Re: Failed first attempt

It is not a best practices exam. Focus on what is being asked. Config ,
apply, test and verify. Re read and look at solution. Make sure it
accomplishes what is being asked and not stepping on anything explicitly
taken away.

On Sunday, November 13, 2011, <kalsaria.prakash_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Do not assume any thing from mind .. Just do what they ask ..
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> That's what was my plan
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> Read it twice without any assumption from self.
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> Sent on my BlackBerry. from Vodafone
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> From: Joe Sanchez <marco207p_at_gmail.com>
> Sender: nobody_at_groupstudy.com
> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 08:17:09
> To: Joe Rinehart<jjrinehart_at_hotmail.com>
> Reply-To: Joe Sanchez <marco207p_at_gmail.com>
> Cc: Leigh Finch<leigh_at_leighfinch.net>; <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> Subject: Re: Failed first attempt
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> Any suggestions on how I can train myself to better understanding how to
> read the questions. I suppose I question myself to much when reading each
> Section and trying to interrupt what they are asking.
> Thanks,
> Joe Sanchez
> On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 6:26 PM, Joe Rinehart <jjrinehart_at_hotmail.com
>wrote:
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>> Don't despair, I took the exam four times before finally passing...
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>> Leigh Finch
>> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 4:51 PM
>> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>> Subject: Failed first attempt
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>> Hi Everyone,
>> I failed my first attempt in Sydney just under 2 weeks ago. I got about
60%
>> in troubleshooting, and about 70% in the config section.
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>> I think If I had felt better about the troubleshooting section I would
have
>> tried harder in the config section. I found it really hard to put in 100%
>> after knowing I'd already failed the exam.
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>> I went up to Sydney a few days before, but left my cpap equipment at
home.
>> Great a few days of bad sleep... I'm not using that as an excuse for
>> failing, but it didn't help.
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>> The troubleshooting section was pretty fair.
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>> Things that tripped me up/slowed me down:
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>> * I spent too long on a particular question (without realizing it), and
ran
>> short of time to complete the last question, clearly in the process I
>> rushed
>> another question or two and missed a point.
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>> * Forgetting about the devices that maybe weren't on the diagram I was
>> looking at.
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>> * Not realizing there were more diagrams until 20 mins in.
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>> * Not being familiar enough with the environment
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>> * Not being alert enough
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>> * Fearing the exam
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>> The config section was fairly easy, I just found it hard to give it my
all.
>> I finished the config section with 40 mins to spare (and went over it
again
>> until time up), but feel I could have finished much quicker.
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>> I've booked in for a second attempt early December.
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>> Cheers
>> Leigh
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