Hi there, Took the CCIE Written today and passed. Here's my 2 cents worth:
The test is quite tricky although I wouldn't use the word "tough" to describe it. If you went through the CCNA/CCNP track and took the time to *understand* (i.e. not memorising the stuff in a parrot fashion) the topics in the CCNP track then you should be okay. 85% of this exam is like an extension to the CCNP topics and perhaps 15% are not covered in the CCNP track. For anybody that's taken the CID exam, this exam feels and looks similar in my opinion. Also 100 questions, 2 hours and quite tricky. I've seen posts whereby people say they think this exam is harder because it doesn't tell you how many correct answers. Personally, I think if you know your stuff, you should already *know* what the correct answers are. Some of the answers are clearly wrong anyway. You shouldn't depend on the question to tell you which answers are correct. Besides, I think about 80% of the questions are single answers and 20% multiple answers. Very important that you spend the time to actually read the questions carefully. Read if twice, three times or even four times if you have to. Just make sure you know what they're asking. Can't stress this enough. Pick out the key words. For example, if it asks you something like "Host A sends a packet to Host B on an Ethernet segment, what is the RIF?" The key word is Ethernet, there is no such thing as RIFs in Ethernet!!!!!! The test has 100 questions with 120 minutes. I would say don't spend more than 1 minute per question. If you get stuck, mark the question and go back later at the end. Just before anybody asks, here are the resources I used to study: - Caslow's book (I read it 3 times over and over again. Although a bit overkill for the written test, I think it builds a solid foundation for the lab) - Lou Rossi's Token Ring paper. (Go through it until you are 100% confident you know what you're doing) Make sure you go through the exercises. - CCO - not extensively, but just to clarify some topics. - CCIE Studyguide from Cramsession. Very good to refresh all the topics once you've covered them. I'd not use it as the primary study resource though. Good luck to all. Blanco Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=29885&t=29885 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
