Le 2013-03-14 09:54, scott a écrit :
>> Formulas can sometimes be derived from first principles if necessary.
>> (Provided you remember enough background around them.) Unix commands and
>> their switches follow no reason or rhyme. Much like the spelling of the
>> English language, the only solution is to memorise large chunks of data
>> and be able to recall it later. It's not so easy to do that for parts of
>> the syllabus that you don't actually need to use regularly...
>
> The exam would be a more realistic and useful test then if it simply
> gave you a real linux prompt and timed how long it took you to get the
> correct answers to do what it wants. The pass rate would then be on how
> long it took you to get all the answers. Knowing where and how to find
> stuff efficiently is far more important than actually knowing it
> (because you could never hope to know even a tiny fraction of all the
> information you have access to). As stated already the stuff you use
> frequently you will remember anyway.
>

Just like the CCIE lab test.
Day 1: Here's a pile of network gear*.  Here's a Visio diagram of a 
corporate network (with missing info, of course).  All the cables and 
all the manuals are over there on the shelf.  You have 8 hours.

Day 2: Guys, there, was a major incident on your network last night, the 
CIO has been screaming at your boss for the last half hour.  Fix it. 
You have 8 hours.

*Including some that's DOA, or whose firmware has been erased.

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