featured_spectre Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 What is the pass mark for the CCNA? So far I have taken 7 chapter exams and have averaged 85%....is that good enough?
jtotheb Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 It's generally between 825 and 850 /1000. Cisco don't, or didn't when I took mine last year, post an exact pass mark.
featured_spectre Posted May 18, 2010 Author Posted May 18, 2010 (edited) ahh ok. Well out of the chapter exams, (the 10 that I have taken) I averaged 86.92 / 100, so can I safely assume that is a pass *edit* retook a chapter exam and got 1 more question right and got slightly higher percentage mark! Edited May 18, 2010 by featured_spectre
Ignatius Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 Make sure that you take some other practice tests though. The typical questions in the teaching material are MCQs with a stem then choose from several options. However, in the real exams, there are several different formats, including typical MCQ, drag-and-drop and lab scenarios where you're presented with a network and have to access the router/switch configuration and either interrogate it or make some configurational changes. My experience was that the book questions were insufficient to prepare me for what I encountered.
featured_spectre Posted May 18, 2010 Author Posted May 18, 2010 So the final exam for each semester is different compared to the chapter exams??? I am doing this all as home study and only have access to a virtual lab...
featured_spectre Posted May 18, 2010 Author Posted May 18, 2010 MIMIC Virtual Lab CCNA - which came as part of my course content materials *EDIT* Also did the mock final exam... Got 40/50 on it...quite happy with that (although will be going over the materials to ensure I do better!!!)
Ignatius Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 I did CCNA v3.1 rather than CCNA v4 at a college one day each week. There were four end of semester exams which were all online and similar to the individual end of chapter exams. Passing these allowed me to progress to the next semester's work. At the end of the second semester, I took an "external" exam which covered the material in semesters 1 and 2 and it is this exam which was different from those that I had experienced previously. Passing this exam got me ICND. There was a similar process with an "external" exam after semesters 3 and 4. Passing this exam converted my ICND to full CCNA. I know that the names of the qualifications and material covered by each exam have changed but the bottom line is get practice with as many examination style questions as possible. As I said before, only a proportion are the typical MCQ "choose the correct answer(s) from a selection" and I know that some former colleagues at college had a nasty surprise when they took the major "external" exams.
featured_spectre Posted May 18, 2010 Author Posted May 18, 2010 I think I might have some issues with the "major external exams" as you put it, as I have had no physical access to a lab, and virtual access (with no tutor available at the times I do it due to working constraints) makes it very difficult to get on with! Only so much I can do in terms of reading and virtual labs.
jtotheb Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 I think I might have some issues with the "major external exams" as you put it, as I have had no physical access to a lab, and virtual access (with no tutor available at the times I do it due to working constraints) makes it very difficult to get on with! Only so much I can do in terms of reading and virtual labs. Have a look at CCNA CCNP Cisco Security Certification Exam, CCNA Boot Camp CBT I used his study guide as a revision tool and found it really useful. He also does rack rentals where you can play around with real gear. I have never compared others so don't know how keen his pricing is.
p858snake Posted May 18, 2010 Posted May 18, 2010 CCNA1 Exploration (V4) which I did last year was 70% (i was peeved when i got 69.99%)
featured_spectre Posted May 19, 2010 Author Posted May 19, 2010 Ouch!!!! My weighted mark thus far is 79.2%, so I hope I hit 70% or above to have passed on all of the chapters and final exam!
featured_spectre Posted May 19, 2010 Author Posted May 19, 2010 Tookthe final test earlier and came out with a 90.1% mark on it whch bought my weighted score up to 88.32% I am well happy with that! Now onto part 2!!!
Jamo Posted May 19, 2010 Posted May 19, 2010 I am just completing CCNA Exploration Pt2/4 at the moment! On CH7 of the Routing concepts section. Who did you follow the course with? I have been using Packet Tracer for the examples, actually a really useful piece of software. Got 96% so far as an average of the end of chapter exams and first part exam, but am finding the RIPv2 chapter confusing becuase of the way its written! but maybe thats just me! O well!
featured_spectre Posted May 19, 2010 Author Posted May 19, 2010 I did the course all by myself, no tutors, no online help, just the books, virtual lab and packet tracer....however I am happy to work with you on this if you want, just give me a week or so to catch up (If I get released for the part 2 soon!)
ciscoguy Posted January 24, 2011 Posted January 24, 2011 MIMIC Virtual Lab CCNA - which came as part of my course content materials *EDIT* Also did the mock final exam... Got 40/50 on it...quite happy with that (although will be going over the materials to ensure I do better!!!) Congratulations on passing CCNA! Can you please let us know which course did you use that included MIMIC Virtual Lab CCNA? And also how that lab was useful?
featured_spectre Posted January 25, 2011 Author Posted January 25, 2011 I got given it from Barnfield College in luton, however they recommended to use it solely for the tutorials and use packet tracer for the lab stuff
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