Certification Pass Score

pavankvk · Post by **pavankvk** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:50 pm

Hi

i have a dobut on the datastagge (test 415) certifcation pass score.

The site says total question : 79 (approx)
Pass Score : 75

Is it 75 /79 or 75%

75/79 is 95% and a tough nut to crack...

Please let me know if its 75% or 75

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:57 pm

Yes it is.

This question was discussed when the test first appeared. Searching the forum will let you read that discussion, which was inconclusive.

pavankvk · Post by **pavankvk** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:59 pm

so the passing score is 75(95%) and not 75%??

hmmm

pavankvk · Post by **pavankvk** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:10 pm

Looks like its only 75% and not 75/79(95%)

Vincent blog says..he got certified with 88%.

Now i can attempt too...

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:14 pm

Where's the challenge in that??? Even if the pass mark were 75/79 that ought not to prevent you from attempting the test. You should be aiming at scoring 100%.

kumar_s · Post by **kumar_s** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:59 am

But Pavan is not Ray

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:37 pm

So??? Maybe this site will help. I wonder if IBM would allow it as an alternate certification exam?

vmcburney · Post by **vmcburney** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:17 pm

It is 75% of questions right, not 75 questions right.
DataStage Certification - how to pass the exam

s_boyapati · Post by **s_boyapati** » Mon May 15, 2006 11:40 am

Hi Guys, I got certified with 94% score.

Sree

bcarlson · Post by **bcarlson** » Mon May 15, 2006 12:47 pm

ray.wurlod wrote:So??? Maybe this site will help. I wonder if IBM would allow it as an alternate certification exam?

Bummer, only got 3/10. Guess I'm just a Knowitall in Training

.... I got a D in history at Wassamata U. oh well.

Brad 'watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat' Carlson

tzeng · Post by **tzeng** » Mon May 15, 2006 12:59 pm

s_boyapati wrote:Hi Guys, I got certified with 94% score.

Sree

I also got certified with 84% score yesterday. but there were some questions that I still couldn't figure out.

s_boyapati · Post by **s_boyapati** » Mon May 15, 2006 1:22 pm

I know, some of the questions not described clearly, especially in "Data Transformation" etc. It took 3 to 4 mins to figure it out " what IBM is asking??"

I guess they are part of testing sample questions. I don't think I did all of them right. Certification is just a show peice.

Sree

tzeng wrote:
s_boyapati wrote:Hi Guys, I got certified with 94% score.

Sree
I also got certified with 84% score yesterday. but there were some questions that I still couldn't figure out.

trobinson · Post by **trobinson** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:08 am

To be precise, it is not 75% of 79 or you can miss 19 out of 79. The questions are weighted by category, I believe.

kumar_s · Post by **kumar_s** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:50 am

trobinson wrote:To be precise, it is not 75% of 79 or you can miss 19 out of 79. The questions are weighted by category, I believe.

So it is 75.949367088607594936708860759494%

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:26 pm

kumar_s wrote:
trobinson wrote:To be precise, it is not 75% of 79 or you can miss 19 out of 79. The questions are weighted by category, I believe.
So it is 75.949367088607594936708860759494%

No, becasue you have introduced a statistical abnormality. 75% presumes 100 sample points. 75.0% presumes 1000 sample points. A percentage figure with 30 digits following the decimal place presumes 10**32 sample points.

To complete a certification test with that number of items would require an infinite number of monkeys working the breaks in between typing out the complete works of Shakespeare.