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Certification Pass Score
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:50 pm
by pavankvk
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
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:57 pm
by ray.wurlod
Yes it is.
This question was discussed when the test first appeared. Searching the forum will let you read that discussion, which was inconclusive.
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 4:59 pm
by pavankvk
so the passing score is 75(95%) and not 75%??
hmmm
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:10 pm
by pavankvk
Looks like its only 75% and not 75/79(95%)
Vincent blog says..he got certified with 88%.
Now i can attempt too...
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:14 pm
by ray.wurlod
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%.
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:59 am
by kumar_s
But Pavan is not Ray
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:37 pm
by ray.wurlod
So??? Maybe
this site will help. I wonder if IBM would allow it as an alternate certification exam?
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:17 pm
by vmcburney
It is 75% of questions right, not 75 questions right.
DataStage Certification - how to pass the exam
Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 11:40 am
by s_boyapati
Hi Guys, I got certified with 94% score.
Sree
Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 12:47 pm
by bcarlson
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
Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 12:59 pm
by tzeng
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.
Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 1:22 pm
by s_boyapati
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.
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:08 am
by trobinson
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.
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:50 am
by kumar_s
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%
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 3:26 pm
by ray.wurlod
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.