University of Illinois Business Information Service

This Pearson Vue testing center deserves special mention for three reasons.
One, it has working computers. Real, brand name computers. Not the machines assembled in someone’s garage from rejected parts like you see at most testing centers, but an honest to god Dell Optiplex Gx620 with *a dual core processor and a flat panel monitor.* I almost fell over when I saw what I would be testing on.
Two, it has working chairs. No broken, squeaky, armless chairs, but comfy ones that recline and aren’t stained.
Three, it has lots of UIUC propaganda. To get from the lobby of the office building to the testing center, you have to walk down a hallway lined with photos of the Alma Mater, Foellinger Auditorium, Altgeld Hall, and, most importantly, a photo of the Dee Brown/​Deron Williams era Fighting Illini playing (and beating) Michigan at home, during a Paint the Hall Orange night. It’s even complete with Bruce Weber screaming from the sidelines. I don’t always have the highest opinion of Illinois as an educational institution… but I definitely had to stop and stare at the photo, and it managed to pump me up for the exam a little.
So when you need to take an exam only Pearson offers (and it seems like VMware is the only one that falls in to that category) what better way to do it than with a little extra Oskee Wow Wow.