From: Scott Morris (swm@emanon.com)
Date: Tue Jun 20 2006 - 00:51:36 ART
It's very hard to shed any light on this without one or both of us breaking
NDA. :) (e.g. not gonna happen)
But the only advice I can give you (for what it's worth) is that perhaps you
read things, made a decision about a "correct" answer and missed something
else in the wording that may have been a bit more subtle, but would change
the meaning? Sometimes under pressure, we tend to see what we want, or
things that support what we're looking for and the decisions we make are
wrong.
With the no partial credit in a point section, this is often hard to really
track down. I've known engineers to tell me that they know 95% of the stuff
on the exam, and got it all right. But the 5% they messed up was spread out
over many point sections, so the end result didn't indicate how well they
really knew things.
It's a very hard thing to come through, but the best advice I can give is
that more time (provided you had some left) could be spent at the very
beginning, reading through the lab slowly and notes jotted down on the scrap
paper or something. At the beginning of the lab, your mind will be the
clearest. It is better at this point to think things through and not get
caught up in the way your practice labs may have worded or done things.
While this may not mesh with the specifics of your lab, at least give it
some thought. If you didn't have trouble with any topics or configurations,
then likely most of the change isn't here. When I took my exam (a long
time ago in a galaxy far, far away) between my first and second attempts,
the only adjustments I made were on my approach and time management. It
made a world of difference in the outcome. Perhaps something in way you
approach things will make that big difference (and/or changes in the writing
of the lab! (grin))
HTH,
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, JNCIE
#153, CISSP, et al.
CCSI/JNCI
IPExpert CCIE Program Manager
IPExpert Sr. Technical Instructor
smorris@ipexpert.com
http://www.ipexpert.com
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From: Daniel Fredrick [mailto:dfredrick@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 10:17 PM
To: loke
Cc: Scott Morris; Plank, Jason; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Still waiting on Results from Friday
Yes... I emailed them... asking for a re-sit. Explained that If I pay
$1250.00, I shouldn't have misinformation like that. I mean... it suppose to
be a professional exam, should be written like one.
Well see...
also, my scores weren't as I expected. The test was so easy and straight
forward, but my scores send otherwise. It confuses me, because normally when
you take a test, and you fail... you pretty much don't need to see a score
to know what you had trouble with. The ccie lab exam is totally different.
Most of the mock labs I did, were pretty hard to follow, and not in plain
english. You really had to pay attention to what was being asked, but the
exam was very clear.
Does everyone else have this issue? Any suggestions? I am trying to think of
where to study from here.
Thanks,
Dan
On 6/19/06, loke <loke14@gmail.com> wrote:
Alot of the people that grade the test are at Networks, per one of the
proctors in San Jose. That is why grading is taking so long.
Nick
On 6/19/06, Scott Morris <swm@emanon.com> wrote:
You can always TRY, but I think at most they would give a free re-sit of the
lab.
If you find out you pass, who cares, let it be! :) If you fail, then
you'll be wanting to sit again anyway!
But talk to ccie@cisco.com after you have decided which way to go. In the
meantime, I'd just let it ride and see what happens!
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, JNCIE
#153, CISSP, et al.
CCSI/JNCI
IPExpert CCIE Program Manager
IPExpert Sr. Technical Instructor
smorris@ipexpert.com
http://www.ipexpert.com
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto: <mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com>
nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Plank, Jason
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 2:33 PM
To: dfredrick@gmail.com <mailto:dfredrick@gmail.com> ;
ccielab@groupstudy.com <mailto:ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Subject: RE: Still waiting on Results from Friday
Do you really think you will get a refund?
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J. Marshall Plank
Network Engineer
101 Bellevue Parkway
Wilmington, DE 19809
E-mail: JPlank@concordefs.com
Phone: 302-793-5913
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto: <mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com>
nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
dfredrick@gmail.com
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 2:04 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Still waiting on Results from Friday
Man... it's 2pm... and still no results... What the longest someone has had
to wait for the results. You think's because I had two typos? And since it
took me an hour to convince the proctor that they were typos... it's taking
them a bit to figure out their mistakes?
Do you think that this should be grounds for a refund... (the typos)?
Thanks,
Dan
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