Everyone who decides to take Cisco courses gets a unique chance to change their future. The profession of a network engineer opens doors to the most prestigious companies in the labor market. Our Cisco Academy based at SEDICOMM University offers high-quality training that is suitable for absolutely everyone, regardless of age, gender and education level.
Who is Cisco CCNA suitable for?
The network engineer training program is one that is ranked all over the world. It will help those who:
- graduated from university, but does not want to work in his specialty;
- has already improved his qualifications, but not his income;
- decided to master a new technical specialty;
- wants to get a job with high salaries.
Usually the process of obtaining new profession quite labor intensive and takes a large number of time. And such training is not cheap. We offer distance course Cisco training, which will last only eight months. During this time, we will help every student become a professional and a sought-after specialist.
How CCNA Routing & Switching training works
Our CCNA course is taught via distance learning. That is, to gain knowledge you do not need to attend lectures in person or travel to the other end of the city - it is enough to have a computer or tablet and the Internet at your disposal. Some of our students even prefer to watch lectures from their phones on the way to their main place of work or study.
In order for Cisco CCNA training to bring maximum benefit and, at the same time, not take up a lot of resources, it is enough to study for an hour and a half a day. However, we recommend studying every day to develop a learning habit in three weeks that will make it easier to acquire new knowledge in the future. It is best to alternate viewing lecture material and writing notes with studying the textbook and practical exercises.
Here you can take a high-quality course using excellent multimedia materials prepared by qualified specialists. Our textbook is rightfully considered one of the best in the industry. It allows even people with a humanitarian mindset to quickly adapt to new topic and start making progress in your studies.
We often receive questions related to the certification exam procedure. We tried to collect such questions in one place and prepare detailed answers to them.
Where to take exams
Cisco written certification exams are taken at Pearson VUE testing centers. There are such centers in almost 165 countries of the world, not excluding Russia, of course. There is no need to go to Moscow - there are testing centers in many major cities(you will be asked to select the closest one when registering for the exam).
What exams do you need to take?
Depends on the certification you choose. For example, to obtain CCNA Routing and Switching you need to pass two exams: ICND1 and ICND2. After the first of these two exams, you will also receive a CCENT (Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician) certificate. For other certificates, the set of exams will be different. It is best to view the current list of exams required to obtain a certificate on the Cisco Learning Network website.
How much do certification exams cost?
The cost of the exam depends on its difficulty and the country in which you take it. If you want to get an entry-level CCNA certificate in Russia, then each of the ICND1 and ICND2 exams will cost you 165 USD.
It is almost impossible for a person on the street to get a discount on this price.
Exceptions:
- Employees of Cisco partner companies or major customers who receive discounted vouchers for certification exams as a bonus for equipment purchases
- Network Academy students
Sometimes on the Internet you can find offers to buy discount vouchers, but either the savings will be a ridiculous 1-2 USD, or it will be an outright scam. Do not use vouchers that you receive directly from Cisco.
How to prepare for the exam
Cisco exams are not cheap, so it makes sense to take them only when you are sure that you will pass. If you are not sure, it is better to reschedule the exam to another date - it is free.
Topics covered in the exam are publicly available on the Cisco Learning Network. There is nothing top-secret or super-complicated in the exam: it is absolutely possible to prepare well and pass it.
Some technologies mentioned in exams may be quite rare in real world. It is almost impossible to gain practical experience on all exam topics in your daily work, even if you know some topics much more deeply than required. It is for this reason that we recommend taking the relevant course before taking the exam: you will almost certainly hear something new to yourself. In addition, the instructor on the course will definitely tell you about some specific features of the selected exam; there will definitely be some.
For higher-level courses (for example, those preparing for CCNP certification), listening to the course alone will not be enough. Candidates must demonstrate not only knowledge of theoretical material, but also practical skills in working with equipment. therefore without independent work not enough.
Enroll in our exam preparation course and the instructor will help you build a self-study plan that includes the Official Certification Guide, labs, and recommendations. additional material for studying.
How to register for the exam and pay
It makes sense to sign up for the exam only after listening to the course and gaining confidence in the level of your preparation. This should not be done in advance.
The most economical way is to register directly on the Pearson VUE website, choose a convenient place and time for taking the exam, and pay for the attempt with a bank card. An alternative option, which can only be recommended if there are no slots available at your chosen testing center, is to call that center and book your participation through them. It will be more expensive than in the first case, but sometimes there are no other options.
The next day after payment, it makes sense to call the testing center and ask to confirm that your registration is visible in the system, and that no additional money will be required from you: some testing centers cheat and ask you to pay something extra on the spot. They have no right to do this; if they ask you to do something, complain to Pearson VUE.
