Re: Open-Ended Questions - by Darby

Darby,
Just curious - for the people you asked, are they spread out fairly evenly
from February to now? Just wondering if Cisco has made any particular
changes to the point values after a certain time or not.

Thanks
Michael

On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Darby Weaver <ccie.weaver_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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