CCNA Intro Exam tomorrow. Any advice?

asim · 6 Mar 2006 at 20:50

Well I've been studying for about a month using the self study method to learn the contents of the CCNA Intro book and I will be sitting the exam tomorrow.

So I was looking for any advice that could be offered from the people here?
Last minute exam revision techniques? Preparation for the exam? Anything I should remember?

Is it gonna be difficult?

Thanks
Asim

Goliath · 6 Mar 2006 at 20:53

If you've been taking practice exams and passing them then you should have a pretty good chance.
Use the demo of the exam software as a 15 "recall" session - write down everything you can remember (subnetting, OSI model etc) so you can reference it quickly.

Good luck

Ricochet J · 6 Mar 2006 at 20:54

I really don't know what to say apart from go and look over your notes now!

There is always something everyone misses out in thier notes when it comes to exams!

I've got my Cisco CCNA Semester 1 Final in 3 weeks and I can't even memorise the layers of the OSI

asim · 6 Mar 2006 at 20:56

eXSBass said:
I've got my Cisco CCNA Semester 1 Final in 3 weeks and I can't even memorise the layers of the OSI

Terrible in uni thats the one thing they hammered us with for 3 years. And never once did they ever mention the TCP/IP model. I saw it in the cisco book and thought wtf is this :eek:

Luseac · 6 Mar 2006 at 20:59

eXSBass said:
I've got my Cisco CCNA Semester 1 Final in 3 weeks and I can't even memorise the layers of the OSI

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Goliath · 6 Mar 2006 at 21:00

eXSBass said:
I really don't know what to say apart from go and look over your notes now! There is always something everyone misses out in thier notes when it comes to exams!

I've got my Cisco CCNA Semester 1 Final in 3 weeks and I can't even memorise the layers of the OSI

All
People
Seem
To
Need
Data
Processing

Ricochet J · 6 Mar 2006 at 21:02

Heh ^^^ got beaten to it

Luseac · 6 Mar 2006 at 21:03

owned tbh

Ricochet J · 6 Mar 2006 at 21:05

lucasade1 said:
owned tbh

Only cos' you won

Goliath · 6 Mar 2006 at 21:22

lucasade1 said:
owned tbh

Must learn to touch type

Tobes · 6 Mar 2006 at 21:45

What's the intro exam? I did the whole course in about 9 months. Can't stand it tbh. I duno how you guys like this. It just goes way to deap for me to even care lol.

You want advice? If you fail your final 1st time and you go to take it a second time (last time) you MIGHT get the same questions. The good thing is your instructor should be able to go over the questions you got wrong and give you the right answers. Well that's how I got thought all of the chapters and the final.

Goliath · 6 Mar 2006 at 21:50

Tob3z said:
Can't stand it tbh. I duno how you guys like this. It just goes way to deap for me to even care lol.

'Cos i make a darn good living out of it and it pays for my shiny toys

Luseac · 6 Mar 2006 at 21:53

Tob3z said:
You want advice? If you fail your final 1st time and you go to take it a second time (last time) you MIGHT get the same questions.

Did you get the same questions on your final re-take? I'm sadly in that position...

Tobes · 6 Mar 2006 at 21:57

Goliath said:
'Cos i make a darn good living out of it and it pays for my shiny toys

Yeh put you could be a pimp and earn a good living. PLus you get the added bonus of free hoes

lucasademanpersondude said:
Did you get the same questions on your final re-take? I'm sadly in that position...

Only half were the same. Can I ask where you take the exam and if the instructor is in the room at the time? ALT + TAB might just be your friend.. (I only said this is ALT + TAB is your friend, if it's not don't slate me for it lol)

Luseac · 6 Mar 2006 at 22:02

Tob3z said:
Only half were the same. Can I ask where you take the exam and if the instructor is in the room at the time? ALT + TAB might just be your friend.. (I only said this is ALT + TAB is your friend, if it's not don't slate me for it lol)

The instructor won't be in the room all the time...

Can Cisco tell if you minimize the window?

Tobes · 6 Mar 2006 at 22:02

Well lets just say that if I passed CCNA last year.... prolly not

Luseac · 6 Mar 2006 at 22:04

Tob3z said:
Well lets just say that if I passed CCNA last year.... prolly not

Was ALT + Tab your friend a lot then?

Tobes · 6 Mar 2006 at 22:09

No not rly. Instructor were quite lax, you could ask them a question in the exam and when they give you the answer just walk back to your comp and click to box lol. CCNA 1 wasn't to bad. It's CCNA 2 which I just couldn't hack.

Psyk · 6 Mar 2006 at 22:19

Tob3z said:
No not rly. Instructor were quite lax, you could ask them a question in the exam and when they give you the answer just walk back to your comp and click to box lol. CCNA 1 wasn't to bad. It's CCNA 2 which I just couldn't hack.

Were those the Cisco academy tests or the proper CCNA qualification exams?

Actually when I took mine (the proper INTRO/ICND exam) the testing program didn't appear and I was just about to leave the room and tell the receptionist there was a problem. But the I thought to try alt-tab. I actually had to alt-tab into the test, not out of it. But anyway I doubt those machines were directly connected to the net so you couldn't cheat even though there were no examiners in the room.

Tobes · 6 Mar 2006 at 22:22

Psyk said:
Were those the Cisco academy tests or the proper CCNA qualification exams?

Actually when I took mine (the proper INTRO/ICND exam) the testing program didn't appear and I was just about to leave the room and tell the receptionist there was a problem. But the I thought to try alt-tab. I actually had to alt-tab into the test, not out of it. But anyway I doubt those machines were directly connected to the net so you couldn't cheat even though there were no examiners in the room.

Well you can take the exams and the final through the academy website. I have the CCNA 1 and ITE 1 & 2 qualifications now so I'm guessing they were the real deal. But my instructors were also my collage course teachers.