From: Brian Hescock (bhescock@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Jun 27 2000 - 12:55:20 GMT-3
Today would have been day 2 for me...had I made it... :-( I ran into one
thing that really pissed me off (not NDA-related). Some jerk-off had put
a macro in hyperterminal so if you entered a certain command it would
expand it to whatever the person had put in previously. It looked like a
bug and later that night I found out there were similar bugs. And the
command worked in newer versions of code, which I tried in a lab tha
tnight. It wasn't until the morning of Day 2 when the proctor said he
found the problem and it was the macro someone had put in
Hyperterminal. Should I find that person, the gene pool will be enhanced
by one... ;-) But at least I was given full credit for the section
because I had demonstrated I knew the material (and also knew where the
sample config was on the CD).
Brian
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Jeff Sapiro wrote:
> Well - not having taken the test before I can't say what may or may not have
> been changed. There were core issues I had seen, but had never done before
> so this definitely slowed me a bit. I did complete these successfully,
> however. I can say that I don't think the test was all that difficult , but
> that there are issues that are lab specific - I know these now, and I'm sure
> they will appear exactly the same way next time, and I will know how to
> handle these immediately, or at least how to schedule my time around them
> (my only complaint really - the only way I would know about these was if
> someone had told me, or I had taken the test and had time to think about it
> later- I don't really feel this is an accurate measure of how well I can
> handle the IOS). Another thing I had a problem with was sleeping the night
> before- due in part to the time difference. So the next test will be in the
> Eastern Time zone. Here's my advice:
>
> 1) remember that your network is not isolated, as it may have been in labs
> you practiced
> 2) when you read through, in addition to spotting the issues, work out the
> dependencies if possible (some topics are dependant on others, but it may
> not apparent until later)
> 3) don't spend more than 15 minutes per topic - if you do, put in a static
> route or what ever you have to do to allow the other dependant topic to
> function - then come back later if you have time.
> 4) finish each topic completely - don't configure it, have 80% working, and
> then move on because your running out of time on this one and figure you'll
> come back later
> 5) don't assume Cisco won't mislead you
> 6) don't complain
>
> -Jeff
>
> Jeff Sapiro wrote:
>
> > I didn't make it to day 2 in San Jose last week. A little frustrating
> > because there was only about 5 points worth I didn't have a chance at
> > using only the doc CD (which, by the way, DOES have some misleading
> > errors on it that appeared on the exam)- I just didn't manage my time
> > correctly. You only have about 20 minutes per item now. Some only take
> > 5 minutes, but it's tough to solve a snag that isn't as obvious this
> > quickly. The proctor was late 15 minutes and we were not given the time
> > back at the end, which meant we had about 2 hours for the morning
> > topics.. I read the lab first and documented well. Typed in the basics
> > very fast. Got snagged once, twice, three times, then tried to work out
> > the other stuff, but it was dependant on the item that wasn't working so
> > I couldn't verify anything. When I finally got it working, it all
> > started coming up, but I only had an hour left to verify that everyting
> > else was working properly, which it wasn't.
> >
> > When I eventually get around to taking it again I think I'll do better,
> > but I haven't seen day 2 yet - so this could be an ongoing project.
> > First - I'm moving to California.
> >
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