From: Anthony Pace (anthonypace@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun Jun 16 2002 - 17:06:45 GMT-3
I have the same problem interpreting the "lab questions". Many times
the best solution is not the correct one and it becomes important to
adhere to the "letter of the law" not the "spirit of the law" when
interpreting questions. This goes for the practice tests as well. One
thing I will do next time is "neatly write several options down" and
show them to the proctor. Others have said this is helpfull. I did not
avail myself of this when I took the test. Instead I chose to "stew in
my own juices' and waste alot of time speculating about all the
possible combinations of things which they "might" be looking for.
Anthony PAce
On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 00:14:11 +0000, "Wes Stevens"
<ccie_miami@hotmail.com> said:
> My first attempt was friday. I did not pass. Time was not that big of
> an
> issue. I was done with an hour left to check things. Everything seemed
> to
> work and I felt that I had at least followed the rules. But they must
> have
> not of liked my solutions. The interesting thing is that the parts that
> seemed the easist were where I did the worst. The part that kicked my
> butt I
> did well in. I think part is that I got over confident on the easy
> parts and
> did not pay enough attention to them. But part is also the ability to
> interpret what they want for a solution. I don't feel experience is a
> big
> help here. I have been doing networking for many years and have never
> seen
> anything like what they put in front of me in the real world. I did
> give
> them a solution that worked and was technically sound - but that for
> sure
> was not enough. I have talked to several people that suggest a boot
> camp -
> many of them are designed to build up your skills in interpreting the
> lab.
> But I am on my own on this - no help from my company. I would really
> rather
> not have to pay for a bootcamp.
>
> So my question is what do you do - what do study and how do you study
> to
> build up these skills.
>
>
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