From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Jan 09 2007 - 05:13:24 ART
Hmmm...
When I took the Assessment Lab it had 6 Routers and 2
Switches in it.
It was laid out exactly or almost exactly as the labs
I saw later.
I took it in May 2006 last year - they only had one
lab back then.
The way they graded by script seemed clunky and did
not seem to match what I had actually configured as I
recall, but hey what can you do.
Overall, I thought it was worth it, if nothing else
but to give me a "REAL" view of what the physical
topology and layout of what the actual lab would be.
They now have 2 versions of the lab and the new one
includes 4 switches.
Naturally, I'd like to see how this layed out so I'll
probably shell the bucks out to see it.
The questions are very similar to the lab and I think
that is a very important and helpful tool.
I would not buy it in lieu of the vendors labs, I
would only buy it after I had at least one vendor's
labs.
You do get more feedback from the various vendors labs
- I've used NMC and IE Checkit and Mock Labs
respectively to date.
--- Alex De Gruiter <Alex.deGruiter@didata.com.au>
wrote:
> After taking the Assessment tool and failing shortly
> thereafter, I tend
> to agree it's a complete waste of money. I certainly
> wouldn't allocate
> my cash this way if I had my time again.
>
> The tool is extremely clunky, and not a particularly
> realistic
> assessment. The only thing I found even remotely
> useful was to review
> the marking scheme, if that is indeed close to the
> "real" lab. I took a
> CheckiT lab which was a *LOT* more useful than the
> Cisco alternative.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Michael Zuo
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 January 2007 3:24 PM
> To: Jim White; Bill Coward; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: Cisco Assessment Tool
>
> Personally I think it is waste of money. The
> checking is all scripted
> and not flexible at all and their customer service
> is horrible. You
> will be better off to buy 30 labs from a vendor for
> about the same
> amount of money.
>
> True, it can tell you that you are nowhere close to
> passing (which you
> can figure out by using one of the vendor's mock lab
> anyway). But it
> can not tell you how close you are to passing.
>
> Just my 2 cents...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Jim White
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 12:18 PM
> To: 'Bill Coward'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: Cisco Assessment Tool
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have heard good feedback about the Assessor lab,
> One thing it does
> prepare one for is the format (e.g. the multiple
> diagrams etc)
>
> Does anybody know how often they are being changed?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Bill Coward
> Sent: 04 January 2007 19:52
> To: Durkin, Michael (MED US)
> Cc: groupstudy
> Subject: Re: Cisco Assessment Tool
>
> Mike I purchased a 4 hour session of the Cisco
> Assessment LAB back in
> June before I failed my first Lab attempt in July
> 2006. I feel it was
> helpful and it did help me focus and realize how
> unprepared I was.
>
> The Assessment environment is different form the
> actual lab, the
> assessment lab is a watered down 3 router 2 switch 4
> hour version of the
> actual exam.
> It's a bit pricey but the questions on the
> assessment are what I think
> are what added value to me as I did not know what to
> expect, it being my
> first attempt.
>
> The day I took my lab the proxy told us that the
> assessment lab
> questions are written and created by the actual CCIE
> exam developers, so
> I think that adds value to the assessment, as even
> the wording of the
> exam question can be tricky. I have my second
> attempt in March 2007and I
> plan to buy 2 session of the assessment exam next
> month. I will also use
> the 8 hours mock labs from Internetworking Experts.
>
> For what it's worth...
>
> -Bill
>
>
> On 1/4/07, Durkin, Michael (MED US)
> <michael.durkin@siemens.com> wrote:
> >
> > All,
> >
> > Has anyone used the Cisco CCIE assessment tool?
> If you have, or know
> > someone that has, what are your impressions? Did
> it help to clarify
> > your weaknesses or confirm your strengths? In the
> end was it useful as
>
> > a preparation tool for the real exam? Did it have
> a similar look and
> > feel as the actual test?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mike
> >
> >
> >
>
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