From: Swan, Jay (jswan@sugf.com)
Date: Mon Aug 20 2007 - 11:40:08 ART
I agree that CCIE Assessor is worth the time and money. I used it early
in my preparation rather than at the end, but the "feel" of the
questions and the level of difficulty were quite similar to the real
thing. When I took it, it really demonstrated the necessity of verifying
even seemingly obvious tasks in a variety of ways, which saved me on the
real lab. I did not use any other commercial graded labs.
The only disadvantage I can think of to the CCIE Assessor is that since
it's shorter than the real thing, you might not have the same diversity
of topics.
Jay (#17783)
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Morris
Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 2:11 PM
To: 'Ron Lim'; 'Cisco certification'
Subject: RE: IE Mock lab or NMC CheckIT or None ?
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
#153, CISSP, et al.
CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-J
VP - Technical Training - IPexpert, Inc.
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