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| wizzybeff 2004-05-05, 3:40 am |
| I've heard that the CCNA is basically scored like this: 500 points for simulators, 200 points for subnetting, 300 points for the all of the other topics. Does this sound pretty close?
Also, I heard that it takes an 849 to pass. Does that translate to 85%? If so, then if a person knows how to use routers and all about subnetting, which would give them 700 points, they would only need to get half of the other questions right to pass. Interesting theory, but am I close or does nobody really know? Maybe some questions are worth more to disguise the scoring methods. Any ideas?
Another question. I heard that real life subnetting is different than on the CCNA. I heard that you don't use the typical (2^N)-2 formula when determining the amount of subnets, but just for the number of hosts. Would class C 11110000 have 14 or 16 subnets? I thought 14, but a post in this forum confused me. I hope someone can clear it up for me. I want to know the right answer for the CCNA if it differs from real life. | |
| forbesl 2004-05-05, 7:41 am |
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Originally posted by wizzybeff
Another question. I heard that real life subnetting is different than on the CCNA. I heard that you don't use the typical (2^N)-2 formula when determining the amount of subnets, but just for the number of hosts. Would class C 11110000 have 14 or 16 subnets? I thought 14, but a post in this forum confused me. I hope someone can clear it up for me. I want to know the right answer for the CCNA if it differs from real life.
In the real world your answer to that question is 16 subnets. In the Cisco training and testing world, the answer is 14. For your CCNA, the answer is 14, they do not allow you to take into account subnet zero or the "all-1s" subnet. | |
| chitownsvt 2004-05-05, 9:32 pm |
| when u start the test u automatically get 300pts, but dont let that fool ya the test is harder than u'd think | |
| perfectionist 2004-05-06, 5:53 am |
| If you answer incorrectly for some questions, marks will be deducted.. So, what's the point of getting the initial 300 marks?? U still have to make sure that u answer all of them correctly.. But one very important tips!! When you are troubleshooting the the simulator, try to use as many validation methods as you can, such as "ping" and "show ip route"!! If you are able to troubleshoot the question but do not use as many validation methods as you can, then u can't score full good marks for the simulation!! | |
| Goldorak 2004-05-06, 6:37 pm |
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... then u can't score full good marks for the simulation!!
Is the simulator not just one or zero? | |
| perfectionist 2004-05-07, 2:52 am |
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Is the simulator not just one or zero?
What do you mean by "one or zero"?? | |
| Goldorak 2004-05-07, 3:13 am |
| Only 2 options: Pass or Fail  | |
| perfectionist 2004-05-07, 3:41 am |
| For each simulator question, if you failed to troubleshoot or in other words, you failed to get the required outcome, you will still be given marks based on what you have configured, including what command you have keyed in when you tyr to identified the source of the problems. I am not very sure about this, but I was told by my instructor. That's why each simulator carries many marks!! | |
| Goldorak 2004-05-07, 5:13 pm |
| That's interesting...
I would have thought you either troubleshoot or you don't - period. Other than that, the next thing that would matter (in real life) is not how you do it but wheather you succeed and how long it takes you to get things up and running! As far as i am concerned, nothing else matters... | |
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