Failed CCNA today

kweevuss

I went and took my CCNA today, I got a 700 out of 815 of passing. I know what I need to work on though, and I'm going to try it again once I got on christmas break from college. I'm not sure exactly what made it so hard, but the practice tests I took I was getting passing grades in the areas that I did bad on the test in. But I did just see a topic on the forum that you can get your second test at 50% off which will be really nice.

I was kinda used to the Comptia tests, this one was harder and I was trying to squeeze it in 3 months before I went to college, but oh well I need to learn from my mistakes.

Im not letting this bother me and I'm going to go at it twice as hard next time!

NotHackingYou

Sounds like you know what to do

j.petrov

Sorry to hear about the fail. The Cisco tests are definitely harder than the CompTIA exams. At least you now know where your weaknesses are.

Maybe you should take it again sooner rather than later, this way all the information will still be fresh.

Good luck on your next try.

ChickenNuggetz

I wouldnt wait until December to retake it. You'll run the risk of losing the knowledge you've already gained. I'd study hard now, keep the momentum you have, focus on what you did poorly on and retake the exam in a week or two.

Roguetadhg

Don't wait until christmas. That's a long many months away. If you know what you're weakest at - keep pounding away at the drum.

I'd recommend buying Boson's ExamSim at this point. It helps. it's what I did to find my weak areas, and to rectify them.

kweevuss

Ok I didn't schedule anything yet, that does sound like a better idea taking it a little sooner. I'm going to check out techexams for its practice tests, and is there any other recourses that would be good to study from? I'm not of course blaming it all on my study materials that I used this time around, but I think I need some other recourses

Roguetadhg

See my post. It has simulators as a test questions, it's pretty much the same thing but without the same questions. It's pretty good at what it does.

kweevuss

I will look into it. The only thing is I got a perfect on the labs, it seems like that simulations are my kind of thing lol. Its more of the networking questions I don't get.

Roguetadhg

It helps ironing out those as well.

snokerpoker

I wouldn't wait that long to re take the test. I failed the first time and took the exam again after two weeks of cramming my weak points. Passed with flying colors the second time around.

Good luck.

DarthVader

I agree with the previous posters. I would go for it again in a few weeks, don't wait too long!
Good Luck!!!!

RouteMyPacket

Chin up!

A: You now have the experience of sitting the test, so no nerves next time!

B: You know where you need to focus

And most importantly, do NOT wait..stay focused here and move forward. Study on the weak points and hammer it home in 2-3wks.

lantech

Did you take the composite exam or were you going to two test route? If you took the composite you might think about doing the two test route instead of doing just one.

Keep studying, and like people said, it's probably better to do it sooner rather than later.

kweevuss

I did do the composite exam. The reason I did it was because it was less questions overall. And I was also worried about what subjects would be on the first test, and what would be on the second. Is there anywhere that it will easily say this?

ChickenNuggetz

kweevuss wrote: »

I did do the composite exam. The reason I did it was because it was less questions overall. And I was also worried about what subjects would be on the first test, and what would be on the second. Is there anywhere that it will easily say this?

Look at the test objectives on Cisco's website, they clearly state what is on each exam. If you're using the official cert guides from Cisco Press, those books are also designed for each individual test.