Congrats Chuck and to continue the theme, I have failed the exam enough to get my "money back guarantee" from Boson. (in spades)
However, today I passed it - which was good 'cause my cert was to expire on 8 June 2003. Now I'm good for another 3 years. I too am off to the CCDP recert. I'm due at the end of June. I had so much trouble I guess because I don't have nearly as much hands on as I used to. However, I question the usefulness of having to know the syntax of commands for different platforms when in the real world, a ? at the console will tell me that - no, don't use a hyphen. Hopefully people won't take Chuck's post as meaning that the exam isn't all that hard. Good 'ol Chuck has been around the block a few times on Cisco gear - eh Chuck? :-) The exam is hard. When I certified I didn't try to pass the foundation to get there quicker, I took each individual exam. So I studied a focused area and then took the exam. This exam is the Foundation plus CIT and CCNA. Like getting CCNP with one exam. And back in my version 1 days, questions on BGP were just knowing how to spell it. Lots of BGP possible on this one. I used CCIE prep material to study as my old version 1 stuff was lacking. Everytime I took the exam I was surprised that I was still seeing new questions. Not just a few new ones but lots. The pool must be large on this one since it does cover "everything". It has been suggested that a recert this difficult would perhaps strengthen the cert and make you feel good to have it. Well...... I think that there are problems with this exam. For me the only "amusing" parts were that what freebies were there were really simple. Those freebies should probably be deleted from the pool. But wait............ I needed those to pass! Guess I should be happy. Good luck to those who have to recert soon. Remember - your cert expires on the day you got it, not the end of the month. Also Cisco has a 72 hour waiting period between any exam. I took the exam (again) today as that meant I could make one last ditch effort on Friday since mine would have expired on Sunday and there are no test centres here open on the weekend. Kevin Wigle ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Road Goes Ever On" To: Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 5:19 PM Subject: CCNP Recert Test Comments [7:70095] > Interesting way to spend a couple of hours. After reading previous posts on > this topic, I entered the exam with a bit of trepidation. Never enough time > to study. I can't say as the feeling diminished as I took the test. 112 > questions, 145 minutes ( including the time for the mandatory tutorial on > how to do the sims ) > > How to put this without breaking NDA? > > What was that song the late great Bob Hope used to sing? Thanks for the > memories! > > Yep, thanks, Cisco, for the walk down memory lane. A couple of years > prepping for other things left me in a completely different mindset. It was > like revisiting my networking youth :-> > > For those who have taken the test, weren't some of the choices interesting, > if not amusing? > > For those who have not, the published blueprint is a start. Not enough, but > a start. Good thing I read through this newsgroup and collect networking > trivia. It helped immensely. > > CCNP for three more years. > > Next up - CCDP recert. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=70101&t=70095 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
