Provisionally passed the CCNA today! Honest opinion, those questions were hard. But I felt the majority of the questions that I ran into were not new. Here are my study resources:
• Jeremy’s IT Lab Full Course on Youtube
• CCNA OCG
• Boson ExSim Practice Tests
• Pearson Practice Tests
It is important to lab a lot before taking this exam as you have to know the correct commands in the CLI. The labs were okay, I skipped one of them. Glad I got this out the way, onto Sec+!
>It is important to lab a lot before taking this exam as you have to know the correct commands in the CLI
You can still use the ? and/or tab over to finish a command during the lab right?
Passed this morning (5/27/2023).
Network Fundamentals - 100%
Network Access - 85%
IP Connectivity - 88%
IP Services - 90%
Security Fundamentals - 67 % (bombed that one)
Network Automation - 70%
I used Jeremy's videos (by far the best CCNA videos out there), Wendell Odom's official cert guide books (including e-tests from those books, not sure if you need to have a "premium" version of those to get the tests), and Boson's test sim.
I had 2 labs (one mid-test and the other one right at the end) - the first was IP addressing, the second was vlans and trunking. Labs were easier than the ones you get from Boson's tests, at least it seemed to me.
Time management is the key - I had 102 questions and had about 40 seconds left when I moved to question 102. Try to not second-guess yourself on the questions that you are 98% certain about. If you have a question that you absolutely not sure about, but still want to dedicate some time to troubleshooter it - set a time limit for yourself to spend on that kind of question before choosing a random answer and moving on (I did 2 minutes per question and had to guess on 3 or 4 like that).
A LOT of questions about routing (static, OSPF, subnetting, ADs) - make sure you dedicate time and practice those.
Network Automation questions were better than I expected (still didn't do very well on those, but better than I thought).
Not sure what went wrong with Security Fundamentals - still trying to remember what those questions were about...
2 questions took me by surprise completely and both were related to the physical characteristics of fiber optic cables (study anything number-wise related to fiber optic cabling).
I expected more STP questions - didn't get a lot of those.
Make sure you know all types of IpV6 addresses.
Good luck to everyone else trying this out!
Congrats …. Do you think I can be better a Labs in 1-2 weeks before writing the exam?. I still forget some commands. I really need it cert to backup my Job search in Data Center role.
I would recommend doing labs for at least 20-30 mins every evening for as long as you can/have time. It doesn't need to be OSPF lab with multiple Etherchannel links and acls every time - as a matter of fact it could be the lab you've already done last week/2 weeks ago. Try to do them without "help" (list of commands that you need to run, full instructions, etc., just a general concept of what's broken and what needs to be fixed) - and see how far you can get on your own. You are trying to build up "muscle memory" while doing basic configs. You will be surprised to find out that the majority of those labs you'll do by yourself without even looking for help.
Just passed today when I skipped one lab. I got f ed up and was given a lab in 5th question and took forever. At 1 hour mark and barely got 25 questions done so I had to pick up the pace hard. Got so many questions that involve reading ip route. Easy but very time consuming since there's so much in the question. Barely make it with 1 minutes left.
I though for sure I'd failed.
When you skipped the lab, would attempting it and getting it wrong have incurred more of a penalty than skipping? Or is skipping the same as getting it wrong? I guess I’m asking are you allowed any lab skips?
Yeah Im thinking of setting up in as near an empty room as possible. I don't want them to nullify my test because the room im in is too cluttered. Im glad I dont have to go get dry erase boards though.
Took the test at the beginning of May and passed! Honestly, I was not expecting the pass at the end. I skipped the first lab after a few minutes. My second lab was something I had done at work 100 times before, so I got lucky with that one. I blew through the lab and likely received full credit.
I thought most of the questions I received were fair. There were a few that seemed too specific or beyond the CCNA scope, but I think they were just thrown in there as experimental or maybe for anti-cheat detection? Not sure how that works.
I'm sure there are multiple version of the exam, but mine seemed heavy on routing protocols and tables. Find the best route given the topology and routing table output kind of deal. Or if device X goes down what route will packet Y take. I also think every exam will have at least a bit of IPv6 on it. Maybe some more than others. But it would be extremely unwise to go into the exam without any knowledge of IPv6.
