From: Tom Holloway (Tom_holloway@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Aug 13 2001 - 06:52:17 GMT-3
the timings I gave are from practical experience, i.e. I'm stupid enough to
have failed twice!!! :-)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Kaberna [SMTP:jkaberna@netcginc.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2001 9:36 PM
> To: Tom Holloway; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Any word on new lab topics?
>
> Wow I'm not sure how you came up with your numbers. Did you even take the
> lab? It doesn't end at 4:30 in San Jose that's for sure. Troubleshooting
> is only 2 hours? I know I didn't get a 2.5 hour lunch. When I said 16
> hours it wasn't meant that is how long you are in the actual lab with the
> equipment. I merely meant that is the length of time for the entire exam.
>
> Day 1 morning 9-12 = 3 hours
> Day 1 afternoon 12:30-5 = 4.5 hours
> Total Day 1 = 7.5 hours
>
> Day 2 morning 9-12:30 = 3.5 hours
> Day 2 afternoon 2-5 = 3 hours
> Total Day 2 = 6.5 hours
>
> Total for current format = 14 hours
>
> New format
>
> Day 1 morning 9-12 = 3 hours
> Day 1 afternoon 12:30-6:30 = 6 hours
>
> Day 2 ......(oops they forgot to include a 2nd day in the new format)
>
> Total for Day 1 = 9 hours
>
> I suppose if you think that TS is not important and that a CCIE shouldn't
> have to know how to do troubleshooting the lab length is almost the same.
> IMHO, TS is the only part that really tests real world experience. So,
> pretty soon we will have a bunch of labs rats that can configure most
> anything but don't know how to fix it.
>
> John Kaberna
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