From: David Mann (dmann73702@elmore.rr.com)
Date: Sun Aug 06 2006 - 15:13:58 ART
I have failed twice now, May 8th and July 24th. I felt that I was very
prepared my last time but my score report said otherwise.
I do feel that my last exam was harder. I know the topics but must be
misunderstanding the questions. I will say that I will not
have the weak points I currently have when I sit it again.
I have used Ipexpert and am working thru Doit labs.
Have you rescheduled? Whats your approach?
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Wagner" <billccie2b@hotmail.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 8:29 PM
Subject: R&S Lab Difficulty
> Hi guys, I am trying to get a handle on the R&S Lab difficulty. Not long
> ago I attempted the lab and came up short. I had done quite a number of
> full practice labs (around 40) and felt that I was fairly strong with
> them. To be sure I wasn't cheating myself somehow I attempted a mock lab
> and did really well on it. From reading this message board for sometime I
> noticed many people say that the actual lab was a lot easier than the
> practice labs and in one case someone said 3-5 times easier. Well without
> disclosing any information I can honestly say that the real lab I took
> was more difficult than any other practice labs I had attempted prior.
> Now I haven't been someone who came into this thinking that I knew so
> much that I only needed to pump out some practice labs,memorize some
> scenarios, and learn the "advanced content". Instead I took the ground up
> approach to build a strong foundation by understanding the technology.
> Well after recently failing the lab I am somewhat humbled and am trying
> to get an understanding of where I stand. Part of me believes that I got
> a difficult test, but then another part of me thinks that maybe I am not
> as ready as I thought I was. The thing is that it seems hard to gauge so
> I need to come to the group for some answers. Now if some how or some way
> this is in violation of the NDA please disregard it and do not answer it,
> but I don't think this will break the NDA so here they are. My questions
> for anyone who has taken the lab or taken it mutiple times is: 1. Did the
> actual test seem more difficult than the labs or was it the other way
> around? If so what material did you use to prepare with. 2. Did anyone
> who has attempted multiple labs feel that any labs were easier than
> others or did they all seem about the same difficulty? 3. What is a good
> way to guage if you are ready or not? I am open to any ideas at all. I
> would rather be overprepared than underprepared, but where that line is
> at I don't know. 4. Does anyone feel that the lab is out to fail you? By
> this I mean after seeing the Cisco facility in SJC I was extreemly
> impressed with the facility. It was beautiful, but when I sat down at my
> workstation I thought that there was some kind of mistake. The keyboard
> looked like it belonged in a museum. It was really dirty and had the big
> enter key so everytime you try to hit backspace you hit enter. The pipe
> key was tiny and not where it belongs. The right click button on the
> mouse did not work and the scroll wheel did not move the terminal window
> but instead would move through previous commands in the history. Also if
> the scroll wheel was not in the exact right spot when you tried to
> highlight text from the terminal window the screen would jump and
> highlight 3 lines instead of the one you wanted. In addition the monitor
> was not very good, although at least it worked. My friend said that the
> insert key was broken on his keyboard, and I couldn't use the default (ALT
> E
> P) quick key paste function from Secure CRT. Even notepad was hidden way
> off to the side of the quick key bar. Although this might seem trivial
> it really throws you off if you are not used to it. I think that perhaps
> this is all done to slow you down, however I could be wrong. Anyway if
> anyone has input I would really appreciate it. Thanks, Bill
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