Steve,
Welcome to the Saturday, July 5 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:
"Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending."
- Anonymous
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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
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Here are today's Cisco certification practice exam questions!
CCNA Certification:
Consider this frame relay mapping statement: frame map ip 172.1.1.2 211
If that statement is configured on R1 and the remote router is R2, to whom does the DLCI number belong? To whom does the IP address belong? Is the statement legal as shown?
CCNA Security:
For a user to successfully log in to Security Device Manager, what is the minimum privilege level that user must be assigned to that user?
CCENT Certification:
Which of the following topologies use terminators?
A. bus
B. star
C. ring
D. full mesh
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
In what two OSPF network types are DRs and BDRs elected?
A. broadcast
B. point-to-point
C. point-to-multipoint
D. NBMA
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
VTP advertisements are sent out what switch ports?
A. All ports, since they're multicasts.
B. All ports, since they're broadcasts.
C. Access ports only.
D. Trunk ports only.
CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam:
What is the difference between the ip inspect tcp idle-time and ip inspect tcp finwait-time timers?
CCNP Certification / ONT Exam:
When the three most significant bits of the DSCP are all set to zero, what per-hop behavior (PHB) is in effect?
Answers will be in Monday's newsletter!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
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
Answer: The highest privilege level is level 15.
CCENT Certification:
Short answer: At which layer of the OSI model should network troubleshooting generally begin?
Answer: The best place to start troubleshooting is the Physical layer of the OSI model. Don't look for complicated solutions to a problem until you know everything's correctly connected!
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?
Answer: Only one. The default setting for variance is 1, which means that unequal-cost load sharing is off by default.
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.
A "collapsed core" design has switches share the role of distribution- and core-layer switches. There are still dedicated access-layer switches.
CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam:
Name the three major components of the Cisco IOS Firewall Set.
The IOS Firewall Feature Set has three main features:
Stateful filtering
Authentication Proxy
Intrusion Prevention System
CCNP Certification / ONT Exam:
What queueing strategy includes a "strict priority queue"?
Answer: That's LLQ - Low Latency Queueing.
That's it for today! Enjoy your day, and I'll see you Monday!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
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