Thanks for sharing and clearing this up.
I had just heard that before and it's good to know that it's not true. From: Paul Kruger [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, July 30, 2010 6:49 AM To: Ashar Siddiqui Cc: Daniel Berlinski; CCIE Voice GMAIL; OSL Group Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] First attempt Let my chip in and give my 2c. Disclaimer: This might have changed since last I wrote (Jan 2010) In my first attempt I failed the dial plan miserably and got 0, which in itself, is a section that if you get 0, getting 100% for the rest still isn't enough to pass. Yet I had sections marked throughout with some 0, some perfect and some in between all the way to the end. On my second attempt, I failed the OEQ section, which also if you can remember is a "fail this and you fail the exam" section. Still, the rest of my exam was scored all the way through. During lunch I realized that I made a mistake on my OEQ's and would fail, and asked the proctor what the policy was, and it was quite the reverse from what the perception is on this forum. He said. if you have earned enough points to pass you, they stop marking. You've passed. But they will keep marking all the way through if you have not. And after my first attempt, I couldn't believe getting 0 for dialplan, as I tested and tested everything, except for one question which I couldn't get working. So thought at the least, I should get a few marks for that section. But then spent a lot of time trying to figure out what I did wrong in dial-plan, and sure enough the error was with me. There was one small little thing that I did not include in any of my dialplan answers that bit me and got me a zero. Second time around, I just read the questions a lot more thoroughly and my dial plan score was great! Still didn't have enough to pass, but at least I had gained the belief that if a section was scored badly, I needed to pay attention to that area. HTH Paul On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Ashar Siddiqui <[email protected]> wrote: I don't buy that 0% theory that once they come to conclusion that you can't make it , they will start giving 0%...just a rumour I guess.. In my first attempt, I had few 0% spread across which means they graded my full lab otherwise they should have stopped at the beginning.. One more thing...If you get 0% in some section..it is all justified once you start looking into your solution from every angle.. Ash> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniel Berlinski Sent: 29 July 2010 23:15 To: CCIE Voice GMAIL Cc: OSL Group Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] First attempt I've heard this from Cisco employees as well that when the proctors reach the conclusion that the candidate cannot make it up the 80% they just stop the correction. This is something I will definetely ask whenever there is another ask the expert forum. By the way has anyone ever looked for this info in the ask the expert archives? I know this forum is packed with Cisco staff. Can any of you clarify this for us? On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 7:29 AM, CCIE Voice GMAIL <[email protected]> wrote: I have heard this from a couple of people and even on this mailer. That is why I am bringing it up. I am not 100% sure if it is accurate or not. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Graham Hopkins Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 12:09 PM To: OSL Group Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] First attempt I don't see how this can be correct, if it is it makes the report meaningless. You could screw up a few early sections, fail on 79% and still have most of the report as 0. Of course as the score report is subject to NDA we'll never know. Still Ohamien keep working on it and you will get there. Graham On 29 Jul 2010, at 19:59, CCIE Voice GMAIL wrote: It's also important to note, and correct me if I'm wrong, that the 0's don't necessarily mean you configured that section incorrectly. To my knowledge, once you lose more than 20 points, they simply stop grading your exam. So the later section may have 0's but you configured them correctly. I feel like this is a big problem with the already vague score reports. I wish they would change this. If you are paying $1400, you deserve a full report in my opinion. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ashar Siddiqui Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 11:25 AM To: Ohamien Uhakheme Cc: OSL Group Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Voice] First attempt I am sure you will figure out what mistakes you made which resulted in 0%. I know its very hard to find out when you are sure your solution is 100% but believe me I have been through this and you will come to know how a tiny mistake in that particular section or may be in some other section resulted in 0% for this section :) I hope you pass in 2nd attempt. Don't forget to break down your scores and analyze exactly which question you lost points. That will help you to work out on specific areas. Ash> Ohamien Uhakheme wrote: Hey guys -- I've been lurking for a while, so I figured that I'd chime in. I sat for my first attempt yesterday with less than passing results. Like other people have mentioned, it is heart breaking to see 0% in areas that you are sure that you nailed completely. It's cool though, I needed to get the psychological first attempt out of the way, and I will probably schedule again for early September. IPExpert is spot on with their training material, and I definitely appreciate the effort that has gone into it. 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