Hi all, I have made a complaint about wording of questions during each Cisco exam I completed.
There are some subtle differences in different flavours of English that can create confusion. I would imagine this would even be worse when the questions are translated into other languages. Just a thought Teunis, Hobart, Tasmania Australia On Sunday, September 30, 2001 at 06:28:13 PM, Leigh Anne Chisholm wrote: > There must be a problem with me, because I didn't find anything on the CIT > exam to be poorly worded or difficult to understand. Then again, I used to > work at a law firm so perhaps my background gives me an unfair advantage. > (-: > > Previously I've expressed my opinion about the state of the CCNP exams. > That opinion holds true for CIT as well. And that in itself is likely the > real reason why I didn't find any of the questions difficult to > understand... > > > -- Leigh Anne (just Remote Access left...) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > mike > > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 2:50 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: CCNP now, Thank You! [7:21495] > > > > > > I can't agree with you more about the questions being worded > > badly. I also > > just finished the CIT exam for my CCNP. Every CCNP test I went > > into I felt > > very confident and found myself during the test wondering where > > the hell did > > they come up with some of these questions. You have to be a laywer to > > interpret some of them. Although I did well on all of the tests > > an am glad > > that I got the CCNP cert, I really don't feel like my knowledge of > > networking was put to the test. I hope the CCIE is more > > realistic. Anyway, > > congrats and good luck! > > > > Mike > > "Ole Drews Jensen" wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Here's a thanks to all of you who directly and indirectly helped me pass > > my > > > CCNP exams. I passed CIT this morning as the last one. > > > > > > The CIT exam was the one I felt best prepared for, but passed > > with a lower > > > score that any of the others. I felt that the questions were worded very > > > badly compared to the other exams, and I was asked questions about > > specific > > > details that I did not recall having read in any of my books. Anyway, I > > > passed - so I'm happy! > > > > > > A little advise to those of you who are on the first step on the CCNP > > > ladder: > > > > > > 1) Read at least two books for each exam, unless you feel very sure you > > know > > > everything you need to. A good rule that I have used, is to get a study > > > guide with good reviews. You can search, find and check for those on > > > http://www.amazon.com. A study guide usually uses an easier > > language that > > > you can better understand if you're reading about the topic for > > the first > > > time. As a second book, I like to buy a CiscoPress course or exam book, > > > because they are more detail specific regarding what they want > > you to know > > > for the exam. I do not recommend CiscoPress course or exam books as the > > only > > > book unless you are good at reading and understanding technical > > > explanations. They can be a little hard to understand if you're > > not really > > > sure what they're trying to tell you. > > > > > > 2) Download the Cisco exams from Boson. Take all three test exams, and > > then > > > buy the full version of the one you score lowest in. > > > > > > 3) Look on the Internet for other good helping tools or > > descriptions. For > > > the CIT, I recommend using the Flash Cards that Priscilla has available > > > (http://www.priscilla.com), and for the BCMSN exam, I recommend my own > > > applications to help you train the commands on the Catalyst 5000 and > > > calculate Multicast layer 2 and 3 addresses. Those two > > applications can be > > > found by following my RouterChief link below. > > > > > > Now on to CSS1 starting Monday or Tuesday when I expect the book to > > arrive. > > > > > > Have a nice weekend, > > > > > > Ole > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > Ole Drews Jensen > > > Systems Network Manager > > > CCNP, MCSE, MCP+I > > > RWR Enterprises, Inc. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > http://www.RouterChief.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > NEED A JOB ??? > > > http://www.oledrews.com/job > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- www.tasmail.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=21526&t=21495 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
