Another Crack Needed

Well, my first attempt at the Voice written exam was unsuccessful. I was very close, but close only counts in horseshoes and hand gernades.

The overall experience was positive. I now know that it will take me every second of the 120 minutes that you are alloted. With previous Cisco exams, I was normally out of the test center within 45 minutes of starting, not this time. It was definately a chanllenge to keep to a 1 question a minute average when you have to sift through QoS configs and manually calculate bandwidth requirements.

The topics that I thought would trip me up (QoS & IPCC/IP IVR), I actually did fairly will in. Then, others where I felt pretty confident (Security, Infrastructure & App Protocols) I didn’t do very will in. At least now I know where I need to focus my studies for the next attempt.

I have already scheduled it for 01/08/10. I was hoping to find something sooner, but with the short holiday week, there wasn’t an appointment that would give me enough time to study.

Oh, and one thing to note, contrary to some articles and posts about this exam, you cannot mark a question and go back to it. Something to keep in mind when you are trying to budget you time.