What's your opinion regarding exam objective lists?

dynamik

I find that a lot of them are practically useless because they're so generic. To be honest, I haven't even bothered looking at them for my last few exams.

LPI has spoiled me. Check out their list for LPIC-1: http://www.lpi.org/eng/certification/the_lpic_program/lpic_1/exam_101_detailed_objectives

They even assign a "weight" to each objective, so you know how in-depth you're supposed to study the material.

Compare that to 70-236's: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-236.mspx#EDG

I'd like a better break-down of each objective, so I can get a better idea of what they actually expect of me.

undomiel

Yep I definitely like the LPIC list better. I always found that I would glance over the Microsoft lists, go "that's nice" and then just start playing around with something or other. I don't think I ever completely read through a list for any of the exams. I always got a lot more info out of people's posts here in the forums.

shednik

That is pretty sweet of LPI it will definitely help when I study for that certification down the road...

unclejohnny

i've never seen that LPI stuff before, but I definetely will from now on. I agree that the Microsoft list of objectives is vague and of little use.

snadam

I always thought the "dot" system was a objective weight for MS; but its actually a weight for the official MS course...

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-293.mspx#EGF

the vagueness must end!

Slowhand

snadam wrote:

the vagueness must end!

What do I think of the objectives on most vendor-sites? Meh.