UPDATE: Failed | ICND2 in 7 Hours

Well, I will be taking another shot at the ICND2 exam in 7 hours. I feel that i am better prepared this time. The last time i took the exam I failed with a 690. I feel confident that i will do better this time.

I have been using the CBT Nuggets videos and the Sybex CCNA book for my study materials, along with my home lab and packet tracer.

I am not doing any last minute cramming or anything like that. I got a good nights sleep last night and I am going to spend the day relaxing and going over stuff in my head and preparing myself for the onslaught that is the ICND2.

I will post back in ~7.5 hours on the verdict.

-Ziggi

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Comments

tomaifauchai

Good luck and i wish you obtain the CCNA!

-DeXteR-

Go Go Get ur CCNA this time

GL Mate

Greenmet29

Good Luck! Let us know how it was!!

Good Luck holmes.

good luck brother!

Good luck!!!!

Good luck!

Good Luck!!

Good luck to you. There is no feeling in the world like passing this test.

ziggi138

Well, I ended up failing the exam again with a 690. I would have done better had the simlet not crashed. I had to blindly guess at the questions in the simlet. I dont know if i would have passed it or not had i been able to complete the simlet correctly, but i think itto would have been close.

lochmoigh

ziggi138 wrote: »

Well, I ended up failing the exam again with a 690. I would have done better had the simlet not crashed. I had to blindly guess at the questions in the simlet. I dont know if i would have passed it or not had i been able to complete the simlet correctly, but i think itto would have been close.

Did you call them to complain?

jmasterj206

Call Pearson Vue and ask for a refund and take it again. Did you tell the testing center about the crash?

seekrit

What was the scoring breakdown?

rogue2shadow

jmasterj206 wrote: »

Call Pearson Vue and ask for a refund and take it again. Did you tell the testing center about the crash?

+1. Definitely give them a call.

mikej412

ziggi138 wrote: »

I have been using the CBT Nuggets videos and the Sybex CCNA book for my study materials, along with my home lab and packet tracer.

What's your previous Cisco experience? IT Experience.

The Nuggets are a GREAT additional resource.

Todd's book is GREAT for subnetting (for a networking/IT noob), and might be enough for a Cisco Vet who just needs to hit the highlights for the exam and maybe find out what they need to brush up and read up on for the exam that they don't touch in their day-to-day Cisco job.

If you're a Cisco noob (and haven't been at least an MCSA/MCSE for the past couple of years with at least some exposure to Cisco hardware and/or the Networking Team that does) then you should probably read Odom's Cisco Press CCNA Certification Library (or at least the ICND2 book).

If you don't actually plan to try for a Cisco Networking job and are leaning more Microsoft in your certification future, then The Chris Bryant Ultimate CCNA Study Guide ( CCNA CCNP Cisco Security Certification Exam, CCNA Boot Camp CBT ) might be enough to get you over the hump.

But if you are targeting a "Cisco Career" you definitely need the "Cisco CCNA Foundation" that the Odom books provide.

ziggi138

I didn't tell the testing center about it, and besides, i doubt one simlet would be worth 135 points. I am not really worried about it anyway. I will just hit the books and knock it out of the park next time.

-DeXteR-

Failure is one step more closer to Success!
GL

jmasterj206

ziggi138 wrote: »

I didn't tell the testing center about it, and besides, i doubt one simlet would be worth 135 points. I am not really worried about it anyway. I will just hit the books and knock it out of the park next time.

A phone call isn't worth 125 bucks?