From: Narbik Kocharians (narbikk@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 14 2009 - 18:00:39 ARST
I hope they stop all this stuff and start asking questions randomly as
students configure tasks, that way the proctors are walking around which is
good for their cholesterol and blood pressure and it kinda tells them who
knows what they are configuring, kinda like the CCSI exam. Hey why did you
configure that? kinda thing. More interactive.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Huan Pham <pnhuan@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Can't agree more! It's a hoax
>
> Based on responses from this highly technical list, i guess Nigerean
> scammers will continue to be able to make easy money by sending scam
> emails!!!!
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 15/01/2009, at 2:39 AM, "Scott M Vermillion" <scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com>
> wrote:
>
> Have to admit that my initial reaction was that this must be a forged
> e-mail
> based on the following passage:
>
> "The exams are not been increased in difficulty..."
>
> Not exactly the kind of grammatical gymnastics you would expect to see in
> an
> official communiqui from Cisco.
>
> However, there is now a Q&A session at the Online Support page:
>
> http://ciscocert.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ciscocert.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php
> ?
> p_sid=*_D94Vnj
>
> No mention of any changes to the written to be found there as yet...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> hanan
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 1:04 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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