Re: I thought I got open ended right until I got my result

Hello Dinesh!

Did you remember to go back and ensure your responses were retained in
the short answer fields before submitting them? I have heard that this
can be an issue.

You mentioned (twice) that the vendor open ended questions are not
relevant. I fear you might not be using the product as it is intended.

Try not to memorize questions and answers in our product hoping to get
those exact Core Knowledge questions in the actual exam. Instead, use
our product to pinpoint weaknesses, and study up on those.

Here is an example...

Let's say you receive one of our OEQ that has you identify the
Designated Forwarder in BiDir PIM. You do not get this right. Instead
of just associating this device with BiDir PIM and moving on, use our
More Information link to access the documents on BiDir PIM and study
hard on anything about this technology you might not know.

Also, keep in mind that many of the Open Ended questions can be
somewhat "trick" questions, or at least intentionally vague. We will
try and add more of those to our database moving forward :-) Question
interpretation is an art in the Core Knowledge section, just like the
"practical" section.

Congratulations on your progress so far. YOU WILL PASS THIS!

One last thought on our Core Knowledge Sim - I had a student pass this
Tuesday...he indicated all four Core Knowledge questions were
variations on those from our 420 question database. Obviously, there
is some "luck of the draw" here, and you cannot rely upon any product
to directly feed you the answers.

Warmest Regards,

Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626
http://www.INE.com

On Jun 25, 2009, at 6:16 AM, Dinesh Patel wrote:

> Hi Group,
>
> I also failed the lab.... but my biggest surprise was the open ended
> questions. I was happy with the questions and I thought I passed the
> theory.
> I was sure I got all 4 questions right! I was shocked to find 0% for
> open
> ended as it means I must have got at least 2 wrong!. Even now I
> think my
> answers are correct ... perhaps they did not matched what cisco was
> looking
> for. I read Jeff Doyle 1 and 2 and I found his review questions
> easy. But he
> does not cover security or QOS. The vendor open ended products arent
> relevant to what I experienced yesterday. Im going to spend the
> next few
> days thinking about what to do next. Any suggestions on what I
> should study
> to perfect my theory?
>
> Jeff Doyle - already done
>
> Odem - already done
>
> Vendor apps - not relevant to what I saw on the exam....
>
> Any other suggestions..... especially welcomed if you have taken the
> exam
> yourself.
>
>
>
>
> ta
>
> Jed,
>
>
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