Today at 2:00pm, I took the CCIE Routing & Switching Written exam. I PASSED!

Here are the results:

• General Networking Theory – 100%
• Bridging and LAN Switching – 83%
• IP – 77%
• IP Routing – 72%
• QoS – 100%
• WAN – 100%
• IP Multicast – 62%
• Security – 100%
• MPLS – 100%
• IPv6 – 83%

Overall score: 83/100

Oddly enough, on the score report was the following, which I had not seen on any Cisco exam score report before:

The score information displayed on this report is preliminary and does not constitute an official score report. Cisco seeks to assure the validity of exam scores by analyzing exam responses for consistency. Your score may be classified as indeterminate if it is at or above the passing level and Cisco cannot certify that it represents a valid measure of your ability as sampled by the exam. After review and analysis, your score will either be:

• a) Classified as “valid” and your offical exam result will be reported at http://www.pearsonvue.com/authenticate. You can view exam results by using the registration and numbers diplayed in the left column within 72 hours of your exam session.
• b) Classified as indeterminate and you will be advised of the options for retaking the examination.

I wonder if this is new, and one of Cisco’s new anti-cheating measures. Can anyone confirm that this is a new thing? There was no photo taken or any of the other “new procedures”, so I’m not sure.

Oh well, finally I can relax for a week or two!

Filed under: Certification, Cisco by Chris Jones on September 3, 2008
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