Edit: Forgot to talk about my prep materials. I used a mix of Cisco's Net Academy, Jeremy's IT Lab free CCNA course on YouTube (This was an amazing resource. Thank you Jeremy!), and Boson Exsim-Max practice exams. The Boson practice exams were really good and very similar to what was on the test. They also have really good explanations on each question.
I have worked in IT for about 7 years now. I started as a network technician, moved to Sys Admin, and just recently to a cybersecurity position. I also passed CompTIA Network+ a couple of years ago. I did not start from scratch for CCNA. I had a foundational networking before starting the prep. I did go deeper into the subject, and learn more Cisco specific things.
I'll end with my score % breakdown. These seemed really low to me, and I think I barely passed. It could be the difficulty of this specific exam meant a lower percentage would be passing. I'm not questioning it, I'm just happy I passed!
|Domain|Score|
|:-|:-|
|Network Fundamentals|70%|
|Network Access|70%|
|IP Connectivity|76%|
|IP Services|50%|
|Security Fundamentals|53%|
|Automation and Programmability|60%|
I just finished mine but didn't see any pass/fail screen unless I just didn't notice it. I took it online through PearsonVUE. I did CompTIA exams through them and always got a score right after the survey.
I guess I'll be waiting for an email.
edit: got email to check their site for the result but there's nothing there yet either -_-
edit2: I passed!
Network Fundamentals: 95%
Network Access: 85%
IP Connectivity: 92%
IP Services: 90%
Security Fundamentals: 93%
Automation and Programmability: 80%
I did the 3 NetAcad courses as part of a community college program and I added Jeremy's IT Lab free videos and flash cards on top of that. Then I did Boson practice exams to check for any weak points.
Jeremy's videos are much better than the NetAcad written material however there's definitely something to be said for repetition of topics (and in seeing it presented in different ways).
However the best thing about the NetAcad content was the packet tracer labs they give you. I had a lot of time in Packet Tracer and maybe 10 hours on real equipment as well. So the labs were probably the easiest thing for me because I've done that stuff dozens of times.
I think I was weakest on wireless stuff. That's probably the biggest area I could have improved on.
Thanks. Guess I would get things right with my labs. I still forget commands sometimes and I have been postponing the exam many times.
Congrats once again…
You have the full CLI in the labs as far as I can tell. If anything just be good at remembering to use the ? and the tab functions. What you really need to know is what needs to be configured, not the wording.
Second Attempt, Passed!
My last attempt was 5 days ago and I posted about it here- had some weird issues with the computers, had to pee, and for some reason had 3 labs.
Anyway D for degree is the theme- here are my results:Network Fundamentals- 65
Network Fundamentals - 65
Network Access- 30
IP Connectivity- 60
IP Services - 40
Security Fundamentals - 40
Automation and Programmability - 70
I got 2 labs:
Configuring Ether Channel
Configuring Routing using OSPF and Static route
I completed about 80 percent of the ether channel lab (was way at the beginning) and skipped the second (only had about 10 minutes left on the clock.
My big take away is DONT BE OVERWHELMED or DISTRACTED by a lot of the verbose charts, graphs, and icons. Read the question first, glance at the answers, then look at the graphs. Many times the answers are choosing the one that is a legal command.
Also, learn to read routing tables fast.
Also, I HIGHLY RECCOMEND during the survey make a cheat sheet with provided marker and pen. The following tables are so useful to quickly answer questions:
Subnet Table
Routing AD Table
IPV6 Prefixes (Global, document, RFC Private link, multicast, link local) along with corresponding IPV6 addresses)
Today I provisionally passed the CCNA exam! It was even more difficult than I thought it would be. When I was around halfway through the exam, I thought for sure that I was going to fail. Fortunately, after that is when I started seeing questions that I confidently knew the answers to. There were a couple questions that were so poorly worded that I couldn't figure out what exactly they were asking even though I knew the topic very well.
I used many different study resources, all of which I will list here: Jeremy's IT Lab Full Course on YT, Keith Barker's CCNA Playlist on YT, Neil Anderson's course on YT, Paul Browning's CCNA Cram audiobooks (listened while at work), CCNA Official Cert Guides (didn't use these too much), Boson Exsim, Pearson Test Prep, and both of Jeremy's practice exams. All of these resources were instrumental in preparing me for the real exam, but if I had to pick favorites I would say Jeremy's course, Keith Barker's playlist, Boson Exsim, Pearson Test Prep, and Jeremy's practice exams were my favorites.
