Steve,
Welcome to the Tuesday, July 1 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 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!
Let's get started!
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Thought For The Day:
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one." -- Mark Twain
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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!
Here's the newest set - the answers have been posted.
CCNA Certification Training Questions: RAM, ROM, Flash, And More!
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Cisco To Announce Three Additional CCNA Certifications -
But To Earn Them, You've Got To Be CCNA Certified, So Get Started Today!
On Tuesday, June 24, Cisco 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.
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!
CCNA Certification:
The term used for an OSPF path metric is ____________ .
CCENT Certification:
Short answer: What layer(s) in the TCP/IP networking model map to the Data Link layer in the OSI model?
CCNA Security:
Take a look at the following illustration and tell me what program you're running. (If you cannot view the illustration, it's also on my blog today.)
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
In ISIS, what is the most efficient point of a network at which to perform route summarization?
A. An L1 router.
B. An L2 router.
C. An L1/L2 router.
D. A DIS router.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
Short answer: An HSRP router is the primary router and it has a priority of 100. Another router comes online in the same group and it has a priority of 107.
Does the new router become the primary?
If so, why?
If not, what additional configuration is needed to make it the primary?
CCNP Certification / ISCW Exam:
What is the purpose of the 256MB.sdm file?
CCNP Certification / ONT Exam:
Name the two reserved CoS values.
Answers will be posted right here on Wednesday!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
CCENT Certification:
Which of the following are contained in a DHCP Offer packet? Extra credit: Name the device(s) that send DHCP Offers, and tell me whether that packet is a broadcast, unicast, or multicast.
A. The IP address
B. The network mask
C. The lease length
D. The DHCP password (which is not encrypted by default)
E. The DHCP password (which is encrypted by default)
Answer: A, B, C. There is no DHCP password.
Any DHCP Server that receives a DHCP Discovery packet will respond with a DHCP Offer. The Offer contains the following:
The IP address the DHCP Server is offering to the Client
The network mask the DHCP Server is offering to the Client
The amount of time the Client can keep this information if the Offer is accepted (the lease)
The IP address of the DHCP Server that is making the offer
CCNA:
Short answer: Two OSPF routers connected via an Ethernet segment are exchanging Hello packets. How often will these packets be sent? And by default, what will the OSPF dead time for that link be?
Answer: By default those Hello packets will be sent out every 10 seconds, and since the default dead time is four times the hello time, the dead time will be 40 seconds.
CCNA Security:
Short answer: What security feature can be used to put a Cisco router into "one-step lockdown"?
Answer: We can use Autosecure for this, and we can configure it at the CLI or through Security Device Manager.
Watch my CCNA Security Exam resource page and upcoming Study Package and Video Boot Camp to learn how to configure Autosecure in both ways! (I'll also show you why using one-step lockdown is not always a good idea!)
CCNP / BSCI:
What are the BGP well-known discretionary attributes?
A. AS_PATH
B. origin
C. NEXT_HOP
D. LOCAL_PREF
E. atomic aggregate
F. aggregator
Answer: D, E. The BGP well-known attributes are atomic aggregate and LOCAL_PREF (local preference).
CCNP / BCMSN:
What QoS scheme is defined in RFC 1613?
A. DiffServ
B. FIFO
C. Integrated Services
D. best-effort
E. Tail Drop
F. Weighted Fair Queueing
Answer: C.
CCNP / ISCW Exam:
When defining the signature file to use for IPS, you have two options for the location from which the router should load the file. What are they?
Answer: In Flash or from a specified URL.
CCNP / ONT Exam:
What central device is used to manage the Lightweight Access Points in an ad hoc network?
Answer: None - there are no access points in an ad hoc wireless network.
That's it for today! Enjoy your day, and I'll see you Wednesday!
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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