Cisco Ccda Certification Study Guide


by Aalies Lyndon - Date: 2009-12-07 - Word Count: 397 Share This!

Are you aiming to become a CCDA certified expert? The desired prerequisite for CCDA certification is to possess basic knowledge about how to install, configure and operate basic network infrastructures. As, going further, a CCDA certified experts are responsible for designing routed and switched network infrastructures involving LAN, WAN and dial access services for various business and firms whose networks have 100 to more than 500 nodes.

To get CCDA certification, you require to pass an exam called Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN) Exam # 640-863. It is a computer-based exam comprising of 65 queries with the time limit of 90 minutes. You can take this exam at Prometric or VUE examing centers. This certification is valid for 3 years. This exam evaluates and assesses your ability to design small to medium sized networks keeping in mind about its performance, security, capacity and scalability.

To thoroughly prepare yourself for the CCDA certification exam, you require an effective strategy based on your knowledge, skills and experience in this domain. For example, if you have done any kind of on-job-preparation before, your approach will be different from someone who has attended the DESGN course, which is suggested by Cisco before taking the CCDA certification exam. And those who are novice and are planning to get into networking require too much of dedication and hard work. On the other hand, regardless of your strategy and your background, there are certain books obtainable, which are designed to serve you to attain the level from where you can at least meet the criteria the exam within a minimum span of time.

To start with, you must familiarize yourself with the topics covered under this exam. Then, either you can choose for any kind of preparation or any course to get a proper guidance and get your concepts and doubts cleared. People with some background in this field can definitely opt for self-study with the help of books. To evaluate yourself, you can use the assessment tools provided in the CD-ROM, which comes with the books or separately as well consisting of quizzes and sample queries. To thoroughly practice the queries, you can get CD's having simulators of exam engines consisting of thousands of queries to practice along with solutions to know your mistakes and get your doubts cleared. This is how you can implement your plan and successfully accomplish the CCDA certification.

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