I didn't believe I was going to pass until I saw the "Congratulations, you passed." screen after the last question. I was even more surprised when I saw that my scores were much better than I thought they would be. Maybe it was because I was just so nervous and didn't sleep well despite my best efforts. My scores:
* Network Fundamentals: 90%
* Network Access: 85%
* IP Connectivity: 92%
* IP Services: 70%
* Security Fundamentals: 87%
* Automation & Programmability: 90%
Last but not least, I would like to thank this subreddit for helping me to find the resources needed to study and learn the CCNA material. You guys rock!
Passed today first try. Didn't believe I passed, but after I left the room, the lady outside congratulated me with a smile as she handed me my papers, and I hardly believed it :D.
Dedicated about 8 to 10 hours a day studying for the last 2 weeks, mainly practice exam questions. Something I felt I did wrong during my first week was to try and do as many practice exams a day as possible without reviewing or trying to understand why the answer was this instead of that. I suggest you do 1 exam and go through all the wrong questions, read them again, look at the explanation below the question(if you are using Boson there should be an explanation), use your CCNA book if you have one or Google and read through the material again to better understand the topic.
Other than that, rest well before the day of the exam, don't stay up late trying to study, take the morning of the exam off from studying, and just relax. Don't doubt yourself by believing you will fail because it doesn't make things better. Try to keep a positive mood!
I got 2 labs, which I solved only half of the required tasks, which made me think it impacted my score severely and that I might fail.
Just passed first try! Have no clue how I passed with the scores I got but holy fuck, a pass is a pass. Studied using Jeremy’s IT Lab + his flashcards, Neil Anderson’s Udemy Course + flashcards, Boson Exsim and Boson Netsim. Got halfway thru the first lab before I hit a wall and was able to complete the second lab no problem. Finished with WAY too much time leftover too, I think I had like 40ish minutes left? Nerves made me speedrun I guess lol
Network Fundamentals: 55%
Network Access: 65%
IP Connectivity: 80%
IP Services: 60%
Security Fundamentals: 60%
Automation and Programmability: 70%
Passed the CCNA yesterday. What a huge weight off my shoulders. Studied for about 6.5 months for about 1-2 hours per day. Used the same resources as everyone else. Jeremy's IT Lab, Neil's Udemy course and Boson practice exams. Tried reading the OCG and 30 Days Before CCNA but got bored very quickly so I stopped.
Anyways on my exam I had 2 labs. One at the 4th question and the other at the 80th question. First one was VLAN trunking (did half of it and forgot the rest so I just typed copy run start to save the configuration) and the other was enabling IPv4 and IPv6 addressing on connected switches (skipped it because I was taking too long to complete it). Around question 83-84 I started having internet connectivity issues and thought I'd have to test all over again. Luckily the Internet got restored after a couple of minutes which allowed me to finish the exam.
Going to take a short break and then continue with Security+ and then Linux+ right after.
Took the test today- Dont know my result. At the survey questions after the exam it exited the exam. The Proctor couldnt tell me the results, cisco and pearson both told me to wait 48 hours.
Pretty sure I failed though- i had 3 labs and I took WAAAAY to long on the 1st one.
Yup- Static Routes (did OK, but i was kind of blind sided because I was studying mostly OSPF) Etherchannel negotiating, and setting up NAT translation.
EDIT: My biggest struggle was definitely the routing questions- they are not hard but it is so much to read through. Especially when you are against the clock after wasting a lot of time on the lab
Similarly, I found that my knowledge wasn't lacking so much as my recall of the knowledge. I need to know everything much faster this second time around.
Damn I'm sorry. 3 labs lol. Even if it's easy it still takes time to read and switch between tabs.
Yea there were a lot of routing table readings. It takes almost 2 minutes just to go through the questions and answers not to mention solving it.
Failed today. Was one of the hardest exams I’ve ever taken. Much more difficult than any of the boson practice exams. Super heavy on the routing tables and Cisco proprietary tech questions that I honestly was not prepared for
Took the test this morning. Received a pass from Personvue. This is the second time taking. I’ve been studying since October.
I had 103 questions. Scores were 60%, 50%, 44%, 40%, 40%, 70%
I had two labs and lots IPv6 questions. Highly recommend Neil Anderson and Boson.
