Posts filed under 'Certification'
I wrote that I failed NCLP 10 exam at the first try several days back. I took again yesterday to revenge, and passed. I really admit this exam because it’s a real lab exam with 2 Suse Linux machines sat on top of VMware. It’s not as difficult as RHCE, but at least comparable to RHCT. This testing measures candidate skill accurately instead of written exam.
I scored 764/800, it means around 95% was answered correctly. Here are some tips and guidance to prepare and take this exam:
Look the exam objectives. Novell published the exam objectives here, and make sure you can do basic configuration on every objectives. To summarize the objectives, at least you should able to do the following tasks:
Continue Reading July 11th, 2007
I sat NCLP exam last week, and failed 
. This exam was definitely hard, specially for seasoned Linux hobbyist like me. Anybody who’s lives and breath with Linux admin everyday should be able to passed with a good mark. In term of question difficulties, I think most of them (70%) are considered as intermediate. It means if I can do the practicum for intermediate level, I should passed.
I failed in shell/bash scripting practicum. I know C#, VB, and .Net by hart, but not the bash scripting. I need more exercise and reading material on this topic. Another labs such as user administration, secure remote access config, and apache was cleared in a good mark.
Continue Reading July 8th, 2007
Today, I sat exam
74-137: Office 2003 XML Solution. Come on, it’s 2007 now! But I had to sit this exam. This is a partner competency exam which is compulsary for every Microsoft Partner to meet some pre requisites. If you work for MS partner company, you know what I mean. Yes, I hate it actually. Any 2003 technologies are over, replaced with 2007 flavour.
The exam itself is not too difficult. It is not counted toward MCP certification. This is partner competency pre requisite. Comparing with any other MCP exams, this is easier. It’s not asked detail coding or examining detail case study. Most of the questions are about technology assessment. Which tool you shoud choose for fixing particular problem, that’s it. These are some clues for anybody who want to take this exam:
Continue Reading April 19th, 2007
Do you want to be a certified IT Pro in an easy way, no hazle, with no exams? Now there are many test taking services website can serve your need. If you have enough money, but luck of knowledge and too lazy for learning the technologies, just ping them. Soon after receive your money, they will sit the exams on behalf of you, and you will be a CCNA, MCSE, MCSD, OCP, or anything you want next week.
Those kind of services is really hurt my feel. When I am working hard to pass every exams, learn the stuff to gain the knowledge and skills, those people just simply break the rule. It’s scarry me, ilegal, and also not ethical.
Continue Reading November 23rd, 2006
Is IT certification still valuable?
Saat ini banyak vendor menawarkan berbagai sertifikasi IT, baik untuk level technical support, engineer, architect, developer, maupun auditor. Rata-rata membutuhkan biaya mahal untuk mendapatkan sertifikasi tersebut.
Sebagai contoh, satu mata ujian MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional) membutuhkan biaya Rp.550.000,-. Sedangkan Cisco mematok harga sekitar 1,4 juta per mata ujian. Harga tersebut belum termasuk biaya berbagai kursus, buku, dan riset internet yang perlu dikeluarkan sebelum mengikuti ujian.
Memiliki sertifikasi IT dari vendor international memang tampak bergensi. Bayangkan apabila Anda memiliki sertifikat MCSE (Microsoft Certified System Engineer) atau OCP (Oracle Certified Professional). Peluang mendapatkan pekerjaan bergaji tinggi terbuka lebar di depan. Benarkah demikian?
1. Apakah sertifikasi seseorang merupakan jaminan atas keterampilan dan keahlian yang dimiliki?
2. Apakah sertifikasi membantu mendapatkan pekerjaan yang diidamkan?
Continue Reading November 13th, 2006
