From: McClendon Susan Contr AEDC/ACS (Susan.McClendon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Oct 01 2001 - 17:56:27 GMT-3
How can you freak out over the new lab format when it only started today and
no one has yet posted any of their experiences with it?
- susan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Kaberna [mailto:jkaberna@netcginc.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 3:14 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: New R&S Exam Tidbits
>
>
> IMO, this is going to lead to "lab braindumps" now that any
> monkey can see
> the entire test instead of earning each section. Since they
> only have a few
> different versions of the test what would stop a training company from
> getting their hands on the 6 or 8 tests by having candidates
> memorize the
> exams? I think it would be very feasible and likely to happen.
>
> Also, no troubleshooting means we'll have a bunch of lab rats
> with no real
> experience. TS was the one section that seemed to test real
> experience.
> Their claim that TS is required throughout the exam now is a
> joke. What
> they are claiming is NO different from the current format.
> If you configure
> something and it doesn't work that requires TS. How is that
> any different
> from the two day format? How are they going to test that by
> changing a
> config register a router that is reloaded ignores its config?
> How will they
> test password recovery? I could go on and on. I think not
> having TS is a
> major problem.
>
> I think it's funny that they said "time is not your friend."
> I know I had
> tons of time during my test. Puhlease. Time has always been
> a factor in
> the lab. It's been that way for years. I'd like to see a
> copy of a 2-day
> test next to a 1-day test to see if they actually cover as
> many topics aside
> from TS. I'm willing to bet anything that they don't. If
> they do then
> great. At least the core topics will be just as difficult
> although without
> TS I really don't think it's the same test.
>
> Sorry to be so negative guys. But, Cisco has a wait list
> problem and this
> is their answer on how to solve it. Their goal is NOT to
> make the exam
> harder or keep the community as exclusive as it has been. I
> suppose it will
> just take some time to adjust to the fact that it is changing
> for the worst.
> The fact that they are considering having proctors give the exam via a
> webcam proves to me they are not dedicated to keeping the
> same quality.
>
> John Kaberna
> CCIE #7146
> NETCG Inc.
> Cisco Premier Partner
> www.netcginc.com
> (415) 750-3800
>
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