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Re:Udacity in partnership with Pearson VUE announces testing... by mcguire on Friday June 01, 2012 @05:29PM (#4055902)
"...students wishing to pursue our official credential and be part of our job placement program should also take an additional final exam in a Pearson testing center."

It sounds like the Pearson exams are in addition to the online, coding test.

Re:Udacity in partnership with Pearson VUE announces testing... by Alex3917 on Friday June 01, 2012 @05:39PM (#4055963)
Interesting, it's a little ambiguous as to whether they mean a second final exam or whether they mean in addition to the regular course. Assuming they mean a second final exam though this would be good as a clever checksum just to make sure you are who you say you are and can answer basic questions.