From: Anthony Sequeira (asequeira@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Tue Mar 17 2009 - 21:09:03 ART
Hi Pavel!
I was told by Cisco that students can miss one regardless of 4 or 5.
I think you may indeed be correct about a potential 5th question that
does not count. Interesting.
Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626, CCSI #23251
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On Mar 17, 2009, at 7:45 PM, Pavel Bykov wrote:
> Hello Anthony.
> Just a note when I saw "You will receive 4 questions via the
> computer and
> you must..." I immediately thought that you can either get 4 or 5.
> But then
> you mention that later on.
>
> Also, I heard that you can miss one, but only when you get 5
> questions, not
> 4. And that 5th question is a "beta question" like we are used to from
> theoretical exams when new content is being tested.
> Not sure how much of that are rumors/true.
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 12:08 AM, Anthony Sequeira <
> asequeira@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> Toll Free: 877-224-8987
>> Outside US: 775-826-4344
>>
>> 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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