How would you compare the CSS1 tests to the CCNP tests? I am thinking about going after my CSS1 after I pass the Checkpoint CCSA and CCSE tests.
-dlb ""Godswill HO"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi Priscilla, > > Questions like "which answer doesnt not belong " means what??? Is Cisco > implying that the double negative means positive as we were taught years ago > in algebra class or it should be ignored and taken for one negative. > > Am currently taking my CSS1 track, I wrote Cisco Secure VPN yesterday which > happens to be the third exam in the series. I came accross a lot questions > which made no sense at all. Looking at the question, it was not a question > at all. it was not asking any particular thing, it had no meaning, no > bearing, no sense in it, they are just like saying blablablablablablablabla. > The more I read them the more I get confused and lost at what Cisco was > tring to ask. Have you come accross questions that made you think 'What must > be in the mind of the examiner when he was asking this question, which > aspect of Network or Security implementation was he thinking of? What I > normally do is to completely ignore the questions and eliminate the odd > options in the answer, at the end of the day in many questions like these, I > come out with NOT THE BEST ANSWER as they use to tell one, but rather a > choice that made a different SENSE and MEANING than the other three or four. > > I sometimes ask whether the current Cisco questions were not originally > written in English but were translated from another language and as such the > transators did not do a good job or is it a deliberate action on the part of > Cisco? If it were the former it is long time they take a closer look at it > and if it is the later, what must have informed their actions? > > Regards. > Godswill Oletu CCNP, CCDP. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Priscilla Oppenheimer > To: > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:57 PM > Subject: Re: Passing CID [7:33784] > > > > At 07:19 PM 1/30/02, brian hall wrote: > > >Passing this test #640-025 was the hardest yet. It took a couple of > times. > > >Now its on to CCIE and then the lab were the truth comes out. > > >Some tell me that passing this brings you close to being prepared to take > > >the CCIE written. I'll find out soon enough. > > > > > >To any one who cares using boson CCDP #1 & #3 helped . > > > > > >I started using the latest version of the CID exam prep from cisco press > but > > > > Exam prep guides are written with the goal of summarizing what you need to > > know. They are not the course materials, but go beyond in some ways, and > > may also skip some basic stuff. They can be great for review, but don't > > work for everyone as the primary source. > > > > >found the earlier version of the book written by birkner a better source. > > > > This wasn't an earlier version of the same book. It's a different book. > > This was the course materials ported to book format. The author should be > > Cisco (course developers) although in this case Birkner didn't exactly > > follow the script and added his own material and left some out. > > > > In general, Cisco Press develops at least two types of books: > > > > Certification guides: not written by Cisco, but still often very helpful > > Course book: training written by Cisco, ported to book format by an editor > > paid by Cisco Press, usually an excellent resource as the tests are taken > > from the course. > > > > A question came up about the different types of Cisco Press books in a > > different thread, so I responded here. (My other response never made it?) > > > > Anyway, congratulations on passing CID! It's a hard test. Good luck with > > CCIE. > > > > Priscilla > > > > > > >The answers are very close to each other and need to be read carefully, > they > > >can be tricky. Watch out for the " which answer doesnt not belong " > > >questions those can be the most difficult. > > > > > >Good luck, > > ________________________ > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer > > http://www.priscilla.com > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=33844&t=33784 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
