Re: CCIE R&S Lab Exam at Pearson ?

Ah, I see... :)

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Steve Rossen <steve.rossen_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Its not a VUE testing center. Its a Pearson Pro center. Totally
> different beast, in a good way.
>
> http://www.pearsonvue.com/ppc/
>
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Chris Riling <criling_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> > I agree 100%. Reducing costs for the candidate is a good thing, but not
> when
> > it will probably come at the expense of the exam or the cert's integrity.
> > I've never sat for the CCDE, but if it's anything like the other VUE
> centers
> > I've taken written exams at in the past, it varies greatly by location.
> Some
> > of them are good, strict, and by the book. At a couple others, I probably
> > could've had an open book test... ;-)
> >
> > Chris
> > #25581
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 3:46 AM, Roger Pfaeffli <rpf23543_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Exactly, I 100% agree. I'm sure this is gonna be bad for the integrity
> of
> >> the exam. One of the very good things was that the exam took place on
> cisco
> >> campus. I'm quite sure that this will be the start for all the braindump
> >> companies getting the real exam stuff to sell...
> >>
> >> Come on guys, stop talking about the travelling cost stuff, I'm very
> sure
> >> this is definitely not the reason why cisco did it. To me, the main
> reason
> >> for them is to have more seats, to get more candidates through it and to
> >> make more money out of it. To me, it turns out that they just want to do
> >> more money.
> >>
> >> For some candidates it might be good to be closer to the lab, yes, I
> agree
> >> but at the end it does not help that you get your number and it is
> nothing
> >> worth anymore...
> >>
> >> Additionally, how should that work with the proctor? Will there be Cisco
> >> proctors there? I don't think so. The proctor is a very important and
> also
> >> very good resource on the lab exam. Even if there might be a virtual
> >> proctor, this is definitely not the same.
> >>
> >> Sure, no one will (officially) agree with what I've said above, they
> have
> >> to
> >> say that everything is nice, no problem with the integrity blablabla, as
> >> usual.
> >>
> >> In my opinion, it is the most important thing to keep the level, status
> of
> >> the CCIE. It must be dammed hard to get it and there should be no change
> to
> >> get it "braindumped". This is what makes the success of the CCIE program
> >> over the last years, everyone knew how hard it is to get it. If that
> gets
> >> lost, cisco will also loose in the long term approach but hey, who cares
> >> nowadays about a long term approach? Just make as much money as possible
> in
> >> a short time...
> >>
> >> To me, this is a very bad step..
> >>
> >> regards
> >>
> >> Roger #23543
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Urspr|ngliche Nachricht-----
> >> Von: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] Im Auftrag
> von
> >> Evan Weston
> >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Februar 2010 04:31
> >> An: 'Tom Solski'; 'groupstudy'
> >> Betreff: RE: CCIE R&S Lab Exam at Pearson ?
> >>
> >> Absolutely! A big part of maintaining the integrity of this exam has
> been
> >> due to Cisco keeping it in their offices. All it will take is one dodgy
> VUE
> >> location filming the exams and its all over. Not really being negative
> >> here,
> >> just factual. If people want proof all they need to do is look at the
> MCSE
> >> program.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> >> Tom
> >> Solski
> >> Sent: Tuesday, 9 February 2010 2:03 PM
> >> To: groupstudy
> >> Subject: RE: CCIE R&S Lab Exam at Pearson ?
> >>
> >> Lab at Vue ? Good news for Pass4Sure for sure.
> >>
> >>
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