Exam futility

RD28327

Is there any sort of record for failing a particular exam over and over (M$, Cisco, CompTIA,etc.)??? Failing miserably (200+ points) is one thing, but coming close time after time but not passing is nearly insane.

Komkommer

I know this guy who failed CCNA twice with 849 or so. He contacted Cisco for an explanation. But I don't have any contact any more.

dtlokee

I know somone who scored a 300 on the 070-291 exam, when I think passing score was around a 700.

sprkymrk

dtlokee wrote:

I know somone who scored a 300 on the 070-291 exam, when I think passing score was around a 700.

I know someone that scored 300 something on the Hardware portion of A+, then failed a second time with a higher score (500-600?). Then passed the OS portion but never finished the HW before the exam expired and now has to retake both for the new updated exam.

RD28327

Maybe I should have rephrased or asked a different question. But here goes ..... how many times has someone taken an exam and failed before they eventually passed it?

bighornsheep

RD28327 wrote:

how many times has someone taken an exam and failed before they eventually passed it?

Failed 291 three times before passing it (ie. passed on the 4th attempt with high 700s)

dtlokee

RD28327 wrote:

Maybe I should have rephrased or asked a different question. But here goes ..... how many times has someone taken an exam and failed before they eventually passed it?

I will let you know when I pass the CCIE R+S Lab


I had a student pass CCNA on his 9th attempt, that's the record for number of attempts