Hi all,
Just completed the CID Beta. Naturally I am not certain if I passed, as I
have to wait for about 10 weeks, however I am pretty confident. I walked out
of the beta exams in January and Febuary for some CCNP stuff feeling pretty
despondant but eventually passed those exams, so I think that this one will
come through OK.
Hard facts, for those of you who treasure them:
184 questions
180 minutes
no marking questions and going back later
I finished it in about 100 minutes.
I studied using the Sybex text for CID 3.0 and Boson's first test set. I
only had time to do the questions from the text to highlight the areas that
I was lacking in, then spot reading those areas. I also only had time to
complete two of the four test sets from Boson, but I still think I got my
money's worth.
The exam questions were mostly reasonable - there were a few trick questions
(probably more than that, I just didn't spot them :) and much more of a
focus on the technology (as opposed to the platform) than the old test's
study guides imply. Lots of stuff on security issues, a good testing of WAN
technologies, including some acronym questions that blew me out of the water
(in an area that I do not have direct exposure to). Some good questions on
your understanding of how various routing protocols interact.
Oh, and I gotta say, there was one really cool question - I nearly laughed
out loud when I read the joke answer stuck in the middle of it. If you take
the test you'll spot it, I'm not going to spoil it for you (and I'm not
going to skate that close to breaking the NDA).
Based on what I saw today, I think that Cisco are about to produce an exam
that will stand the test of time much better than the existing CID 3.0.
Rgds,
Dave Steele
CCNP CCDA
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