Re: Lunch: 1 Person: $1400

Well that is another conundrum, I can only speculate, but since I passed the
config part of the lab, I do not have a re-read option.. This would suggest
that one can only ask for a re-read if you do not pass the config part of
the lab.

For the OEQs, initially it took me about 5 minutes to write out the answers,
I then went back and verified them and read the question again to make sure
I was answering what was being asked.

I was done with the OEQs in 15minutes. However, in retrospect, perhaps I
should not have re-visited the questions after typiing out my response. I
did change a bit in 3 of my answers, maybe that was my achilles heels...

I am planning to take one my next attempt by September. Hopefully my last!!!

Piyoush.

On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Scott Morris <smorris_at_internetworkexpert.com
> wrote:

> Glad to hear that you had your strategy down... Sorry that the OEQs
> chewed you up and spit you out. :(
>
> One option of course (assuming your answers were correct as you say!) is to
> request a re-read. There's always the chance though, that the next proctor
> would agree about the answer not being quite the one they were looking for!
>
> Did you take your time on the OEQs? Or was it a read --> answer --> move
> on approach?
>
> Keep watching for open lab dates, you may yet find one before October! I'm
> sure before next time, you'll fill in any blanks and rearrange your strategy
> in order to go back and take what is rightly yours!
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> Piyoush Sharma wrote:
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> Hey everyone,
>
> So I took the lab on May 27th. More like an expensive lunch....
> As you can probably guess, I did not pass. The really frustrating part is
> that I passed the config, but got a 0 in OEQs
> Now I can tell you that you do not have to look at theory to pass the OEQs.
> Nor do you need to memorize the RFC numbers etc. They are based on concepts.
> I was sure that I answered the questions correctly... but I guess my answers
> were not "Cisco's correct answers".
>
> Having said that, the lab itself was easy enough. I would say that with the
> OEQs, they have made the lab alot easier. There were less caveats and/or
> tricks in that tasks.
> The config is 79 points with OEQ's being 21 points.
>
> I am not sure what I should do next, considering that I did pass the config,
> I am pretty comfortable with my speed and every thing else. I finished the
> lab with 2 hours remaining and verified all my answers. I reckon I scored
> enough points to pass the config part. I was a bit nervous about the OEQs.
> The challenge is that the answer to those questions is tricky. They (Cisco)
> says that the answer is normally not more than 1 sentenance. But it depends
> on the interpretation of the answer.
>
> Anyways, just to let everyone who is preparing for the lab before Oct 18,
> ensure that you are clear on your concepts. Things like
> what does EIGRP use for metric calculation, what are the default parameters
> it uses...
> what ospf types are compatible etc..
>
> I used Internetwork Expert's vol 1,2 and 3. I took the Mock lab workshop
> that it helped to clarify a few things for me, as well as show some of the
> common mistakes I was making. Scott, thank you for your insight on the lab
> strategy. Because I read the lab 3 times, I was able to identify some of the
> dependencies in tasks not directly mentioned. Those points, I believe were
> crucial to scoring in the config portion.
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> Piyoush.
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