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If you hate tests, you can take fewer of them by signing up for the CCNA exam
and the Support exam and then taking just one more long exam called the
Foundation R/S exam (640-509). Doing this also gives you your CCNP--but
beware, it's a really long test that fuses all the material listed previously into
one exam. Good luck! However, by taking this exam, you get three tests for
the price of two, which saves you $100 (if you pass). Some people think it's
easier to take the Foundation R/S exam because you can leverage the areas in
which you would score higher against the areas in which you wouldn't.
Remember that test objectives and tests can change at any time without
notice. Always check the Cisco Web site (
www.cisco.com
) for the most up-to-
date information.
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)
You've become a CCNP, and now you fix your sights on getting your Cisco
Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) in Routing and Switching--what do
you do next? Cisco recommends that before you take the lab, you take test
640-025: Cisco Internetwork Design (CID) and the Cisco authorized course
called Installing and Maintaining Cisco Routers (IMCR). By the way, no
Prometric test for IMCR exists at the time of this writing, and Cisco recom-
mends a
minimum
of two years of on-the-job experience before taking the
CCIE lab. After jumping those hurdles, you then have to pass the CCIE-R/S
Exam Qualification (exam 350-001) before taking the actual lab.
To become a CCIE, Cisco recommends the following:
1.
Attend all the recommended courses at an authorized Cisco training
center and pony up around $15,000$20,000, depending on your cor-
porate discount.
2.
Pass the Drake/Prometric exam ($200 per exam--so hopefully you'll
pass it the first time).
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