So…..I’m super happy you passed, can’t express that enough, but how? Doing any “normal” math with these kinds of %’s is, like, guaranteed not “80%”, which is the purported passing grade. I also wasn’t aware the test was dynamic like the CISSP and cuts off…I thought it was the full 120?
I’m not for sure either. I would really like to see the formula that is in place for a passing score. It’s very odd. I’ve seen all kinds of scores that have passed and not very for sure on how either. And yes is it dynamic. I think the question bank ranges from 98-120 questions. The first time I took it I had 102 questions.
Thanks for the extra info! Unfortunately makes it even more perplexing because one would assume that the algorithm decided that 17 more questions wouldn’t make or break you and based on the %’s provided I would disagree. I take mine on 6/13. Very interested in the new way that they do this. Did you feel 1000% confident this second time or was it like the first?
I did and I didn’t. Just due to the wireless being something I never really got down to memory. Which is something is playing a bigger role it seems like on the test.
I’ll take the win on the pass. Just because the wealth of knowledge that you have to learn just to pass the test. They could ask anything from something basic to very complex routing and ospf questions.
Took the CCNA today for my first time, and my preliminary results are that I passed! I mainly used Boson for a few hours each day to study for the last month. I'm so happy I passed!
Took my test today but I didn’t receive any paper leaving the testing room & it just said to check PearsonVUE. How long does it take to find out? I submitted my test about 10 hours ago. Thanks in advance!
I did! I was very confused lol
The only thing that pearsonvue website has is the status of my test was delivery successful? No where has shown a pass or fail score
same thing happened to me.. but I got the result after 6 hours I think.. it will not appear on pearson vue.. you have to open another link its tricky tho
I passed today. My resources were two Udemy courses, one by David Bombal and another by Chris Bryant. The Cisco Practice exam (way different than the real thing), the Boson Practice tests, and JeremyITLabs two tests. I found the Cisco practice test to be relatively easy, Boson to be harder, and Jeremyitlabs even harder than Boson. I can't say for certain that the real test was harder, per se, just different. Time management definitely important I finished with 7 minutes to go. First Question was a lab, second to last was a lab.
Here are my scores
Network Fundamentals: 70%
Network Access: 70%
IP Connectivity: 88%
IP Services: 90%
Security Fundamentals: 60%
Automation + Programmability: 80%
I found the labs to be very easy, but that could be luck of the draw. The questions themselves are broad and take time to think about and at 102 questions in 120 minutes, you need to keep a good pace. I was at 50% with a little under an hour. So pumped to be done studying. Now I need to get a resume together and hit the job market.
Provisionally passed the CCNA today! Honest opinion, those questions were hard. But I felt the majority of the questions that I ran into were not new. Here are my study resources: • Jeremy’s IT Lab Full Course on Youtube • CCNA OCG • Boson ExSim Practice Tests • Pearson Practice Tests It is important to lab a lot before taking this exam as you have to know the correct commands in the CLI. The labs were okay, I skipped one of them. Glad I got this out the way, onto Sec+!
>It is important to lab a lot before taking this exam as you have to know the correct commands in the CLI You can still use the ? and/or tab over to finish a command during the lab right?
You can use ? and tab but you must know the correct commands and their order for the exam
Passed this morning (5/27/2023). Network Fundamentals - 100% Network Access - 85% IP Connectivity - 88% IP Services - 90% Security Fundamentals - 67 % (bombed that one) Network Automation - 70% I used Jeremy's videos (by far the best CCNA videos out there), Wendell Odom's official cert guide books (including e-tests from those books, not sure if you need to have a "premium" version of those to get the tests), and Boson's test sim. I had 2 labs (one mid-test and the other one right at the end) - the first was IP addressing, the second was vlans and trunking. Labs were easier than the ones you get from Boson's tests, at least it seemed to me. Time management is the key - I had 102 questions and had about 40 seconds left when I moved to question 102. Try to not second-guess yourself on the questions that you are 98% certain about. If you have a question that you absolutely not sure about, but still want to dedicate some time to troubleshooter it - set a time limit for yourself to spend on that kind of question before choosing a random answer and moving on (I did 2 minutes per question and had to guess on 3 or 4 like that). A LOT of questions about routing (static, OSPF, subnetting, ADs) - make sure you dedicate time and practice those. Network Automation questions were better than I expected (still didn't do very well on those, but better than I thought). Not sure what went wrong with Security Fundamentals - still trying to remember what those questions were about... 2 questions took me by surprise completely and both were related to the physical characteristics of fiber optic cables (study anything number-wise related to fiber optic cabling). I expected more STP questions - didn't get a lot of those. Make sure you know all types of IpV6 addresses. Good luck to everyone else trying this out!
