Ask a CCNA candidate how theyre preparing for exam day, and youll get different answers. Different books, different websites, different practice exams.
One trend Ive noticed is that some candidates answer the question by reeling off the number and names of the practice exams theyve purchased. Basically, the candidate is studying by taking a lot of practice exams. And in some cases, I mean a lot of them.
The intent of this article isnt to slam practice exams. I do want to address this trend among Cisco certification candidates of purchasing as many practice exams as they can find, attempting to pass the CCNA exam by brute forcing it, as one Cisco employee recently said.
I have nothing against practice exams. I sell flash cards that serve as a practice exam, if thats the way the candidate wants to use them. However, you cant be dependent on them to pass your exams. As I tell students every day, When youre in front of a rack of routers, there is no A, B, C, and D choice. Youve got to know what youre doing.
If practice exams are a candidates primary tool for exam preparation, though, theyll most likely be disappointed on exam day. The current...
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