Re: Retreat hell! I just got here!

No, I missed on other things. I ran out of time on the troubleshooting
section, which bites because I do troubleshooting on a daily basis in real
life. :)

The points I missed in the configuration section were, for the most part,
things I didn't get finished before time was called.
So, No, OEQs weren't the only factor but they have bitten me before... I
missed 2 previous attempts due to the OEQ. On those attempts, I passed the
hands-on part but missed on OEQ... even though I thought I had them right.
On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Atlanta CCIE <atlantaccie_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Great reviews Nathan and Mike! I wish you guys goodluck for the next
> attempt.
>
> Did you guys think you would have passed if there were no OEQs?
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Michael Marvel <mmarvel37122_at_gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I was with Nathan at RTP yesterday and also took the v4 lab and I'd have
>> to
>> say that his critique is right on the mark. The only thing I would add,
>> since this wasn't my first attempt, is that the amount of material in the
>> configuration section is pretty close to what it was before the
>> troubleshooting section was added, they just consolidated what used to be
>> individual tasks into single tasks. For example, without giving any great
>> detail, what used to be maybe 3 tasks in EGP is now a single task... same
>> number of steps just not split up.
>>
>> A note on time management... In previous attempts, I would read through
>> the
>> entire lab, draw it out, try to understand what is coming up. I usually
>> would have time to troubleshoot at the end of the time on the old exam.
>> This plan will not work anymore, especially if you get tasks that you
>> don't
>> know how to implement off the top of your head and have to hit the DocCD.
>> It almost seemed like they wrote the lab on the assumption that the
>> troubleshooting section wouldn't take a full 2 hours.
>>
>> No comments on OEQ, they are what they are and, like Nathan, I also
>> thought
>> I had more right that Cisco did.
>>
>> Now, like Nathan, I start preparing for my next attempt.
>>
>> On a side note, I definately see how they could be positioning the new
>> test
>> as something that could be taken at any VUE center. My only problem is
>> that
>> I wouldn't want to sit in any of the VUE testing centers around here for 8
>> hours. :)
>>
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