Monday, September 8, 2008

Steve, Monday's Mastermind Mail Is Here!


Steve, 

Welcome to the Monday, September 8 edition of The Mastermind!   

Tomorrow, I'll have a MAJOR announcement regarding my October release of The CCNA Security Study Package - and my newsletter readers will have first shot at this great opportunity!

To get things started today, I've got two new CCNA Security tutorials for you:

CCNA Security Exam: SDM And Security Audits

CCNA Security Tutorial: Network Defense Decisions

And more to come in today's newsletter and over the weekend!  So... let's get started!


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Answers Have Been Posted To My Latest Cisco Exams!

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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Thoughts For The Day:

"You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you."

  -- James Allen

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Here are today's Cisco training questions!



CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:

What command resulted in the following output, and on what device did you run this command?

C:\> ?


Internet Address Physical Address Type
10.3.1.2 11-11-11-11-11-11 dynamic



CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:

Which of the following statements regarding views and superviews is FALSE?

A. A single IOS command can be contained in one view.

B. A view can be contained in more than one superview.

C. Commands can be directly assigned to both views and superviews.

D. Superviews and views require a password upon creation.



CCNA Wireless:

Both DSSS and OFDM are methods of using spread spectrum. Describe how each performs this "signal spreading".



CCNA Voice:


Of MGCP, H.323, and SIP, which are considered centralized call control signaling protocols?


CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:

In IGMP version 1, a host can join a multicast group in two different ways. Name them.



CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:

What is the net effect of the following switching configuration?

SW1(config)#spanning vlan 1 hello 5
SW1(config)#spanning vlan 1 forward-time 12
SW1(config)#spanning vlan 1 max-age 15



CCNP / ONT Exam:

If you're running AutoQoS on an interface and then change its bandwidth value, do you have to do anything to have AutoQoS use the new setting? If so, what?


I'll have the answers for you right here on Tuesday!

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Here are the answers to Saturday's questions!

CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:

You see this line on your router's VTY lines: transport input ssh


What's the net effect of this command on incoming Telnet connections?


A. None - the VTY lines have nothing to do with Telnet.


B. Telnet connections will be allowed with the password ssh.


C. Telnet connections will not be allowed, but secure connections will be.


D. Telnet connections are considered secure, so they will be allowed.


Answer: C. That line will allow Secure Shell connections (SSH), but not Telnet connections.



CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:

You see the following icons in SDM:




Which section of SDM are you currently in?


A. Home

B. Configure

C. Monitor

D. Troubleshoot

E. Verify

Answer: C. We've spent almost all of our time so far in the Configure section, so I thought I'd show you the Monitor section - which you'll see plenty of in my upcoming CCNA Security Study Package!


CCNA Wireless:


Short answer: What's the main difference between a password and a passphrase?


Answer: Length. Passphrases are longer than passwords, which is why many end users prefer passwords - and why network admins prefer passphrases!



CCNA Voice:



What two options will IOS Help display for this command?


R1(config-if)#ip rtp header-compression ?


Answer:

R1(config-if)#ip rtp header-compression ?
iphc-format Compress using IPHC format
passive Compress only for destinations which send compressed headers




CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:

Match the reserved multicast IP addresses to their protocol or common usage.

Addresses: 224.0.1.1, 224.0.0.1, 224.0.0.2, 224.0.0.9, 224.0.0.6


A. All OSPF DRs (224.0.0.6)


B. NTP (224.0.1.1)


C. "All Hosts" (224.0.0.1)


D. "All multicast routers" (224.0.0.2)


E. "All RIPv2 routers" (224.0.0.9)


Answers are shown next to the descriptions above.




CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:

Short answer: What is CCX, and what is its main purpose?


Answer: The Cisco Compatible Extension website helps you answer this musical question:


"How The $&!(*% Can I Figure Out Which Equipment Supports Which Features?"


CCNP / ONT Exam:

What do the following terms have in common as they relate to AutoQoS?


voice, signaling, transactional, scavenger, bulk, management



Answer: Those are five of the default class maps created by the AutoQoS procedure.

That's it for today!  Enjoy your day, and I'll see you Tuesday with big news about my CCNA Security Study Package!

To your success,

Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
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