Tips for Taking Your Cisco Exams
The Cisco exams contain about 40 to 50 questions and must be completed in about 90 minutes or less. This information can change per exam. You must get a score of about 85 percent to pass this exam, but again, each exam can be different.
Many questions on the exam have answer choices that at first glance look identical – especially the syntax questions! So remember to read through the choices carefully because close just 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 this book’s chapters over and over again until they feel natural to you.
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. On the exam, you will always be told to pick one, two, or three options, never “choose all that apply.” The Cisco exam may include the following test formats:
■ Multiple-choice single answer
■ Multiple-choice multiple answer
■ Drag-and-drop
■ Router simulations
Cisco proctored exams will not show the steps to follow in completing a router interface configuration, but they do allow partial command responses. For example, show run, sho running, or sh running-config would be acceptable.
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. “Read twice, answer once,” is what I always tell my students.
■ 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 clicking 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 administrator will give you the printed score report.) Test scores are automatically forwarded to Cisco within five working days after you take the test, so you don’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, sometimes a bit longer.
ICND1 (100-105) Exam Objectives
Exam objectives are subject to change at any time without prior notice and at Cisco’s sole discretion. Please visit Cisco’s certification website (www.cisco.com/web/learning) for the latest information on the ICND1 exam.
Assessment Test
1. You reload a router with a configuration register setting of 0x2101. What will the router do when it reloads?
A. The router enters setup mode.
B. The router enters ROM monitor mode.
C. The router boots the mini-IOS in ROM.
D. The router expands the first IOS in flash memory into RAM.
2. Which of the following commands provides the product ID and serial number of a router?
A. show license
B. show license feature
C. show version
D. show license udi
3. Which command allows you to view the technology options and licenses that are supported on your router along with several status variables?
A. show license
B. show license feature
C. show license udi
D. show version
4. You want to send a console message to a syslog server, but you only want to send status messages of 3 and lower. Which of the following commands will you use?
A. logging trap emergencies
B. logging trap errors
C. logging trap debugging
D. logging trap notifications
E. logging trap critical
F. logging trap warnings
G. logging trap alerts
5. IPv6 unicast routing is running on the Corp router. Which of the following addresses would show up with the show ipv6 int brief command?
A. FF02::3c3d:0d: bdff:fe3b:0d80
B. FE80::3c3d:2d: bdff:fe3b:0d80
C. FE80::3c3d:0d: bdff:fe3b:0d80
D. FE80::3c3d:2d: ffbd:3bfe:0d80
6. A host sends a type of NDP message providing the MAC address that was requested. Which type of NDP was sent?
A. NA
B. RS
C. RA
D. NS
7. Each field in an IPv6 address is how many bits long?
A. 4
B. 16
C. 32
D. 128
8. What does the command routerA(config)#line cons 0 allow you to perform next?
A. Set the Telnet password.
B. Shut down the router.
C. Set your console password.
D. Disable console connections.
9. Which two statements describe the IP address 10.16.3.65/23? (Choose two.)
A. The subnet address is 10.16.3.0 255.255.254.0.
B. The lowest host address in the subnet is 10.16.2.1 255.255.254.0.
C. The last valid host address in the subnet is 10.16.2.254 255.255.254.0.
D. The broadcast address of the subnet is 10.16.3.255 255.255.254.0.
E. The network is not subnetted.
10. On which interface do you configure an IP address for a switch?
A. int fa0/0
B. int vty 0 15
C. int vlan 1
D. int s/0/0
11. Which of the following is the valid host range for the subnet on which the IP address 192.168.168.188 255.255.255.192 resides?
A. 192.168.168.129–190
B. 192.168.168.129–191
C. 192.168.168.128–190
D. 192.168.168.128–192
12. Which of the following is considered to be the inside host’s address after translation?
A. Inside local
B. Outside local
C. Inside global
D. Outside global
13. Your inside locals are not being translated to the inside global addresses. Which of the following commands