Steve,
Welcome to the Friday, September 12 edition of The Mastermind!
I've got some very important news regarding Cisco's future in today's newsletter - and it directly impacts your future as well.
I often say that there's no time like now to become Cisco certified.
I'm also saying this - there has never been a more important time to earn your Cisco certifications, either. Ever. Be sure to read the link to the Forbes magazine website in today's edition - Cisco's future is huge, and with the power of Cisco certifications, yours can be just as bright!
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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Thought For The Day (Repeated From Thursday - It Relates Directly To Today's Big Cisco News!)
"Planning has its place, but it must be kept in perspective. Some people spend their whole lives waiting for the perfect time to do something. There's rarely a "perfect" time to do anything. What is important is just to get started.
Get into the game. Get on the playing field. Once you do, you will start to get feedback that will help you make the corrections you need to make to be successful. Once you are in action, you will start learning at a much more rapid rate."
-- Jack Canfield, "The Success Principles"
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Even MORE Proof That Cisco Certification Is More Important Than It's Ever Been!
Cisco is prospering now, and they're only getting bigger - take a few minutes to read this vital article from Forbes' website on Cisco's plans for the future:
Cisco Continues To Grow And Grow
And they're doing very, very well now! Just look at these recent sales figures....
Product sales rose 8.8%
Service sales climbed 16%
Someone's got to install and troubleshoot all of this equipment - and Cisco certified network admins are at the front of the line!
Whether you're just getting started with your Cisco studies for the CCENT exam, working on your CCNA, or adding the CCNP to your resume, the facts are clear:
There's never been a better or more important time to earn your Cisco certifications.
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Here are today's Cisco practice exam questions!
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:
Which of the following is a major difference between OSPF and EIGRP?
A. EIGRP is strictly a link state protocol, OSPF is not.
B. EIGRP is strictly a distance vector protocol, OSPF is not.
C. EIGRP is Cisco-proprietary, OSPF is not.
D. None of these statements is accurate.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
5. What command resulted in the following output?
R2#
Clock is synchronized, stratum 10, reference is 172.12.23.3
nominal freq is 250.0000 Hz, actual freq is 250.0000 Hz, precision is 2**19
reference time is CBB9CEC8.17FBD1B8 (15:05:44.093 UTC Wed Apr 23 2008)
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
Short answer: In multicasting, what command configures a router as a C-RP?
Another short answer: What the heck is a C-RP, anyway?
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
Short answer: To enable BPDU Filtering or BPDU Guard, what other port-level service must first be running?
CCNP / ONT Exam: Short answer: What is the default username for the Location Appliance?
Another short answer: What's the default password for the Location Appliance?
I'll have the answers right here on Saturday, September 13! Answer: When a frame arrives at a router with the FECN bit set, that means congestion was encountered in the direction in which the frame was traveling. Frames are sometimes dropped as a result of congestion, and frames with the DE bit set will be dropped before frames without that bit set. Basically, setting the DE bit on a frame indicates data that's considered less important than data without the DE bit set. F. None R1(config)#ntp authentication-key 1 ? md5 MD5 authentication Answer: A. The packet source is found at the top of our multicast tree. Disabled, Init, Learn, Listen, Speak, Standby, Active I'll have a new CCNP exam tutorial on this subject on the website over the weekend, with a link here in the blog! When it comes to configuring COPP and applying it to the Control Plane, in which direction(s) can QoS be applied?
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:
What purposes do the BECN, FECN, and DE bits in Frame Relay serve?
When a frame arrives at a router with the BECN bit set, congestion was encountered in the opposite direction in which the frame was traveling.
CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:
You're configuring authentication in your Network Time Protocol deployment. What authentication options are available in NTP?
A. MD5
B. Bellman-Ford
C. clear text
D. CHAP
E. PAP
Answer: A. MD5 is the only option, as shown by IOS Help:
CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:
What device sits at the top of a multicast tree?
A. The source of the packets
B. The destination of the packets
C. A multilayer switch
D. The root bridge
CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:
A router or multilayer switch goes through the following stages in HSRP. Put the stages in order, from beginning to end.
A. Listen
B. Learn
C. Active
D. Disabled
E. Init
F. Speak
G. Standby
Answer: Here's the order without the letters:
A. Both inbound and outbound
B. Inbound only
C. Outbound only
D. Neither inbound nor outbound
Answer: This can be applied on an inbound and outbound basis.
That's it for today! Enjoy your day, and I'll see you Saturday!
To your success,
Chris Bryant
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