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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35 Comments
- Ken_Salchow
Employee
No - they will be the same.
Many people are confused by our practice exams because they are used to the way other programs do them. Our practice exams should not be used as a way to "study" directly, but as a valid assessment of your preparedness for the official exam. Practice exam results will be highly predictive of your production exam performance. In addition, we do provide section-level feedback on where to study to improve. HOWEVER, you should never study the questions in the exam, you need to study the material related to the section. It is not about the questions, but the knowledge the questions are designed to measure.
This also why we never recommend taking the practice exam more than two or three times. By the second or third time, your results are more predictive of how well you know the exam, than they are how well you know the underlying knowledge.
So - the value of the practice exam is in simulating the production exam in format, time, and difficulty as the production exam, not in having a bunch of questions to "study"; however, this value does decrease with every practice exam attempt.
- ErikT081912_387
Nimbostratus
I have tried both links above with no luck...
- Ken_Salchow
Employee
Which links are you referring to? If the LinkedIn links, it should be noted that they are posted within the F5 Certified! Professionals group, meaning that you must be a member of that group in order read the post.
We approve all requests for access to the group, although it may take a couple of days depending on when the request is made and our schedules.
- Mahi
Cirrus
Do they have 301a exam available?
- Sushil_Kolekar
Nimbostratus
I am not able to login with my F5 candidate ID username and password. Please help me for the same
- Curious1
Cirrus
I have found all of the 300 level practice exams to be most helpful. Now completing my 401 study and just noticed there is no 401 exam available. Any plans to release this soon?
To bad that for 401 there is still no practice exam 😞
- rahimcs027
Nimbostratus
How Can i get access to https://portal-v5.examstudio.com/
Somebody please guide me.
- uniqng
Altostratus
rahimcs027 - try to send an email to support@zoomorphix.zohosupport.com requesting access and provide them with your F5 candidate ID
Any plans to release 401 and 402 practice exams?
- rahimcs027
Nimbostratus
Thanks for the advise. I have requested for Access Permission.
Let See..