Does the OSCP ethical hacking badge require passing a proctored written test or is the entire evaluation based on a practical hands-on hacking challenge?
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Does the OSCP ethical hacking badge require passing a proctored written test or is the entire evaluation based on a practical hands-on hacking challenge?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
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Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model).
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