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| dheinsdorf 2001-06-29, 5:38 pm |
| Ohhhh man, got 620 out of 626 needed to pass.
I dont get it. I was scoring mid 90%'s on all the STS sim questioned. The STS sim questions fairly matched the Student manual objectives and the instructors test tips.
Then on the test they hit me with several on the fine print - the areas not marked as "you better know this" in the manual. Many of the other questions were worded somewhat different from the manual, made it very tricky.
In the "Planning a Time Sync Strategy", in the book and on STS, they gave a complete network definition, like "you have a WAN, T1, or otherwise". On the test it was questions like: "click the exhibit, what strategy would you use for time sync on this network". Then in the exhibit, there was a bunch of interconnected boxed marked "R" for which the legend says is a "Router"
Now does router signify WAN? Certainly could. But it was so vague. Some of these router exhibits showed less than 30 servers and no indication of IP versus IPX - so now what does router mean according to them - a WAN not connected to the Internet, I can rout IPX and less than 30 servers means SAP = default configuration.
It was so screwy. No books nor STS use this exhibit, and the exhibit was just so undefined - as there was no exact way to define the correct answer without more data on the question.
Anyone have any imput on this "R" - Router exhibit? Retesting again Monday.
Thanks,
Doug (sometimes you eat the bear, and visa-versa) Heinsdorf | |
| chunder 2001-06-30, 2:29 am |
| doug! i'm so bummed for you, man! tough break huh?
as far as the Rs are concerned, i think i was told to always consider them as constituting WAN links (although that's not always the case in real life).
i think i remember seeing some graphic that may have represented a campus with different buildings. and there was one that was only one building... man, it's so vague now. i wish i could help you more.
it looks like you hit something that you obviously knew how to do but the test was so ambiguous that it's more of a code breaking test than networking! complain to novell.
you'll nail the next one!
good luck | |
| dheinsdorf 2001-06-30, 3:23 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by chunder
doug! i'm so bummed for you, man! tough break huh?
as far as the Rs are concerned, i think i was told to always consider them as constituting WAN links (although that's not always the case in real life).
i think i remember seeing some graphic that may have represented a campus with different buildings. and there was one that was only one building... man, it's so vague now. i wish i could help you more.
it looks like you hit something that you obviously knew how to do but the test was so ambiguous that it's more of a code breaking test than networking! complain to novell.
you'll nail the next one!
good luck
Thanks,
Its a lesson. We'll see what Freddy says tomorrow.
I was weak in a couple areas - like the massive flowcharts in the front third of the book telling you how to give what to whom and why.
After todays round and with my Zen2 skills anyone will be lucky to play a round of PacMan for the rest of the year.
I wasnt 300% on D&I and thats the point. I cant tune a massive tree but I can tune a fish. I dont test well. I almost forgot how to figure out the Subordinate References smack dab in the middle of the test.
I called Novell Educ - they arent answering calls till 7/9.
Thanx for the positive feedback! I'll get into the TimeSync details later.
Doug | |
| Freddy 2001-06-30, 11:07 am |
| Doug, Bummer man, I feel your pain. That exam is tough, no doubt about it. I saw a couple of sims for the computers and routers in EE. Unless WAN links are defined, you treat them as one location. When Wan links are defined, look at the speed of the links. Any off site replicas are stored across the fastest link.
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Now does router signify WAN? Certainly could. But it was so vague. Some of these router exhibits showed less than 30 servers and no indication of IP versus IPX - so now what does router mean according to them - a WAN not connected to the Internet, I can rout IPX and less than 30 servers means SAP = default configuration.
On questions such as this, don't complicate what they are asking. Unless they define a protocol or a WAN link, you just go with the rules of default. Routers with no definition are treated as LAN links.
Doug, I seriously recommend you get EE55 and work with it for a few days before you test again. It explains these things really well in the explanations for the questions.
I took the adaptive, which hammered me really good on Replica placement and time synch. EE55 was right on the money as to what the content of my test was like. The EE is for 634, so it may not contain all of the information for the newer exam. It did teach me not to over complicate the questions so when I saw questions like that on the exam I knew how to interpret them.
Better luck on your next attempt, I'm sure you will do really well on it. | |
| dheinsdorf 2001-06-30, 7:38 pm |
| Hey Congratulations !! Big time! Did you celebrate at all?
Thanks alot for answering my questions regarding the routers.
I had 3 questions that I setup for Ref,Pri,Sec when it shoulda been Default. Seriously thanks for the tips, they wont burn me on that again.
The Roles are cake, but those flowchart Q's get me. To be honest I am listening to ya, and if I had any Visa left I would slap EE on it right now.
As for EE, I still have to take Networking Tech, S&S, and my elective Zen2. I will register EE for at least one of those. STS Sucked on D&I.
Talk to ya'll on Monday, or sooner.
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Originally posted by Freddy
Doug, Bummer man, I feel your pain. That exam is tough, no doubt about it. I saw a couple of sims for the computers and routers in EE. Unless WAN links are defined, you treat them as one location. When Wan links are defined, look at the speed of the links. Any off site replicas are stored across the fastest link.
On questions such as this, don't complicate what they are asking. Unless they define a protocol or a WAN link, you just go with the rules of default. Routers with no definition are treated as LAN links.
Doug, I seriously recommend you get EE55 and work with it for a few days before you test again. It explains these things really well in the explanations for the questions.
I took the adaptive, which hammered me really good on Replica placement and time synch. EE55 was right on the money as to what the content of my test was like. The EE is for 634, so it may not contain all of the information for the newer exam. It did teach me not to over complicate the questions so when I saw questions like that on the exam I knew how to interpret them.
Better luck on your next attempt, I'm sure you will do really well on it.
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