Congrats Michael... AndyL -----Original Message----- From: Michael Earley [mailto:Michael.Earley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: 11 November 2002 03:27 To: Thin List (thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Subject: [THIN] Just passed my CCA exam But it was a stinker. I've been using online practice exams and study guides and feeling pretty confident, then picked up the Global Knowledge/Syngress/Osborne "Citrix Metaframe XP for Windows Administrator Study Guide (Exam 220) Second Edition", and started taking the practice tests at the end of each chapter. I was getting pretty poor scores, as low as 10/20 for some chapters, and I was thinking "what's wrong with me, I thought I knew this stuff?". That was just two days ago, and I was already tired, so I didn't get much study time in over the weekend. I went into the exam feeling pretty depressed, pretty much resigned to having to come back after doing more serious study. The questions were pretty varied, from the level of "well, duh" right up to "oh, crap". Probably half of the questions I don't remember reading ANYTHING about in any of the study material I used, I just had to sit there and try to deduce which ones were the least right. So I got an 85, and now I'm a CCA. Hooray, my first ever certification or qualification of any kind since high school, and I'm almost 30 years old. I'm thinking about some Microsoft exams, but damn, if the MCSE exams are going to be as un-related to the actual study information available, I'm not liking the prospects. Anyway, hope all of you had a beaut weekend. I've had a GREAT start to my week! Regards, --=20 Michael Earley, CCA Citrix, Windows, Exchange Administrator Ext: 244 ; Mobile: 0400 508 040 -------------------------------------------- Queensland Studies Authority -------------------------------------------- Level 7/295 Ann Street, Brisbane, QLD Australia 4000 Ph: (+617) 3864 0299 Fax:(+617) 3221 2553 E-mail: Michael.Earley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------- You cannot achieve what you have not first imagined ... ------------------------------------------------------------------- Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve=20 life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. -Gandalf, Fellowship of the Ring ------------------------------------------------------------------- ***********************************************=20 For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or=20 set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link. http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Reptons internal virus protection and the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service.=20 _____________________________________________________________________ This=20message=20has=20been=20checked=20for=20all=20known=20viruses=20by=20= Reptons=20internal=20virus=20protection=20and=20the=20MessageLabs=20Virus=20= Scanning=20Service.=20 *********************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link. http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm