-- Dan Henry CCNA, CCDA Network Engineer II Broadwing, Inc. / ZoomTown.Com
Agreed again. I took the Routing 2.0 pre-test and was greatly dismayed by what I found. After studying hard for some time, I couldn't even understand what was being asked on probably 1/3 of the questions. Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > Just tried the CCDA one also. Obviously written by someone who doesn't > really "get it." Sigh. > > Priscilla > > At 06:27 AM 10/17/00, Lance Hubbard wrote: > >I think I have to agree. > > > >I took the CCDA COLT test yesterday, and to my dismay, despite using the > >book for occational referance I missed 12 out of 52. The questions I > >missed were many of the questions I looked up in the book (DCN Cisco > >Press). The test contradicts the book often, and several times questions > >have multiple correct answers, not in which there is a "best answer" but > >there are literaly several 100% correct answers for each question, and you > >are allowed to pick just one. It did open my eyes to some problem areas > >for me, but this is not a route I would go for legitimate readiness evaluation. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Lance > > > > > >>From: "michael champion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Reply-To: "michael champion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: COLT tests > >>Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 07:43:56 -0500 > >> > >>COLT testsMy opinion of them is that they only confuse the issue. I > >>counted over 15 questions on the CIT-Pre exam that either had no correct > >>answers listed or had wrong answers; I even took the test OPEN-BOOK to > >>try to get through it. There is a very good reason that these questions > >>are not on the real exam (badly-worded questions, no correct choices, > >>nebulous questions, badly-worded answers, questions so detailed and > >>obscure that they require a Cisco white paper or field notice to answer, > >>etc.), and no one has made any attempt to improve them. What is amazing > >>about some of them is that they are direct mis-quotes from some of the > >>Cisco-Press books, and some were paraphrased incorrectly and > >>unintentionally changed the meaning. It is my belief that these questions > >>were not written by Cisco but rather some hired third-party who didn't > >>understand the material they were asking about (let's hope that this is > >>the case, or else they are a real embarrassment to Cisco!). I had to > >>inform Cisco that the CIT-8/28 exam wasn't even showing the gifs (they > >>have since fixed that at least). Don't use this resourse to make a > >>decision on whether you are ready for the real exam, just use it as a > >>reference to make sure that you have covered the material. The real exam > >>has a few nebulous questions, but not to the extent that the assessment > >>exams do. > >> > >>Regards, > >>MLC > >> "Lonnie Paschall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > >> 8shead$gfk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8shead$gfk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > >> They are practice beta exams that are avaialable to cco login users. > >> No charge, excellent rescource! > >> "Ricardo Ciganda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > >> C3CBB71D56E4D3119C9C00902727B15C1A21B9@bmnt01">news:C3CBB71D56E4D3119C9C00902727B15C1A21B9@bmnt01... > >> Hi all! > >> > >> I would like to know what is the finality of the COLT tests. May I > >> have to paid for this or is only a simulation of a test? > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > >> > >> Ricardo Ciganda > >> Dpto. de Sistemas > >> Bytemaster Servicios Informaticos S.A. > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > >Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. > > > >Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > >http://profiles.msn.com. > > > >_________________________________ > >FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: > >http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > >Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ________________________ > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > http://www.priscilla.com > > _________________________________ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dan Henry CCNA, CCDA Network Engineer II Broadwing, Inc. / ZoomTown.Com
