I am going through every comment here and trying to
retract the way I criticized the exam simulations.
I really like the idea, and the areas tested. I just
wanted to say that the interface on the simuations is
flawed on at least some questions. You literally cannot
complete the tasks you are asked to complete because
either the consoles won't launch or required buttons
cannot be clicked. There are bugs in the simulations.
After experiencing the issues that I had, which did not
cause me to fail the exam (I still passed). Other
colleagues told me that they were able to make some
simuations work by doing various odd things. For example,
one colleague said that he backed up one question and then
tried again and the console launched. Another said that
after clicking Reset three times he was able to finally
complete the task. Of course, they both reported not being
able to complete other tasks. These are the issues that
are upsetting. Nothing else. Sorry about the scope of my
initial criticism. I didn't focus on the exact problem -
the interface of the simulations.
As for the scoring. I don't know about that for sure.
Looks like people are actually failing their exams because
of the simulations, but I CANNOT know that. I am just
surmising that from articles that I have read and things
colleagues have told me.