Well today was the day I got in the ring with ROUTE and unfortunately I didn't come out on top.
What can I say? I simply ran out of time
My third or forth question was a Sim and it just through me off balance, I spent 30 mins on that 1st sim and I knew then it was going to be tough to make up the time. I set myself a target of 10 minutes per sim, but that went out the window today
1 hour in, 27 questions down, not looking too bad.
The last 40 minutes however were just a nightmare. I got more sims in the last 30 minutes than I had got in the last 90! I couldn't think straight due to the pressure and subsequently I couldn't get the sims sorted, some I simply skipped as I knew I didn't have time to read the scenario let alone do any config. I just bit the bullet and ran through the multiple choice questions as quick as possible. I knew I had failed.
I answered the final question with 23 seconds on the clock. The 'We regret...' message came as no surprise.
I actually found the multiple choice questions fairly straightforward and not too difficult. I can honestly say that after 3 months of study there wasn't anything in there which I didn't expect to see. However, the sims and the time pressure made it very difficult.
Final score: 622 - which considering I skipped at least one sim entirely and 50% of another, I don't think is too bad. If I can get the sims sorted I should be ok.
Looks like I need to find another test centre as the one I used today is also closing. I must be bad luck for test centres as the last two I have used have both closed down!
On to Christmas, then I'm going beat the crap out of ROUTE and make it pay!!!!
