Hello Jonas,

Srikar,

The CKA beta has added five additional testing days: *9/4 - 9/8.* You may
schedule now to sit for the beta on those days. If you have been issued a
retake, you may use it then. (No dates are open 9/1 - 9/3.)

On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:07 PM, Srikar Ananthula <
ananthulasrikar@gmail.com> wrote:

I registered on August 11, 2017, but failed to attempt since the exam is
not loading.

I registered again on Sep 1, 2017, and now I see a different error. When
contacted support "I notice you have a LF exam. These exams have had errors
uploading in our system today"

Launch Status: Delivery partner doesn't have the exam ready

Now even 2nd attempt also failed :(


On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 2:51 AM, Oleg Atamanenko <oleg.atamanenko@gmail.com

wrote:

Hi!

As other people mentioned, there are some issues with beta exam.

I also faced it today, my exam was not ready on time, so I didn’t have a
chance to take an exam.

Questions:

1. When will it be possible to reschedule exam? As noted in previous
e-mails there will be a extension for 9/4 - 9/8?
2. If for some reason I will not pass, will there be another possibility
to retake exam? Strictly speaking it should be, because first attempt even
didn’t happen because of the system error.

Thank you.

Regards,
Oleg.



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I experienced the same situation yesterday. Hitting F5 every other minute
kept saying the it wasn't ready.

Then it occurred to me that the information could be stale. So I went back
to the LF training portal and again clicked on "take exam". It once again
brought me to examslocal's website but now it was showing as ready.

Either I was extremely lucky and this doesn't fix anything (i.e. the
proctor got the exam ready when I was doing the process I explained above)
or the way the exam page is loaded really makes a difference.

+1.

Faced similar issue on 2nd attempt today (after a similar “could not load” failure on first attempt).

Thanks
Best,
Meenakshi

From: <cncf-kubernetescertwg-bounces@lists.cncf.io> on behalf of Srikar Ananthula <ananthulasrikar@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 6:07 PM
To: "cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io" <cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io>, "certificationsupport@linuxfoundation.org" <certificationsupport@linuxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [cncf-kubernetescertwg] Issues with beta exam, question about rescheduling

I registered on August 11, 2017, but failed to attempt since the exam is not loading.

I registered again on Sep 1, 2017, and now I see a different error. When contacted support "I notice you have a LF exam. These exams have had errors uploading in our system today"

Launch Status: Delivery partner doesn't have the exam ready

Now even 2nd attempt also failed :(

--

--

Hi!

As other people mentioned, there are some issues with beta exam.

I also faced it today, my exam was not ready on time, so I didn’t have a chance to take an exam.

Questions:

1. When will it be possible to reschedule exam? As noted in previous e-mails there will be a extension for 9/4 - 9/8?
2. If for some reason I will not pass, will there be another possibility to retake exam? Strictly speaking it should be, because first attempt even didn’t happen because of the system error.

Thank you.

Regards,
Oleg.

Correct, they took the exam and also reviewed the questions while making
their determination

Thanks for confirming this.

Please email your feedback to certificationsupport@cncf.io (the
surveymonkey link will be live once we formally launch).

Got it.


Cheers,
Michael

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-----Original Message-----
From: Clyde Seepersad <cseepersad@linuxfoundation.org>
Reply: Clyde Seepersad <cseepersad@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 31 August 2017 at 04:09:46
To: Michael Hausenblas <michael.hausenblas@gmail.com>
Cc: cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io <cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io>
Subject:  Re: [cncf-kubernetescertwg] Beta hiccups

Inline...

On 08/30/2017 10:05 PM, Michael Hausenblas wrote:

The passing score was set by a committee of 8 experts from the K8s
community working with a highly experienced psychometrician. They
derived the passing score bottoms up by evaluating each question for
difficulty and forecasting how well the typical 'minimally qualified
candidate' would do. These were then summed to derive the score.

Got it, thanks. And all the 8 experts have taken the exam as well, I assume?

Correct, they took the exam and also reviewed the questions while making
their determination

We are aware of the error with the pv sort and will adjust for it on
affected exams.

I can’t remember which question it was, but I do remember the cluster,
it was ‘ek8s’ where I got a connection error and couldn’t proceed.

We're also fine tuning the phrasing of questions - the
beta has been very helpful in providing us feedback of where greater
clarity is needed.

Ah, so how do I as a beta tester provide feedback? So far I only got a
follow-up mail to a surveymonkey link where no content exists …

Please email your feedback to certificationsupport@cncf.io (the
surveymonkey link will be live once we formally launch).

