Re: Failed R&S Today

Good information. I hope the result gives you a 5 digit number.

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 3:11 PM, George Daly <george.daly_at_hotmail.com>wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm mostly a lurker on this list but thought I would give a quick feedback
> (obviously without disclosing technical content) on my first attempt at R&S
> lab today.
> The TS section was actually not quite as tough as I thought it would be -
> I'm
> still awaiting the grading but I'm hopeful I may have scraped a pass there.
> The scenarios were pretty well phrased (for a Cisco exam!) and it was
> generally clear what the objectives were. The graphic in the TS section
> pinpoints which area of the topology we need to focus on, which is helpful.
> There were a couple of questions which were definitely time sinks, which I
> left until the end. I completed 8/10 questions including a 3 pointer.
> The Config section I found to be very tough indeed - there weren't many
> "stupid router tricks", instead you had to have a really good grasp of a
> wide
> variety of the blueprint, which is as it should be. I found myself
> referencing the DocCD way too much (didn't it find it particularly slow),
> and
> I realised a couple of hours in that I wasn't going to make it this time.
> I
> really struggled with maintaining focus and speed past this point TBH.
> One think which I personally need to work on is the pyschological aspects
> of
> the exam - I found myself continually thinking "I'm in the lab!! Wow this
> is
> really hard!! I can't see myself passing this one!!" Rather than really
> being
> "in the moment" and totally engaging and focusing on the job in hand.
> Difficult to recreate that outside of the lab environment IMO.
> In summary I thought it was a very good, fair and balanced exam, albeit
> extremely difficult :)
> Cheers,George
>
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