John, 
The true question may be how often the test bank questions are purged
for their usefulness.  I took parts 1-5 in 11/97 and part 6 in 5/98. I
thought that many of the questions were leftovers from an earlier time
(like the 60's) with "distributed word processing stations" and
"mailroom equipment - postage machines and the size of an airmail
envelope (yes, really) questions" that were out of sync with the then
current challenges of RIM. 

I wonder if the questions are really so current that "us oldies" would
struggle with passing part 5. I was very fearful of "new technology"
and I fully expected to fail that section of the test and overall, found
it the easiest part.  I guess it just depends ....

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Sherry A. Lyons, CRM 
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of John Annunziello

Having just completed CRM exam 2-5, I would hazard to guess that if many
of the current crop of CRM's from the '80's to '90's were to write
today, they would probably not pass section 5 which is technology,
equipment and supplies and perhaps others.  (edited)  To say that a CRM
from the "early days"  is more knowledgeable (I'm reading between the
lines) is not valid.  In essence, you are saying that the CRM
accreditation is not as valued today as it was yesterday. 
Today's CRM tests are not easy...nor were they yesterday.  I'll don my
suit now and say that with todays RIM needing knowledge in the e-records
and IT areas, it is now more difficult to attain the CRM than it was
before.  Having been a RIM for close to 20 years, my struggles are
mainly in the e-records area. 

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