Brain ****

cisco_kidd

And no, not the brain **** we frown upon. I'm talking about the "****" that you **** on the pieces of paper before taking your exam such as a subnetting chart, OSI model, etc. I know things have changed dramatically from the days I took Cisco exams to now, and have heard you CANNOT **** to your pieces of paper until you click "begin" on the computer. Is this true?? When can you jot down your **** on the paper?

echo465

Confirmed, that's what the proctor told me when I sat for the CCNA earlier this summer. I don't think I got that instruction in 2010 when I did my CCENT.

gramacorp

Yea same, sat my CCENT afew weeks back and was told the same before my test. I still dumped before starting anyway.

cisco_kidd

gramacorp wrote: »

Yea same, sat my CCENT afew weeks back and was told the same before my test. I still dumped before starting anyway.

So if you pressed begin, when did you get a chance to ****?? I mean, doesn't the clock start ticking when you click begIn?

gramacorp

You start a tuitoral, read over some stuff, then start the exam. i wrote everything before the tuitoral.

cpartin

I wrote my CCENT back in May. I don't recall being told not to **** but I wrote down my subnetting chart during the tutorial phase. You're given like 15 min but it really only takes a couple of minutes to run through.

jamesleecoleman

I also read that I couldn't write anything down on the paper they gave is. A lot of other people might have read the same thing. I don't know why they would start writing when the instructions tells them not to until it actually begin. It's just another easy way to get in trouble.

VAHokie56

I was never told anything...I placed all my notes on my dry erase board before the tutorial like a few others have mentioned. I think it depends on the proctor, mine was a girl who seemed more interested in looking at Facebook then giving exams...I probably could of brought a laptop in with me and she would not have noticed...

Mike-Mike

I received no instructions on my recent exam, but I didn't write anything down until I was 3 to 4 questions deep

Greenmet29

when I sat the ent, they didn't tell me anything... I told myself I was going to wait the allowed amount of time to relax my nerves, and it seems like there were three or four different pages, including use policy, practice questions, and a few other things. Seemed like I could have taken about 45min before actually starting the test, but I got tired of waiting. Then I nailed it. Don't stress

CheesyBread

The best time to do your **** is when you are on the 15 minute clock that shows you how to take the test.

It also runs through a running config or two on that screen so if you're CCENT level, it might be helpful to copy down the VTY commands, ip address xxxxxx commands, and a few others.

I'd recommend requesting blank printer paper and a pen, instead of the crappy white boards. It makes everything a lot easier.

instant000

Yeah, I always thought that once the tutorial began, that was the time to start using your whiteboard.

I completely filled mine up with subnets, configlets, everything during the tutorial phase. Then, when I took the test, I found that I only referenced the board for 5% of the questions .... *meh* LOL.

Then, when I took the NA:Security, I was at a loss as to what I would even put on the board, so I had planned out some stuff like spanning (not spanning tree, the other one where you watch ports), vpn, storm control, etc. .... Needless to say, I feel like with all the notes I wrote out, I only referenced them for 5% of the questions ..... *meh*.

Also, +1 on the idea of taking notes from the sample configs they show you in the tutorial itself!

I think that next time, I'm going to glance at a quick reference sheet, and have it in my head to at least be able to jot down all that stuff when the test begins (anything in particular that's multi-step, is prime candidate for the whiteboard)

For CCNA, that was frame relay/ACL/NAT setups, for CCNA:Security, it was ACL/VPN/authentication setups.

Then, after writing down all the stuff, you seem to barely get questions on what you wrote down Then, you're glad you studied, because you wouldn't have passed the test otherwise

martell1000

i took icnd 1 & 2 this year and both times they didnt say anything about it. they just handed me the pen and board and started the test engine.

anyway - i took my notes during the "tutorial" time, its more then you need to write down all of the stuff.