Thanks Shawn for your informative reply. Maybe I was lucky but my OEQs were
easy and I got 100%. I don't like them either because it is like a lottery; it
depends purely on luck. What can we do is to study and hope to get easy
questions next time.
"1.read the exam
2.reorganize the exam so that I make sure to complete the dependent
tasks first. For example, if you have an inline IDS, probably finish this
section first as the rest depends on this.
3.After you have re-organized, identify the two tasks that are
the most complex. Chances are that other tasks do not depend on these tasks.
Make sure to complete these tasks last. If you wiz past the easy stuff and
only have 2 tasks left, this will boost your confidence immensely. I think this
will actually help complete the complex tasks even more quickly. There is no
worse feeling then being stuck on the hardest task earlier on for 3
hours, and only having an hour or 2 to complete the rest of the
exam."
I used the same approach but sometimes things don't go smoothly
My biggest concern is speed and not having enough time to review my
configurations. After each question, cisco asks us to dome some pings or telnet
to verify the solution. I did this and verified my answers and every test I did
was correct.
For example, in the the VPN section, I solved 3 questions but got 0. I don't
know why and I did exactly what cisco told me and verified my answers by doing
the required tests in each question.
I guess I just need to do more labs to improve my speed so I can have enough
time for verification.
Regards,
Mohammed Gazzaz
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [OSL | CCIE_Security] Time management and speed
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:10:32 -0600
I did the following:
1.read the exam
2.reorganize the exam so that I make sure to complete the dependent
tasks first. For example, if you have an inline IDS, probably finish this
section first as the rest depends on this.
3.After you have re-organized, identify the two tasks that are
the most complex. Chances are that other tasks do not depend on these tasks.
Make sure to complete these tasks last. If you wiz past the easy stuff and
only have 2 tasks left, this will boost your confidence immensely. I think this
will actually help complete the complex tasks even more quickly. There is no
worse feeling then being stuck on the hardest task earlier on for 3
hours, and only having an hour or 2 to complete the rest of the
exam.
I have also tried twice for my exam.
The first time I did not even finish, the second time I failed on my
core knowledge. I think I would have passed (if it were not for the core
knowledge) as I got 100% on 4 sections, and 67% on the rest. The thing that
helped me the most was working on my troublesome areas (like vpn). I knew the
material, but I was referencing the docs to often. I basically setup small mini
labs with 3 routers and one firewall, and rebuilt the lab every time. I would
just perform one small configuration each time, like setup dmvpn. Then I would
do it again with a twist, like dmvpn with certs. I kept doing this over and
over. This helped a great deal, as the second time around, I noticed I did not
reference the docs much at all.
Now it feels
like I am back to studying for the written exam due to the core knowledge
section. I personally do not feel like the core knowledge is beneficial in any
way. I have already passed the written, and the lab will weed out brain
dumpers.
Just on a side note, I was very confused as I always received 0% on my core
knowledge. I thought this meant I did not answer any question correctly, but
the
score actually reflects a pass or fail on the core knowledge. I will probably
end up studying so hard for the core knowledge, I will forget all the technical
stuff and fail on that next time. I am starting to despise the person who
thought it would be a good idea to invent this CCIE cert ;)
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mohammed
Gazzaz
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:24 AM
To:
[email protected]
Subject: [OSL | CCIE_Security] Time
management and speed
Hello,
How do I improve my Time management and speed? I lost some points
in my last two attempts because I didn't have time to verify my answers. I had
only 10 or 5 minutes and that was not enough.
I don't know how people
manage to finish 2 hours earlier. What is the secret? doing more labs?
What
about using a stopwatch to help me with this thing?
Regards,
Mohammed
Gazzaz
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