How the exam works
Before the exam, you sign a non-disclosure agreement, confirm your identity and take a photo on a webcam. This takes some time, so you need to arrive for the exam 10-15 minutes before the official start.
You hand over all your personal belongings to the administrator (sometimes they are put in a locked cabinet, sometimes not, so you shouldn’t bring anything valuable with you to the exam - computers, secret documents, expensive phones), after which you are escorted to the testing room. It makes sense to run to the toilet on the way there - there is not much time during the exam, the soulless machine will not set the timer to pause.
The administrator assigns you a machine to take the test, explains the exam rules to you, and then leaves you alone to take the test. Ask how you can call him if necessary (if, for example, the system malfunctions - this is rare, but it happens).
Then the timer starts ticking. The available time depends on the exam (for example, ICND1 lasts 90 minutes), and if you are not taking it on your native language, then you are automatically credited with an additional 30 minutes of language extension. Most likely, this will be your case, since most Cisco exams are taken in English. Moreover, even if the option to take the exam in Russian is suddenly added in the future, it is categorically not recommended to do this, because Questions and answers in such cases are often translated not very closely to the text, and the meaning of the “correct” answer is lost.
The number of questions depends on the exam (for example, ICND1 will have from 45 to 55 questions, current data can be viewed on the Cisco learning Network). The questions are asked one after another until you answer all of them or the exam time runs out. You cannot return to questions that have already been answered, and you cannot skip answers.
What questions are there on the exam?
The following types of questions are most often found on the exam:
- Select one option from 4-5 offered. It is impossible to confuse this option with others, because the correct option is selected using a radio button. The simplest type of questions.
- Selecting several correct options (usually they write exactly how many correct options the system expects - “choose two” or “choose three”, but sometimes there are also nasty “choose all applicable”). You can put a checkmark next to each answer option; points for the answer are counted only if all the checkboxes are ticked correctly.
- Simlet, or laboratory work. You are shown the interface of a CLI device simulator drawn in Flash and asked to perform certain actions. The questions are quite simple, but require a little more time than other types of questions, although they are scored in the same way as other questions.
There are other options for questions, but they are quite rare. Don't be alarmed if you see a type of question you've never encountered before.
How exams are scored
After finishing the exam, you will immediately see the result: pass/fail. For successful completion you need to score a certain number of points, which depends on your specific set of questions (usually around 850). Points are awarded for completely correct answers; if you answer a question only partially, you will not receive points for it.
The minimum possible number of points is 300 (to get exactly 300 points, you must deliberately answer all the questions incorrectly), the maximum is 1000. Accordingly, if you are asked to answer, for example, 50 questions, then each question will cost an average of 14 points. All questions, including simlets, cost approximately the same; their costs do not differ radically (relatively speaking, a question can cost 13 or 15 points, but 5 or 25 cannot).
The final score is confirmed only by a printout that you will receive after the exam at the testing center. It does not appear in the certificate obtained as a result of the exam.
- Your worst enemy is jitters. If you have prepared well, you will pass the exam, just pull yourself together and don’t do anything stupid. The questions there are simple, no one sets a goal to “fail” you.
- Do not hurry. You cannot return to a question to which you accidentally answered incorrectly (even if you realized that the answer was incorrect exactly the moment you pressed the “send” button). Select the correct answer, take a breath, re-read the text of the question and all the answers again, then submit your answer. There will be enough time, don't worry.
- If you need to choose one correct option, but you think several are correct - choose the option that is simpler and matches the course material. In general, if something can be done in several ways, do it in the way that was described in the course, don’t show off. A soulless machine will not appreciate the beauty of your alternative solution.
- Read the text of the question and the suggested answers carefully. Twice. No, this is not a joke: the texts of questions and answers often contain meanness. You may be caught not noticing a “typo”. Or, for example, ask to choose all the wrong answers instead of all the correct ones. Attention is the key to a good result.
- If you cannot answer within a reasonable time - skip the difficult question, especially if it is a simlet (or “lab”, as such questions are also called). Time is not rubber, and one question will not make a difference to you.
- Search the Internet in advance for examples of questions and answers. No need to learn them by heart, the exam questions will be different! 10-15 questions will be enough to conduct a self-test of knowledge and assess how ready you are to pass.
What to do after the exam
In a few days you will receive an email from Cisco confirming that you passed the exam. And if all other conditions have been met, then congratulations on receiving certification. If you want to receive a paper certificate by mail, you will need to confirm your address in your profile; the link for this will again be sent by email.
Of course, you can think about the next level of certification or another direction. For example, after CCNA it makes sense to move on to CCNP, and after that to the provider track.
Don’t forget to share your impressions of the exams with us (within the NDA, of course) - it’s very important for us to receive feedback.
