Welcome to the Sunday, July 20 edition of The Mastermind!
I'll have another new CCNA Security tutorial on the CCNA Security Resource Page for you later this weekend, but for the many of you who just signed up for the newsletter, here's an important reminder...
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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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Enjoy These CCNA And CCENT Practice Exam Questions!
I've got four sets of CCNA and CCENT questions for you over on the main site - enjoy! New CCNA and CCNA Security question sets are on the way later this week.
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!
Enjoy!
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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.
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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.
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Here are your Cisco practice exam questions for today!
CCNA Certification:
In the following show cdp output, which values have been changed from their default, if any?
Router1#show cdp
Global CDP information:
Sending CDP packets every 60 seconds
Sending a holdtime value of 180 seconds
Sending CDPv2 advertisements is enabled
CCENT Certification:
Examine the following ip route command and identify the true statements.
R1(config)#ip route 30.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 ethernet1
A. The network route shown is invalid.
B. The network mask shown should be in wildcard mask form (0.0.0.255)
C. The ethernet1 interface indicated is on the local router.
D. The ethernet1 interface indicated is on the next-hop router.
E. This is a default static route.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
What are the two options you should expect to see IOS Help display in the following command?
R1(config)#ip tcp intercept mode ?
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
Identify the correct statements regarding the EIGRP topology table.
A. There can be multiple successors.
B. There can be multiple feasible successors.
C. There can be only one successor.
D. There can be only one feasible successor.
E. There are no successors in this table.
F. There are no feasible successors in this table.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What command will allow a port to carry only traffic for VLANs 1, 100, and 200?
CCNP / ONT Exam:
Identify the true statements regarding traffic policing.
A. Can drop out-of-profile packets or re-mark the traffic with a new value
B. All out-of-profile packets are dropped
C. Only incoming traffic can be policed
D. Only outgoing traffic can be policed
E. Both incoming and outgoing traffic can be policed
Answers right here in Monday's edition of The Mastermind!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
CCNA Certification:
You've opened a serial interface on a Cisco router, and you see the following:
R1#show interface serial0
Serial0 is down, line protocol is down
What should you check on the local end of the connection?
Answer: Always check the physical connection first. We know the interface is logically open, since we don't see Serial0 is administratively down. When you just see down for the physical interface state, the cable may simply be loose.
CCENT Certification:
You just created a database on a router with the username/password command. You want the contents of this database to be used to authentication incoming Telnet connections. What command is required on the VTY lines to do so?
Answer: The login local command forces the router to use the local database.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
You're using the Authentication Proxy. Where can you store the user-specific security profiles?
Answer: The profiles can be downloaded from a TACACS+ or RADIUS server.
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
What's the default value for the variance command?
Answer: 1. ( It's not zero!)
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What's the basic purpose of UDLD?
Answer: There are situations where a physical layer issue disables data transfer in one direction, but not the other.
UniDirectional Link Detection (UDLD) detects these unidirectional links by transmitting a UDLD frame across the link. If a UDLD frame is received in return, that indicates a bidirectional link, and all is well.
If a UDLD frame is not received in return, the link is considered unidirectional. It's really like a Layer 2 ping. If the UDLD "echo" is seen, there's bidirectional communication; if the "echo" is not seen, there isn't!
CCNP / ONT Exam:
Is there a default QoS model? If so, what is it?
Answer: If you have no QoS scheme in place, you're still using a QoS model - best-effort.
That's it for today ! Enjoy your day, and I'll see you Monday!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
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