Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Brussels, Belgium here i come .....

Ok, final 3 days before my exam. Is not my first attempt and i hope it is a last one!!!
Today arrived to Brussels for my attempt in CCIE SP, went to Cisco offices to talk and meet the proctor but on reception very nice lady told me "it is impossible - he is in middle of the test , what did you think to your self?". Strange, in US (RTP) it was very different, proctor is nice and he come to you outside to give you a little briefing about the exam, but no, here is different.
Anyway, i turn around and come back to hotel to read more before this f$%&@# OEQ question.
New stuff added from my previous trying, it is evil OEQ (Core Knowledge Questions - cisco way to call it - common...).

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04 Jan 2010  

Core Knowledge Questions on Remaining CCIE Lab Exams

Effective January 4, 2010, CCIE Service Provider, Storage and Wireless lab exams will begin with a brief Core Knowledge section consisting of four, computer-delivered short-answer questions. The Core Knowledge section was added to CCIE Routing and Switching, Security and Voice earlier in the year. Candidates will type in their answers, which typically require five words or less. Questions will cover topics included on the current lab exam blueprint. Candidates are allowed a maximum of 30 minutes to complete the questions and may not use the Cisco documentation which is available for the remainder of the lab. Well-prepared candidates should be able to answer the questions in 15 minutes or less and move immediately to the next section. No extra time is being added to the eight-hour exam. All candidates must pass the Core Knowledge section in order to achieve CCIE certification.

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Except OEQ for the lab itself  i think i am ready but you never can know what to expect.
This is the beauty of this CCIE.
I study almost 1.5 years to feel that way, it is not coming easy i can tell you.
So to the practical stuff:
LAB: did all the possible labs that available on the market today: Internetwork Expert, IPExpert, CCbootcamp and a lot of mini labs from Antonio Soares ( I think personally this guy did amazing job, including configurations and different videos on his site - please visit to learn - http://ccie18473.net/ ).
After my first attempt i understood that this labs are far far away from the reality, but it is a good way to start and touch every thing that you need ( basically everything that you see on the blueprint :) ).
Now to the OEQ, Now i have a three days before my exam and i am going to read all my notes writen during this year.
It is not simple as that but i am going to focus on this now.
Going to read....

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