Will Cisco be rewriting the CID exam soon? I notice that the CCDP 2.0 list
still includes CID 3.0 640-025.
The test is ancient, and many of the questions were written to certify
instructors. (I have inside information on this! ;-) Some of these
questions miss the mark for people who won't be teaching the class.
Priscilla
At 09:31 AM 6/1/2000 -0700, Robert Padjen wrote:
>I think that most people fail to understand that the
>CID exam is perhaps the most unique of the series.
>There is no practicality, and, while I was
>disappointed with the age of the exam, I thought that
>it opened the door to the design world better than the
>technical exams - routing, switching, etc. Since I
>love design I went beyond these parameters and wrote
>roughly 50% of the study guide (Sybex) in that vain
>and added material like DSL and multicast.
>
>I think that all of us have been frustrated with the
>exams from a style, content or focus perspective from
>time to time. I also know that CID is generally
>regarded as a hard exam - I disagree - and a lot of
>people have avoided the CCDP track from this fear.
>
>A suggestion would be to participate in the beta
>program offered by Cisco. The tests are free, and I
>like to fool myself into thinking that they read the
>lengthy comments that I make. My understanding is that
>there is a group that reviews comments from both the
>betas and the live exams, so, as long as you don't
>have a time limit concern, use that avenue and
>hopefully you/we can effect the certification process.
>
>
>
>--- Brad Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> that CID test sucks!!!!
>>
>> -Brad Ellis
>> CCIE#5796
>> CCDP, CCNA, MCNE, MCSE
>> ""Jim Healis"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > Have you ever had one of those times where you
>> took a test, marked a
>> > question because you weren't sure about it, and
>> then changed the answer...
>> > only to find out that you failed the exam by one
>> percentage point?
>> >
>> > That happened to me today...
>> > My overall scores in each area were about what I
>> expected them to be...
>> but
>> > I never expected to fail by one question. Talk
>> about a downer!
>> > But I take the test again tomorrow morning... and
>> I now know what I need
>> to
>> > focus on: ATM and SNA (my two week points).
>> >
>> > Wish me luck!
>> >
>> > Jim Healis, CCNP, CCDA
>> > Senior Network Engineer
>> > wine.com
>> >
>> >
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