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

i think its now fair really...you need to be a book worm not a network
engineer
if the idea was to know everything then they wouldnt give access to the doc
cd

anyway...this is the rule of the game , so sorry for you larry...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Narbik Kocharians" <narbikk_at_gmail.com>
To: "Larry" <cc13lab_at_gmail.com>
Cc: <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 8:27 PM
Subject: 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...
>>
>> 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!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ___- Failed Attempt -
>> ______________________________________________________
>> __________________________________________________________
>>
>> 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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