Where Do You Take the Exams?
You may take the exams at any of the more than 800 Sylvan Prometric
Authorized Testing Centers around the world. For the location of a testing
center near you, call (800) 755-3926. Outside the United States and Canada,
contact your local Sylvan Prometric Registration Center.
To register for a Cisco Certified Network Professional exam:
1. Determine the number of the exam you want to take. (The CCNAexam number is 640-507.)
2. Register with the nearest Sylvan Prometric Registration Center. At this point, you will be asked to pay in advance for the exam. At the time of this writing, the exams are $100 each and must be taken within one year of payment. You can schedule exams up to six weeks in advance or as soon as one working day prior to the day you wish to take it. If something comes up and you need to cancel or reschedule your exam appointment, contact Sylvan Prometric at least 24 hours in advance.Same-day registration isn’t available for the Cisco tests.
3. When you schedule the exam, you’ll get instructions regarding all appointment and cancellation procedures, the ID requirements, and information about the testing-center location.
Tips for Taking Your CCNA Exam
The CCNA test contains about 70 questions to be completed in 90 minutes.
You must schedule a test at least 24 hours in advance (unlike the Novell or
Microsoft exams), and you aren’t allowed to take more than one Cisco exam
per day. Many questions on the exam have answer choices that at first glance look
identical—especially the syntax questions! Remember to read through the
choices carefully because close doesn’t cut it. If you get commands in the
wrong order or forget one measly character, you’ll get the question wrong.
So, to practice, do the hands-on exercises at the end of the chapters over and
over again until they feel natural to you.
Unlike Microsoft or Novell tests, the exam has answer choices that are
syntactically similar—though some syntax is dead wrong, it is usually just
subtly wrong. Some other choices may be syntactically correct, but they’re
shown in the wrong order. Cisco does split hairs, and they’re not at all averse
to giving you classic trick questions. Here’s an example:
access-list 101 deny ip any eq 23 denies Telnet access to all systems.
This question looks correct because most people refer to the port number (23) and
think, “Yes, that’s the port used for Telnet.” The catch is that you can’t filter
IP on port numbers (only TCP and UDP).
Also, never forget that the right answer is the Cisco answer. In many
cases, more than one appropriate answer is presented, but the correct answer
is the one that Cisco recommends. Here are some general tips for exam success:
Arrive early at the exam center, so you can relax and review your study materials. Read the questions carefully. Don’t jump to conclusions. Make sure you’re clear about exactly what each question asks. When answering multiple-choice questions that you’re not sure about, use the process of elimination to get rid of the obviously incorrect answers first. Doing this greatly improves your odds if you need to make an educated guess.You can no longer move forward and backward through the Cisco exams, so double-check your answer before pressing Next since you can’t change your mind.After you complete an exam, you’ll get immediate, online notification of your pass or fail status, a printed Examination Score Report that indicates your pass or fail status, and your exam results by section. (The test admin- istrator will give you the printed score report.) Test scores are automatically forwarded to Cisco within five working days after you take the test, so youdon’t need to send your score to them. If you pass the exam, you’ll receive confirmation from Cisco, typically within two to four weeks.
You may take the exams at any of the more than 800 Sylvan Prometric
Authorized Testing Centers around the world. For the location of a testing
center near you, call (800) 755-3926. Outside the United States and Canada,
contact your local Sylvan Prometric Registration Center.
To register for a Cisco Certified Network Professional exam:
1. Determine the number of the exam you want to take. (The CCNAexam number is 640-507.)
2. Register with the nearest Sylvan Prometric Registration Center. At this point, you will be asked to pay in advance for the exam. At the time of this writing, the exams are $100 each and must be taken within one year of payment. You can schedule exams up to six weeks in advance or as soon as one working day prior to the day you wish to take it. If something comes up and you need to cancel or reschedule your exam appointment, contact Sylvan Prometric at least 24 hours in advance.Same-day registration isn’t available for the Cisco tests.
3. When you schedule the exam, you’ll get instructions regarding all appointment and cancellation procedures, the ID requirements, and information about the testing-center location.
Tips for Taking Your CCNA Exam
The CCNA test contains about 70 questions to be completed in 90 minutes.
You must schedule a test at least 24 hours in advance (unlike the Novell or
Microsoft exams), and you aren’t allowed to take more than one Cisco exam
per day. Many questions on the exam have answer choices that at first glance look
identical—especially the syntax questions! Remember to read through the
choices carefully because close doesn’t cut it. If you get commands in the
wrong order or forget one measly character, you’ll get the question wrong.
So, to practice, do the hands-on exercises at the end of the chapters over and
over again until they feel natural to you.
Unlike Microsoft or Novell tests, the exam has answer choices that are
syntactically similar—though some syntax is dead wrong, it is usually just
subtly wrong. Some other choices may be syntactically correct, but they’re
shown in the wrong order. Cisco does split hairs, and they’re not at all averse
to giving you classic trick questions. Here’s an example:
access-list 101 deny ip any eq 23 denies Telnet access to all systems.
This question looks correct because most people refer to the port number (23) and
think, “Yes, that’s the port used for Telnet.” The catch is that you can’t filter
IP on port numbers (only TCP and UDP).
Also, never forget that the right answer is the Cisco answer. In many
cases, more than one appropriate answer is presented, but the correct answer
is the one that Cisco recommends. Here are some general tips for exam success:
Arrive early at the exam center, so you can relax and review your study materials. Read the questions carefully. Don’t jump to conclusions. Make sure you’re clear about exactly what each question asks. When answering multiple-choice questions that you’re not sure about, use the process of elimination to get rid of the obviously incorrect answers first. Doing this greatly improves your odds if you need to make an educated guess.You can no longer move forward and backward through the Cisco exams, so double-check your answer before pressing Next since you can’t change your mind.After you complete an exam, you’ll get immediate, online notification of your pass or fail status, a printed Examination Score Report that indicates your pass or fail status, and your exam results by section. (The test admin- istrator will give you the printed score report.) Test scores are automatically forwarded to Cisco within five working days after you take the test, so youdon’t need to send your score to them. If you pass the exam, you’ll receive confirmation from Cisco, typically within two to four weeks.
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