Steve,
Welcome to the Monday, June 30 edition of The Mastermind!
The response to the new CCNA certifications has been huge, and I can tell that many of you who were taking the summer off from your studies have gotten back on track, which is great!
To help you get there, I've got four CCNA question set links for you today, a special offer for CCNP candidates, and CCNA Security questions are a daily part of the newsletter beginning today. Sooooooooooo....
Let's get started!
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Thought For The Day:
"Do you want to be safe and good, or do you want to take a chance and be great?."
-- Jimmy Johnson
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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 have been posted.
CCNA Certification Training Questions: RAM, ROM, Flash, And More!
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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 announced three brand-new CCNA-level Certifications:
CCNA Security
CCNA Voice
CCNA Wireless
Click those links to go to the new resource pages I've created for each new exam - I'll post practice questions, written tutorials, and video training on those pages in the weeks and months ahead.
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
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Here are today's CCNA, CCNA Security, CCENT, and CCNP practice questions!
CCENT Certification:
Which of the following are contained in a DHCP Offer packet? Extra credit: Name the device(s) that send DHCP Offers, and tell me whether that packet is a broadcast, unicast, or multicast.
A. The IP address
B. The network mask
C. The lease length
D. The DHCP password (which is not encrypted by default)
E. The DHCP password (which is encrypted by default)
CCNA:
Short answer (three of them, actually): Two OSPF routers connected via an Ethernet segment are exchanging Hello packets. How often will these packets be sent? And by default, what will the OSPF dead time for that link be?
CCNA Security:
Short answer: What security feature can be used to put a Cisco router into "one-step lockdown"?
CCNP / BSCI:
What are the BGP well-known discretionary attributes?
A. AS_PATH
B. origin
C. NEXT_HOP
D. LOCAL_PREF
E. atomic aggregate
F. aggregator
CCNP / BCMSN:
What QoS scheme is defined in RFC 1613?
A. DiffServ
B. FIFO
C. Integrated Services
D. best-effort
E. Tail Drop
F. Weighted Fair Queueing
CCNP / ISCW Exam:
When defining the signature file to use for IPS, you have two options for the location from which the router should load the file. What are they?
CCNP / ONT Exam:
What central device is used to manage the Lightweight Access Points in an ad hoc network?
Answers right here on Tuesday, July 1!
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Here are the answers to Sunday's questions!
CCENT Certification:
A frame enters a switch port. The destination MAC address is known. Which of the following terms best describes how the frame will be transmitted?
A. unicast
B. filtered
C. forwarded
D. broadcast
E. multicast
Answer: A. The frame will be unicast to the destination via the appropriate port.
CCNA:
What is the basic role of broadcasts in IP Version 6?
Answer: There isn't one - IPv6 does not use broadcasts.
CCNP / BSCI:
Route maps contain an "implicit deny". What happens to packets that have the implicit deny applied to them?
A. They're sent to the null interface.
B. They're dropped at the incoming interface.
C. They're routed normally.
D. They're dropped by the routing engine and an ICMP error message is generated.
Answer: C. Packets that have no specific match in the route map will be implicitly denied, but this implicit deny has a different meaning than the one you're used to from your ACL work. A route map implicit deny does not drop packets - rather, these packets are unaffected by the route map and are routed normally.
CCNP / BCRAN:
Short answer: How many classes can be defined for Priority Queueing?
Answer: 64.
CCNP / ISCW:
Name the six major categories of information that can be recorded by the Accounting process.
Answer: Here's a brief look at each category and what accounting information can be recorded...
Commands: Information regarding EXEC mode commands issued by a user.
Connection: Information regarding all outbound connections made from network access server. Includes Telnet and rlogin.
EXEC: Information about user EXEC terminal sessions.
Network: Information regarding all PPP, ARAP, and SLIP sessions.
Resource: Information regarding start and stop records for calls passing authentication, and stop records for calls that fail authentication.
System: Non-user-related system-level events are recorded.
CCNP / ONT :
Which of the following is most susceptible to "war driving"?
A. WPA
B. WPA2
C. WEP
Answer: C. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) has some real problems:
Clear-text keys
Static keys (makes passwords easier to guess)
One-way authentication (client does not authenticate AP, making it easier for rogue access points to infiltrate the WLAN)
Encryption scheme is very easily broken in a matter of seconds
The term "war driving" refers to the process of driving around a neighborhood or business district in hopes of finding a non-secured WLAN. WEP is particularly susceptible to war driving for the reasons listed above.
Whew! That's enough for today! Keep driving and getting ready for the opportunities presented by the new CCNA certifications, and I'll see you Tuesday!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
The Bryant Advantage, 9429 Apple Blossom Drive, Mechanicsville, VA 23116, USA
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