From: nortic @hackermail.com (@hackermail.com)
Date: Fri Jan 16 2009 - 11:05:56 ARST
Do you have any other conceived perceptions you would like to share?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Atlanta CCIE" <atlantaccie@gmail.com>
> To: "Valentine Amalu" <vamalu@secnetng.com>
> Cc: "Huan Pham" <pnhuan@yahoo.com>, "Scott M Vermillion" <scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com>, hanan <nouran@skynet.be>, ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Changes to CCIE Lab and Written Exam Question Format and Scoring
> Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:02:59 -0500
>
>
> You are right. Not all nigerians are scammers but for some reason all
> scammers are nigerians :)
>
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Valentine Amalu <vamalu@secnetng.com>wrote:
>
> > Hey,
> > Do you guys mind? There are Nigerians on the forum, and just incase you
> > don't know, we are not all scammers! Stcik to the issue at hand.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Valentine
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Huan
> > Pham
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 8:16 PM
> > To: Scott M Vermillion
> > Cc: hanan; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > Subject: Re: Changes to CCIE Lab and Written Exam Question Format and
> > Scoring
> >
> > 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 ;)
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > 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!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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