Welcome to the Wednesday, July 23 edition of The Mastermind!
I've got a brand-new CCNA Security practice exam for you today, along with some other surprises ... so let's get started!
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Get Your Mind Clicking With These Cisco Certification Practice Exams!
Here's my latest practice exam, a 10-question set of CCNA Security questions:
CCNA Security: NTP, Telnet, SSH, And More!
The answers to those questions will be posted on that page later this week. In the meantime, tackle these practice exams as well!
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!
CCNA Certification Training Questions: RAM, ROM, Flash, And More!
I'll have more free practice exams, tutorials, and coming later this summer - free video training for your Cisco certification exams and home lab setup!
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Thought For The Day:
"If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?" - Lawrence J. Peter ________________________________________________________
Cisco Has Announced Three Additional CCNA Certifications!
But To Earn Them, You've Got To Be CCNA Certified, So Get Started Today!
Cisco has 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.
There is a new CCNA Security tutorial on using SDM to configure one-step lockdown - the link is on the CCNA Security Resource page.
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 your Cisco practice exam questions for Wednesday, July 23!
CCNA Certification:
In an OSPF hub-and-spoke NBMA network, which router(s) require the neighbor command?
A. The DR
B. The DROthers
C. The BDR
D. All of these
E. None of these
CCENT Certification:
What mode is the following router in?
Router1(config)#
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
You're configuring IPS in SDM, and you just enabled the Fail Closed option. What's the net effect?
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
Which of the following are Cisco recommendations for OSPF deployments?
A. No router in more than three areas.
B. No area should contain more than 50 routers.
C. No router should have more than 60 neighbors.
D. No ABR should run more than one OSPF process.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
You're examining the lights on a Cisco Aironet card. The green light is blinking slowly, the amber light is off. What does this generally indicate?
CCNP / ONT Exam:
What is Global Synchronization? Is it a benefit or a detriment to network performance?
Answers posted right here on Thursday, July 24!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
CCNA Certification:
In the world of wireless networking, what's the basic difference between an ESS and a BSS?
Answer: While a Basic Service Set (BSS) will have a single AP, Extended Service Set WLANs (ESS) have multiple access points.
CCENT Certification:
Give the port numbers for each of these TCP-based protocols. (Answers are now listed.)
FTP, port 20 and 21
SMTP, port 25
Telnet, port 23
HTTP, port 80
DNS, port 53
POP3, port 110
NNTP, port 119
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
In SDM, what does an asterisk indicate when it's used in a graphical representation of an ACL?
Answer: An asterisk represents the ACL option "any".
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
What is the shortest possible legal representation of the following IP version 6 address?
1234:1234:0000:0000:0000:0000:3456:3434
Answer: If you have consecutive fields of zeroes, as that address does, they can be expressed with two colons.
It doesn't matter if you have two fields or eight, you can simply type two colons and that will represent all of the consecutive fields.
The key here is that you can only do this once in an IPv6 address. This is zero compression.
Original format: 1234:1234:0000:0000:0000:0000:3456:3434
Using zero compression: 1234:1234::3456:3434
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
The use of Dynamic ARP Inspection is used to defend our network's switches against what network attack?
Answer: DAI is used on switches to fight man-in-the-middle attacks. I'll have an illustrated tutorial on this subject on the main site next week.
CCNP / ONT Exam:
What are the four basic steps of the analog-to-digital signal conversion process?
Analog-to-digital steps:
Sample the analog signal
Quantize that sample
Encode the signal
Compress the samples (optional, helps to conserve bandwidth)
That's it for today! Enjoy your day, keep preparing for the new CCNA certifications, and I'll see you Thursday!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
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