From: Neil Moore (neil@droopy.com)
Date: Wed Jan 21 2009 - 15:35:08 ARST
I hope they do not combine the open ended questions together with
troubleshooting..
for example an open ended question:
During your troubleshooting you discovered the Ethernet cable was
missing from a duel homed switch. What would you do to resolve this
without bothering the proctors?
Answer:Cube 12 is now missing **2** cables!
Anthony Sequeira wrote:
> I have seen many posts here and on our blog about this topic - and I
> wanted to post a couple more observations to the community based on
> those questions or comments...
>
> 1 - Are the questions going to be multiple-choice?
> Errr - no. It is too tough/impossible to make the questions open-ended
> and multiple choice. Nice try though ;-) It is my guess the computer
> form will have a short answer box for each question.
>
> 2 - Since it is computer based - it will just be "braindumped", thus
> accomplishing nothing.
> Well, I disagree here - as long as Cisco gets it right. I sat down to
> write some sample open-ended questions the day this story broke, and I
> had 10 in less than 5 minutes. There is a TREMENDOUS possible pool here
> that Cisco can create, and ensuring they pull randomly from it, and
> periodically modify it, we should be in a pretty "dump free" type
> situation. Let's certainly hope.
>
> 3 - This is totally unfair.
> Since it is not a blueprint change, I guess Cisco is off the hook when
> it comes to the complaint regarding 6 months notice. The 6 months notice
> thing, as far as I have always heard, is for a blueprint change. They
> made it pretty clear in their announcement that if you are prepared for
> the configuration portion, this open-ended portion is no problem. I say
> we trust them, do not let this distract us, and continue to take joy in
> the pursuit of the CCIE. If you are still really mad and simply do not
> want to face this, you could always switch tracks immediately. ;-)
>
> Please direct all hate mail based on this post to
> makemoremoney@upassiguarantee.com.
>
> :-)
>
> Happy, happy studying GS! As always we are waiting to help you - never
> feel alone in this challenging pursuit.
>
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> On Jan 21, 2009, at 3:24 AM, ospfv2 wrote:
>
>> Yeee Haaaa
>>
>> I discover my stress level just decrease
>>
>> thanks Anthony
>>
>> On 1/21/09, Salahaddin Elshekeil <salah.elshekeil@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Great news :)
>>>
>>> thanks Anthony!!
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:19 PM, Ravi Singh
>>> <way2ccie@googlemail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Great !!!!!! Thanks Anthony
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:02 PM, Anthony Sequeira <
>>>> asequeira@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello GroupStudy.
>>>>>
>>>>> We just had a student confirm through Cisco that the open-ended
>>>>> questions
>>>>> will be delivered via computer prior to the start of the traditional,
>>>>> configuration portion of the lab exam. For those of you that were
>>>> concerned
>>>>> about an oral exam, it would appear you can now put those fears to
>>>>> rest.
>>>>>
>>>>> Happy studying!
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626, CCSI #23251
>>>>> Senior CCIE Instructor
>>>>>
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