From: Jim Brown (Jim.Brown@caselogic.com)
Date: Wed Feb 05 2003 - 19:41:37 GMT-3
It took a lot of what I like to think of as.... 'high pressured rack
rental at $1250 a day with a lunch included' to figure out the little
mistakes are where you lose points and fail.
On the attempt I passed, I finished 4 hours early and checked my work
over, and over, and over again. Any time I made a change I regression
tested the whole configuration. This is probably over doing it, but I
didn't ever want to see the inside of the lab again.
If I hadn't been as thorough as I was I would have assuredly failed
again. I knew conceptually my solutions were the correct ones but I was
failing at the implementation.
-----Original Message-----
From: BIGB97750@aol.com [mailto:BIGB97750@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:56 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: 2nd RTP attempt
Everyone,
I wanted to give everyone a heads up. I failed my second attempt at RTP
last
week.
I must admit that I am a little shocked at my score this time. It seems
to me
that I should have gotten a higher score. I went into the test very
optimistic since I had done the necessary prep work. I practiced on a
variety
of different labs (ipexpert, ccbootcamp, shrike, and routopia). I got to
point that I would add extra scenarios to predict specific technologies
that
would show up on the lab.
When I received the actual test I felt totally optimistic because there
were
things on there that I knew I practiced. I breezed through those topics
effortlessly. I got tripped up on a technology that I have about 11
years
real world experience and I know with my eyes closed. I did not use the
doc
CD since I knew the answers from my lab practice. I spent entirely too
much
time on it and hence it took away from going over the exam. What
troubles me
is that my score did not reflect those topics I know I aced.
Here is what I learned from this attempt. This test is about knowing the
technology, but it is also about the mental indurance necessary to pass.
I
believed that I was a little burnt out from all the hours I spent
studying as
well as doing my job.
My next attempt will be a successful one.
Regards
Bryan
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