Cheers,
Michael

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-----Original Message-----
From: Clyde Seepersad
Reply: Clyde Seepersad
Date: 31 August 2017 at 04:00:43
To: Michael Hausenblas
Cc: cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io
Subject: Re: [cncf-kubernetescertwg] Beta hiccups

Hi Michael,

The passing score was set by a committee of 8 experts from the K8s
community working with a highly experienced psychometrician. They
derived the passing score bottoms up by evaluating each question for
difficulty and forecasting how well the typical 'minimally qualified
candidate' would do. These were then summed to derive the score.

We are aware of the error with the pv sort and will adjust for it on
affected exams. We're also fine tuning the phrasing of questions - the
beta has been very helpful in providing us feedback of where greater
clarity is needed.

Regards

Clyde


On 08/30/2017 09:49 PM, Michael Hausenblas wrote:

I'm also able to report that the passing score for the exam has now been
confirmed - it will be 74%. As we noted in the registration materials,
many of you would have received the automated score reports that are
triggered 3 days after your exam. Those results should be completely
ignored as the individual question weights have only just been
finalized. We'll be in touch Friday with an update on your actual
passing status (and with a free retake already available should you need
to have another go).

This is interesting. Can you maybe expand on how the 74% were
established? I took my exam yesterday and my impression is that
there’s still a lot of room for improvement. It feels rather
unbalanced, one scenario simply didn’t work and in at least 3 cases it
was unclear what exactly the ask is. Not nitpicking about the fact
that sometimes non-standard terminology is used ;)

Cheers,
Michael

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-----Original Message-----
From: Clyde Seepersad
Reply: Clyde Seepersad
Date: 31 August 2017 at 01:50:44
To: cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io
Subject: [cncf-kubernetescertwg] Beta hiccups

Hello,

As I'm sure you've deduced if you've been monitoring this channel we've
hit the (inevitable?) beta speedbump with a rash of exams not being
ready. The team is working feverishly to get the patches into production
and we expect to have things flowing smoothly for next week's testing
window (Mon-Friday). Really appreciate everyone's patience as we work
through it.

For fastest response, and to ensure that your request doesn't get lost,
please report any problems with taking the exam to us at
certificationsupport@cncf.io

Thanks for your patience. We're acutely aware that many of you are very
focused on qualifying for the inaugural list of KCSP's and we'll do
whatever we can to ensure that these glitches don't affect your ability
to qualify in.

I'm also able to report that the passing score for the exam has now been
confirmed - it will be 74%. As we noted in the registration materials,
many of you would have received the automated score reports that are
triggered 3 days after your exam. Those results should be completely
ignored as the individual question weights have only just been
finalized. We'll be in touch Friday with an update on your actual
passing status (and with a free retake already available should you need
to have another go).

Regards

Clyde


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p: 404 964 6973

Inline...

On 08/30/2017 10:05 PM, Michael Hausenblas wrote:

The passing score was set by a committee of 8 experts from the K8s
community working with a highly experienced psychometrician. They
derived the passing score bottoms up by evaluating each question for
difficulty and forecasting how well the typical 'minimally qualified
candidate' would do. These were then summed to derive the score.

Got it, thanks. And all the 8 experts have taken the exam as well, I assume?

Correct, they took the exam and also reviewed the questions while making their determination

We are aware of the error with the pv sort and will adjust for it on
affected exams.

I can’t remember which question it was, but I do remember the cluster,
it was ‘ek8s’ where I got a connection error and couldn’t proceed.

We're also fine tuning the phrasing of questions - the
beta has been very helpful in providing us feedback of where greater
clarity is needed.

Ah, so how do I as a beta tester provide feedback? So far I only got a
follow-up mail to a surveymonkey link where no content exists …

Please email your feedback to certificationsupport@cncf.io (the surveymonkey link will be live once we formally launch).

Cheers,
Michael

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Ireland, Europe
http://mhausenblas.info/

-----Original Message-----
From: Clyde Seepersad <cseepersad@linuxfoundation.org>
Reply: Clyde Seepersad <cseepersad@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 31 August 2017 at 04:00:43
To: Michael Hausenblas <michael.hausenblas@gmail.com>
Cc: cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io <cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io>
Subject: Re: [cncf-kubernetescertwg] Beta hiccups

Hi Michael,

The passing score was set by a committee of 8 experts from the K8s
community working with a highly experienced psychometrician. They
derived the passing score bottoms up by evaluating each question for
difficulty and forecasting how well the typical 'minimally qualified
candidate' would do. These were then summed to derive the score.

We are aware of the error with the pv sort and will adjust for it on
affected exams. We're also fine tuning the phrasing of questions - the
beta has been very helpful in providing us feedback of where greater
clarity is needed.

Regards

Clyde


On 08/30/2017 09:49 PM, Michael Hausenblas wrote:

I'm also able to report that the passing score for the exam has now been
confirmed - it will be 74%. As we noted in the registration materials,
many of you would have received the automated score reports that are
triggered 3 days after your exam. Those results should be completely
ignored as the individual question weights have only just been
finalized. We'll be in touch Friday with an update on your actual
passing status (and with a free retake already available should you need
to have another go).