How to Pass the CCNA Exam
15.02.2017
There is some good news from the Voucher Team - Learning@Cisco has increased the value of the voucher for network academy students to reduce the impact of increased exam costs.
The discount on CCNA composite, ICND1 and ICND2 exams increases from 58.3% to 61.5%.
Discount on CCNA security 58.3%.
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Cisco Networking Basics
The “Cisco Networking Fundamentals” test we bring to your attention was created on the basis of the knowledge base of the same name, consisting of 222 questions.
Questions in the test knowledge base are divided into the following groups:
- ARP and RARP
- IP addressing
- Virtual LANs
- Displaying router configuration information
- Global and local networks
- Starting the router and its initial configuration
- iOS download sources
- Switching in local networks
- Configuring IP addresses of router interfaces
- Router Configuration
- Router Configuration, RIP and IGRP
- Networking and the OSI Reference Model
- Router User Interface and Modes
- Local network design
- TCP/IP protocol
- IGRP Routing Protocols
- Network layer and routing
- Network devices
- Access control lists (ACLs)
- Structured cabling system and power supply in networks
- Topologies
- Network management
- Application, presentation, session and transport layers
- Physical and link layers
- OSI Reference Model and Routing
IN this test 20 questions will be asked. To successfully pass the test, you must answer 17 questions correctly.
After answering each question, the correct answer will be immediately displayed, so in this mode the answer you have made cannot be corrected.
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List of knowledge base questions
International provider Pearson VUE
Pearson VUE offers a full range of test development services and administers exams through an extensive and secure international network of test centers in over 162 countries.
CCNA ROUTING AND SWITCHING Certification
WITH Pearson VUE cooperate Adobe, Avaya, Cisco Systems Inc.,Citrix Systems, EMC, Hewlett Packard(HP), Oracle, VMware and other well-known software and computer hardware manufacturers.
Pearson VUE created in 1994 , when three pioneers in the electronics industry decided to create a testing system that would be based on a combination modern technology and unparalleled service. They founded Virtual University Enterprises (VUE), now known as Pearson VUE.
Today, Pearson VUE(www.pearsonvue.com) is a global leader in electronic testing across information technology, education, government and others, providing a full range of services from test creation to data management. Operations centers in the United States, United Kingdom, India, Japan and China provide a wide range of services to the electronic testing market. Currently Pearson VUE works in more than 162 countries through Authorized Test Centers Pearson VUE Authorized Test Centers.
As a leader in testing, Pearson VUE continuously strives to provide the very best testing experience to every customer, partner and test taker.
Since 2005, Cisco has maintained and developed partnerships with the Specialist Center at MSTU. N.E. Bauman in the field of education. Long-term cooperation confirms competence, reliability and high quality educational services Center. All classes are conducted by the best trainers of the Center using the most modern and effective foreign techniques recommended by Cisco Systems.
Oksana Barsukova
Manager for work with training partners in Russia and other CIS countries
Center for Computer Training "Specialist" at MSTU. N.E. Bauman is an authorized Cisco training center. We offer you a unique training program for certified specialists for the CCENT, CCNA, CCNP, CCIE and CCDP statuses.
The quality of classes meets uniform international standards and is guaranteed double control of the entire educational process: from Cisco and from the Specialist Center at MSTU N.E. Bauman (Cisco Learning Solutions Partner Associate). In 2013, the high quality of Cisco technology training at the Specialist Center was twice awarded the Cisco Quality Distinction Award and . Upon completion of the courses, you will receive an international Cisco certificate - your pass to the world of high information technology and successful career growth!
The best teachers
Close cooperation of the Specialist Center with Cisco Systems will allow you to better prepare for exams, thanks to the most the latest courses training in Cisco network technologies. Classes are taught by experienced teachers with the highest level of training, awarded with special Cisco awards, whose qualifications are confirmed by the most prestigious certificate in the industry CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert). Teaching is conducted using the most advanced and effective foreign teaching methods recommended by Cisco Systems. A combined approach in the learning process allows you to convey to students not only theoretical knowledge, but also practical, thanks to illustrated examples.
Practice and seminars
Listeners can really practice on the latest Cisco Systems network equipment, which forms the basis of training in Cisco network technologies at the Specialist Center. Thus, from the very first minutes of training, students begin to immerse themselves in the principles of interaction between routers, routers and switches. Only the Specialist Center provides on-site training on its own Cisco equipment.Online training
If you do not have time, if you cannot physically attend classes, then you have at your disposal a unique technology for teaching Cisco network technologies - online training. Thanks to it, you will be able, without leaving your home, to actually be present in the class, see everything that other students see, communicate with the teacher, ask questions and comment on the answers of others. Cisco networking technology training online allows you to gain knowledge in in full, without loss of quality. You save your time, money and study in a familiar environment!
