Re: IE - "CCIE Routing & Switching Core Knowledge Simulation"

Brian -

      Hello - Hope all is well. That's a great point below (and you
actually save me the hassle of explaining the same thing when our free
quizzer comes out - next week).

      Hey, BTW - Where's Brian Dennis been? It appears that he's
"vanished" - hope all is well with him too! Take care.

Regards,

Wayne A. Lawson II - CCIE #5244
President & Founder - IPexpert, Inc.
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On Apr 1, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Brian McGahan <bmcgahan_at_internetworkexpert.com
> wrote:

> Also one other note on the grading engine. Since the questions are
> "open ended", the only way to do automated grading is through string
> matching. E.g. if the answer to a question is supposed to be "no
> auto-summary" and you answer "disable auto-summary" or "turn off auto
> summarization", it will be technically marked incorrect. You don't
> need
> to worry about this in the actual exam because the questions are
> manually graded by the proctors, and spelling/grammar aren't taken
> into
> account. As long as you use the review feature of the core knowledge
> sim engine and see why your answer was marked incorrect, you may find
> that many of your answers were not wrong, just different.
>
> HTH,
>
> Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593 (R&S/SP/Security)
> bmcgahan_at_internetworkexpert.com <mailto:bmcgahan_at_internetworkexpert.com
> >
>
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> Naveen Gupta wrote:
>> Thanks Brian and et al, much better than the previous ghost version.
>>
>> Comments from the GS are welcome and have IE folks look into this.
>> And I hope in coming weeks and months they will get this product
>> even better than their acclaimed IE Workbooks :)
>>
>> --- On Wed, 4/1/09, Brian McGahan <bmcgahan_at_internetworkexpert.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> From: Brian McGahan <bmcgahan_at_internetworkexpert.com>
>>> Subject: Re: IE - "CCIE Routing & Switching Core Knowledge
>>> Simulation" Questions
>>> To: "Naveen Gupta" <naveengupta_1998_at_yahoo.com>
>>> Cc: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>>> Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 9:49 PM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Naveen,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your constructive
>>> feedback. Based on this and other
>>> similar requests we have been updating the product as
>>> follows:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - It does not provide any explanation of the answer or link
>>> to CCO doc
>>> explaining why?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The questions now provide a "More Info" link
>>> after you submit or skip
>>> the question that links to further reading on the subject.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - Also, there are some 200+ questions but you have to
>>> answer to all and
>>> press submit button to review the answers. This is
>>> frustruating as
>>> what if I want to look at the answer to some question.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> The answer now appears directly after you submit or skip
>>> the question.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - It does not allow me to go back to where I stopped.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> At the bottom of the testing interface you should see a
>>> slider bar.
>>> This will allow you to move wherever you like in the
>>> question database.
>>> Just note the question you stopped on and you can return to
>>> that place
>>> in the database at a later point.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A new sample with the updated changes is located here:
>>> http://classroom.internetworkexpert.com/p25677095/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Good luck in your preparation!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593 (R&S/SP/Security)
>>>
>>> bmcgahan_at_internetworkexpert.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Naveen Gupta wrote:
>>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> Most of you must have received mail from Internetwork
>>> Expert regarding "CCIE Routing & Switching Core
>>> Knowledge Simulation" software for $99 (if you buy till
>>> March 31st). In April the the cost will go up to $199. So, I
>>> took a chance and bought the simulation software.
>>>
>>> I just want to comment:
>>> - It does not provide any explanation of the answer or link
>>> to CCO doc explaining why?. Anyone can write 1000+ questions
>>> like this and start selling. I did not expect this from IE
>>> folks.
>>> - Also, there are some 200+ questions but you have to
>>> answer to all and press submit button to review the answers.
>>> This is frustruating as what if I want to look at the
>>> answer to some question.
>>> - It does not allow me to go back to where I stopped.
>>>
>>> I would still say that if you are preparing seriously for
>>> your CCIE then the open ended questions should not bother
>>> you too much. But, with the panic about CCIE open ended
>>> questions most vendors simulation software are not upto the
>>> mark.
>>>
>>> Just my .2cents
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Naveen
>>>
>>>
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