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The CCNA Routing and Switching are considered to be an excellent beginning point for your IT career. The CCNA Routing & Switching is extraordinarily popular among SPOTO Club learners as well as highly sought after by the IT industry. This certification would be able to validate your ability to install, configure, operate, as well as troubleshoot medium-size routed and switched networks. Typically, the CCNA Routing and Switching qualify you for roles including network technician, network engineer, systems administrator, and much more.
CCNA R&S
The Cisco Certified Network Associate – Routing and Switching are otherwise known as CCNA R&S certification is designed for entry-level networking professionals. The CCNA R&S certification is made up of two exams, both of which are covered by SPOTO Club training courses:
Cisco CCENT/CCNA ICND1 100-105
Cisco CCNA ICND2 200-105
If you wish to earn your CCNA R&S, you are required to complete the ICND1 exam first, which results in the Cisco Certified Entry-level Network Technician (CCENT) certification. The ICND1 exam would be testing your knowledge and skills in order to successfully install, operate, and troubleshoot a small branch office network, including certain topics like the operation of IP data networks, LAN switching technologies, IPv6, IP services (DHCP, NAT, ACLs), IP routing technologies, network device security, as well as basic troubleshooting.
The second exam for the CCNA R&S is the ICND2 which would be testing the knowledge and skills of the candidates for successfully installing, operating, and troubleshooting a small to medium-size enterprise branch network, including topics on IP routing technologies, LAN switching technologies, IP services (FHRP, Syslog, SNMP v2 and v3), troubleshooting, as well as WAN technologies.
Another CCNA R&S Path
While the vast majority of learners would be choosing to take Parts 1 and 2 of the certification exam in succession, you would be able to attempt both parts in just one exam the CCNA Composite Exam, and the CCNAX 200-125. The content of the exam is made up of the same material which would be addressed in the ICND1 and ICND2 courses. The CCNAX isn’t any more difficult than the ICND1 or ICND2 exams, but due to the volume of information learners are required to master it all to be successful, most choose to earn the CCNA R&S certification in two parts.
Typically, learners would be pursuing this certification path are required to have 1 to 3 years of experience and some familiarity with Cisco products. However, the CCNA Routing & Switching is considered an entry-level certification, so learners who are new to the industry could start here if they would be motivated and ready to study
These supplemental courses would be suggested to help the learners deepening their learning and understanding of the content in order to be successful in earning certification.
Exam Details
The CCNA Routing and Switching certification are made up of two distinct exams. The details for each are provided below.
CCENT/ICND1
Time allotted for the exam: 90 minutes (1.5 hours)
Number of questions: 45-55 questions per exam
Passing score: Cisco doesn’t issue the passing score for its exams
Question types: Multiple choices/single answer; Multiple choices/multiple answers; Drag and drop; Fill-in-the-blank; Simulation; Testlet; Simlet
Exam registration: Pearson VUE
Exam cost: $150 (USD)*
Exam topics: (free resource)
Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (100-105)
CCNA/ICND2
Time allotted for the exam: 75 minutes
Number of questions: 50-60 questions per exam
Passing score: Cisco doesn’t issue the passing score for its exams
Question types: Multiple choices/single answer; Multiple choices/multiple answers; Drag and drop; Fill-in-the-blank; Simulation; Testlet; Simlet
Exam registration: Pearson VUE
Exam cost: $150 (USD)*
Now that you have the knowledge of the costing of CCNA R&S and if you wish to gain it in the first attempt, you should take the courses offered by the SPOTO Club.
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