Would this be allowed when i test?

StonedHitman

So, I know they give you a board and a marker to take notes and I read another persons comment on here in another thread that you have to turn in that board with all your notes, but what I plan on doing when I take my test(before I actually start the test) is writing down the multiples of 4, 8, and 16 for subnetting up to 255. Would this be allowed?

tomtom1

Sure, I do that too! I usually write that down in the start of the exam, in which you state your experience etc.

Raisin

I don't know if you can officially write anything down before the test starts, but every test site I've been to has been pretty laid back and I doubt if any of the proctors would notice or even care. If you want to save time on the test you should probably be practicing doing that in your head without the scratch paper/board.

mikeybinec

When you enter the test room, you WRITE DOWN ANYTHING YOU WANT on the board (check and make sure your dry erase marker is not dried out, too)

You can erase anything while doing the exam. I read here some people stating you can't erase anything on the board. That's ridiculous--After doing ½ dozen subnet questions, you have to erase something

Anything in your memory you can write on the board. You can write down NAT commands for example.

You can do :D:D:D:D for example!!

Good luck

roch_greg

I wrote down the CDIR notation 30 - 16 with subnet mask # of hosts and magic number in one table. Then the block sizes as your suggesting 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 in another table.

You can't do this till you get seated though, and you have to every once in awhile click on something on the computer screen while the introduction/exam procedures are being displayed before the test starts.

When I began studying I went to Target and got a small whiteboard and practiced writing that information out two or three times a day. This not only helped me lock in my subnetting, but also that I could get everything written out come test day without using the whole board they give you.

One thing though, it's almost impossible to write small and legible with a dry erase marker.

MTciscoguy

roch_greg wrote: »

One thing though, it's almost impossible to write small and legible with a dry erase marker.

Over my 26 years in the Army, I had to do many tests to move forward and found out a long time ago, the little fine point sharpies work great on dry erase boards, it allows you to write legibly and still be able to erase when you need to, those fat dry erase pens are for the birds!

RouteMyPacket

StonedHitman wrote: »

So, I know they give you a board and a marker to take notes and I read another persons comment on here in another thread that you have to turn in that board with all your notes, but what I plan on doing when I take my test(before I actually start the test) is writing down the multiples of 4, 8, and 16 for subnetting up to 255. Would this be allowed?

Don't know until you try. I wrote things on a pad the first time I ever took an exam, are you supposed to? I don't think so but who cares, I wrote it all out anyway.

Jon_Cisco

I wrote out some numbers while I was taking the survey. I didn't read the fine print but there was no big warning saying don't start writing yet.

128 192 224 240 248 252 254 255
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 0

jvrlopez

Wrote out powers of two, block sizes, IP ranges, templates for ACL entries, OSI model, and used the board during the labs to take notes to make sure I was making the right configuration.

devils_haircut

I wrote out the subnet masks, slash notation, and block sizes for nearly everything when I sat down to take the test. The only thing I bothered to memorize was that /24 = 255.255.255.0 = 254 hosts. From there you can figure out all the others if you know your powers of 2.

gorebrush

Little tip - you get 15 minutes (I think) to go through a tutorial of how do answer the exam and accept the T's and C's. Well the tutorials are available online so just go read them

I remember using this time to write down my subnetting and things before I started.

Magic Johnson

gorebrush wrote: »

Little tip - you get 15 minutes (I think) to go through a tutorial of how do answer the exam and accept the T's and C's. Well the tutorials are available online so just go read them

I remember using this time to write down my subnetting and things before I started.

Is that what it's for? I just doodled for 15 minutes.

gorebrush

Well obviously you are supposed to take the tutorial but it's 15 minutes that you have to quickly jot down any notes you want in my opinion.