From: Nikhil Behl (nibehl@cisco.com)
Date: Wed Jan 14 2009 - 13:04:33 ARST
I agree... It's not a rumor for sure! Today I got an email from
learning@cisco confirming the same :(
Regards,
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Davis, Steve" <steve.davis@eds.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:28 PM
Subject: RE: Changes to CCIE Lab and Written Exam Question Format and
Scoring
> It's no rumor. I just verified it on the Cisco Certification Website.
>
> http://ciscocert.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ciscocert.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.
> php?p_sid=Jv4dPUnj&p_lva=&p_li=&p_new_search=1&p_accessibility=0&p_redir
> ect=&p_srch=1&p_sort_by=&p_gridsort=&p_row_cnt=173%2C173&p_prods=1964&p_
> cats=&p_pv=1.1964&p_cv=&p_search_text=&p_nav=foot&p_trunc=0&p_page_head=
> 2&p_page=1&p_page_foot=1
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Rick Tyrell
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:49 AM
> To: Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: Changes to CCIE Lab and Written Exam Question Format and
> Scoring
>
> I hope it is just a rumor.
> My LAB is scheduled Feb. 10th. So yeah a little more notice would of
> been nice? On the upside at least Cisco didn't just file for bankruptcy
> -
>
> Nortel files for bankruptcy:
>
> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aWAnpcreboWE&refer=h
> ome
> -Rick
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 8:30 AM, Tony Schaffran (GS) <
> groupstudy@cconlinelabs.com> wrote:
>
>> Since I do not see this on the official Cisco CCIE news web site,
>>
>> http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/announcements/index.html
>>
>> I have to discount it as rumor.
>>
>>
>> Tony Schaffran
>> Sr. Network Consultant
>> CCIE #11071
>> CCNP, CCNA, CCDA,
>> NNCDS, NNCSS, CNE, MCSE
>>
>> www.cconlinelabs.com
>> Your #1 choice for online Cisco rack rentals.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
>> Of hanan
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:04 AM
>> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>> Subject: Changes to CCIE Lab and Written Exam Question Format and
>> Scoring
>>
>> Changes to CCIE Lab and Written Exam Question Format and Scoring
>>
>> Effective February 1, 2009, Cisco will introduce a new type of
>> question format to CCIE Routing and Switching lab exams. In addition
>> to the live configuration scenarios, candidates will be asked a series
>
>> of four or five open-ended questions, drawn from a pool of questions
>> based on the material covered on the lab blueprint. No new topics are
>> being added. The exams are not been increased in difficulty and the
>> well-prepared candidate should have no trouble answering the
>> questions. The length of the exam will remain eight hours. Candidates
>> will need to achieve a passing score on both the open-ended questions
>> and the lab portion in order to pass the lab and become certified.
>> Other CCIE tracks will change over the next year, with exact dates
>> announced in advance.
>>
>>
>> Effective February 17th, 2009, candidates will also see two other
>> changes in CCIE written exams. First, candidates will now be required
>> to answer each question before moving on to the next question;
>> candidates will no longer be allowed to skip a question and come back
>> to it at a later time. Second, there will be an update to the score
>> report. The overall exam score and the exam passing score will now be
>> reported as a scaled score, on a scale from 300-1000. This change will
>
>> not affect the difficulty of the current set of exams and will assure
>> CCIE written exams will be consistent with Cisco's other career
>> certification exams.
>>
>>
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