Entries from Oracle Certification tagged with 'cheating'
The Route You Choose
Staying on the right path while preparing for your certification We receive a lot of questions related to legitimate vs. illegitimate forms of studying. Because we’ve gotten so many questions lately I thought that I would comment on this topic....
Certification Magazine Publishes Article on Oracle Certification and Cheating
Certification Magazine's Deanna Hartley met with us last week to discuss some questions and issues as a result of our recent blog series on certification and cheating. The article was published just this morning – called "Preventing Cheating on...
Cheating Part 7: What Can You and I Do About Cheating?
Oracle has implemented a number of strategies to help curb cheating and continues to work on even more. We realize that - in spite of all of our efforts - that if people are bent on stealing, sharing and...
Cheating Part 6: "The Lone Beneficiary" (And It's Not You)
Isn’t in ironic that the only real beneficiary of cheating are those who steal test content (test questions) and sell or give them away. And for what…to earn money from ad traffic on their website? Because these people operate...
Cheating Part 5: "Cheating Hurts the Oracle Certification Program"
The effort and cost that goes into building and launching a single exam is tremendous. Building a certification involves many resources, including subject matter experts, exam project managers, psychometricians, beta testers, marketing/launch coordinators, customer service reps, and vendors. All...
Cheating Part 4: Cheating Hurts Legitimate Certification Holders
Most IT Professionals who become certified follow the intended process (study, train, practice, test) and in doing so – increase the breadth of their knowledge and their skills. When someone cuts corners and cheats to get certified (i.e. using...
Cheating Part 3: Cheating Hurts Present and Future Employers
When an employer hires someone to perform a job role they look at several critical factors such as employment history, communication skills, experience, training, certification. Some of these are easily verifiable (communication skills), while others are more ambiguous (level...
Cheating Part 2: Cheating Hurts The Cheater
The primary goal in becoming certified is to increase one’s credibility (with employer and peers) by increasing his or her knowledge and skills. When someone cheats, they undermine the learning process, which leads to a decrease in their credibility...
Cheating Part 1: Who Benefits from Cheating?
I seriously don’t understand why people cheat to get certified. In a July 2008 blog post I discussed how certification is a valuable process and not merely a ‘piece of paper’. I’m going to discuss cheating in a few...
Welcome to the Oracle Certification Blog
Hi everyone, Welcome to the new Oracle Certification Program Blog. We hope that you’ll enjoy this as a great way for those of us on the Oracle Certification team to share information and updates into what’s going on in the...
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