Should I Use a Brain Dump on my CCNA/CCNP/MCSA Exam?

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so this is a question every person in the IT industry must ask themselves should I use a brain dump on my CCNA ccmp mcsa certification but what is a brain dump brain dumps are like brain dumps are mystical tools akin to a genie and a lamp simply rub the lamp make a wish for the certification of your choice and voila you certified don't let people tell you that earning an IT certification is hard it could be as easy as me mizing a couple hundred questions and then regurgitating these answers all over your local testing center forget the countless hours of study and labbing that is the gauntlet for most Engineers no it could be easy or maybe brain dumps aren't such a good idea maybe just maybe they devalue the certification the very certification that you hope will boost your it career I love this industry because you can get a certification prove you know something everyone almost every every employer accepts this as an eation in your favor anyone with the appropriate amount of skill and drive can bust their butt study for an IT certification take the test and get a fantastic job sure you need experience but these things get your foot in the door so a lot of guys spend many many hours studying labbing mastering these Concepts and that's what these people who make these exams expect Cisco Microsoft comt not so much compa more Microsoft and Cisco they make their exams very difficult because they want you to know their material so Engineers spend years uh with real life experience or studying or labbing and then they take these exams to prove they know something then you got these people who study and use brain dumps and these brain dumps can't really hide the fact it's just cheating any test that you somehow obtain the answers to the questions by questionable means you're cheating on that test now I know a lot of guys who will spend many many hours studying go through the entire material whether it be Cisco press book um CBT Nuggets ine and they'll even do Labs but just before they take their test they will get these brain dumps and I guess be extra prepared I get it I totally get it it's a huge investment to pay for a test it's embarrassing to not pass a test and I mean it's very demoralizing I have failed I I failed my CC m p switch exam the first time I took it switch should have been easy my problem was I didn't lab enough anyways beside the point these guys will do these brain dumps uh and they'll assuage the consciences by saying oh you know what I did study I did do all the hard work I just want to make sure I want to kind of make sure I I passed the test no big deal no worries I want I want to guarantee I want to slam Dum sure you did the work and you may be as ready as any other test taker but it doesn't change the fact that you still cheated so to the guys who who study their butts off and they work hard and they learn the concepts and they truly know the concepts be worthy of the certification you're trying to get don't cheat on it if you know the material you will most likely pass yes Microsoft and Cisco are notoriously tricky with their questions you try to simulate a real life on the job experience a situation that will prove that you know the material so my advice be worthy of the certification you are trying to get whether it be the C CNA ccmp mcsa what have you you're going to put this next to your name you're going to put it on your resume because you know it means something well you know what every time you cheat every time you use these brain dumps or even share brain dumps you're making it mean something a little less than it used to mean you're devaluing it just a little bit more so help all the guys out help all of us out who put the certification these initials next to our name hoping it'll boost our credentials boost our career don't devalue this for us now continuing on the subject of ethics Cisco and Microsoft do have a few things to say on the subject for example they uh May revoke your certification if they find out that you used a brain dump or something like this of that same nature if you take part in any of this I've even seen other terms and conditions that if you take part in anything like a brain dump they could uh do a lifetime ban so no more it certifications for you that's bad news for it guys because that's one of the best things about our industry is being able to prove ourselves with these certifications every time you go and you take a test uh CCNA mcsa right in the terms and condition you accept you're saying yes I know if I use a brand up if I cheat in any way you have the right to either remove my certification or ban me for life now I do need to say this if you have used a brain dump in the past or you may even be using one right now for your next test don't beat yourself up seems like everyone in the industry uses these brain dumps at least everyone I talk to uses these brain dumps to just make sure they're prepared for the test you may not have even considered or even thought about it being cheating my advice start with the Clean Slate start now don't cheat don't use these brain dumps just get the best material you can for studying make sure you know the concepts lab Lab lab Lab make sure you know these things and you will pass the test you may fail the first time and that sucks pass the test it'll it makes it mean so much more right now I'm studying for my ccmp I've already got ccmp switch knocked out um I spent a lot of time studying I think I spent a little more time than I needed to um but I did fail the first time um I didn't do enough Labs so I came back I did a lot of labs about this Cisco press lab book I think I did really well after that um but for me not using a brain dump it makes me feel better about it it makes me have more honor it makes me think yes I worked hard on this test I did not cheat I did not look at other answers I went to that test I met the the high standard that Cisco set I did it so when I I'm about to take my route test here in the next few weeks I'm studying like crazy I'm I studied this thick book from Cisco press watch the CBT nugget videos and I'm doing the lab book so I'm working hard on this and I want to be able to put the ccmp credentials next to my name and know that I did not cheat I earned it I met the high bar that Cisco set and I obeyed all their rules simple as that guys in closing let's make sure that the certifications we work so hard on still mean something don't take part in brain dumps don't share brain dumps don't use brain dumps discourage your fellow it guys from using brain dumps anyways thanks for watching um I'll be making more videos soon about my ccmp certification progress um voice stuff networking routing stuff so please subscribe and um stay tuned for more thanks for watching Network cheuck