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radiolandog
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hands on - how come?

While I am following the advice given here about making sure I have "hands on" experience, I was wondering why this is advised?

Are there lab simulations in the VCP exam? Just curious.

Thanks!

-dog

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weinstein5
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No there are not lab simulation as part of the VCP exam -

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Troy_Clavell
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hands on is important because you will be able to practice and understand what exactly you are doing. Following the VMware Certified Professional on vSphere 4 Blueprint in a live environment, to me is crucial to get a better understanding of what you will be tested on.

Wouldn't you like to have some "real life" experience before you go for your certification?

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Exactly as Troy says in his reply, a VCP should really have done the things they've been tested on. I always recommend hands-on practice, even specifically in preparation for the VCP exam, as the questions are generally simpler to answer if you've actually deployed a template, or created a vNetwork distributed switch, or watched the CPU Ready measurement on a performance graph, or any of another hundred or so examples... Smiley Happy

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scott28tt
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I've just checked, you've asked this question before - have a read through the replies you got last time:

http://communities.vmware.com/thread/239076

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radiolandog
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Thanks. I do appreciate the answers. Forgive me from not recalling my previous inquiry.

But--- are there lab simulations in the VCP exam, or is that an illegal question?

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No there are not lab simulation as part of the VCP exam -

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There are no labs or simulations in the current VCP4 exam, but the VCAP-DCA exam will be 100% live labs...

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jimmiemartin
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Ooooh! The design is going to be 100% labs, very novel idea!!!

As for VCP-410 it's all multiple choice, lots of questions (nearly 1 a minute) but a lot of them are short and snappy.

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