From: Gregory Gombas (ggombas@gmail.com)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2007 - 19:33:44 ART
I feel your pain. Everyone says "hey just read the DOC CD" casually as
if its a quick read over breakfast. Has anyone actually tried to print
the DOC CD?!?
I've printed all the topice relevant to the R+S and I counted over
6000 pages of text to read. So I'm not sure how realistic it is to
read through and retain it all. Its like painting the golden gate
bridge - by the time you get to the end the beginning is already
getting rusty.
So can anyone suggest a more efficient way of going through the DOC CD
or perhaps the most relevant portions?
Thanks,
Greg
On Nov 20, 2007 5:10 AM, Simon Grace <SimonG@pcsystems.gr> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
>
>
> I've left this a few days before I wrote it as I needed to calm down.
>
>
>
> Back in September I took my first lab exam. I used the Internetworking
> expert labs and due to me not being quick enough and not leaving myself
> enough time to work on the real tricky questions I just missed out.
>
> Okay, no problems with that, I didn't deserve to pass and needed to up
> my game a bit.
>
> Without going into details that by knowing the stuff on the IE labs and
> the various areas covered you should be okay in the lab. There were a
> couple of new questions I'd not seen but that's to be expected. The lab
> was of a fair level.
>
>
>
> Okay, I got back on the study, got my speed up and basically hit it at
> 150%. I carried on with the IE labs but really nailed them, I also
> checked out a lot of the things that came up here and lab'd stuff up
> that I'd not seen before.
>
>
>
> Went back last week, knowing that nothing is certain but knowing that my
> skill level was much higher than the first time around and I only just
> missed that.
>
>
>
> I was blown away, firstly the exam was much, much harder than the first
> one. I read through the exam and realised that a good proportion of the
> questions I was seeing for the first time. Not to mention the way the
> questions were asked. Once again without going into details it wasn't a
> case of configure this it was put in such a way to make it as difficult
> as possible to ask a question. Not just once, twice but once again, many
> difficult questions. I couldn't help but feel that they had made the
> exam so difficult that they were really trying to stop people from
> passing. Going by the exam 2 months before and then this one, they was
> absolutely no comparison, the second was just mind blowing.
>
>
>
> Now, I'm no Einstein, but I did work very hard on this and I know my
> stuff, but when the score report comes back I really can't help but feel
> that something really isn't quite right, I feel like the goal posts have
> been completely moved. Plus I know the stuff was working and I know
> where I dropped points but the score report doesn't reflect that.
>
>
>
> I got chatting to a guy after the exam who'd had the same lab. He'd also
> sat one a couple of months before and had been studying about the same
> amount of time and talking to him I get the idea that he too knows his
> subject. We both agreed fully that it was just on another plane and
> couldn't understand how two exams could be so different in expected
> level of knowledge.
>
>
>
> So, I'm writing this not in a lets go on a burn and pillage rampage but
> rather has anyone else had similar experiences, do you feel a bit let
> down by the fact that there appears to be no standard level for the
> exam. I'm trying to speak with our Cisco guys here to see what can be
> done. Obviously Cisco own it and do with it what they want but I don't
> like to be treated unfairly and will try and do whatever is in my power
> to get things sorted. The price of the exam including flights etc isn't
> cheap and we deserve a level playing field.
>
>
>
> Please unicast me, no need to go into details but more on the lines of
> found the exam to be fair or totally different levels, whatever you feel
> relevant.
>
>
>
> Oh well, I'm gonna take a few weeks off, think about things and then I
> suppose get back into it.
>
>
>
> I wish you guys who are going to take the exam all the luck and don't
> worry, if you get something on the lines of the first one you are
> getting a fair crack of the whip.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon.
>
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