Steve,
Welcome to the Wednesday, June 25 edition of The Mastermind!
I've got links for the new CCNA certifications for you today, as well as four CCNA question sets on the main site - and some other surprises, so....
Let's get started!
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Thought For The Day:
"You can't cross a sea by merely staring into the water."
-- Rabindranath Tagore
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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 were posted earlier today.
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
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
(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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CCNA and CCENT Certification:
A frame comes into a switch on port fast0/1. The switch does a lookup on the destination MAC, and sees that the destination is also found off fast0/1. What action describes how the frame will be handled?
A. broadcast
B. unicast
C. forwarded
D. filtered
E. multicast
CCNP / BSCI:
Cisco OSPF design guidelines state that a router should be in no more than how many areas?
A. One
B. Two
C. Three
D. Four
E. Five
CCNP / BCMSN:
Which of the following is NOT true of a SPAN source port?
A. It can be part of an Etherchannel.
B. It can be monitored in multiple SPAN sessions.
C. It can be a regular Ethernet port, Fast Ethernet, or Gigabit Ethernet.
D. It can also be a destination SPAN port.
CCNP / ISCW:
You're configuring the Authentication Proxy. In what locations can you store the user profiles?
A. TFTP Server
B. Local router's Flash
C. RADIUS Server
D. Local router's NVRAM
E. TACACS+ Server
CCNP / ONT Exam:
What's the difference between an "ad hoc" wireless network and an "infrastructure" wireless network?
Answers right here on Thursday!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
CCNA and CCENT certification:
There is a range of addresses reserved for multicasting. Take the absolute highest number in that range and convert it to a binary string.
Answer: The range is 224.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255; the binary representation for that last address is 11101111 11111111 11111111 11111111.
CCNP / BSCI:
What command will show whether a router's neighbors are or are not an ABR or ASBR?
Answer: show ip ospf border-routers.
CCNP / BCMSN:
What command places a physical switch port into a logical bundling of ports?
Answer: To place ports into an Etherchannel, use the port-channel command.
CCNP / ISCW Exam:
What is "signature tuning"?
Answer: Signature tuning is simply the process of editing a signature, most likely changing the action taken when there's a signature match.
CCNP / ONT Exam:
You're configuring Priority Queueing. How many queues exist by default, and how many packets can each queue hold?
Answer: There are four default queues - High (20), Medium (40), Normal (60), and Low (80). These are configurable. For example, the following command will double the Normal queue's capacity while leaving the others unchanged. Even if you're just changing one queue's limit, you still have to name a value for each queue.
Below, I've used IOS Help to show the order in which the queue sizes are defined. The bolded command is the final command.
R3(config)#priority-list 1 queue-limit ?
<0-32767> High limit
R3(config)#priority-list 1 queue-limit 20 ?
<0-32767> Medium limit
R3(config)#priority-list 1 queue-limit 20 40 ?
<0-32767> Normal limit
R3(config)#priority-list 1 queue-limit 20 40 120 ?
<0-32767> Lower limit
R3(config)#priority-list 1 queue-limit 20 40 120 80 ?
That's it for today! Enjoy your day, and I'll see you Thursday!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
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http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
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