Hey folks, what's the
purpose of a "certification" anyway? "Just to win one, even by cheating?" Hardly.
You're
not doing this "to pass a test!" You are doing it to
.
The purpose -- and you can decide for yourself if they actually achieve their purpose or not -- is to help you
learn the material, and then ("oh by the way") to objectively demonstrate to others that you apparently have done so.
One might argue successfully that
it is the study-materials themselves that are useful, and that the examination itself is an afterthought. What they present to you is a well-defined and concise goal, and a highly-structured, very specific "pathway through the woods" that you can follow to get there. Some people find it very difficult to learn abstract technical subjects
without such a trail of breadcrumbs; they are not good at "self teaching." Others are very good at that, and have little or no use for certifications.
But "cheating," in any case, is simply self-defeating. When you're finished, either you
know your stuff and can
do it ... or you have wasted your time.