Cisco CCNA Exam and Training

CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)

Cisco CCNA Certification Description:

The Cisco CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) certification from Cisco Certification was established in 2001 and is aimed at students who are currently employed in the Service Provider and Enterprise environments, or those who want to find employment in those environments, and want to obtain the Cisco professional level or Cisco Qualified Specialists exams (but not a Sales Specialist exams) certification.

The Cisco Qualified Specialists exams certification certifies that a successful Cisco Qualified Specialists exams (but not a Sales Specialist exams) has learnt the knowledge need to planning, designing, implementing, and operating a Cisco Content Network. The successful Cisco Qualified Specialists certified student will have knowledge of the the use one of these protocols: IP, IGRP, Serial, Frame Relay, IP RIP, VLANs, RIP, Ethernet, Access lists.

These are all fields in the Service Provider and Enterprise environments.

Cisco CCNA Certification Prerequisites:

The Cisco Certified Network Associate certification is only available to students who have success fully acquired the Cisco CCNA certification.

Cisco CCNA Certification Required Exams:

To be awarded the Cisco Certified Network Associate certification, the Cisco Content Network Specialist student must successfully pass one or two exams namely; the Cisco 640-801 CCNA(Cisco Certified Network Associate) exam has a difficulty rating of about 3 out of 5 and is thus only a professional level exam. This exam is available in English and in Japanese in Japan only..

Cisco CCNA Certification Recertification:

A successful Cisco Certified Network Associate student will hold the Cisco Certified Network Associate certification for two years only, after which the Cisco Certified Network Associate student must re-validate their Cisco Certified Network Associate certification by retaking and passing the Cisco 640-801 CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate)

exam or taking and passing the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert written exam.

Preparing for Cisco CCNA Certificate:

There are plenty of Cisco Certified Network Associate study materials available on the Internet. These range from the official Cisco Certification Training courses and official Cisco Self Study Training Guides from Cisco Press, to the Testking Content Networking practice exams and Testking Content Networking study guides. Online practice exams and Cisco Content Networking braindumps are also available online.

More Cisco CCNA Certification Information:

You can find more information about the Cisco professional level or Cisco Qualified Specialists exams (but not a Sales Specialist exams) certification on the internet on websites like at www.testking.com, www.certifyexpress.com and at www.cisco.com itself.