Convenient schedule and discounts
The Specialist Center has a flexible training schedule. At your disposal Cisco courses morning, afternoon, evening and weekends! The Center has a special system of promotions and discounts; in addition, the schedule reflects discounts on individual courses.
Employment
Only the Specialist Center provides support to its graduates after training. Cisco certified technology specialists occupy a special place in the IT personnel market. For several years now, these have been the most sought-after and highest paid professionals. Cisco Systems is a global leader in networking technologies and the largest manufacturer of sophisticated networking equipment. Cisco supplies more than 80% of the routers that form the backbone of the Internet. The company's modern solutions provide integrated networks for thousands of organizations, government agencies and services around the world.
Cisco Networking Academy
Cisco Networking Academy is a special project of Cisco, carried out with the support of the Specialist center. Key Feature academies - training from scratch any person, regardless of his place of residence and degree of training, to the level of an international specialist. At the same time, due to a specially developed training program, the cost of training is significantly lower.
IT Academy is an authorized Cisco training center - Cisco Learning Partner Associate. Every year our company is recognized as one of the best training centers Cisco in Europe, in the nomination High quality Training - Quality Distinction Award. Authorized Cisco courses are offered in all branches of the IT Academy in Russia. Our Testing Centers provide certification of Cisco specialists according to the qualification levels Specialist (Associate), Professional (Professional) and Expert (Expert, CCIE). Different tracks on three levels correspond professional needs. In addition, there are a number of specialist certifications designed to test knowledge of specific technologies, solutions or job responsibilities. Cisco is a global leader in networking technologies that are transforming the way people communicate, communicate and collaborate. The company's activities are focused on five main technology areas: backbone routing, switching and services; collaboration solutions; data center virtualization and cloud computing; video technologies; architecture for business transformation. Cisco solutions are used in the main sectors of the Russian economy: mechanical engineering, metallurgical and oil and gas industries, construction and real estate, retail trade, banks, investment and insurance companies.
Lack of IT specialists. I am sure that many system integrators, and even ordinary companies, are faced with this problem. In this case, I mean “network specialists” and “security specialists”. It seems that universities have been increasing their enrollment of students for specialized specialties for several years, but the deficit is not decreasing and is even growing. And let’s be honest, the quality of specialists immediately after university leaves much to be desired (of course, there are exceptions). And this is not the fault of the students themselves, it’s just that our current education system does not fully provide practical skills. That is why we have been taking 3rd and 4th year students for internships for several years in a row. And almost every year we retain one or two talented engineers. If you are interested in the internship format, then you can, but now we are not talking about that.
Usually, as the first practical task we give students Young fighter course, which unexpectedly for me, became very popular in RuNet. After that, we moved on to more specialized things (we still deal with security): Check Point, Fortinet, Splunk, Kali-Linux. However, it soon became clear that this was too abrupt a transition - from ordinary networks directly to such complex information security products. Let's face it, Check Point is not the best option for getting acquainted with Firewalls. It was necessary to start with something simpler. That's why we started creating the course “ Cisco ASA Administrator" We immediately decided that we would make this course open and launch it on the channel NetSkills, simply because there are more subscribers, which means more people will see it. Why this course and what it is about, we will tell you below.
Why Cisco ASA
First, let's look at the “global” reasons:- Cisco ASA is one of the most popular firewalls in the world. It is unlikely that you will meet a network specialist who does not know what a Cisco ASA is. A huge number of companies use this particular firewall. This leads to the following reason...
- It's easier to find a job. You can check for yourself by going to the Headhanter website and searching for vacancies using the query “cisco”. In most cases, you will find knowledge of Cisco ASA as a requirement for a candidate.
- Cisco ASA is the de facto standard for stateful inspection class firewalls. If you understand how ASA works, then mastering other devices will not be difficult for you.
- And another important advantage is the ability to emulate in GNS3 and EVE NG. Even Cisco Packet Tracer has this feature in the form of Cisco ASA 5505 (although the functionality there is very poor).
What is the course about?
The following topics will be covered during the course:- What is a firewall
- History of Cisco Firewalls
- Layout preparation (GNS3, EVE NG)
- Security Level and Stateful Inspection
- Basic setup
- VLANs
- Access-Lists
- NAT/Static NAT
- VPN (Site-to-Site, RA VPN)
- Troubleshooting
- Conclusion, recommendations
Video lessons
All lessons, as usual, are in video format, where there is theory and practice. After some lessons you need to take a test. On this moment There are only 5 lessons recorded. There was a long break in releases (efforts were focused on the course Check Point to the max), but we plan to resume in the near future.After recording all lessons, you will be asked to take an exam and receive a certificate of successful completion of the course.
