Hello,
I took the CISSP exam and I was given a modified version of the exam. It
was not the completely online exam but it seemed to me that it was a big
word document with check boxes. There were no simulations but I worked hard
with ISC2 to get the exam. I did not like the exam format but I have zero
vision so I had to take what I could get.
Greg B.
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Irwin
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 5:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] simulations in certification exams
Hi Andrew,
I faced the same challenges. I can tell you that the certs do matter, but I
was lucky and found myself in a job where I am over the I.T. Dept and I've
been able to prove that I know what I am doing. I would still love to obtain
a certification though. I am likely going to go after one of the ITIL v3
ones. I can't agree more that we as blind I.T. individuals are essentially
screwed either by the certification providers or other web based
applications built for administration and management. I certainly feel that
the blind consumer organizations haven't really tried hard enough to tackle
this issue. I would love to devote some time to this issue, but I am not
sure where to turn.
Just my .02 cents.
Billy
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Behalf Of Andrew Hodgson
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 4:47 PM
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Subject: Re: [Blind-sysadmins] simulations in certification exams
Hi,
In a word you are pretty much screwed. Sorry but at the moment that is the
best way I feel I cam sum up the process. I have done these simulation
questions with a reader and it is all very much dependant on the technical
expertees of the reader at the time. I spent a lot of money in 2011 getting
certified with a load of MS qualifications, and I don't anticipate getting
any further ones anytime soon because of the trouble it took. What is worse
is we can now do these exams from home with a webcam, which means that a lot
of test centres have shut down. However if you need special circumstances
you can't do it from home at all.
On the other hand I am wondering whether employers are asking for these as
much as they used to? Maybe the type of work I am doing doesn't warrant
them so much (working with mainly cloud automation in Azure and AWS).
Welcome to the list by the way.
Andrew.
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From: Blind-sysadmins On
Behalf Of Samuel Barnes
Sent: 15 May 2018 21:13
To: blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org
Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] simulations in certification exams
I'm new to this mailing list, and to mailing lists in general, so please let
me know if I'm not following established rules.
How do you handle certification exams that have simulation questions? The
A+ and CCNA both had sim questions that I struggled through--especially
A+ the
CCNA, because the combination of Pearson's testing environment and ZoomText
made the screens hard to navigate. I've lost more vision recently and am not
sure if I'll be able to complete these types of questions. Pearson VUE's
accommodations team offered the use of a scribe/reader, but I don't see how
that could work on anything but multiple choice questions.
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