I love how all these guys use boson as the point of comparison. That alone tells me something. When I passed the written I used several of the popular books, including reading Caslow and Doyle, which are more for the lab, but are great books. Then I tested myself with the #1 and #3 bosons; and they were great. One of them, and I don't remember which, had something like 400 questions and was right on the money.
Lastly, the current version of the written is going away soon, and if anybody is getting ready to test out, they should have multiple sources of study. Definitely read the popular books, review the public domain cramsessions that are around, and download a couple of these practice test things. The test costs $300 (or at least it did when I took it, I think it's more now), and buying ALL the popular books, the bosons AND shawn's home grown ms word document thingy is less then the price of failing just once and having to take it again. Just my $.02 (was that a gentle enough flame?) -Nic >From: "Kaminski, Shawn G" >Reply-To: "Kaminski, Shawn G" >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: CCIE Written passed - Boson [7:45535] >Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 17:02:26 -0400 > >Well, if the moderators let this through, I'll probably get flamed to death >because I'm always pushing CCxx Productions. Why? Because I wrote most of >the materials. However, I can guarantee that they cover the exact same >topics as Boson at a much better price. The difference is that you get the >materials in Microsoft Word format instead of a test engine. But the >advantage of that is that you can transport the materials anywhere you >want. >With Boson, you can only put the materials on one PC. > >Flame away........ > >Shawn K. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hamid [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 2:02 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: CCIE Written passed - Boson [7:45535] > > > > What matterials do you mean by 29.95$? > > > > Hamid > > ""Kaminski, Shawn G"" wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > You spent $80.00 on Boson tests when you could have gotten materials > > that > > > cover the exact same topics for $29.95? Shame on you! > > > > > > Congrats! > > > > > > Shawn K. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Pierre-Alex Guanel [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 12:46 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: CCIE Written passed - Boson [7:45535] > > > > > > > > I took the CCIE written yesterday afternoon and passed (80%) > > > > > > > > I was expecting more, but I flunked the performance/QoS section of >the > > > > exam, > > > > which I neglected somewhat during preparation. > > > > > > > > I used both Boson #1 and Boson #3. Those 2 tests are complementary >and > > are > > > > NOT substitute for each other. Boson #3 focuses on SNA issues where >as > > > > Boson > > > > #1 focuses on the other networking topics. > > > > If you can, you should purchase both tests. > > > > > > > > For preparation I did a pre-test on Boson #3 and discovered how >little > > SNA > > > > and ATM I knew. For 3 weeks, I studied SNA and ATM using CCO + > > hands-on > > > > until the whole thing felt natural. Then, on the 4th week of > > preparation > > I > > > > repeated the same strategy with Boson #1. I dicovered 3 areas of > > > > networking > > > > where I had some weaknesses. I only had time to work on 2 of them > > > > thoroughly > > > > before the test. > > > > > > > > Thank you to Bernard and Dennis for excellent test materials and to > > all > > > > those who gracefully took the time to answer my questions. I > > particularly > > > > want to thank Priscilla and Leigh Anne who both put me back on track > > > > several > > > > times during the last two years and Daniel Cotts for squeezing some > > time > > > > out > > > > of his busy schedule to spend some time discussing Cisco with me. > > > > > > > > > > > > Pierre-Alex _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=45599&t=45535 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
