Thanks for the input guys, I think I agree in that the questions will normally push you in a direction of doing something a particular way either by explicitly say that some technique cannot be used or by setting the requirements in a way that really only one option is valid.
I thought of another example, probably a better one though. What if when configuring control plane policing you were not sure what (sub) interface a service policy should be applied to and just applied the service policy to all of them. Assuming the service policy was configured correctly with the right class maps and actions I wonder if the marking not only checks that the policy is applied to the correct CP interface but also not applied to the other ones where it should not be applied. This is a specific example but I am trying to get an broader idea of how marking is before. Maybe it is really impossible to answer these questions without a proctor themselves here - which is never going to happen. Ben On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Alexei Monastyrnyi <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Ben, > for those like first one, there should be something in the task wording > which tells you what solution to pick. When approaching a proctor, > describe him or her your solutions and ask if there are any hints in the > wordings pointing to one of them. > For the second type, this stuff you would have to know I reckon. The > easiest way is to have both syslog server and trap monitor awailable during > your preps so that you see effects of those commands. > > There is absolutely no time in the lab to figure out things from scratch. > Those are easy points and you should be able to grab them just based on > your good preps. > > Cheers, > A. > > > On 9/6/2012 6:28 PM, Ben Shaw wrote: > > Hi All > > I was wondering if anyone had a particular strategy for answering > questions where it seems there could be more than one way to answer the > question or one is not sure if the answer is option a or b but is sure it > is one of them. > > For example, let's say a question asks to block a certain type of traffic > from a specific host (A) connected to a switch before reaching another host > (B) connected to the same switch. The question does not set any > restrictions on any features you cannot use just that this traffic from > host A should not reach host B. Now this is an intentionally simple example > and in this case one could use an inbound ACL on the port connected to host > A or a VLAN filter to block the traffic. Assuming there is nothing that > states either option can't be used and both options meet the requirements > would it be best to pick just one or actually configure both to be safe? > > Another slightly different example. Lets say the question asks to log > every 3rd unsuccessful login attempt to the console but you are not sure > which of the two following commands will do that: > > login on-failure log every 3 > login on-failure trap every 3 > > Assuming from reading the documentation you are still not sure which one > is the right one though obviously in this case only one is right - would it > be best to pick one or actually just configure both? > > I suppose I am asking what peoples thoughts are about the marking strategy > of the exam. Does anyone think that assuming one answers a question > correctly that additional configuration that does not break the solution > but obviously does nothing to answer the question will cause one to lose > marks as in entering the two "login" commands above to achieve just one > goal? Would configuring multiple solutions to a questions to cover bases be > a good strategy as in configuring both the ACL and VLAN map as in the first > example? > > Any thoughts would be appreciated > > Ben > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > > >
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