Cheating Is No Longer Child's Play

Crib sheets have gone high-tech, the Boston Globe reports, as legions of job seekers from would-be medical technicians to school bus drivers resort to the Web for a leg-up in passing professional qualifying exams. The result is a booming black market for “braindumps,” or exam answers. Some are individuals who auction test answers on sites like eBay; others are overseas websites that do millions in business.

Officials estimate that TestKing.com, a site owned by a car enthusiast in Pakistan that specializes in technology exams, sells about 146,000 sets of answers for about $10 million a year, the Globe reports. Specialists gripe that the government isn’t doing enough, and that the honor system doesn't work any more. “Cheating is much more acceptable,” said one test administrator. (More certification stories.)