Stopping the Inadvertent Cheater
By Robert Williams on Mon, 03/31/08 - 12:11am.
In the certification industry there are exam candidates that know they're cheating and exam candidates that DON'T know they're cheating. Both types of cheaters are equally damaging to the industry, but one type of cheater, the "inadvertent cheater", would opt to avoid braindumps if they only knew what those braindumps consisted of and the consequences of using them. We're hoping that you will help us spread the word so that the unsuspecting exam candidates out there will understand the ins and outs of the study materials they use.
As previously mentioned, many exam candidates don't understand what braindumps are; heck, many candidates haven't ever heard the term until they've heard our references. So how do we get the word out about braindumps to candidates that have never heard the term? Is there a way to prevent those unsuspecting candidates from using the illegal materials if they have no reason to believe the materials are illegal? Finding information on a subject does require having some, even the most minute, knowledge of the subject. You have to know it exists if you want to do research on it, correct?
The inadvertent cheater is often introduced to the illegal study materials by friends or coworkers who may or may not have a clue themselves about the nature of those study materials. They're often told that the guides will help them pass. But, until they actually sit behind that exam monitor and see they have used the exact questions to study with, they too have no clue what the "actual questions" look like. By getting the word out to those individuals that braindumps exist and that they are illegal, we can hope to reduce the number of inadvertent cheaters. But it's not just as easy as saying "braindumps are illegal", you have to know which sites are providing the illegal study guides and hope that those individuals intentionally avoid them. If they don't, then they have just jumped into the other group of individuals which are a much tougher crowd to persuade.
Up to this point, most candidates have just assumed that the guides they study with are legal. It's about time everyone automatically assume that every study guide out there is ILLEGAL. Even if you know the materials you studied with last month were safe to use, that status could change on a whim.
CertGuard has been researching and linking certification websites for over two years and we've made it our ultimate goal to find every known braindump website on the internet so that exam candidates and IT Professionals know which sites to avoid. Your help in getting the word out that CertGuard is an authority on the subject of braindumps would help to make a significant impact on the value of your certifications.
Our primary resource was designed to give you information on the websites you're obtaining study guides from.
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- About Certification Integrity
Robert Williams is co-founder and CEO of CertGuard. Robert founded CertGuard after an 8-year stint in the U.S Navy, three years of college and five years in IT. While on a quest for more knowledge, Robert decided to work on earning a certification when he noticed the abundance of braindumps and illegal services that plagued the industry. Putting his certifications and further education on hold, Robert decided that it was time for someone to dedicate their time to preventing the spread of these illegal products and services. And CertGuard was born.
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The Oops factor
I read with interest your article on inadvertent cheaters. Several years ago the braindumps had names like Cheat Sheets; now with names like TestKing and others, as well as people in newsgroups posting 'hey try this great site!' and those who oppose them post less than telling replies like 'A$$f*sker' it is easy to understand how the inadvertent cheater gets caught.
What should we do about it? Get everyone on board with CertGuard ;)
Re: The Oops factor
Thanks Mitch! It is often difficult to get the word out to people when they just don't understand the seriousness of braindumps. I'm just glad we do have people like you and the great individuals in some of the forums and newsgroups that are helping to get the word out.
Best Regards,
Robert Williams; Taylor Ripley
CertGuard, Inc.
www.CertGuard.com
http://www.networkworld.com/community/user/4864
This question is interesting in many ways
Yes, it is "illegal" (define how, when and where) to copy and to spread any training material prepared by someone else without a permission or whatever. Now - spreading information, in better or worse way, even if it is in some training material is not "illegal".
I can understand fighting braindumps but nobody has monopoly to knowledge. And this brings me to some of the "training material" - many useless in real world, just some trick questions, not real knowledge. Get this from someone a long time in field, not picking Cisco or any other vendor but last time I had to find how their system really works took two weeks, didn't matter how many acronyms the people had in title - they just didn't understand a new problem which, as far as know, still isn't included in training but is something you should know and understand if you have a real knowledge of networking and your products. A huge project - frustrating sometimes!