Adaptive testing

vex

Do any of the certs use this????

I would prefer the shorter test. One of the practice test software that I used for XP had an adaptive test. I liked taking those a bit more than sitting through 50 ?'s


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Webmaster

Currently none of the popular exams/certs I know of use adpative testing, fortunately.

keatron

I rarely see or even hear of adaptive tests anymore. 4 or 5 years ago, they were more common.

JDMurray

I took the A+ exam in 2003 when CompTIA used still adaptive testing. It was basically a joke. I passed both exams after answering only nine or ten questions each. I think that I completed each exam in less than ten minutes and received rather high scores. Still, I didn't feel that it was an adequate test of my A+ skills. CompTIA eventually dropped adaptive testing on the next revision of the A+. I don't know if they use it anymore at all.

It's not that I'm down on adaptive testing itself, but there must be a larger minimum of questions that are asked. If the A+ I took had asked a minimum of, say, 30 questions I think it would have been a more accurate test.

kenwjones

Until about 2002/2003, Novell used adaptive tests almost exclusively. The tests on the CNE track could be done in about 15 minutes each.