F5 Certified Practice Exams
Thinking of taking the F5 Certified 101 or 201 exams but not sure if you are ready? Ease the anxiety by taking a F5 Practice Exam!
That’s what I did, and it sure helped.
If you remember, back in August I attempted the 201-TMOS Administrator exam and successfully failed, missing by a few questions. I’ve been wanting to try again and had an opportunity last week but I hadn’t studied since that initial attempt at Agility. If I failed again, I’d have to wait another 45 days to give it another go.
So instead, I decided to take a practice exam.
Practice exams provide candidates with an accurate prediction of their performance for the live, production exams. Other than the section-level score reports, they are not intended to be used for study or learning purposes. Their entire value is based on their similarity to the production exams and their validity in predicting your performance. If you think you’re getting a sneak peek to real questions, think again. They use entirely different questions on the live exams, so unless you actually learn the underlying knowledge, 'knowing' the practice questions is completely useless and becomes waste of time.
The Practice Exams are designed to mimic the real tests with 80 questions timed to 90 minutes. There are exhibits to consider, you can flag questions to review and you get instant feedback on your results. You can complete on your own device and you can ‘alt-tab’ to look up the answers if you so desire. Not that you should – defeats the purpose. While you do not get an actual score, you do get an indication if you Passed or Failed and insight (Below/Borderline/Meets) on how you did on the sections.
As you can see, 4 months of not studying doomed my fate. The 201 is no fly-by and really requires daily hands on experience. If I had done well, I could have taken the real exam the following day. This way, I know exactly where I need to focus and what I need to do to finally pass the 201.
They don't allow unlimited access to the practice exams and recommend using the practice exams no more than two, at most three, times as part of your preparation. Once you become familiar with the questions, the practice exam loses its value.
Practice exams are delivered via their Zoomorphix Exam Studio system and only available to registered candidates. They have 101 and 201 rehearsals with 301a, 302 and 303 practice exams coming soon.
If you’re preparing for a @F5Certified exam, you can review some of the F5 Certification study materials that are available.
Good luck!
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Published Dec 12, 2017
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Lingxu_217141Nimbostratus
Can't see 303 is there yet
Ken_SalchowEmployee
303 has been available for sometime. 304 should be available by the end of September.
Rodrigo_Silva_1Are there any clues about releasing 303 practice exam?
- Ken_Salchow
W.Murphy,
It probably won't make you feel any better, but F5 employees suffer from the same kludge of systems and accounts. I guess you could call it a "known issue"; one which I have high hopes will be addressed in the coming year or so.
cheers!
- W_Murphy
Ken;
Thanks for the reply, you are correct I was using my e-mail. I will use my candidate ID. I know it can get confusing as with F5 is seams there are different logins for each piece such as logging into Dev Central, or F5 Support. But I appreciate your assistance and will make note of the proper logins.
- Ken_Salchow
W.Murphy,
I don't recall seeing any emails to the support@ address, our primary support email, but I don't answer all of them so I might have missed it. We have a 72-hour turn around on certification support issues as we do not have 24x7 coverage; however, we normally reply much quicker. F5 product support cannot help you with these systems.
Your account is not locked in any way. Most people experience the username/password issue because they are using their email address to login to ESO, rather than their F5 Candidate ID. Please make sure you are using your F5 Candidate ID as your username when you login and if you continue to have problems, please email us at Support@ and provide as much information as possible, including screen captures if possible.
Cheers,
Ken
- W_Murphy
I was able to log onto the exam site and take 1 of two tests I purchased, however when I attempt to go back to take the second exam, I get a failed account ( username/password) I click on the reset link and successfully reset my password, but when I try to log on it fails using the new password. This is an indication that the account is locked or disabled. I sent an e-mail to the support center and even called and talked to a support person both have been useless so far. I assume they have a 24 or 48 hour turn around which is quite disappointing.
- Ken_Salchow
Raj,
As I've expressed before, the practice exams aren't really about the specific questions, but how you do overall. It validly predicts how you would do the the production exam, and gives you a sense of where you need to study if you are not prepared. Searching for answers an individual questions, especially during the practice exam, makes that prediction invalid - because you couldn't do that during the actual exam.
Just my thoughts.
gneerajg_344188Hi Peter, I tried one attempt and 'alt-tab' did not work. Although I did not intend to do so but thought might be an good excuse to know your shortcomings and prepare better for the next time. Is there any other way to look for the answer. Any insight would be helpful!!
Raj
- Ken_Salchow
Practice exams are delivered via our Zoomorphix Exam Studio system (https://portal-v5.examstudio.com/Default.aspx?id=20882 ). You should have received an email with your login information; however, you must already have registered with our program and gotten an F5 Candidate ID.
If you cannot find this email, please go to the site and select the "Forgot your password?" link to reset your credentials using the email address you used to register with the F5 Certified! program.
Once you are able to login to Exam Studio (using your F5 Candidate ID as your username), simply click the "Shop Front" link in the navigation bar and you will see all of the currently available practice exams and options.