers being posted online from Cisco exams pre-COVID.




Not.

It's a tale as old as time.

Did anyone find a full list of which tests are available? All I've found is "CCNA, Devnet, and more"
:matrix:

Please don't mistake my experience for intelligence.

Otanx

#7
April 28, 2020, 08:16:00 AM
From here: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/training-events/training-certifications/online-exam-proctoring.html#~exceptions

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All written, proctored Cisco Certification exams can be taken online with a few exceptions: 

    100-110 ENU CCENT (Invitation Only)
    352-011 ENU Cisco Certified Design Expert Practical Exam
    352-001 ENU Cisco Certified Design Expert Qualification Exam


So almost everything.

-Otanx

config t

#8
April 28, 2020, 09:18:46 AM
Groovy. I can still knock out SCOR this century.
:matrix:

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LynK

#10
May 04, 2020, 10:44:23 AM
the real question is how long they keep this open for? This really hurts their locations with pearsonvue. I hope they keep online an option. I hate going to testing centers.
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Dieselboy

#11
May 05, 2020, 03:59:52 AM
Unless this fails hard then they should be encouraged to keep it and provide more online options. I think this is the way the world will be going from this point forward.
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