Welcome to the Monday, July 21 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:
"We come this way but once. We can either tiptoe through life and hope that we get to death without being too badly bruised, or we can live a full, complete life achieving our goals and realizing our wildest dreams."
- Bob Proctor
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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 today's Cisco certification exam training questions!
CCNA Certification:
What configuration register value boots the router into ROM Monitor mode?
A. 0x2142
B. 0x2100
C. 0x2001
D. 0x2102
CCENT Certification:
If an IP address has a first octet of 127, what can you assume regarding that address?
A. The address is reserved for loopbacks.
B. The address is from one of the reserved address ranges for Class A, B, and C addresses.
C. The address can be assigned to a Cisco router's loopback interface.
D. The address is not a reserved address of any kind.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
Name two major differences between the capabilties between the Basic and Advanced Firewall Wizards in Security Device Manager.
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
Identify the correct statements regarding the contents of the EIGRP route table.
A. Multiple successors are a possibility.
B. Multiple feasible successors are a possibility.
C. There can be only one successor in this table.
D. There can be only one feasible successor in this table.
E. Successors cannot be found in this table.
F. Feasible successors cannot be found in this table.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What are the two major components of the Cisco Unified Wireless Network?
CCNP / ONT Exam:
Identify the true statements regarding traffic shaping.
A. Drops excess packets without exception
B. Queues excess packets whenever possible
C. Only incoming traffic can be shaped
D. Only outgoing traffic can be shaped
E. Both incoming and outgoing traffic can be policed
F. Generally results in fewer TCP retransmissions than traffic policing
G. Generally results in more TCP retransmissions than traffic policing
Answers right here on Tuesday!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
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
Answer: None of the CDP defaults have been changed.
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.
Answers: C. The ip route command shown is valid, and the mask is shown in correct form. The specified interface is the local exit interface. This is not a default static route - such an ip route statement would have all zeroes for the network and the mask.
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 ?
Answer: You can run TCP interfcept in intercept or passive 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.
Answer: A, D. You can have multiple successor and feasible successor routes in the EIGRP topology table.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What command will allow a port to carry only traffic for VLANs 1, 100, and 200?
Answer: Use the following configuration to carry this task out. You don't have to specify VLAN 1, since you can't delete or block traffic on that specific VLAN to begin with.
interface FastEthernet0/12
switchport trunk allowed vlan 100,200
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: A, E. With traffic policing, you have the option of dropping packets or re-marking them. You can also police traffic as it enters or exits the router.
That's it for today! Enjoy your day, keep working on that CCNA so you can take the new Security, Wireless, and Voice exams, and I'll see you Tuesday!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
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