Re: Question about the Proctors....

Here are some tips I put together for dealing with the proctors.
Obviously, I really hope these can help!!!!

     * Be polite! If you are confrontational, they are going to be
far less likely to care about you and your silly question about the
lab. :-) An example of politeness that I used was to always preface my
question with a comment like "I am so sorry to bother you" or "May I
take a moment of your time?"

     * Demonstrate your mastery of the subject matter in your
question. Politely stress that your issue is vagueness or grammar in
the task - DO NOT give any indication that it is the material you are
struggling with. And while you might be a bit upset that the grammar
in the lab is poor, certainly do not go to great lengths to point that
out! The proctor you are speaking to may have written that task, and
they might take great pride in it! Here is an example of demonstrating
your mastery on a subject - "Sir, I am considering the use of Root
Guard for this task as I believe it meets the requirements, yet I am
concerned about the request that the interface must be Shut Down by a
violation. Technically Root Guard does not do this. Root Guard blocks
the port using what is termed a root-inconsistent state. Is it still a
viable solution even though I am not truly shutting down the port?"
You are going to get a lot further with the proctor that way then this
way - "Should I use Root Guard for this task?"

     * Do not be afraid to visit a proctor two or three times about
the same question. I did this in the Multicast section and eventually
got the guidance I needed.

     * If you are getting nowhere with a particular proctor, try
another one if that is possible at your testing center.

     * Immediately following a lab attempt, spend some time with the
proctors to pick their brains about ways you can improve, their
grading system, etc. They are very willing to help typically!

     * Do not attempt to bribe your proctors. They might take your
money - BUT THEY DO NOT GRADE YOUR EXAM! Someone in another time zone
grades your exam! :-)

Warmest Regards,

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On Apr 25, 2009, at 8:01 AM, Ivan wrote:

> Well, I probably won't give you the answer on your question, but I
> took the
> lab 4 days ago (my first attempt) and I'm very disappointed with
> Proctor. I
> tried to ask 3 questions and he gave me a look like "What the hell you
> want?", "What do you expect for answer on your question" and similar
> B.S.
> answers. After 3rd time I gave up and asked no more. Beside, he was
> impolite. I didn't ask nothing that would required part of answer on
> lab
> question or something like that. I didn't ask nothing except some
> clarification of lab question when it wasn't so clear to me.
> So, my first encounter with proctor wasn't so encouraging. But,
> probably it
> depends from person to person.
>
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:07 AM, Modular <modulartx_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I think something that those of us who haven't taken the Lab yet
>> struggle
>> with is
>> what to expect from the Proctors. You hear from some that they're
>> there to
>> help you,
>> but then you also here that you shouldn't go fishing for answers
>> from them.
>> I'm really
>> trying to figure out what "types" of questions I can ask them. I've
>> heard
>> that you
>> can ask for clarification... but what does that mean? If I have a
>> requirement on
>> the exam that is unclear will they help clear it up? If, not, what
>> are
>> they
>> there
>> for? If there's a requirement that could be "solved" one of two
>> ways, after
>> explaining
>> both methods to the proctor would he/she suggest one of the two?
>> To help me understand better I'd like to use an example from one of
>> the
>> practice
>> tests I'm using. This is from the "Switching" section:
>>
>> "There are two links connecting Cat-2 and Cat-3 together. Make sure
>> that if
>> one
>> link fails, the other will start working, but not until then."
>>
>> Now, an earlier requirement had you shutdown all links between
>> Cat-3 and
>> all
>>
>> other switches.... with the exception of the two links between
>> Cat-3 and
>> Cat-2
>> -so these two links are Cat-3s only connection to the rest of the
>> network.
>> There are no specific requirements to create an etherchannel
>> between Cat-2
>> and
>> Cat-3. So... after reading the above requirement I would think I
>> could do
>> one of
>> two things: 1. Flex Link, 2. Normal spanning-tree, which, as long
>> as I
>> don't
>> establish
>> an etherchannel would block one of the two links and bring that
>> blocked
>> link
>> up
>> in the event that the forwarding link failed. Is this the kind of
>> thing I
>> can ask a
>> proctor about? Can I go to him/her and repeat what I've written
>> above...
>> and
>> expect
>> him/her to tell me which method would be preferred?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bryan R.
>>
>>
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