VMS exam

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Is there any website presenting general user vms&dcl exams ? I'm thinking of multiple choice questions randomly taken out of a large database with questions.

Just like http://www.sunguru.com/

[labadie_1 · Accepted solution]

may be
http://networkessentials.com/certified/vms/

[Ian Miller.]

but Y ?
I get to answer lots of VMS related questions doing my daily job

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Ian ?

[labadie_1]

But I do not find the link I posted very useful: it asks questions a system manager never has to deal with (is this sysgen parameter dynamic, feedback..., if I want to know, I use sysgen help)

typical question
If the available free space on disk is 200,000 blocks, and ACP_EXTLIMIT is 10, what is the extent cache's limiting value?

well, to be honest, I know this parameter exists, but I have never put a specific value on that one (on others acp_... yes)

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

I tested 10 questions and failed on 4 ...
But I have made simular exams as a test for my http server. But for Unix general, Unix sysman, etc. But after 2 years non-active in Unix I don't get 50% on my own exams.

[labadie_1]

if you want to be good at the exam I cited, check you know RMS,your fab, rab...,the command append (and its various qualifiers), the sysgen parameters (which one is dynamic), the qualifiers for $ show process and you will be very good at this test (outdated, seems made around Vms 5.5-2).

typical question
The /BACKUP qualifier, when used with APPEND, is incompatible with which of the following?

possible answers:
a. /CREATED
b. /EXPIRED
c. /MODIFIED
d. all of the above
e. none of the above


But that does not mean you will be good on a Vms site :-)

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

It's only for demotivating some future students of mine.

[Wim Van den Wyngaert]

Here is an example of what I asked ...

[Andy Bustamante]

See http://h10017.www1.hp.com/certification/ The exam preparation guides for each certifcation level have sample questions covering VMS.