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This short easy exam enables the candidate to know the main features for contributing to exams on JavaBlackBelt, and to identify quality problems in questions.

It will help users to identify good question they should vote for, and identify problems they should raise.

Note to question authors: please keep this exam fun and easy.
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Features

 
 

Main  1 question

Identify the main features / use cases of the exam system:
  • Take an exam
  • Create a new question
  • Edit somebody else's question
  • Move a question to another category or exam
  • Vote on a question
  • Vote on a proposal
  • Report a problem on a question
Example of question: show a list of features and ask what are JBB feature (question editing, problem reporting, clothes washing up, voting on questions,...)
8 19 0

Moderation  1 question

  • Identify the 3 possible states of a question: beta, released, frozen.
  • For each zone, tell questions from which state are mainly selected for beta exams and for real exams.
  • From a given question situation, identify the events that can trigger a state change.
    • Voting on beta questions can change them to the release or frozen state.
    • Taking an beta exam without voting on a question can freeze the question (too many views without vote)
    • Reporting a problem on a question could freeze it later if nobody fixes the problem
Example of question: ask what is the consequence of voting on questions (moderation process, state,....)
7 9 0

Question quality

 
 

Copy/Paste/Execute  2 questions

From a given question, identify the problem that it is easy to solve the question without understanding the topic, by copying/pasting the java code of the question in an IDE (as Eclipse), and executing the code. Questions with a choice "this code does not compile" are typical candidates for this problem.

Example of question: show a question with copyable/pastable code and ask what's wrong with that question.
2 0 0

Too Hard  1 question

From a given text of category objective (text of the exam page), identify questions that are too hard, out of scope of the objective text.

Example of question: show a tricky question and ask what's wrong. (talk about the objective text of an exam).
2 0 0

Easy search  1 question

  • Identify questions which correct answer is easy to find on the web, without understanding the technology covered by the question.
  • Recognize that if an answer is easy to find on the web, only for somebody knowing the technology, then it's not a problem.
Example of question: show a question which answer is obvious from the JavaDoc, and ask what's wrong.
3 0 0

Good  1 question

Identify why a question is a good question.

Example of question: show a good question and ask why it's a good question (check boxes with hard to copy/paste/execute, not too hard for the objectives,...).
4 1 0

Exam information

  • 10 minutes
  • 7 questions (55)
  • 80% required
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  • 0 day delay
  • status: released

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