If you're good at something - a test may seem easy. On the other hand, if you're not good at something - a test may seem very tough.
The point is, the exams are no harder than you make them, and if everything makes sense to you and you have a good logical way of thinking - the CCIE lab could seem like a walk in the park to you. Also, you should be careful how you talk about books. Some books might not work for you, but could be excellent for other. A good example is when you read the reviews on amazon - you can find one person writing that the books was perfect, and he passed the exam reading only that book, while another person who failed the exam is sending the book straight to hell. In regards to the Boson tests. They gives you a good fine tuning to prepare for the exam, but as far as I know has never given you the exact same questions as on the real one - that would be an open invitation to a big lawsuit from Cisco. If anyone has a link to an official comment/article from Cisco regarding the change of their tests to harder ones, please send that to the list. My 00000020 cents. 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: Logan, Harold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:05 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: advice on CCNP exams [7:26850] I started taking the CCNP exams under the 1.0 versions. I took the CLSC (Switching), CMTD (RAS) and failed the ACRC (Routing) exams, then the switch happened. I then took the Routing exam, and the old ACRC made the routing exam I took look like a walk in the park. After that, the Support exam wasn't challenging at all. It wouldn't surprise me if Cisco decided to increase the difficulty on those exams. Hal Logan Network Specialist / Adjunct Faculty Computing and Engineering Technology Manatee Community College > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: advice on CCNP exams [7:26850] > > > For all those people who are starting CCNP, I have some > advice for you. Dont > be discouraged by all the people telling you they got a 990 > on every exam. > That was then, and this is now. I new price of 125 (Nov 11th) for test > indicates that things have changed very much. I say this because Cisco > states the 125 is for the cost of changing the exams. I have > just heard from > friends that took it and that alot of their friends are > failing. I have > failed CCNP Routing as well just recently. > > The number of CCNPs has increased this year, by 100% since > the following > year, I think that trend is coming to a screaching halt. > > How to study, it should be common sense, which i dont have > much of :) Print > out the study guideline from Cisco, and know everything they mention > forwards and backwards. Obviously OSPF, BGP. If you have any > study guides, > dont really put much stock in them there not worth 2c > anymore. I suggest > exam cram for a basic idea of what its about, and cisco press > to look up the > things that are hard to understand. And maybe sybex if you > want to read the > entire book :) I think some of the questions on Boson go > overboard, but that > might be what you need. I guess it cant hurt to know too > much. Boson is now > only good for learning what type of questions are on the exam, not THE > actual questions on the exam anymore. > > Brian Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=26866&t=26850 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
