From: Brian Dennis (bdennis@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Thu Jul 15 2004 - 01:58:15 GMT-3
Sally,
In order to know how to move forward you need to ask yourself,
did you not pass the lab because you did not feel 100% comfortable with
all the technologies and topics in the lab or did you not pass because
you made small costly mistakes or were tripped up by some of the wording
of the lab questions.
If you did not feel 100% comfortable with the technologies and
topics in the lab then I would recommend spending time going back to
"relearn" those technologies and topics so that next time you are 100%
comfortable. If you feel that you just made costly little mistakes
and/or were tripped up by some of the wording of the lab questions then
maybe doing practice labs will help. But keep in mind that this is
where many candidates take a "wrong turn" in their preparation. They
either do not want to go back or do not know that they need to go back
and ensure that their knowledge base of these technologies and topics is
solid. They want to keep plowing ahead and just practice more and more
labs hoping that if they just learn a couple more "tricks" that they
will pass the next time.
Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security)
bdennis@internetworkexpert.com
Internetwork Expert, Inc.
http://www.InternetworkExpert.com
Toll Free: 877-224-8987
Direct: 775-745-6404 (Outside the US and Canada)
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Sally Crawford
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 7:36 PM
To: ccielab
Subject: How to move forward from a Lab failure ?
Hi
I recently sat the ccie lab exam and failed. I felt confident after
departing the exam, and I felt that I had a good crack at it.
Unfortunately this was not enough to pass. To some extent its easier to
fail and to know you failed , then you know where to improve. But when
you leave confident , reflection on the exam sometimes does not yield
too much..
I was thinking of what to do now..... I defiantly will attempt the exam
until I pass, but what to do to improve is somewhat of a mystery.
Two schools of thought are , do more and more practice labs, and the
second is to isolate study to the areas lacking in experience/knowledge
as reflected in the score report.
On top of that I need to also focus on the new 12.2T IOS.
My train of though now is either :
1. to buy the ccie R/S lab workbook work through that, study the 12.2T
feature and then sit the exam again
2. buy the internetwork Expert book, work through that and then sit the
exam or even
3. Study the 12.2T feature + areas lacking and then sit the exam
Unfortunately the score report is a percentage score, in each area
tackled in the exam, and does not reflect weight of the section. So if
you get 1 out of 2 marks you are 50% proficient , which sometimes
doesn't help.
Not too sure what I should do....anyone have any ideas.
Best Regards
Sally
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