Boson Practice exams are the result of very hard work on part of their authors. Come on, say for example you read a chapter out of Caslow, and prepare a set of 20 Q's, I bet you will see atleast a couple of them on the actual test maybe differently worded.
True, that the work that has gone into preparing the Boson test is so much, that they have started to come closer (not same) to the real test, but once again, as has been oft mentioned "just using the Boson is NOT going to help anyone". You can use them to evaluate yourself, test yourself even test your recollection skills, but I really doubt if you can memorise those Q's go to the test and pass. I am in a position to say all this because I have got my certs after studying hard, and then testing myself with the Bosons (or earlier it was Transcender during MCSE 4.0). Take for example the excellent test No. 3 by Dennis Langaniere, it contains about 400 Q's, covering every subject. Its hard to prepare 400 Q's and then expect none of them to appear on the Cisco Test, I mean, these guys (the Boson test Authors) have read every imaginable book and prepared these Q's, where does Cisco get the Q's from, from the same Cisco press books (or CCO). Cisco has to follow the Blue print and same as these guys are doing, so if they are turning up such excellent material, maybe its time for Cisco to change things on their end a bit. Say for eg. how many Q's can you frame out of a blueprint subject called Router Password Recovery, 5 or maybe 6, how many options are possible, so if these authors cover all the options, and one of them is bound to appear on the actual test, same thing goes for every subject of the blueprint. Actually, I am using these tests in much positive manner, if I dont understand one word of a particular Q's I would go back to my books/CCO. Any option, even if not applicable to the context of a Q's, if I cant figure it out, I go back to books/CCO. In that process I tend to learn a lot. And the best part is that along with the answers, the authors give the actual url or book extract from which the Q is taken, which in itself is a great help. ps. I am NOT related to any of the Boson authors, nor do I have any vested interests. Nick S. MCSE, CCNP Network Engineer Connect Internet Solutions Sydney.Tim Toole wrote: > > Hey Gang, > Why do people use the Boson practice tests when they > know that the questions are almost exactly like the > real Cisco test? Do people think that it is just a > coincidence that the questions are almost the exact > same as the real Cisco test? It's almost like > cheating. This would to me seem to devalue the Cisco > certifications if I could practically buy the same > test from Boson. > > Help me out here. I'm I off base on this one? > > TimT > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Send your FREE holiday greetings online! > http://greetings.yahoo.com > > Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=28354&t=28318 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
