05-15-2006 11:03 AM
05-15-2006 11:23 AM
Julie,
Your guess is as good as mine. It took about 2.5 weeks before I received my grade. I am very proud of my 97.5 grade event though I thought it was perfect
Anyway, it is a difficult test and designed to really test your ability to generate quality LabVIEW code in a short amount of time. Heck, when people are paying you by the hour they expect results. I have seen people that can code in LabVIEW but they are slooow. One of the main advantages of LabVIEW is memory management and the ability to generate complex quality software quickly.
So, it short you did the best that you could. That is all that is expected from anyone. Hope you passed and I won't make any predictions.
Matt Fitzsimons
Certified LabVIEW Associate Developer
Certified LabVIEW Developer
Owner of Complete Automated Solutions and always looking for quality Certified LabVIEW Developers
05-15-2006 11:39 AM
No prediction, what the heck good are you? (kiding) I'm really just wanting to vent my paranoia to someone who understands!
I'm impatient, but yes, I understand why it is the way it is. I like the CLAD grading, instant gratification! There is no good way to do that for the CLD, but in my perfect world ...
On the downside, my proctor said the last two CLD exams he prctored failed. EEEK! On the upside, he said my code looked a lot less sparse than theirs and I had something working, which they didn't. My educated guess is that I got no lower than a 62%, no higher than an 83%, which of course, means I am on the nail-biting edge.
Oh well, if I have to retake it, at least I know where I spent too much time and have a few ideas to streamline things.
05-15-2006 01:27 PM
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05-16-2006 12:39 PM
Each CLD exam is hand graded by a team back at NI where the
CLAD exam can be automatically graded since it's just multiple choice. This
takes time as these folks have other duties as well.
It's hard to take any kind of guess on what your grade will be as each person
grading probably has their own interpretation on how to grade it. I remember
getting a point taken off for, "Having too many bends in some wires".
But when I opened it, there were only bends where absolutely necessary.
I think it took close to a month to get mine back, so it really depends on how busy they are. It sounds like you hit most of the important points, so you might be sitting pretty good.
Ed
05-25-2006 08:04 AM
I got my results back ... 2 weeks to the day. Unfortunately, I got a 70%, which is a fail. Close, but no cigar. At least the comments I got back are useful. I guess I've got a decent feel for how it's graded, as my estimate was 62-83%.
I was kind of surprised where I missed though, I thought I would lose more on functionality and documentation, and that my style was decent. I got only 8 of 15 for style (53%), whereas I got 13/15 for functionality (86%) and 7/10 for documentation (when I figured about 5 or 6, just missing stuff).
Hopefully, I will be in good shape for the retake anyway.