Welcome to the Monday, June 23 edition of The Mastermind!
There's major news from Cisco regarding three new CCNA certifications, and I've got that covered for you in today's newsletter.
These new certifications do not replace the current CCNA exams; rather, they're totally separate certifications that require you to be CCNA certified before you can get them. And take it from me - these are going to be the most rewarding certifications to come along in a long, long time. More details later in the newsletter!
A new set of CCNA questions has been posted on the site as well, and there's a link to those questions in today's newsletter.
Let's get started!
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Thought For The Day:
"None of us can change our yesterdays, but all of us can change our tomorrows."
-- Colin Powell
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New CCNA And CCENT Questions Have Been Posted!
I've got three sets of CCNA and CCENT questions for you over on the main site, and a fourth set was added earlier this week. Here are the first three in the series:
CCNA Certification: Frame Relay Questions
CCNA Certification: HDLC And PPP Questions
CCNA Certification: Static Routing And RIP Questions
The questions on static routing and RIP includes a tutorial on floating static routes that you CCNP candidates should read as well!
Here's the newest set. The answers will be posted Monday.
CCNA Certification Training Questions: RAM, ROM, Flash, And More!
More question sets are on the way!
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Cisco To Announce Three Additional CCNA Certifications -
But To Earn Them, You've Got To Be CCNA Certified, So Get Started Today!
On Tuesday, June 24, Cisco will announce three brand-new CCNA-level Certifications:
CCNA Security
CCNA Voice
CCNA Wireless
These new certifications are going to be a tremendous career boost to those who earn them.
Why? Just look at these statistics!
Security: Right now, 46% of companies included in the survey have a position dedicated to security - that's going to almost double over the next five years to 80%.
Voice: Currently, 40% of surveyed customers have a voice specialist. That number will rise to 69% in the next five years.
Wireless: While 33% of surveyed companies currently have a position dedicated to wireless, that value will double over the next five years to 66%.
(Stats were arrived at by Forrester Consulting during a study sponsored by Cisco. You can get a copy here.)
Those statistics tell a simple tale:
Network admins who have knowledge and certification in security, wireless, and voice will have a huge advantage over network admins who do not.
That's why Cisco is introducing these new certifications, and exactly why I'll be releasing Study Packages for all three of these specializations, beginning in September!
There's one detail you need to take care of now, though.
To earn any of these CCNA specialist certifications, you must earn your CCNA first, by either the one-exam (640-802) path or the two exam path (ICND 1 and 2).
This announcement by Cisco makes it more important than ever to be CCNA certified. Be ready to earn these new certifications by earning your CCNA now!
Just imagine how impressive your resume and reputation will be when you're CCNA certified and certified in security, voice, and wireless!
Personally, I'd hire you in a minute, and I've always been tough about who I hire. And if you already worked for me, you'd get the next promotion.
Get ready for these new certifications by starting on your CCNA now. Take five minutes to read this page - it's more important than ever.
The Ultimate CCNA Study Package
Starting this September, I'll be releasing Study Packages for CCNA Security, CCNA Voice, and CCNA Wireless. While I'm working on those, you need to be working on your CCNA to take advantage of these vital new certifications.
Click that link and let's get started!
The Ultimate CCNA Study Package
(If you prefer CBTs, check out my CCNA Video Boot Camp - over 25 hours of video instruction from yours truly, shipped to you by Trainsignal!)
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Here are your Cisco certification practice exam questions for today!
CCENT Certification:
In what order do these DHCP packet types occur in a typical IP address acquisition?
A. Ack
B. Offer
C. Discover
D. Request
CCNA Certification:
Which of the following are considered "classless" protocols?
A. RIP v 1
B. RIP v 2
C. EIGRP
D. OSPF
F. Static routing
CCNP / BSCI Exam:
By default, iBGP routers cannot propagate routes to iBGP neighbors that were originally learned from another iBGP router. Which of the following are methods of circumventing this rule?
A. setting an alternate next-hop IP address
B. changing the weight attribute
C. configuring route reflectors
D. turning synchronization off
E. changing the local preference attribute
F. configuring confederations
CCNP / BCMSN Exam:
Which of the following is NOT true of a destination SPAN port?
A. It can be any Ethernet port type - regular, Fast, or Gigabit.
B. It doesn't participate in VTP, STP, or CDP.
C. It doesn't participate in PAgP, LACP, or DTP.
D. It can be a source SPAN port as well.
E. It can be part of an Etherchannel.
CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam:
You've just clicked the Launch IPS Rule Wizard button in SDM. What protocol are you likely to be prompted to enable?
CCNP Certification / ONT Exam:
Which of the following are fixed-length delays?
A. Propagation
B. Serialization
C. Queueing
D. Processing
Answers in tomorrow's newsletter!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
CCENT Certification:
A host has sent an ARP Request. Four ports are on the switch. How many ports will forward that ARP Request?
Answer: The ARP Request is an L2 broadcast, so it will be forwarded out every port on the switch except the one the broadcast was originally received upon - that makes three ports.
The destination of an L2 broadcast is ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff.
CCNP / BSCI:
A BGP route displays a code of "?". What does this most likely mean?
A. The route was learned from an iBGP peer.
B. The route was learned by BGP via redistribution.
C. The route is corrupt.
D. The route is being computed by BGP's routing algorithm and will be available in a few seconds, unless it becomes stuck-in-active.
Answer: B. An origin code of "?" means "incomplete":
R3#show ip bgp
BGP table version is 20, local router ID is 172.12.123.3
Status codes: s suppressed, d damped, h history, * valid, > best, i - internal
Origin codes: i - IGP, e - EGP, ? - incomplete
An origin code of incomplete indicates a route originally learned by BGP via redistribution.
CCNP / BCMSN:
What QoS scheme is defined in RFC 1613?
A. DiffServ
B. FIFO
C. best-effort
D. Integrated Services
Answer: D. Integrated Services is defined by RFC 1613.
CCNP / ISCW:
What command resulted in the following output?
R1#
Configured SDF Locations:
flash://256MB.sdf
Builtin signatures are enabled but not loaded
Last successful SDF load time: 14:17:00 UTC May 16 2008
IPS fail closed is disabled
Fastpath ips is enabled
Quick run mode is enabled
Event notification through syslog is enabled
Event notification through SDEE is enabled
Total Active Signatures: 500
Total Inactive Signatures: 0
Signature 50000:0 disable
Signature 50000:1 disable
Signature 50000:2 disable
IPS Rule Configuration
IPS name sdm_ips_rule
Interface Configuration
Interface FastEthernet0/1
Inbound IPS rule is not set
Outgoing IPS rule is sdm_ips_rule
Interface FastEthernet0/0
Inbound IPS rule is sdm_ips_rule
Outgoing IPS rule is not set
Answer: That's the output of show ip ips config. That's an excellent command to begin your IPS troubleshooting and/or verification, since it shows you...
the SDF location
whether the built-in sigs are enabled and in use
the last time the SDF was loaded
whether Fail Closed and SDEE are enabled
the number of active and inactive signatures
the IPS rules
the interfaces the IPS rules have been applied to
... and more!
CCNP / ONT Exam:
In an analog-to-digital conversion, the following four actions are taken. What is their proper order?
A. Quantize the sample
B. Sample the analog signal
C. Compress the sample (optional step)
D. Encode the signal
Answer: B, A, D, C.
That's it for today! Tomorrow I'll have the answers to my latest CCNA question set as well as the answers to today's questions, plus other surprises! See you then!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
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