additional practice with the core coverage of the exam. These exercises and tasks require a
broad perspective, which means that you will need to draw on knowledge you acquired in
each of Chapters 2 through 8. This chapter also focuses on configuration and verification
commands in ways that will help you learn and review much better than another set of
questions could. These scenarios are designed with the following assumptions in mind:
chapters. These scenarios cover the entire breadth of topics to remind you about many
of these details.
and repetition is useful so that you can answer quickly and confidently on the exam.
for the CCNA exam. The concepts in Chapter 3, "OSI Reference Model & Layered
Communication," are not covered in this chapter, mainly because Chapter 3 deals with
concepts and theory; however, Chapter 3 concepts are a very important part of the
CCNA exam. Review the questions at the end of that chapter, and look at the tables that
detail the functions of each OSI layer and the example protocols at each layer, as a final
review of OSI.
topics as your exam date approaches. Figure 9-1 describes your final preparation options
with this book.
each chapter and on the CD. All prechapter quizzes and chapter-ending questions, with
answers, are listed in Appendix A, "Answers to the `Do I Know This Already?' Quizzes and
Q&A Sections." You can quickly read and review these conveniently located questions and
go over the answers and explanations. In addition, the CD includes testing software and
many other additional questions in the format of the CCNA exam (multiple-choice
questions). These questions should be a valuable resource when you are performing final
preparations.