Effective Monday, May 10th the Core Knowledge Questions section will be removed from the Routing and Switching and Voice CCIE labs. The 30 minutes that was previously allocated to the Core Knowledge Questions will now be allocated to the configuration section.
Consequently, the revised format of the Routing and Switching CCIE Lab will be only two sections
– a two hour long troubleshooting section and a six hour long configuration section.The same lab format is being used in the Assessment Labs and Exercise Workbook practice scenarios of Cisco 360 Learning Program making it easier for students to prepare for the exam under time pressure.
UPDATE
Official Cisco announcement:
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/docs/DOC-6484