I did the same thing of my BSCN test, and had similar results. But I ended
up scoring well over 900 on the actual test. I basically use the Colt tests
to get me used to the Cisco way of asking questions (phrasing, etc.). Prior
to that, I use something like Boson to make sure I have hit the right topics
in my studies and to point out gaps in my knowledge.
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""Ejay Hire"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Thank God its not just me. I took 2 of the Colts as a pre-assesment for
> taking BCSN, and thought I had no chance of ever passing the real thing
and
> should learn to change tires instead!! I feel a lot better knowing that
> they really are as awful as I thought they were.
>
> Whew!
> -Ejay
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Lance Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Lance Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: COLT tests
> Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 06:27:34 PDT
>
> 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.
> >
>
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