Steve,
Welcome to the Friday, July 4 edition of The Mastermind!
The response to the new CCNA certifications has been huge, and I can tell that many of you who were taking the summer off from your studies have gotten back on track, which is great to see!
To help you get there, I've got four CCNA question set links for you today, a special offer for CCNP candidates, and CCNA Security questions are a daily part of the newsletter now as well!
There's also a new CCNA Security tutorial for you on the main site, and I've got a link to that article in today's newsletter as well.
And you thought the summer would be boring! ;)
Let's get started!
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Thought For The Day:
"Progress always involves risk. You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.." -- Frederick Wilcox
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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!
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 page. There's also information and a link to my CCNA Security Study Package 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
If you prefer CBT training, check out my CCNA Video Boot Camp - over 25 hours of CCNA training from yours truly, shipped to you by my friends at Trainsignal!
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Here are today's Cisco practice exam questions!
CCNA Certification:
A device boots up, and does not have an IP address assigned to it. Which of the following two protocols will assign an IP address to such a device?
A. ARP
B. RARP
C. IARP
D. DNS
E. DHCP
F. ISIS
CCNA Security:
In the following command, what is the highest privilege level that can be set?
R2(config)#privilege exec ?
level Set privilege level of command
reset Reset privilege level of command
CCENT Certification:
Short answer: At which layer of the OSI model should network troubleshooting generally begin?
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
Short answer: There are five possible paths from your local router to a remote network in your EIGRP router. The metrics are 1000, 2000, 3000, 3700, and 4500. The variance command is set at its default value. How many paths will be used?
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
Which of the following is true of the "collapsed core" design?
A. There is no dedicated core switch.
B. There is no dedicated distribution-layer switch.
C. There is no dedicated access-layer switch.
D. All three layers are contained on a single switch.
CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam:
Name the three major components of the Cisco IOS Firewall Set.
CCNP Certification / ONT Exam:
What queueing strategy includes a "strict priority queue"?
Answers right here on Saturday!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
CCNA Certification:
Convert the hex value "Cd" into both a decimal value and binary string.
Decimal: We have 12 units of 16 and 13 units of 1; that's 205.
Binary: 205 = 11001101
CCNA Security:
What is the net effect of this command?
R1(config)#aaa authentication login default group radius group tacacs
Answer: The group radius and group tacacs commands configure the router to use those devices for Authentication - but it's interesting that we were able to configure more than one Authentication source.
Actually, we can name a maximum of four methods, and they'll be used in the order listed. In the above command, the default list will check the RADIUS server first. If there's an error or a timeout, the second method listed will be checked.
If a user's authentication is refused by the first method, the second method is not used, and the user's authentication attempt will fail.
CCENT Certification Question:
Name the layers of the TCP/IP networking model and describe how those layers map to the OSI model.
Answer: Going from top to bottom, the Application layer of the TCP/IP Model maps to the Application, Presentation, and Session layers of the OSI model.
The Transport layer in the TCP/IP model maps to the Transport layer in the OSI model.
The Internetworking (or Internet) layer of the TCP/IP model maps to the Network layer of the OSI model.
Finally, the Network Access Layer of the TCP/IP model maps to the Data Link and Ethernet segments of the OSI model.
CCNP / BSCI Exam:
What makes a floating static route "float"?
A floating static route is a backup method that is relatively simple to configure. The static route will be exactly the same as a dynamically discovered route in the routing table, but will have a higher administrative distance than that of the dynamic route. That higher administrative distance causes that static route to "float".
If the dynamic route leaves the table, the floating static route will be put into the table in its place; when the dynamic route returns, the floating static route will be removed.
CCNP / BCMSN Exam:
What is an Etherchannel? Why do we use them? What physical limitations should be considered when configuring one?
Answer: An etherchannel is a logical bundling of physically separate trunk links. Bundling them allows us to use all available paths between two switches, since the etherchannel is seen as a single connection by STP. If we don't bundle them, only one of the paths will be available and STP will put the rest of them into blocking mode.
CCNP / ISCW Exam:
Name the four available severity levels for IPS signatures.
Answer: High, Information, Medium, Low.
CCNP / ONT Exam:
You can configure TCP header compression and RTP header compression in "passive mode". What's the net effect of doing so?
Answer: Configuring TCP passive compression means that outbound packets only have their TCP headers compressed if that same interface is receiving packets with their TCP headers compressed. RTP header compression works the same way (with RTP headers rather than TCP headers, naturally).
Hey, that's enough for today! Enjoy your day, keep getting ready for the new CCNA certifications, and I'll see you Saturday!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
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