Much thanks to all for the interesting problems that are posted here. Reading and thinking thru many of these issues helped a lot in preparing for the test.
Took the class from global knowledge used the Sybex BSCI 640-901 book An old Exam Cram 640-503 book old BSCN transcender practice test. bought some crappy practice test online. the grammer was awful explanations weren't very good and some of the answers were wrong. tossed it out after first 25-30 quesitons. Asked for my money back...doubt I'll ever hear from them. BGP BGP BGP. I guess it's adaptive?? BGP was my worst thing to study and it showed...even though I spent more time on that than anything else. I thought the route simulations were very small and hard to see (my vision is better than 20/20).The test was well written, but some of the questions were tricky. more than one correct answer one just slightly better. The dry erase marker died in the middle of the test during a router sim when I was trying to figure the mask for distributing a route. they couldn't find another one for me for more than 5 minutes so I was trying to figure it all in my head. it rattled me a little and I had to start the question over. Got that question answered and two questions later another question that required me to do some writing. Thankfully they showed up with another pen. I guess I lost about 10 minutes Heavy on redistribution questions. Know the isis commands well(like the clns commands v.s. the way it's done for the other protocols. And, finally back to BGP Policy based routing. know the attributes. That was a beast when I was studying and it came back to haunt me. you really need to understand the different types and what it means as far as how the traffic will be handled. As for the simulation difficulty. I didn't think it was too hard. Be able to do a basic router config to properly reflect how you will connect several LAN's and also know how to eliminate/reduce routing info from one area to another. It really followed the 640-901 format they laid out. I don't think I've given anything away that they could hold against me so I'd better quit while I'm ahead. Oh... 2 more things. The simulation practice before you take the test. DO IT. The simulation process itself took some getting used to. when I did the practice thing before the test I got stuck in it and would have been freaking out had it been the real test. Lastly. The survey you take before the test. I didn't like that. they are asking you how comfortable you are doing all these tasks that you are about to be tested on..... they swear it won't have an effect on the content of your test. Made me nervouse. the things I said I was less confident with.....more questions lower score. Maybe it's just because I knew my weaknesses. Best of luck all and again thanks for the help along the way. Now on to BCMSN David Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=71852&t=71852 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
