Neal, You are sailing right through the exams as I thought you would. The CIT was one of the harder ones for me. Not due to the difficulty, but due to the way the questions are worded. Some questions are extremely detail oriented between one or two choices, and others are as obvious as the CCNA test questions. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Neal Rauhauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 2:13 PM Subject: CIT passed with 850 & CCNP done, details inside > I passed my BCMSN yesterday with a 934 and as a special present to > myself I scheduled the CIT exam early this morning. > > > I did basically zero preparation for the test. I spent the $30 for > the boson.com exam for CIT because boson's stuff has been a very > reliable indicator of readiness for me. I breezed through the first > practice test in about nine minutes with a 70% and figured I was ready > to go. > > > I found the following areas covered in the exam > > > 1. structured troubleshooting - collect some facts, try to > isolate the problem, then an action plan. They must cover this in a > structured fashion in the classes but I've never talked to anyone that > has taken the CIT. There was a 'drag the little tabs into the > appropriate order' question ... it was common sense. > > 2. ISDN. backwards and forwards. Caslow is a must read for this > and I did all of the labs in the CCIE Lab Study Guide by Hutnik and > Saterlee using a real live ISDN line into my house sharing the circuit > between two S bus routers using an NT1. > > 3. frame relay. Once again Caslow and the CCIE Lab Study Guide > will get you right through this. > > 4. IP and IPX behavior. I had a CNA and a lot of time in grade > with netware and I've read W Richard Stevens TCP/IP illustrated so I had > no trouble with this. > > 5. VLANs in all their glory. I feel *very* lucky that I > scheduled this on top of the BCMSN instead of waiting and reviewing as I > usually do. > > 6. there were a lot of subtle questions about connectionless > protocols and troubleshooting in an internetwork that I did not do get. > I am going to track that stuff down and read it for my personal > satisfaction. > > > I started working on the CCNP stuff diligently around April of this > year after passing my CCNA last October and my CCDA in January. So, > seven months of hard work, a killer home lab when I worked for Optimum > and a not so killer home lab now that I am spending my own money, and > maybe 500 hours of study and lab time and I'm now smart enough to > accurately assess just how far I have to go for the CCIE :-( > > I got the boson.com exam for the CID earlier tonight and the results > were promising :-) Am I going to be the first to knock off three of > these exams in three days? I guess we'll see ... > > > > > > _________________________________ > FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html > Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
