Steve,
Welcome to the Friday, July 25 edition of The Mastermind!
We've got a lot of ground to cover today, 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 on Saturday. 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:
"Confidence is contagious. So is lack of confidence." - Vince Lombardi
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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 today's Cisco practice exam questions! Just like yesterday, all of today's questions are short answer. Let's get to work!
CCNA Certification:
What command results in the following output?
R3#
00:11:37: RIP: received v2 update from 172.12.123.1 on Serial0
00:11:37: 172.12.123.0/24 via 0.0.0.0 in 1 hops
CCENT Certification:
What's the basic purpose of the logging synchronous command?
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
When configuring a basic firewall in SDM, what are the three options for the preconfigured security levels? Can you create your own custom security levels?
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
In the following output, describe....
1. Why we would use this command in the first place
2. The meaning of "100"
3. The meaning of "300"
4. The default setting for this particular value, and what we're changing it to
R3(config-if)#ip bandwidth-percent eigrp 100 300
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What router redundancy protocol is defined by RFC 2281?
CCNP / ONT Exam:
IntServ uses RSVP, but DiffServ does not. What does DiffServ use in place of RSVP?
I'll have the answers for you on Saturday, July 25!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
CCNA Certification:
What command disables Proxy ARP on a Cisco router interface?
Answer: no ip proxy-arp
CCENT Certification:
What single word describes a major advantage of using UDP over TCP?
Answer: Overhead. There's much more overhead to using TCP as compared to UDP.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
In terms of network security, what purpose does a honeypot serve?
Answer: A honeypot is a network device that is purposely left open to attack. The attack methods are then analyzed in order to develop a defense against that attack type. (Obviously, this will not be a production server!)
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
In the following output, describe....
1. The meaning of "EX"
2. The value replaced by the question mark
3. The default setting of the value replaced by the question mark
4. The meaning of "2195456"
D EX 14.14.14.14 [ ? /2195456] via 172.12.123.1, 00:11:41, Serial0
Answer:
1. The "EX" indicates an external EIGRP route. External EIGRP routes are routes learned via the route redistribution process.
2 & 3. The value replaced by the "?" is 170, the default administrative distance of an external EIGRP route.
4. The second number in the brackets is the route metric.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What command resulted in the following output?
SW1#
Vlan33 is up, line protocol is up
Hardware is EtherSVI, address is 0012.7f02.4b42 (bia 0012.7f02.4b42)
Internet address is 30.1.1.11/24
Answer: show interface vlan33.
CCNP / ONT Exam:
What modules allow you to extend NBAR capabilities without having to reload the router or update the IOS?
Answer: NBAR's capabilities are continually extended through the development of Packet Description Language Modules (PDLM). Not only do these PDLMs allow your NBAR deployment to identify more and more different types of traffic, but a router reload is not necessary, and you don't need a new IOS image.
Be sure to visit my CCNA Security Certification Resource Page for the latest information on this important new Cisco certification, including a new CCNA Security practice exam and the first in a series of SDM tutorials.
See you Saturday!
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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