Actually, I passed this one the first time around, albeit with a 670
(650 needed). I felt a little guilty until I found out that our
resident CCIE passed with a 690.
So take your failure with a little grain of salt. Poor CID performance
has nothing to do with poor design ability.
Jeremy
Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote:
>
> At 05:08 PM 11/21/00, Gordon Olson wrote:
> >When is the current CID set to retire?
>
> No telling. The beta retires December 15th. It usually takes them at least
> a couple months to figure out the beta results and publish a new test. So
> don't hold your breath.
>
> Priscilla
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> >Priscilla Oppenheimer
> >Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 10:18 AM
> >To: Aaron Moreau-Cook; cisco
> >Subject: Re: Failed CID (640-025)....
> >
> >
> >Cisco is updating CID. You could take the new beta for a low cost of $25.
> >One has to believe that they improved the test and brought it into the
> >current millennium. (whether you believe we're in the new one yet or not)
> >More info here:
> >
> >http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/10/wwtraining/certprog/testing/beta_exams.h
> >tm
> >
> >Priscilla
> >
> >At 07:22 PM 11/20/00, Aaron Moreau-Cook wrote:
> > >Can anyone tell me why I need to care about SNA, IPX, Token Ring, or ATM
> >WAN
> > >Switches in the CID Exam?
> > >
> > >I was very disappointed in this exam, I've been reading this exam sucked.
> >It
> > >really sucked when almost 20% of the questions were SNA, 20% were Token
> > >Ring.... I had a few ATM WAN Switches, but I have never needed or seen one
> > >before. Working at a content provider I don't have the luxury to order a
> > >strand of fiber and try to make a ATM network off of it.
> > >
> > >Question:
> > >
> > >What is the backplane of the BGX ATM Switch Have?
> > >a) 9.6 gbps
> > >b) 1.2 gbps
> > >c) 45 mbps
> > >d) I have never seen a BGX ATM Switch before.
> > >
> > >Lame... Lame... Lame...
> > >
> > >I'll be retaking this exam on Monday.
> > >
> > >Score: 500/1000, 650 needed to pass.
> > >
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