DocumentCode :
1106926
Title :
Exams, past and future - [certification corner)
Author :
Frantz, Rolf
Volume :
47
Issue :
6
fYear :
2009
fDate :
6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
8
Lastpage :
8
Abstract :
As I write this column, shortly after the closing of the Spring WCET (Wireless Communication Engineering Technologies) examination window, the results from that exam are being finalized. The process is more complex than simply scoring the individual tests. Since each testing window uses a different examination, the results must be correlated from one window to the next. This requires that a group of industry experts review each exam question to arrive at a consensus as to how difficult it would be to answer ¿ by an expert, a novice, or someone just barely qualified in the technology. This consensus determines the passing point, which may vary slightly from one exam to the next, depending on the average difficulty of the questions on each exam. This process has been well defined and developed and is used by most organizations that issue credentials similar to the IEEE Wireless Communication Professional certification.
Keywords :
Automatic testing; Certification; Communications technology; Computer science education; Job shop scheduling; Springs; Wireless communication;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0163-6804
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MCOM.2009.5116791
Filename :
5116791
Link To Document :
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