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You Have Passed the CCNA and Are Preparing for the Remote Access Exam
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the material. If there are sections that do not seem to gel, you might want to consider buying a
copy of the Cisco Press book
Building Cisco Remote Access Networks
, which is a hard copy of
the material found in the BCRAN course.
Once each chapter has been completed, you should go back through the book and do the
scenarios to verify that you can apply the material you have learned. At that point, you should
then use the CD testing engine to find out where you are in your knowledge.
Before the test, make notes using the "Foundation Summary" sections and your own additions.
Writing something down, even if you are copying it, makes it easier to remember. Once you
have your bank of notes, study them, and then take the final practice exam on the CD testing
engine three or four times. Each time you take the test, force yourself to read each question and
each answer, even if you have seen them before. Again, repetition is a super memory aid.
You Have Passed the CCNA and Are Preparing for the
Remote Access Exam
Scenario 1: You Have Taken the BCRAN Course
Because you have taken other Cisco exams and have taken the BCRAN course, you know what
you are up against. The Remote Access exam is like all the others. The questions are
"Sylvanish," and the answers are sometimes confusing if you read too much into them.
The best approach with this book is to take each chapter's "Do I Know This Already?" quiz and
focus on the parts that draw a blank. It is best not to jump to the final exam until you have given
yourself a chance to review the entire book. Save the final to test your knowledge after you have
mentally checked each section to see that you have an idea of what the whole test could be. The
CD testing engine spools out a sampling of questions and might not give you a good picture the
first time you use it; the test engine could spool a test that is easy for you, or it could spool one
that is very difficult.
Before the test, make your own notes using the "Foundation Summary" sections and your own
additions. Writing something down, even if you are copying it, makes it easier to remember.
Once you have your bank of notes, study them, and then take the final practice exam on the CD
testing engine three or four times. Each time you take the test, force yourself to read each
question and each answer, even if you have seen them before. Again, repetition is a super
memory aid.