IMHO as the CCDA exam stands, if you have a basic understanding of
networking the "Cisco way" (ie CCNA) and more importantly have good
proficiency with English, it'll be a breeze.
After the exam I was actually disappointed I got a couple questions wrong!
heh I also realized why the pass:fail ratio is as poor as it's rumoured to
be. Native English speakers have a huge advantage when taking this exam in
English.
If you've taken a number of technical exams before and are good at reading
into questions you can almost always eliminate some of the distracters and
select the key just by reading the question... you don't even really need
the case study most of the time.
Still, I loved the preparation process for the CCDA exam. Reading the DCN
text and Priscilla's Top Down Network Design till I felt I really understood
them is professionally one of the best things I've ever done for myself.
There's a LOT to mull over and understand there, especially in Top Down
Network Design.
I guess that's why I thought the exam itself was such a letdown. The steps
leading up to it were so fascinating and relevant. I remember discussing it
with my fellow techie geek fiancee afterwards and calling the CCDA just
"CCNA + reading comprehension".
Long story short if you're a CCNP, have prepared for CID, and work in the
field it shouldn't be much of a problem at all.
That's my rant for the day,
Brandon - CCNP+YPK :)
based on discussion over the last week, maybe Cisco should make "+YPK" and
"+OGC" specializations? :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miller, Nathan - BSC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 11:17 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Doing things backwards - Question for the CCDPs in the list.
>
>
> I know that this is not the list for CCDA questions but I
> hope that you will
> humor me. I have recently completed CCNP and studied with
> another engineer
> who was already CCDA certified. We studied for the CID (640-025) exam
> together and I passed this exam today. My question is this:
> Is the DCN
> (CCDA) exam sufficiently different from the CID that I will
> need to study
> for it separately or will the prep for the CID exam suffice.
> Thanks in
> advance for your advice.
>
> Nathan Miller, CCNP
> Enterprise Network Engineer
> Catholic Healthcare West
> 602-307-2659
>
>
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