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Certification FAQ Q: 70-217 & 70-219 - Which is tougher? A: I think 70-219 is the toughest, because you are given the questions in a new form, that can be quite strange the first time. Gunnar I just took 70-219 Friday, I was presented with 5 lengthy case studies I found that some of the Q&As for 219 were common sense and could have been answered without even reading the case study, while other answers had to be researched from the case study. Then I found a few other Q&As were vague, even after searching the case study the outcome isn't black or white and can possibly be left to interpretation. As for which is more difficult, I think 70-219 required a little more Nick Funk Q: What's the best track for MCP--MCSA--MCSE--MCDBA? Which is the track I am doing! Dullname Yes, I agree, This is how I did it: 70-210 - MCP I have the 229 on Monday. After that I have to prepare for and take the Prince2 Projec management exam and then I will be on to 70-221 for my final cert: MCSE The only thing about this is that the 218 is an extra exam. If you intend to take the two upgrade exams to Windows 2003 (292 and 296), that will automatically make you MCSA and MCSE on Windows 2003 and MCSE on Windows 2000. So if I would have known in advance I would have skipped the 218 as I don't really think it is worth the money. I would have chosen Exchange which I am now going to take seperately. Exchange is a lot more in demand than the entire MSCA certification. At least that's my opinion. Q: Do I really need to have MCSE before I begin CCIE certification? A: You should start with the CCNA then the CCNP. It takes at least 2-3 years of hands-on Cisco experience to pass the lab. The other network+ certs won't really make much difference for marketability since those are considered entry level certs. You don't need to do your MCSE before starting on Cisco Certs. Don't listen to them on that. They probably just want you to go to their MCSE school. You can do all these certs without going to class. Just remember that without hands-on experience you will be considered entry level regardless of what certs you get. John Kaberna It helps to have experience in servers. It DOES NOT help if you only In a nutshell, you don't need an MCSE or any other cert for CCIE. hsb Q: Is it wise to guess the answer to questions in order to finish the exam in time? Sovor Agreed. Don't EVER leave a question unanswered. If you don't know the answer to a question, use the process of elimination. Even if you can eliminate one option from the four choices, you improve your chances. Look for a patern in the answers to see if there are any clues to the answer. Bottom line is, if you leave the answer blank, you are guaranteed to get it wrong. If you take a guess, you have a minimum of a 25% chance of guessing right (assuming it is a standard one choice out of four question). Big Time |
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