Re: Core Knowledge - Don't mis-interpret this

KNOW THE R&S LAB BLUE PRINT Theory, if you know how to configure the stuff,
as a CCIE candidate you should be fine with the theory.

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:52 AM, Larry <cc13lab_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> A grabbing subject which I have seen tons of posts on. The problem is the
> section is not what it implies...
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> I usually don't post much but for some reason I have not heard anyone
> explain what is expected from this section. Some say to read and know your
> core L3 stuff really good... other say that it is so easy that you don't
> have to study... Well I figured I would assist in this quest as I failed
> the
> test a few weeks back because of this very topic and think there is a
> feeling out there that if you know your routing/L3 you will be okay....
> Don't be fooled by Core Knowledge - know your ip services/features and off
> topics and know how to configure them w/o the doc cd (or at least try).
>
> Here is a post that I added to my blog, take it for what it is worth. I
> have
> talked to a lot of other candidates some that had similar experiences and
> some had such basic stuff that a ccna could answer. Hopefully this will
> save
> someone $1400!
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> ___- Failed Attempt -
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> Been a couple weeks now since my last attempt. The lab went really good,
> felt like I got a test that I knew everything on. Finished up at 1:29 in
> the
> afternoon and had the rest of the time to review. I reviewed the entire
> exam
> twice and found 4 errors which would have cost some big points. My lab
> score...... over 90% in 4 sections....
>
> Problem is I didn't get open ended questions that I knew, or understood....
> One question was about the configuration of a subset of an ip feature. I
> have done IE, IPEXPERT and all of the ASET labs and have not seen this
> "feature" on any of them. The other question I guess I missed was one
> written in classic cisco language of which I have still to find the answer
> or the meaning of the question. The other questions that I got were basic
> scenario type questions that required you to know the default values and
> configurations of the feature in question. Not hard if you had done a ton
> of
> labs (like I had).
>
> I know there are people out there that say the questions are so basic that
> any CCIE level candidate should know and I agree. In fact I found one of my
> questions in the chapter summary of one of my cisco press books for the
> ccnp. What is wrong with this type of testing is that there are only 4
> questions. If you are suppose to be a CCIE you should know 80% of
> everything
> they throw at you. So with only 4 questions you are at a risk of getting 2
> questions (or in my case a badly worded question in which no help can be
> asked) which you don't know even though you know more than 80% of the
> material. Why not give us 10 - 20 questions and expand the lab another 30
> mins. Then the chances of a well prepared ccie candidate getting less than
> 80% are almost non-existant.
>
> I am not at all against the ccie and I think that cisco had to do
> something.
> After all, I will get this certification and when I do I want all the hours
> that have taken away from my family and friends to mean something. But I
> think they missed the challenge on this one....
>
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