From: Scott Morris (smorris@ipexpert.com)
Date: Sun Aug 19 2007 - 17:10:34 ART
Bear in mind I don't have experience with any of these two vendor's mock
labs, nor do I have a vested interested in which way you do or do not go...
Any mock lab is a good exercise for you trying to anticipate and figure out
what you can do in an 8 hour (or whatever length) period of time. And being
that it's graded, you'll get some sort of feedback which is much nicer and
detailed than the score report you get from the real lab.
On the flip side, there's always money involved, and it all depends on how
much you've spent already plus how much practice you do.
One alternative I'd suggest is the CCIE Assessor. Now, I've heard from
people that the specific results you get back aren't necessarily as good as
other vendors, but I'll give my opinions:
1. You can grade multiple times, so you can go back to change answers.
2. They're written by proctors, so the wording should be as close to the
real thing as you get unlike other people's labs which are obvioulsy not
written by proctors
3. You'll see what things you get wrong and the expected results (which
you'll get from all vendors I suppose), and even if you don't agree with the
assessor script, you'll start to get a feeling for "asking this equals this
specific type of answer" which can be infinitely helpful on the real lab
exam.
4. I hear they are increasing the 4-hour rack time to 6 hours. Still a
4-hour exam, but are supposed to include more practice time on top of that.
There are only two Assessor labs at this point, so I would not recommend it
as the ONLY way to go, but I'd include it in my list.
If I were the one studying, I would suggest doing one of each. One IE Mock
Lab, one NMC mock lab and one CCIE Assessor. That way you get a variety of
scenarios, of wording and of "thought process" to work through.
Again, it all boils down to $$$ though! But even those three labs will be
cheaper than one actual lab attempt.
Just my two cents.
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, JNCIE
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Ron
Lim
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 1:22 PM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: IE Mock lab or NMC CheckIT or None ?
Hi Everyone,
I would think that I might need some sort of simulations of real exam and
being able to really know how I perform.
It could be up to standard and please go for the exam or nope too far from
it, please try again.
I have IE Mock lab, NMC CheckIT and none too on my mind and I hope to hear
feedback on it.
Could anyone give me some feedback?
Thanks a lot!
Regards,
Ron
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