Thanks alot, that was very helpful.
sam
""Matt Holbert"" wrote in message
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> The scoring is not weighted or curved; that is, your score is not based
upon
> others' score or giving certain questions more weight. It's kind of weird
> the way Cisco figures your score. As soon as you pay your $100, you have
> scored 300 points. If you get 0 questions right, you get a 300/1000. If
you
> get them all right, you get a 1000/1000.
>
> Your Cisco score = 300 + (number right/65) * 700
>
> So, with your 946, you missed 5 questions out of 65. You scored roughly
> 92.2%. You need to score 51/65 (78.5%) to pass.
>
> Matt
>
> ""Sam Sneed"" wrote in message
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> > I passed CCNA yesterday with a 946/1000(there is no integer divisible by
> 65
> > that would give me this score so I know its curved). I did not think I
> was
> > doing well throughout the exam yet I got a good score. When it started,
I
> > was told that you need 849/1000 based on a score that ranges between
300
> > and 1000. So is this graded on a curve? If I got 3 wrong would my score
be
> > 62/65= 954/1000? I don't think it works that way. I overstudied thinking
I
> > needed at least 55/65 to pass but I do not think this was the case. Why
> > would they grade on a curve? If you can't answer 85% of the questions I
> > think you should fail. Are the CCNP exams graded on this weird scale
and
> as
> > easy to pass as well? I recieved my MCSE a few months ago and honestly
> think
> > the scenario questions on those test were harder than any of the
> questions
> > on th CCNA.Coming from a Computer Science background at Rutgers, I can
> > guarantee the midterms and finals on my networking courses there were
100
> > times more challenging than these exams.I barely needed a pen and paper
> > throughout the whole CCNA.
> >
> > Anyway before I digress any further I just wanted to know how the
grading
> > worked on the CCNP and the scores required to pass.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Sam Sneed
> > CCNA # 3,324,567,892
> > MSCE # 5,324,324,332
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