Steve,
Welcome to the Wednesday, September 10 edition of The Mastermind!
I'm pleased to announce that my CCNA Security Study Package will be released on October 20 (that's in just six weeks!), and for the first time, I'm offering this particular Study Package in both the usual ebook AND hard copy form!
I'm also offering a $20 discount for all preorders - and all Hard Copy purchasers will receive FREE SHIPPING via USPS Priority Mail!
At present, the Free Shipping offer is only available to my students in the continental United States. Don't worry, my international students and friends, I'm working on something for you as well!
You can read all about the CCNA Security Study Package presale offers here:
The Ultimate CCNA Security Study Package
Having said that ... let's get started!
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Three New CCNP Practice Exams Have Been Posted!
Here are links to three brand-new CCNP tutorials, one each for the BSCI, BCMSN, and ISCW exams:
CCNP ISCW Exam: Virtual Private Networks
CCNP BSCI Exam: Multicasting
CCNP BCMSN Exam: Multilayer Switching And HSRP
There are more practice exams on the way for you CCNA and CCENT candidates as well, and in the meantime, visit this page - there are quite a few practice exams for you there!
CCNA And CCENT Practice Exams
And regardless of which certification you're pursuing, be sure to take on these Network Troubleshooting Challenges!
CCNA And CCNP Troubleshooting Challenges
Enjoy!
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Thoughts For The Day:
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
-- Aristotle
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Here are your Cisco practice exam questions for today!
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:
In the world of Frame Relay, what does "CIR" stand for? More importantly, what does it mean?
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
You're working with an IPS, and you're prompted about something called "SDEE". What is it, and what is its purpose?
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
You're configuring a customer's Cisco switch and note something called "IP Snooping" is enabled. Is this desirable? What exactly is being snooped upon?
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
What command will change the port cost of interface fast 0/12 on a Cisco switch to 9 for ALL VLANs? Where should this command be placed?
CCNP / ONT Exam:
A. LEAP
B. EAP-FAST
C. EAP-PEAP
D. EAP-TLS
Answers right here on Thursday, September 11!
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Here are the answers to Tuesday's questions!
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:
What loop prevention service or protocol is in effect in the following command output? What command produced the output?
R3# ?
RIP: sending v2 update to 224.0.0.9 via Serial0 (172.12.123.3)
172.12.123.0/24 -> 0.0.0.0, metric 1, tag 0
1.1.1.1/32 -> 172.12.123.1, metric 2, tag 0
2.2.2.2/32 -> 172.12.123.2, metric 3, tag 0
3.3.3.3/32 -> 0.0.0.0, metric 16, tag 0
Answer: The command is debug ip rip, and the last route shows route poisoning in effect.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
Which of the following are enabled in SDM's IPS wizard by default?
A. Enable Syslog Notification
B. Engine Fail Closed
C. Enable Deny Action On IPS Interface
D. Use Built-In Signature (As Backup)
Answers: A, C.
CCNA Wireless:
Name the four WMM preset priority levels and the traffic type handled by each level.
Answer:
Platinum (for voice)
Gold (for video)
Silver (for everything else - best-effort)
Bronze (background traffic)
Of MGCP, SIP, and H.323, which are IETF standard signaling protocols?
Answers: MGCP and SIP. H.323 is an ITU standard.
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
What version of PIM can be described as a strict "flood-and-prune" operation?
A. Sparse
B. Flood
C. Dense
D. Sparse-Dense
Answer: C.
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
The following commands are changing how many default values?
SW1(config)#spanning vlan 1 hello 2
SW1(config)#spanning vlan 1 forward-time 10
SW1(config)#spanning vlan 1 max-age 15
Answer: Two - the default forward-time is 15 seconds, and the default max-age value is 20 seconds. The Hello interval is two seconds by default.
Which of the following can NBAR not analyze?
A. non-IP traffic
B. packet fragments
C. MPLS packets
D. packets created or destined for the local router
Answer: A, B, C, D.
That's it for today! Enjoy your day and those new practice exams, and I'll see you Thursday!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
http://www.thebryantadvantage.com/
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