From: sheherezada@gmail.com
Date: Mon Sep 17 2007 - 06:30:58 ART
In my opinion, there is no recipe like one size fits all. Here's what
worked for me:
- to start with: (1) get familiar with the topology (personally, I did
not redraw every time the entire diagram, only the BGP and the
customer layout in the SP exam - btw, I do not use clouds for BGP,
instead I draw lines for the iBGP, eBGP, vpnv4 and multicast neighbors
with different colors for each type); (2) check the initial
configurations (it may happen that you get another setup or find some
interesting faults); (3) quickly read the entire workbook to see if
there is any section where you would need more time than usual (it was
more like a psychological thing to me, but sometimes i did spotted
earlier some gotchas)
- check mark the tasks as you go (so that you know what to review later)
- do one section at a time (carefully read the entire section, solve
the tasks, verify and commit the configuration after each task)
- checkpoint: at lunch time you should have the IGP completed. If you
are done with the BGP, your are ahead of the schedule
- after you finish the BGP, do the remaining sections in the order of
your confidence (for example, security seemed to be always easier for
me)
- hard rule: move to the next task if you are stuck more than 10
minutes; band aid if something depends on that; you will get new ideas
later and you will also save time that you will use more wisely when
approaching the end
- ideally, you will have at least one or two hours left after the
first iteration; use them to review the "not that sure" tasks for
accuracy and than attack points that were not yet completely solved,
in order of confidence; do not even attempt the tasks that you do not
know how to solve completely (when I passed my SP, I was sure I missed
12 points upfront and doubted about other 3; however, I double checked
what I was "sure" of instead of trying to get the 12 "harder" points
where I had already spent tens of minutes because they were
dependent).
HTH,
Mihai
On 9/16/07, Meried Bekele <meriedbekele@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> My lab is in two weeks time. I have taken both of Cisco Assessor labs to
> check my readyness. But my only problem was time management. I have gone
> through only 75% of the questions in the given 4 hours. As you may know, the
> assessor covers most of the lab blue print but only 4 hours is given. So is
> it designed to make the candidate very fast or is it a must to complete it
> in time to feel confident on time managemnet for the real lab?
>
> Besides I would appreaciate any time management tips from experience for the
> 8 hour lab.
>
> Thanks and Best Regards,
>
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> Meried B.
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