From: Earl Aboytes (Earl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Jan 02 2001 - 15:33:28 GMT-3
The questions can seem convoluted because they are so carefully worded.
They are after a specific config and they are wording the question in such a
way that there could be no confusion. If you aren't seeing what they are
after, it is probably because you are missing some concept in your knowledge
banks.
I encountered a question one time where the difference was the plurality of
one word. If the word had been singular, the question took on a whole new
meaning and was the difference between 1hour of typing or 5 minutes of
typing.
Be careful out there!
Earl Aboytes, CCIE 6097
-----Original Message-----
From: Bates, Eric M [mailto:eric.m.bates@eds.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 1:56 PM
To: 'Earl Aboytes'
Cc: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com'
Subject: RE: Is there a "correct" answer?
>From my experience, I'd say that the questions are not purposefully
convoluted,
but in some instances there are multiple ways of doing something. In one
case
I asked the proctor "I can do this this way and I can do it that way, which
would you prefer?" He said, "I can't tell you that." I absolutely agree,
though,
that you need to read the test through, as I caught some things in the
second
reading that affected how I had to do some preliminary stuff and had I not
caught
them, I would have been in the same boat.
-----Original Message-----
From: Earl Aboytes [mailto:Earl@dnssystems.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 12:57 PM
To: 'Kevin Baumgartner'; baysjohn@bah.com
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Is there a "correct" answer?
I would say that there is one best/correct answer. If you really read the
question very carefully, you will see what they are after. Read the entire
test and each question at least twice. If the requirements seem convoluted,
read it again. I have fallen into the trap of jumping through a million
hoops to fulfill a requirement when I realized that is not what they wanted
at all. It took me longer to back everything out and then I was totally
confused. An hour later I was back where I started. Needless to say, I did
not pass that time.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Baumgartner [mailto:kbaumgar@cisco.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 6:59 PM
To: baysjohn@bah.com
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Is there a "correct" answer?
Yes and no. I guess it depends on the question. There could be more
than one way of getting the answer. But read the question carefully.
Sometimes it may give a hint how to configure or things not to do to
solve the problem. If you ignore these requirements in the question and
even if you get the answer, I think you will get the question wrong.
Kevin
>
> For those of you who sat for the exam, are the instructions and directions
> clear enough that there is a single "correct" answer (configuration), or
> are there multiple acceptable ways of accomplishing the stated goals?
>
> I'm not trying to be tricky with my answers, but there are so many
features
> available in the IOS... and besides, things I do on my networks may not
> follow the exact guidance of the RFC's, but they get the job done.
>
> Oh yeah, and is trusted-key required for authentication via NTP? I always
> add it, and when I tested NTP authentication without it apparently it is
> still authenticating, but I've heard that NTP lies.
>
> Thanks for any info,
>
> John
> Jan 8,9 - Halifax
>
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