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Effective February 1, 2009, Cisco will introduce a new type of question format to CCIE Routing and Switching lab exams. In addition to the live configuration scenarios, candidates will be asked a series of four or five open-ended questions on the computer screen, drawn from a pool of questions based on the material covered on the lab blueprint. No new topics are being added.

Candidates will also see two other changes to the CCIE written exams. Beginning February 17, 2009, candidates will be required to answer each question before moving on to the next. Furthermore, candidates will no longer be allowed to skip a question and come back to it at a later time. Finally, there will be an update to the overall score report. The overall exam score and the exam passing score will now be reported on a scale from 300–1000.

To find out more information regarding updates to the CCIE Lab and scoring format, access the CCIE Q&A session.