Ethical caution

[cookderosa]

I've seen some posts on the forum lately that I think come close to straying over an ethical line. All of you who have taken DSST, CLEP or ECEs know that part of the process is agreeing not to divulge specific information about the exam. So, for instance "know the major battles of the Civil War, and the generals that fought them" or "the IC flash cards cover the content very well" seems OK to me, but "there was a question about who was the Confederate general at the battle of Chickamauga" I would think is over the line. I don't want to point any fingers, and I don't want to preach or be self-righteous, but what does everybody else think? I've really come to admire and respect this forum, and I'd hate for it to develop a negative reputation.

-Gary-

I understand what you are saying. I do think that the test question pool is huge, making one or more exact questions insignificant. You could have a dozen specific questions- but that doesn't mean they will be on the test. And at the end of the day, knowing who the general was at a certain battle is actually doing just that- learning something. So, for me, I don't think it's unethical. (for me- I am not saying your compass is off) I have, for example, had exact questions directly out of my CLEP Official Guide. I don't think anyone here has a photographic memory, so the possibility of walking out of a test remembering more than a few paraphrased questions isn't going to cross the line; and to me the line is the division between studying and cheating.