Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Steve, Cisco Certification Success Is Yours!

Steve, 

Welcome to the Wednesday, October 1 edition of The Mastermind!   

I'll have a new CCNA Security video on the YouTube channel later today, as well as a new video on creating a successful path to the CCNP.   In the meantime, enjoy the video links in today's newsletter, and get ready to become CCNA Security certified with The Bryant Advantage!


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Four New Bryant Advantage CCNA / CCNP Videos Have Been Posted On YouTube!
 
New CCNP and CCNA Wireless, Voice, and Security Videos Are On The Way!

Even if you're not working on a home lab right now, I strongly recommend these videos for all CCENT and CCNA candidates, as these videos also review some important Frame Relay concepts:

CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Video: Frame Relay Switch Theory

The second video shows you how to configure a Frame Relay switch, along with verification and troubleshooting procedures:

CCNA / CCNP Home Lab Video: Frame Relay Switch Configuration

I'm often asked whether I recommend the one-exam or two-exam path to the CCNA. Here's a video to help you decide:

The Path(s) To CCNA And CCENT Success

And if you'd like to take a video tour of my CCNA / CCENT Study Package, I have that ready for you as well!

CCNA / CCENT Study Package Video Tour

While you're there, be sure to click "subscribe" to be the first to know about future Cisco certification videos I'll be posting regularly on YouTube, including in-depth looks at the new Security, Wireless and Voice videos, along with study tips and a lot more!


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Thought For The Day

"A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory." -- Arthur Golden
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Here are today's Cisco practice exam questions!
 
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:

Identify the protocols that create trunks between switches.


A. ISL

B. VTP

C. IEEE 802.1q

D. HDLC

E. PPP



CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:

Describe the general operation of a smurf attack.




CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:



The following formula is used to arrive at what value?

 

100,000,000 / BW in BPS

 



CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:

Match the Etherchannel negotiation protocols LACP and PAgP to their available modes. Not all choices will be used.

 

A. dynamic

 

B. passive

 

C. auto

 

D. transparent

 

E. active

 

F. vital



CCNP / ONT Exam:

When you use SDM to create a QoS policy, that policy will be used to provide QoS to two different traffic types. Name each and describe the traffic subject to each policy.

Answers right here on Thursday, October 2!
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Here are the answers to yesterday's questions!
 
CCNA Certification And CCENT Certification:

There's a common reason for adding an explicit deny to an extended ACL. What is it?

A. To negate the implicit allow

B. The IOS requires it

C. To allow the creation of a complete log

D. To perform packet trapping for SDEE


Answer: C. An explicit deny allows you to see the denials in the log.



CCNA Security Certification / CCNP ISCW Exam:

What is the general term for the computers used to actually perform the attack in a DDoS attack?


Answer: The computers that do the dirty work in a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack are zombie computers, also called "zombies".



CCNP Certification / BSCI Exam:



Name two common methods of combating the overhead created by a BGP full mesh.



Answer: Both route reflectors and confederations help to reduce this overhead.



CCNP Certification / BCMSN Exam:

Identify the true statements regarding ISL.

A. It's Cisco-proprietary



B. It's an open standard trunking protocol



C. Understands the native VLAN



D. Adds 30 bytes to the size of the frame



E. Encapsulates the frame



F. Adds only a header to the frame



Answers: A, D, E. ISL is Cisco-proprietary, adds 30 bytes to the frame overall, and encapsulates the frame.





CCNP / ONT Exam:



What exactly does "CoPP" protect?



A. The control plane



B. The management plane



C. Both



D. Neither



Answer: C. CoPP is short for Control Plane Policing, but CoPP actually protects both the management and control planes.
 
That's it for today!   Watch the blog for new CCNA and CCNP videos that will be posted later today, and I'll post links here tomorrow as well.   See you then!

To your success,

Chris Bryant
CCIE #12933
 

The Bryant Advantage, 9429 Apple Blossom Drive, Mechanicsville, VA 23116, USA

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