Of course, everybody's mileage may vary! ;-}
I didn't feel the test was very difficult either (950ish) and yes, I
documented everything very thoroughly from the beginning. I believe,
however, that the original poster (Tariq) does not speak English as a first
language, which could be a big disadvantage for this exam more than the
others.
Rik
-----Original Message-----
From: Croyle, James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 4:12 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: CCDA Exam
I usually don't do this, but I have to disagree that this test was hard. I
thought it was very straight forward, but... I did go into it with the
understanding that I should COMPLETELY document the case study because I
would be referring to it many times. I can't remember the stats... if
anyone even cares, but I finished the test in about 75 or 80 min with a
840ish, and when I hit finish, I knew I hads passed. And I surely don't
have that much design experience, only put together one network with about
60 switches and routers, and no low end stuff, no ISDN, an minimal multiple
site configuration. But then again... I looooove tests! ;-)
Jim
PS This is not a hurrah for Jim post, just a document EVERYTHING in the
case study, and don't read into the questions...
-----Original Message-----
From: Rik Guyler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 9:51 AM
To: Cisco Groupstudy (E-mail)
Subject: RE: CCDA Exam
I agree that the difficult part of this exam is not the technology but
rather the format. This test differs from all of the other Cisco exams in
that it tests your ability to read, comprehend, and interpret information,
which are vital qualities for a network designer who must listen to a
customer and "interpret" what the customer is conveying.
Perhaps a better title for this exam would be the "Customer Non-Technical
Requirements to Technical Solutions Interpretation" exam. You will find
that most customers will not only be unable to tell what they need in terms
of technology, but also unable to tell you what they need in any other
fashion. Taking what they can tell you, which may be close to nothing, and
then forming a viable solution based on what they tell you is the single
most important phase of the network design process.
Rik
-----Original Message-----
From: John Pusledzki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 6:30 AM
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Subject: Re: CCDA Exam
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<P>Hi Tariq,</P>
<P>I sat my CCDA at the end of last year, at the time I was a CCNA and my
friend was a CCNP ?!! We both sat it at the same time, and it is a very
difficult exam, not if you know the cisco exam requirements, but mainly
because the case studies are so time consuming. An indication is that after
1 hour in the exam I was on question 25 ?!! I finished the exam with 4
minutes to spare, and my colleague only just finished. There was a lot of
questions on WAN protocols, but I am sure if you study hard it won't be a
problem, the only real problem with this exam is the time it takes to read
the case studies.... I had 4 different cases in my exam. Good luck and I
hope I have been of help....<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: "Tariq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<DIV></DIV>>Reply-To: "Tariq" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<DIV></DIV>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: CCDA Exam
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 05:47:35 -0500
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Hello Everybody.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>I am preparing for CCDA Exam. I have passed CCNA.............
I heard that
<DIV></DIV>>CCDA is very difficult exam and you have to concentrate on
case studies. I
<DIV></DIV>>am preparing from CDS (DCN) Book...... If you have a time
than please send
<DIV></DIV>>me some comments regarding this exam.... I will appreciate if
you can share
<DIV></DIV>>your experience with me.
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Moreover which practicse exams are very close to real
exam.... I know that
<DIV></DIV>>due to lot of case studies it is impossible to find any
practicse exam which
<DIV></DIV>>is closer than real exam. But even in this case i you know
any practicse
<DIV></DIV>>exam which is closer to your real exam than please let me
know
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Thanks
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Tariq
<DIV></DIV>>
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