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| kevandju 2001-05-24, 10:50 am |
| I have some questions on to what the number of questions you have to get right in order to receive a passing score. I keep seeing 54 out of 65 questions, I think people get this number by dividing and coming up with 83% equals an 830.
I don't think that is right though because the CCNA exam scoring ranges between 200 and 1000 so essentially if you got 0 out of 65 right you would still get a 200 on the exam.
Can someone please give me a definite answer on this because I am taking the test tomorrow and I want to know what I'm looking at ahead of time. Thank you! | |
| Trouble Man 2001-05-24, 11:15 am |
| I have been told that the questions are weighted. Not only that, it's on a scale of 300 to 1000. Not 0 to 1000, so a score of 924 (what I got) isn't 92.4%. You need a 849 to pass. The major thing is not to concentrate on how much you need to pass. During the test don't count the # of questions you think you missed. Just answer each to the best of you're ability without worrying about the previous questions (because in this test, you can't go back), and read each one slowly and more than once. If you know your stuff you'll pass.
-Good luck
P.S I'm not 100% sure that's how they do the scoring, because I haven't read it in black-and-white, so if I'm wrong, someone let me know. | |
| SuperS 2001-05-24, 12:05 pm |
| 00 -> 300 | 20 -> 515 | 40 -> 730 | 60 -> 946
01 -> 310 | 21 -> 526 | 41 -> 741 | 61 -> 956
02 -> 321 | 22 -> 536 | 42 -> 752 | 62 -> 967
03 -> 332 | 23 -> 547 | 43 -> 763 | 63 -> 978
04 -> 343 | 24 -> 558 | 44 -> 773 | 64 -> 989
05 -> 353 | 25 -> 569 | 45 -> 784 | 65 ->1000
06 -> 364 | 26 -> 580 | 46 -> 795 |
07 -> 375 | 27 -> 590 | 47 -> 806 |
08 -> 386 | 28 -> 601 | 48 -> 816 |
09 -> 396 | 29 -> 612 | 49 -> 827 |
10 -> 407 | 20 -> 623 | 50 -> 838 |
11 -> 418 | 31 -> 633 | 51 -> 849 |
12 -> 429 | 32 -> 644 | 52 -> 860 |
13 -> 440 | 33 -> 655 | 53 -> 870 |
14 -> 450 | 34 -> 666 | 54 -> 881 |
15 -> 461 | 35 -> 676 | 55 -> 892 |
16 -> 472 | 36 -> 687 | 56 -> 903 |
17 -> 483 | 37 -> 689 | 57 -> 913 |
18 -> 493 | 38 -> 709 | 58 -> 924 |
19 -> 504 | 39 -> 720 | 59 -> 935 |
That should just about do it. | |
| kevandju 2001-05-24, 3:10 pm |
| Thank you so much!!! That is exactly the information I was looking for. I know what you're saying, I didn't plan on counting, I just figured if I found out that I could miss a couple more than 11 questions and pass that I would be more relaxed.
Does anyone recommend a good way to study like the last couple hours before the test? Or maybe something that I should right down right away when I get in there. Maybe some quirky way to remember all the ISDN initials. Any insight will help a lot. | |
| chunder 2001-05-24, 5:28 pm |
| quote:
...maybe something that I should right down right away when I get in there...
draw up your binary powers of 2 table and your bits on/bits off table -- you know, this: 128|64|32|16|8|4|2|1. write down your subnetting formulas, 2^n-2... that kinda stuff for the subnetting questions.
any neumonics (is there more to this one?):
Don't -- Data -- from the Upper-Layers
Sell -- Segment -- Transport
People -- Packet -- Network
Free -- Frame -- Data Link
Beer -- Bits -- Physical
HTH.
i need one for ISDN stuff... the NT1/2s, etc.
good luck | |
| strikeattack 2001-05-24, 6:13 pm |
| Chunder,
I am pretty certain that datagrams exist at layer 3. The terms L3PDU, Packet, and Datagram are used interchangably. | |
| chunder 2001-05-24, 6:45 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by strikeattack
Chunder,
I am pretty certain that datagrams exist at layer 3. The terms L3PDU, Packet, and Datagram are used interchangably.
ah.. yes, my bad. i had it written down somewhere and didn't look it up there or with other references... it's NOT DATA GRAM it's just DATA. meaning that the upper-layer data comes into the Transport layer and then it's passed down and converted/encapsulated into the other types of PDUs. that's better isn't it? so, in conclusion, the D for Don't isn't necessary... so, let's "Sell People Free Beer" then! 
i have edited the original message.
thanks strikeattack! | |
| strikeattack 2001-05-24, 7:10 pm |
| You are very welcome. | |
| SuperS 2001-05-25, 7:00 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by kevandju
Does anyone recommend a good way to study like the last couple hours before the test? Or maybe something that I should right down right away when I get in there.
I have always gone over all the questions once before taking a test. Atleast, read them off once with the answer and when you go to test it will be somewhat fresh in your mind. And as you read the question concentrate on answering it before you actually read the choices. | |
| butchie_t 2001-05-25, 7:21 am |
| SuperS,
Thanks for that breakdown. I'm sure it is pretty close. But I follow a couple of other fourms and people are declairing scores that fall inbetween your numbering scheme. ie. 802. So it seems that the Cisco folks weight the questions on an individual basis that really cannot be totally figured out. I imagine it would take a whole bunch of people to send their scores to a central calculating place to really get a handle on how the scoring really falls out. But I'm sure your method is a lot closer than any other I have seen. Happy Holidays
B.T. | |
| SuperS 2001-05-25, 7:53 am |
| The lower scores might be wrong but for the most part it follows that scheme. The passing marks should coincide actual test scores. I'm pretty sure you can miss 14 and still pass. |
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