>> I just took the LPIC-101 exam. For reasons unknown, the test is scored
>> from 200 to 800. My score was a piffling 710.
>
> That's actually a fairly standard scoring range for IT certification
> exams.  I had the formula explained to me once, and it's not as simple as
> it seems (I wish I still had the e-mail that explained it).  The scoring
> methodology also takes into consideration partial credit for multiple-
> select multiple choice questions (ie, "pick two of the following five
> items that correctly describe X").

Yeah, I'm curious to know what happens for the ones where you have to 
enter text. How do they measure "how close" to being right you are?

>> The test consists of 60 questions. 1/60 = 1.666% So that means that I
>> must have got between 9 and 10 questions completely wrong. (?)
>
> Questions are sometimes weighted as well, so it's not a straight "x"
> points for "y" questions.

The LPI website seems to indicate that /subjects/ are weighted, with 
more important subjects getting more questions. This seems to imply that 
each individual question is worth the same amount.

>> (I'd love to know which questions I got wrong...)
>
> You know, of course, that there's no way they'll tell you that.

Yeah. Heaven forbid that I might actually *learn* from my mistakes...

As an aside, I had to remove my watch before I was allowed to take the 
test. Because, you know, I might have programmed the answers into the 
cogs and gears somehow...

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