From: Huan Pham (pnhuan@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 14 2009 - 18:16:08 ARST
Yeah I see that now
If this turns out not to be a hoax then by doing this type of communication practice, Cisco has greatly helped Negerian scammers in bluring the line between true stories & hoaxes then ;)
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On 15/01/2009, at 6:58 AM, "Scott M Vermillion" <scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com> wrote:
Hi Huan,
The problem is that if you go to www.cisco.com and then navigate to the
certification online support page (so that you can be confident you're not
being directed to a bogus site), you will find a Q&A that confirms this
change and addresses a number of questions regarding it. The e-mail is
poorly worded, suggesting a hoax. Also, this is not in alignment with
Cisco's general practice of announcing changes six months out, further
raising suspicions (at least in some of us). However, unless someone has
hacked Cisco's online cert support site, it appears to be authentic...
Cheers,
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: Huan Pham [mailto:pnhuan@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:47 PM
To: Scott M Vermillion
Cc: hanan; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Subject: Re: Changes to CCIE Lab and Written Exam Question Format and
Scoring
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!!!!
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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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