Steve,
Welcome to the Saturday, August 30 edition of The Mastermind!
I've got three new CCNA and CCNP practice exams for you today, with links to them later in today's newsletter. My CCNA Security tutorial series will pick up on Monday as well, so there's a lot of great information for you here and in the days and weeks ahead!
In the meantime.. let's get started!
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Three New CCNA And CCNP Practice Exams Are Ready For You!
Here's a new CCNA training exam on EIGRP - and I recommend you CCNP candidates check it out as well!
CCNA Practice Exam: EIGRP
For CCNP candidates preparing for the BSCI exam, here's a new practice test on BGP:
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam: BGP Practice Test Questions
And here's a new CCNA Security practice exam on VPNs!
CCNA Security Practice Exam: Virtual Private Networks
The second part of my exclusive CCNA Security tutorial on using Security Device Manager to configure one-step lockdown has been posted:
CCNA Security Exam Tutorial: SDM And One-Step Lockdown
You can find more CCNA and CCENT exams here:
CCNA And CCENT Exam Practice Exams
Don't feel left out, CCNP candidates - I've got more questions sets and tutorials on the way for you, too, and there are plenty of tutorials for you on the main Tutorials page!
Many of our new visitors might not know about the Tutorials page - this page has links to over 200 articles, tutorials, and practice exams for Cisco certifications along with plenty of articles on improving or starting your IT career!
Cisco Certification Tutorials Page
So get over there and start reading! : )
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Thought For The Day:
"The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them."
- Albert Einstein
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Here are today's Cisco training questions!
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:
What keystroke will get you out of the following configuration mode? Will your changes be saved by this keystroke?
Would you like to enter basic management setup? [yes/no]:y
Configuring global parameters:
Enter host name [Switch]: Switch1
Enter enable secret:
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
Two popular signature actions in SDM are denyAttackerInline and denyFlowInline. There's a subtle difference between the two. What is it?
What is a "lily pad network"?
You've configured RTP Header Compression (cRTP). To what degree will the 40-byte IP/RTP/UDP headers be compressed if UDP checksums are in use?
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
What is the default seed metric of an EIGRP route that is redistributed into an OSPF process?
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What global command resulted in the following output?
SW2(config)#
%Warning: this command enables portfast by default on all interfaces. You should now disable portfast explicitly on switched ports leading to hubs, switches and bridges as they may create temporary bridging loops.
CCNP / ONT Exam: (My ONT Study Package is now available - the introductory price ends on Sunday, August 31!)
The following is the (very) partial output of what command?
R1# ?
Serial0/1/0
AutoQoS Discovery enabled for applications
Discovery up time: 4 minutes, 29 seconds
AutoQoS Class information: Class Voice:
Recommended Minimum Bandwidth: 43 Kbps/5% (PeakRate)
Answers right here on Sunday, August 31!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's Cisco practice exam questions!
All of yesterday's questions were short answer.
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:
List the three locations from which a Cisco router attempts to load a valid IOS image during the boot process. And list them in order! :)
Answer:
1. Flash memory (the default).
2. A TFTP server. (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
3. Read-Only Memory (ROM)
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
Short answer: Define the term man-in-the-middle attack.
Answer: A network intruder opens a connection with two separate devices, with each device thinking they're communicating with the other device rather than the intruder.
In the world of WPA , what is "Michael", and what does it / he do?
Answer: WPA uses a Message Integrity Check (MIC), sometimes called "Michael", to protect against replay attacks, spoofing, and the man-in-the-middle attacks we discussed in the previous question.
What is "comfort noise"? Is it desirable? How do we enable it, if it's not enabled by default?
Comfort noise is artificial noise that's "pumped in" when the parties involved in the call go silent. It's very low, but it is there, which prevents you from thinking you've been cut off - and again, from personal experience, comfort noise really does make the conversation more comfortable.
Comfort noise is not on by default on a Cisco router, but it's easy enough to enable:
voice-port 2/0/0
comfort-noise
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
In what particular situation would you find yourself using the OSPF command summary-address? Your answer should include the OSPF router type(s) that can run that command.
Answer: Use the summary-address command to summarize non-OSPF routes being redistributed into an OSPF process. From that description, you know only an ASBR can use this command.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
When a Cisco switch port receives a dynamic VLAN assignment, what is autoenabled on that port at the same time?
Answer: An interesting default of VMPS is that when a port receives a dynamic VLAN assignment, Portfast is automatically enabled for that port!
CCNP / ONT Exam: (My ONT Study Package is now available - the introductory price ends on Sunday, August 31!)
What protocol is used by the WCS to communicate with the WLCs it monitors?
Answer: SNMP.
That's it for today! Enjoy your day, and I'll see you Sunday!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
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