Is the CCNA Network Engineer Exam Difficult?
Is the CCNA network engineer exam difficult? CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Cisco Certified Network Engineer is the first step of Cisco’s professional certification and belongs to the primary Cisco certification. Passing the CCNA certification indicates that the technicians have the ability to install, configure, operate a medium-sized routing and switching network, and perform troubleshooting. Professionals who have obtained the CCNA certification have the corresponding knowledge and skills to establish connections with remote sites through the WAN, eliminate basic security threats, and understand the requirements for wireless network access.
CCNA exam form and content
The content of the Cisco certification exam is mainly Interconnection Cisco Network Device (ICND). In the new version of the certification system, CCNA does not subdivide the certification directions. All the original CCNA directions (except Cyber Ops) are merged, and only one test is unified.
Exam code: 200-301
Exam time: 120 minutes
Exam room question volume: 102 questions
Exam score: full score of 1000, 825 points passed
Exam question type: single choice question, multiple choices question, drag picture question
The main content of CCNA exams include:
- Wide area network setting
Is the CCNA exam difficult? CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Cisco Certified Network Engineer is the first step of Cisco’s professional certification, which belongs to the initial Cisco certification. If you have passed the CCNA certification, it means that you have the ability to install, configure, operate a medium-sized routing and switching network, and perform troubleshooting. Professionals who have obtained the CCNA certification have the corresponding knowledge and skills to establish connections with remote sites through the WAN, eliminate basic security threats, and understand the requirements for wireless network access.
CCNA exam format and content
The CCNA exam’s content is mainly Interconnection Cisco Network Device (ICND). In the new version of the certification system, CCNA no longer subdivides the certification directions. All the original CCNA directions (except Cyber Ops) are merged, and only one test is unified.
Exam code: 200-301
Exam time: 120 minutes
Exam room question volume: 102 questions
Exam score: full score of 1000, 825 points passed
Exam question type: single choice, multiple choices, drag picture question
The main content of CCNA exams include:
1. Ideas and principles of wide area network design.
2. Use Cisco software to configure the IP addresses of various routers and switch devices in the WAN environment.
3. Password recovery and IOS update for Cisco routers and switches.
4. Connect Cisco switches and routers according to the given network design specifications.
5. Configure the routing protocols supported by the router, such as RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, etc.
6. Configure the switch to implement VLAN setup and interconnection among thousands of hosts.
7. Configure the access list to achieve security control, filter network traffic and access to certain devices or network segments.
8. Configure WAN lines (dedicated lines, ISDN backup and frame relay).
9. Verify the network protocols configured by Cisco routers and switches.
10. NAT (Network Address Translation).
11. VLSM (variable length subnet mask)
CCNA training is a prerequisite for CCNP training. To participate in the CCNP exam have a good day you must first pass the CCNA exam. How difficult is the CCNA exam? Though there are many content in the exam syllabus, we can also see that it is only an investigation of theoretical knowledge and no practical operations. As the most basic certification in Cisco certification, the difficulty of CCNA exam is relatively low, mainly relying on the study of question bank. Now the latest CCNA question bank is a version of 433 questions. After you sign up for the course of SPOTO, we will provide you with all of them.
But even if it is memorizing the question bank, it is not possible to memorize and pass it overnight. From the point of view of the test content, you not only need to have a certain theoretical foundation, but also have a good grasp of the question bank. And the question bank is all in English, you must have a certain level of English. None of these can be done overnight. It still requires self-disciplined study for at least one to two months to be able to master the question bank better.