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Chapter 1: All About the Cisco Certified Network Associate Certification
Figure 1-1
Cisco Routing and Switching Certifications
Exams Required for Certification
To certify for CCNA, a single exam is required: Sylvan Prometric exam number 640-507. For
CCDA, a single exam is required as well, but multiple exams are required for CCNP and CCDP.
The exams generally match the same topics that are covered in one of the official Cisco courses,
but in most cases--and certainly on the CCNA exam--more topics are covered on the exam
than are in the course. Table 1-1 outlines the exams and the courses with which they are most
closely matched.
Table 1-1
Exam-to-Course Mappings
Certification
Exam
Number
Name
Course Most Closely Matching Exam
Requirements
CCNA
640-507
CCNA Exam
Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices (ICND)
CCDA
640-441
CCDP Exam
Designing Cisco Networks
CCNP
640-503
Routing Exam
Building Scalable Cisco Networks (BSCN)
640-504
Switching
Exam
Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks
(BCMSN)
640-505
Remote
Access Exam
Building Cisco Remote Access Networks
(BCRAN)
640-509*
Foundation
Exam
BSCN, BCMSN, and BCRAN
640-506
Support Exam
Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting (CIT)
Network Support
Cisco Certified
Internetwork Expert
Cisco Certified
Network Professional
Cisco Certified
Network Associate
Network Design
Cisco Certified
Design Professional
Cisco Certified
Network Associate
Cisco Certified
Design Associate
CCNA Proves Implementation Skills for Simple Networks
CCDA Proves Design Skills for Simple Networks
CCNP Proves Implementation Skills for Intermediate Networks
CCDP Proves Design Skills for Intermediate Networks
CCIE Proves Implementation Skills for Complex Networks
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