Re: Open-Ended Questions - by Darby

Cool:

I went ahead and asked a lot of people.

You'd be surprised at the number of people who go to the lab and simply
don't tally the points.

Anyway:

1. The majority of the consensus is the Open-Ended Questions do not have a
point value by themselves. They are critical and it is stressed that they
are absolute to passing the lab. However, no explicit points are reported
(by the majority - I did have one person tell me he was told they were worth
21 points - not sure why the discepancy since he reporrted passing the lab
-not sure if he reported a number though also....)

2. The people that did tally the points are consistent on the 100 points
being the sum of the total of the various sections.

For the record: I always tally the points real lab or mock lab. It helps
my little camera take a "snapshot" of whatever I see and when I stress over
something it seals into my long-term retention.

Ok -

This makes more sense:

Recap:

1. 4 Questions (maybe 5) and while no one has broken their NDA, they are
reportedly not "that hard" for a well-qualified candidate - this is
consistent with Cisco's statement to the effect. And now that I've had this
confirmed from a number of people who have skill levels I've see, know, and
can benchmark against - for me this makes sense.

2. The points on the whole test are not diminished. Small matter really.
But my curiosity and my common sense were being tested by the idea that "21
points" could be earned on CCNA-CCNP level questions in the first place.

Ok - For those still believe and will take it to the grade 21/79 - hey
maybe Cisco has two forms of grading for some people.

For me - the matter is now closed. People I know and trust have clarified
the matter.

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Received on Fri Apr 24 2009 - 09:11:16 ART