This is interesting. Can you maybe expand on how the 74% were
established? I took my exam yesterday and my impression is that
there’s still a lot of room for improvement. It feels rather
unbalanced, one scenario simply didn’t work and in at least 3 cases it
was unclear what exactly the ask is. Not nitpicking about the fact
that sometimes non-standard terminology is used ;)

Cheers,
Michael

--
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Ireland, Europe
http://mhausenblas.info/

-----Original Message-----
From: Clyde Seepersad
Reply: Clyde Seepersad
Date: 31 August 2017 at 01:50:44
To: cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io
Subject: [cncf-kubernetescertwg] Beta hiccups

Hello,

As I'm sure you've deduced if you've been monitoring this channel we've
hit the (inevitable?) beta speedbump with a rash of exams not being
ready. The team is working feverishly to get the patches into production
and we expect to have things flowing smoothly for next week's testing
window (Mon-Friday). Really appreciate everyone's patience as we work
through it.

For fastest response, and to ensure that your request doesn't get lost,
please report any problems with taking the exam to us at
certificationsupport@cncf.io

Thanks for your patience. We're acutely aware that many of you are very
focused on qualifying for the inaugural list of KCSP's and we'll do
whatever we can to ensure that these glitches don't affect your ability
to qualify in.

I'm also able to report that the passing score for the exam has now been
confirmed - it will be 74%. As we noted in the registration materials,
many of you would have received the automated score reports that are
triggered 3 days after your exam. Those results should be completely
ignored as the individual question weights have only just been
finalized. We'll be in touch Friday with an update on your actual
passing status (and with a free retake already available should you need
to have another go).

Regards

Clyde


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p: 404 964 6973

--
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General Manager, Training & Certification
e: cseepersad@linuxfoundation.org
p: 404 964 6973

The passing score was set by a committee of 8 experts from the K8s
community working with a highly experienced psychometrician. They
derived the passing score bottoms up by evaluating each question for
difficulty and forecasting how well the typical 'minimally qualified
candidate' would do. These were then summed to derive the score.

Got it, thanks. And all the 8 experts have taken the exam as well, I assume?

We are aware of the error with the pv sort and will adjust for it on
affected exams.

I can’t remember which question it was, but I do remember the cluster,
it was ‘ek8s’ where I got a connection error and couldn’t proceed.

We're also fine tuning the phrasing of questions - the
beta has been very helpful in providing us feedback of where greater
clarity is needed.

Ah, so how do I as a beta tester provide feedback? So far I only got a
follow-up mail to a surveymonkey link where no content exists …


Cheers,
Michael

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Ireland, Europe
http://mhausenblas.info/

-----Original Message-----
From: Clyde Seepersad <cseepersad@linuxfoundation.org>
Reply: Clyde Seepersad <cseepersad@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 31 August 2017 at 04:00:43
To: Michael Hausenblas <michael.hausenblas@gmail.com>
Cc: cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io <cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io>
Subject:  Re: [cncf-kubernetescertwg] Beta hiccups

Hi Michael,

The passing score was set by a committee of 8 experts from the K8s
community working with a highly experienced psychometrician. They
derived the passing score bottoms up by evaluating each question for
difficulty and forecasting how well the typical 'minimally qualified
candidate' would do. These were then summed to derive the score.

We are aware of the error with the pv sort and will adjust for it on
affected exams. We're also fine tuning the phrasing of questions - the
beta has been very helpful in providing us feedback of where greater
clarity is needed.

Regards

Clyde


On 08/30/2017 09:49 PM, Michael Hausenblas wrote:

I'm also able to report that the passing score for the exam has now been
confirmed - it will be 74%. As we noted in the registration materials,
many of you would have received the automated score reports that are
triggered 3 days after your exam. Those results should be completely
ignored as the individual question weights have only just been
finalized. We'll be in touch Friday with an update on your actual
passing status (and with a free retake already available should you need
to have another go).

This is interesting. Can you maybe expand on how the 74% were
established? I took my exam yesterday and my impression is that
there’s still a lot of room for improvement. It feels rather
unbalanced, one scenario simply didn’t work and in at least 3 cases it
was unclear what exactly the ask is. Not nitpicking about the fact
that sometimes non-standard terminology is used ;)

Cheers,
Michael

--
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Ireland, Europe
http://mhausenblas.info/

-----Original Message-----
From: Clyde Seepersad
Reply: Clyde Seepersad
Date: 31 August 2017 at 01:50:44
To: cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io
Subject: [cncf-kubernetescertwg] Beta hiccups

Hello,

As I'm sure you've deduced if you've been monitoring this channel we've
hit the (inevitable?) beta speedbump with a rash of exams not being
ready. The team is working feverishly to get the patches into production
and we expect to have things flowing smoothly for next week's testing
window (Mon-Friday). Really appreciate everyone's patience as we work
through it.

