After looking over the blueprints, there aren't a lot of differences between the old exams and the new exams that I can see. There are some newer topics, but I really don't see enough change between the old exams and the new exams to get nervous about. I noticed that Cisco likes to take a topic from an old blueprint and re-word it so that it looks different in a new blueprint, even though it's the same topic.
Here's what I've noticed "most of the time" in the past when Cisco releases a new version of a particular exam: The core topics are always covered, regardless of whether you're taking an old exam or a new exam. Cisco likes to re-word questions taken from old exams and put them on new exams. However, they still cover the same topics. Know these core topics and you have 90% of the exam covered. The other 10% may be new questions covering new technologies, etc. Just my opinion. Shawn K. -----Original Message----- From: Alan Ho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New CCNP 642-8x1 exams [7:73598] We all know that the existing CCNP (640-xxx) will no longer be available after Sept and will be replaced by the new 642-8x1 series. However there is no preparation materials (e.g. Cisco Press books) available as of today. Can someone let us know the differences between the current exams and the 642- series so that we can prepare to sit the new exams in Oct/Nov? I tried the Cisco Certification sites and print out the exam syllabus of both but cannot make out the difference as they are presented in different formats. Thank you Alan **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=73675&t=73598 -------------------------------------------------- **Please support GroupStudy by purchasing from the GroupStudy Store: http://shop.groupstudy.com FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html
