So I think I'm about ready to take my CCNA, but I just wanted to take some practice exams. I've pretty much gone through the free ones, but I am curious as to any good ones that I can pay ( < $50) for. Thanks!

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Oh, also, I'm really looking for practice exams that preferably have sims in them too.

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Hey upenox,

Transcender has always been king of the practice test market. They're known for creating test questions that are in-line with the difficulty level of the real thing. Lately they seem to have drifted away from stictly making tests though and are focusing on training; not sure if you can even buy just a test anymore.

Hopefully others will chime in with their experience. I've also found the CD included with Sybex books to be helpful. The CD included with the Cisco Press books is decent, but they ask questions that are too detailed compared to the real test.

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Thanks for the info. I think they've bumped their head though; wanting $229 for it. They're crazy.

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$139 is the price, which I know was out of your ballbark.

I usually buy it combined with a voucher which ends up being $94 + $125 for the voucher = $219. www.get certify 4 less.com/
cisco-trans-vue.asp (take the spaces out) offers those.

I have also used the measureup tests that come with ExamCram books. The books are great as a 2nd read, but the measureup tests aren't anything that I would pay for.

There's a whole slew of other small shops making these things. Sorry I haven't had any other experience outside of this!

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johnaspen: what do you think about the certsim exams?

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Todd Lammle is the man. He's the author of the Sybex CCNA book and several others. His RouterSim product is solid, and from what I've heard, CertSim is very useful. I'll drop a line over to the gentleman from the UK that just passed recently (he has a post here). I know that he specifically used it and can give you some 1st person feedback....

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thanks

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Nothing to say, just wanted to bring this valid post back to the front because of some idiot spamed the forum.

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Hi there, i am the gentleman from the UK tha JAspen was referring too. Certsim that comes with the sybex book, has all three exam question types for the CCNA exam. Multi choice, drag and drop and the simulators. You only get the demo version with the sybex book and have to get the full version from the certsim website. It's a very useful tool, if i handn't of bought it i probably wouldn't have past as the practice simulator was on the same subject as the simulator that i got in my exam. Also, in the exam try to be as quick and accurate as you can. You will be given a piece of paper or a laminated board to write on, i would definately write down your 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 times tables up to about 300 in order to speed your subnetting calcualtions up. Also, write down the bit values for the eight bits in each octet. ALso, in the sybex book at the end it has a list of all the commands, make sure you know what each ones does off by heart and watch out for the trick questions! Good Luck!

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