For fastest response, and to ensure that your request doesn't get lost,
please report any problems with taking the exam to us at
certificationsupport@cncf.io

Thanks for your patience. We're acutely aware that many of you are very
focused on qualifying for the inaugural list of KCSP's and we'll do
whatever we can to ensure that these glitches don't affect your ability
to qualify in.

I'm also able to report that the passing score for the exam has now been
confirmed - it will be 74%. As we noted in the registration materials,
many of you would have received the automated score reports that are
triggered 3 days after your exam. Those results should be completely
ignored as the individual question weights have only just been
finalized. We'll be in touch Friday with an update on your actual
passing status (and with a free retake already available should you need
to have another go).

Regards

Clyde


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p: 404 964 6973

Hi Michael,

The passing score was set by a committee of 8 experts from the K8s community working with a highly experienced psychometrician. They derived the passing score bottoms up by evaluating each question for difficulty and forecasting how well the typical 'minimally qualified candidate' would do. These were then summed to derive the score.

We are aware of the error with the pv sort and will adjust for it on affected exams. We're also fine tuning the phrasing of questions - the beta has been very helpful in providing us feedback of where greater clarity is needed.

Regards

Clyde

--
Clyde Seepersad
General Manager, Training & Certification
e: cseepersad@linuxfoundation.org
p: 404 964 6973

I'm also able to report that the passing score for the exam has now been
confirmed - it will be 74%. As we noted in the registration materials,
many of you would have received the automated score reports that are
triggered 3 days after your exam. Those results should be completely
ignored as the individual question weights have only just been
finalized. We'll be in touch Friday with an update on your actual
passing status (and with a free retake already available should you need
to have another go).

This is interesting. Can you maybe expand on how the 74% were
established? I took my exam yesterday and my impression is that
there’s still a lot of room for improvement. It feels rather
unbalanced, one scenario simply didn’t work and in at least 3 cases it
was unclear what exactly the ask is. Not nitpicking about the fact
that sometimes non-standard terminology is used ;)

Cheers,
Michael

--
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Ireland, Europe
http://mhausenblas.info/

-----Original Message-----
From: Clyde Seepersad <cseepersad@linuxfoundation.org>
Reply: Clyde Seepersad <cseepersad@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: 31 August 2017 at 01:50:44
To: cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io <cncf-kubernetescertwg@lists.cncf.io>
Subject:  [cncf-kubernetescertwg] Beta hiccups

Hello,

As I'm sure you've deduced if you've been monitoring this channel we've
hit the (inevitable?) beta speedbump with a rash of exams not being
ready. The team is working feverishly to get the patches into production
and we expect to have things flowing smoothly for next week's testing
window (Mon-Friday). Really appreciate everyone's patience as we work
through it.

For fastest response, and to ensure that your request doesn't get lost,
please report any problems with taking the exam to us at
certificationsupport@cncf.io

Thanks for your patience. We're acutely aware that many of you are very
focused on qualifying for the inaugural list of KCSP's and we'll do
whatever we can to ensure that these glitches don't affect your ability
to qualify in.

I'm also able to report that the passing score for the exam has now been
confirmed - it will be 74%. As we noted in the registration materials,
many of you would have received the automated score reports that are
triggered 3 days after your exam. Those results should be completely
ignored as the individual question weights have only just been
finalized. We'll be in touch Friday with an update on your actual
passing status (and with a free retake already available should you need
to have another go).

Regards

Clyde


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Hello,

As I'm sure you've deduced if you've been monitoring this channel we've hit the (inevitable?) beta speedbump with a rash of exams not being ready. The team is working feverishly to get the patches into production and we expect to have things flowing smoothly for next week's testing window (Mon-Friday). Really appreciate everyone's patience as we work through it.

For fastest response, and to ensure that your request doesn't get lost, please report any problems with taking the exam to us at certificationsupport@cncf.io

Thanks for your patience. We're acutely aware that many of you are very focused on qualifying for the inaugural list of KCSP's and we'll do whatever we can to ensure that these glitches don't affect your ability to qualify in.

I'm also able to report that the passing score for the exam has now been confirmed - it will be 74%. As we noted in the registration materials, many of you would have received the automated score reports that are triggered 3 days after your exam. Those results should be completely ignored as the individual question weights have only just been finalized. We'll be in touch Friday with an update on your actual passing status (and with a free retake already available should you need to have another go).

Regards

Clyde


--
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General Manager, Training & Certification
e: cseepersad@linuxfoundation.org
p: 404 964 6973