/ The cost of the exams in the U.S. is $100.USDS except for the CCIE which I think is $300.USD. I presume you are referring to the actual exams, not the Boson exams. \ ---- Original message ---- >Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:18:50 -0500 >From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >Subject: RE: Boson Practice Tests -- Cheating?? [7:28318] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >The Cisco's exam prices are similar in Romania as in Brasil. Isn't >something wrong with the math? As more you earn, more you can pay, not >the opposite. > >About the salaries... here it is about 25% of what an average IT >professional earns monthly. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Constantin Tivig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: segunda-feira, 10 de dezembro de 2001 12:53 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Boson Practice Tests -- Cheating?? [7:28318] > > >Well, it can be worse. >We pay around 240 USD in Romania (for any CCNP exam). That is more >than 2 >average sallaries...and around half a sallary of an IT man. >What about that, Hugo? > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 11:52 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Boson Practice Tests -- Cheating?? [7:28318] > >US$ 125.00? > >Believe me, here in Brasil we pay ~ US$ 220.00 (R$ 532.00) for a Cisco >exam. I'm not talking about ccie written, that one I don't know. > >Just to satisfy my curiosity: Guys out from USA, how much do you pay? > > >Thanks, > >Hugo > >-----Original Message----- >From: anil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: quinta-feira, 6 de dezembro de 2001 21:18 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Boson Practice Tests -- Cheating?? [7:28318] > > >I don't know about you, but >1) I hate to lose #125 for each test, >2) The practise tests have a money back guarantee. >3) The practice tests help me to gauge my progress by how many I get >wrong. >4) I am ready for the real test when I score 99% on the practise >*without >guessing* any answer. > >In other words "testing" is an aid to learning... >Just like any tool (a knife, etc) it can be abused. > >-Anil > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 9:58 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Boson Practice Tests -- Cheating?? [7:28318] > > >Tim, I disagree with you. > >May be I'm wrong because my lack of expecience in practice tests. I >had only one experience with practice test (CSPFA exam #2) and still >now I had more than 30 Sylvan exams (Novell, MS, Cisco), this was my >first time that I bought a practice test. > >I my opinion the questions ARE NOT the same as the Cisco's exam. The >CSPFA exam that I took today had NO question as the Boson practice >test. Similar? May be some of them, but if you do not know answer, >surely you will loose the question. > >I think that with a practice test you will not learn more, but it will >give you what type of questions the exam MAY ask for, not the exact >questions. The pactice exams will only help you how to take the test, >not what answers to choose. > > >Thanks, > >Hugo > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Tim Toole [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: quinta-feira, 6 de dezembro de 2001 19:08 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Boson Practice Tests -- Cheating?? [7:28318] > > >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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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