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Time before exam starts?

jdogg737

Anyone know how much, or if it is even limited how much time I might have to write out mental notes prior to actually starting the exam? My exam is scheduled for tomorrow and would like to be as prepared as possible

Any info would help, thanks.

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wheely

Once they give you your little dry erase board you can put as many notes as you want before you actually start the test. Obviously you can't right anything down straight out of a book or anything just what you have in memory.

jcblester

I took the CCENT today and remembered reading on the sheet that you have to sign before the test that you could not start writing stuff out until you start the test. I could be wrong about his, but I am pretty sure that is what I read.

Stotic

Some test sites are pretty lax on this

jcblester

Thats true! she did not sit over me until I started the test or anything, so I could have sat there and wrote out what I needed before I started the test. As it turns out I did not write anything down. I passed so it did not hurt me too bad.

mikej412

I think there is a count down clock up in the corner of the Certification Exam Tutorial and maybe even the Non-Disclosure. I remember one of them might have been 15 minutes.... but it's been a while.

Check out the CCNA FAQ for the links to the Exam Tutorial and the Cisco NDA. If you go through both of them tonight then you'll have all that time to use to put what you want on your dry erase board -- or you could just jump to the exam that much sooner

Good Luck!

lildeezul

doesnt the exam have like a tutorial about the types of questions on the exam.

you could use this time to write down what you need

Soha|L

whn i went there for the xam, the testing centre guy didnt leave my desk till the tutorial started...

so i couldnt write anything on tht erasable board...

well y would one write anything?? if u have got tht in ur memory...u should b confident enough tht u wont forget those important points

mikej412

sohailq wrote:

u should b confident enough tht u wont forget those important points

Some people "crack" under the pressure of the exam

Even if they don't ever use their subnetting chart, it's still nice to have for backup -- just in case.

Soha|L

yea u r rit, theres no harm in havin a backup

mikej412

Celebrating? Or

commiserating?

Do we have a result?