Test taking

Can somebody point me in the right direction.

Where can I find information about writing notes down while on the tutorial part of the exam?

Thanks.

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Glynixx

I think you just say "yes" to take the tutorial and then just use the time to write your notes and then just click thru it and begin your test.

dominican

Let me clarify.

While taking the tutorial, can I start writing down notes?

dynamik

I think the official answer is no, but it doesn't seem to be a big deal either way.

I'm still confused as to why people even do this. If you know the material well enough to write notes from memory, what's the point?

nel

As far as i am aware there is no rule stating you cant write down notes once you are in the exam room. Obviously do this before you hit the start exam button!

When i done my ccent i started writing a few thing before i started my tutorial but my whole exam timed out and i had to get the woman back in to restart it for me

To be honest i never used anything i wrote down but i didnt write much really. infact about 2 lines!

Most people i have spoke to write stuff down for subnetting charts etc but i would recommend being able to do it in your head befor eyou take the exam then rely on some chart, imo.

dominican

nel wrote:

As far as i am aware there is no rule stating you cant write down notes once you are in the exam room. Obviously do this before you hit the start exam button!

When i done my ccent i started writing a few thing before i started my tutorial but my whole exam timed out and i had to get the woman back in to restart it for me

To be honest i never used anything i wrote down but i didnt write much really. infact about 2 lines!

Most people i have spoke to write stuff down for subnetting charts etc but i would recommend being able to do it in your head befor eyou take the exam then rely on some chart, imo.

Thanks, I wrote a few things down as well, and didn't use them.

networker050184

dynamik wrote:

I think the official answer is no, but it doesn't seem to be a big deal either way.

I'm still confused as to why people even do this. If you know the material well enough to write notes from memory, what's the point?

I've always thought the same thing....

I've never written anything down for any of my exams. Like Dynamik stated if I remembered it enough to write down, I really don't need to write it because its already in my head.

laidbackfreak

networker050184 wrote:

dynamik wrote:

I think the official answer is no, but it doesn't seem to be a big deal either way.

I'm still confused as to why people even do this. If you know the material well enough to write notes from memory, what's the point?

I've always thought the same thing....

I've never written anything down for any of my exams. Like Dynamik stated if I remembered it enough to write down, I really don't need to write it because its already in my head.

im confident in my knowledge and what ive learnt while in the work place....
but in exam situations i freeze n second guess myself at times...

i write things down not to use as such, but as a back up... glance sheet so that i know im answering correctly.....
given the time constraints in the exams i dont want to start trying to write calculations on the fly... a subnet chart means i can just glance at it to confirm my workings...

I have one pinned on my wall at work... i rarely refer to it, but every now n then its a nice back up....

dominican

Here is one good suggestion I found. I think I will be doing the same, although I have written them down so many times, I may not even need to.

iworms wrote:

At $250 an exam, they should be able to invest in better monitoring stuff and give us paper and pen. Nothing writes better than pen/pencil on paper.

With that said, it wasn't a big issue for me because the only thing I wrote down was this sequence of numbers: 0 16 32 48 64 80 96 112 128 144 160 176 192 208 224 240 256 (for subnetting blocks of 16). Everything else was in the head.

mikej412

I usually wrote out the "emergency brain freeze subnetting chart" just in case.... luckily I never suffered brain freeze during my exams. It's nice to have for backup, just in case.

mamono

mikej412 wrote:

I usually wrote out the "emergency brain freeze subnetting chart" just in case.... luckily I never suffered brain freeze during my exams. It's nice to have for backup, just in case.

I was thinking the same thing. Though when I took my CCENT, I didn't use what I wrote either. I suppose its just for that reassuring feeling like mike said.