From: Scott Morris (smorris@ipexpert.com)
Date: Fri Aug 24 2007 - 18:15:01 ART
That's a very positive attitude about it! And I'd be willing to bet that
you'll nail it the second time now!
Best of luck to you!
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, JNCIE
#153, CISSP, et al.
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Herbert Maosa
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 9:32 AM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: Why I did NOT pass the first time
Well, I asked the question why I cant pass the first time. I now know why I
did not pass the first time = NERVES.
The exam was very fair and nothing surprised me at all. Every question to me
was unambiguous and every topic asked was familiar. But the nerves did get
the better of me and was forgetting the litte things to make the solution
complete.
I had a strategy. My strategy was to get EVERYTHING on Bridging and
Switching, IGP, EGP,Multicast and IPv6 and collect as many points as
possible on the rest, with the help of the Doc CD.
Well, I got everything on those topics, 100%. However, I did not manage to
get enough points on the rest to compliment that good work. So, IP/IOS
Features, Security and QoS got the better of me on the day. Honestly, when I
walked out I felt I still did enough here to get the 80 points, but it was
not to be.
I wouldn't say I am surprised I failed, but I would say I missed a real
opportunity to get this done on the first attempt because I trully believe
of all the CCIE Lab Exam Sets that maybe there, I possibly got the most fair
of them all. I can not imagine anything Fairer.
My advice to those going any time soon is : Never Lose sight of the
fundamentals of routing and switching. While the Work Books push us to the
limit to know the whole Doc CD, if you are not careful you may lose the
fundamentals and concentrate on extremely complex scenarios that leave you
feeling good when you are done, but by the time you do scenario number 100,
you may have lost the very important fundamentals which you will need on the
exam.
Well, I am obviously disappointed, but then, its not the end of the world.
Herbert.
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