From: Anthony Sequeira (asequeira@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Tue Mar 17 2009 - 20:08:39 ART
Yes - people are indeed failing due to the new Core Knowledge section
of the exam.
It is an open-ended question written section consisting of four
questions. You must answer at least three correctly.
Here are some more facts:
7 You must complete this portion of the exam before you start the
traditional configuration portion.
7 You have a total of 30 minutes to complete this section, you
may finish early if you like and immediately begin your configuration
section.
7 You will receive 4 questions via the computer and you must
provide short answers using the computer interface. The questions are
not oral in nature. Typical responses require 4 to 5 words at most.
7 Spelling and/or grammar does not count against you.
7 The questions are manually graded by a proctor. If you purchase
an exam re-read, they will re-grade your question responses.
7 You may not return to the short answer questions once you have
begun the configuration portion of the lab exam.
7 You will not receive a score when you complete this section,
but you must pass this portion to pass the CCIE. You will receive your
score in the open-ended section if you fail the exam. The score is
reported as 0% or 100% (pass or fail). You may only miss one question
in the section in order to pass.
7 Most students finish the 4 to 5 questions in approximately 12
minutes.
7 The configuration portion of the exam has been reduced to
accommodate this initial 30 minutes.
7 You still have a total of 8 hours that makeup the open-ended
questions and the configuration portion.
7 You may not access the DOC-CD to answer these questions.
Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626, CCSI #23251
Senior CCIE Instructor
asequeira@internetworkexpert.com
Internetwork Expert, Inc.
http://www.InternetworkExpert.com
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On Mar 17, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Anthony Driver wrote:
> I have heard that some people have been failing because of the oral
> part of
> the lab exam. Is this true?
>
>
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