I agree with you some what woody. I passed the CID but there were some
questions that any of the choices would do the job and judging which one was
better than the other was not too objective.
Congratulations on your new certifications.
Elver
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From: woody [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 9:11 AM
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Subject: Re: CID/CCDP Stories
I think the questions in the exam where there is more than one correct
answer are there for a reason. In real life you often have many ways to
tackle a problem. All of them will work, however one of them is the most
correct (and hence best way). The exam simply reflects this.
I thought the exam was OK. I felt there was a lot of emphasis on desktop
protocols. The only gripe I have is that some of the design pricipals they
quote are now 'old fashioned' As such I suspect this exam will be replaced
soon (no beta exam is availablable so it is going to be around for another
12 months at least).
Sorry to hear you didn't pass it. Better luck next time.
Keith
""Chuck Larrieu"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> First of all, congratulations to Kevin Wiggle, who passed today. Good for
> you, Kevin!!!!
>
> My own sad story - I humiliated myself by failing today. 65 needed. My
score
> 61.
>
> I tell my kids it's better to be lucky than smart. Lord knows I've had my
> share of luck, passing seven exams first try each, some by fewer than 15
> points. Well, today my luck ran out. I've discovered that sometimes it
> still helps to be smart.
>
> My take on the test - not what I expected. No case studies. Not as much
SNA
> and product as I expected. My major shortcoming was that I took for
granted
> that I already knew LAN and WAN protocols, glossed over them in my
> preparations, and as a result just got burned, correctly answering fewer
> than half of the 50 questions in those areas.
>
> Others have said so, but I will repeat. There were questions where one
> answer was required, but more than one was correct. There were a couple of
> cases where only one answer was wrong, which leads me to believe that the
> intended question was "which of these is NOT" rather than "which of these
> IS" And there was the one question where given a particular product with a
> particular number of various kinds of ports, what is the appropriate
> application for this product, and none of the answers made any sense at
all.
>
> Well, I can't really complain. My wife tells me she knew I was going to
fail
> by my carriage and attitude as I left the house this morning. I knew, too.
> And after all, I wouldn't be griping if I'd gotten 69 instead of 61.
>
> I'll be trying again within the next seven days. This may be a great
weekend
> for studying. It'll only cost me a few hundred to ship the wife and kids
off
> someplace so I can concentrate. Cheap at any price. :->
>
> Chuck
> Your obedient serpent
>
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