By Robert L. MitchellJune 19, 2014 06:30 AM ET Computerworld - It didn't take long for the test center proctor to realize something was amiss. One group of people clearly stood out from the rest of the candidates taking a popular IT certification exam. They sat rigidly in their chairs, hardly moving at all, and they proceeded through the questions at a pace of six items per minute, well above the norm of one to two questions per minute. All scored well above the minimum needed to pass the test.
After the testing concluded, the test center called in Caveon LLC, a consultancy that specializes in test security, including data forensics, to review the situation. "At first blush it looks like by using a Bluetooth speaker and a video camera they were collaborating with a subject-matter expert offsite," says Caveon's vice president Steve Addicott.
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Pirates, cheats and IT certs
Sigh. I hope they were using some form of highly hidden devices... .if they were wearing something as noticable as Glass the fact the Proctor had to call in for help in busting them would be a bit sad.
At the same time, kudo's do have to be given him: at least he DID notice that something was amiss.... even if the banned devices, of whatever type they were, happened to be failed to be caught at the door going in.
At the same time, kudo's do have to be given him: at least he DID notice that something was amiss.... even if the banned devices, of whatever type they were, happened to be failed to be caught at the door going in.
+56You'd think just studying would be less work than an elaborate setup like this.
Well, they must have studied a LITTLE bit to be able to create the elaborate set up too ROFL! (Though maybe the cheat on the other side set it all up: the full plug and play cheat package.)@ wrote:
You'd think just studying would be less work than an elaborate setup like this.
The following article is a update:
It didn't take long for the test center proctor to realize something was amiss. One group of people clearly stood out from the rest of the candidates taking a popular IT certification exam. They sat rigidly in their chairs, hardly moving at all, and they proceeded through the questions at a pace of six items per minute, well above the norm of one to two questions per minute. All scored well above the minimum needed to pass the test.
After the testing concluded, the test center called in Caveon LLC, a consultancy that specializes in test security, including data forensics, to review the situation. "At first blush it looks like by using a Bluetooth speaker and a video camera they were collaborating with a subject-matter expert offsite," says Caveon's vice president Steve Addicott.
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Pirates, cheats and IT certs
By Robert L. MitchellIt didn't take long for the test center proctor to realize something was amiss. One group of people clearly stood out from the rest of the candidates taking a popular IT certification exam. They sat rigidly in their chairs, hardly moving at all, and they proceeded through the questions at a pace of six items per minute, well above the norm of one to two questions per minute. All scored well above the minimum needed to pass the test.
After the testing concluded, the test center called in Caveon LLC, a consultancy that specializes in test security, including data forensics, to review the situation. "At first blush it looks like by using a Bluetooth speaker and a video camera they were collaborating with a subject-matter expert offsite," says Caveon's vice president Steve Addicott.
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