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Originally Posted by jsolomon  Not only do I agree 100%, but I think more proactive action needs to be taken. Maybe just for this forum, posts should be moderator reviewed prior to posting or some sort of membership penalty associated with infraction.
I'm not trying to come off like some forum cop, but I take the pursuit of this certification seriously and so many certs today are losing value because any Joe can use a testking and or Boson/Transcender to pass a test. I'm tired of seeing requests for what are basically amounting to "walk me through the test". |
A few thoughts on this:
There's nothing that we could do here at cpug.org to suppress the practice test sellers. They're going to continue to sell these tests, some of which, I suspect, may be a little too similar to the actual tests to be a mere coincidence.
However, it's almost certainly a violation of the purchasing agreement if someone were to post a copy of the practice test here. I'm also not blind to the fact that many of our members come from countries where the $69.99 for a TestKing exam or $500 for Check Point courseware might be prohibitively expensive while a Check Point certification might be a ticket to a substantially higher income.
Nonetheless, if you don't have the legal right to publish something publicly, please don't publish it here.
I too, want to preserve the value and exclusivity of the Check Point certification exams, partially because I've earned several of them and partially because I teach a one-week CCSA/CCSE dual-certification course here in San Francisco.
I'm probably feeling a bit torn on this issue: I'm a firm believer in education and self-improvement, and in the benefits of collaboration in our user group here, and how for many people in our group $69.99 is a lot of money. Just please don't violate copyright agreements here.
As always, I'm open to hearing other opinions about this. I'm definitely not interested, however, in "moderating" or "approving" messages.