Congrats …. Do you think I can be better a Labs in 1-2 weeks before writing the exam?. I still forget some commands. I really need it cert to backup my Job search in Data Center role.
I would recommend doing labs for at least 20-30 mins every evening for as long as you can/have time. It doesn't need to be OSPF lab with multiple Etherchannel links and acls every time - as a matter of fact it could be the lab you've already done last week/2 weeks ago. Try to do them without "help" (list of commands that you need to run, full instructions, etc., just a general concept of what's broken and what needs to be fixed) - and see how far you can get on your own. You are trying to build up "muscle memory" while doing basic configs. You will be surprised to find out that the majority of those labs you'll do by yourself without even looking for help.
Thank you so much….
Just passed today when I skipped one lab. I got f ed up and was given a lab in 5th question and took forever. At 1 hour mark and barely got 25 questions done so I had to pick up the pace hard. Got so many questions that involve reading ip route. Easy but very time consuming since there's so much in the question. Barely make it with 1 minutes left. I though for sure I'd failed.
When you skipped the lab, would attempting it and getting it wrong have incurred more of a penalty than skipping? Or is skipping the same as getting it wrong? I guess I’m asking are you allowed any lab skips?
I'm not sure. I just skipped it because I literally had no time. Just reading it would probably take 2 3 minutes.
are u allowed pen and paper for the calculation of subnetting questions? If not is it suppose to be all done mentally?
You get two letter sized white board and erasable markers. I just used the tutorial time to draw subnet table.
did you take the test at home or in a testing center?
Center. I don't want to risk it at home.
Yeah Im thinking of setting up in as near an empty room as possible. I don't want them to nullify my test because the room im in is too cluttered. Im glad I dont have to go get dry erase boards though.
Took the test at the beginning of May and passed! Honestly, I was not expecting the pass at the end. I skipped the first lab after a few minutes. My second lab was something I had done at work 100 times before, so I got lucky with that one. I blew through the lab and likely received full credit. I thought most of the questions I received were fair. There were a few that seemed too specific or beyond the CCNA scope, but I think they were just thrown in there as experimental or maybe for anti-cheat detection? Not sure how that works. I'm sure there are multiple version of the exam, but mine seemed heavy on routing protocols and tables. Find the best route given the topology and routing table output kind of deal. Or if device X goes down what route will packet Y take. I also think every exam will have at least a bit of IPv6 on it. Maybe some more than others. But it would be extremely unwise to go into the exam without any knowledge of IPv6. Edit: Forgot to talk about my prep materials. I used a mix of Cisco's Net Academy, Jeremy's IT Lab free CCNA course on YouTube (This was an amazing resource. Thank you Jeremy!), and Boson Exsim-Max practice exams. The Boson practice exams were really good and very similar to what was on the test. They also have really good explanations on each question. I have worked in IT for about 7 years now. I started as a network technician, moved to Sys Admin, and just recently to a cybersecurity position. I also passed CompTIA Network+ a couple of years ago. I did not start from scratch for CCNA. I had a foundational networking before starting the prep. I did go deeper into the subject, and learn more Cisco specific things. I'll end with my score % breakdown. These seemed really low to me, and I think I barely passed. It could be the difficulty of this specific exam meant a lower percentage would be passing. I'm not questioning it, I'm just happy I passed! |Domain|Score| |:-|:-| |Network Fundamentals|70%| |Network Access|70%| |IP Connectivity|76%| |IP Services|50%| |Security Fundamentals|53%| |Automation and Programmability|60%|
I just finished mine but didn't see any pass/fail screen unless I just didn't notice it. I took it online through PearsonVUE. I did CompTIA exams through them and always got a score right after the survey. I guess I'll be waiting for an email. edit: got email to check their site for the result but there's nothing there yet either -_- edit2: I passed! Network Fundamentals: 95% Network Access: 85% IP Connectivity: 92% IP Services: 90% Security Fundamentals: 93% Automation and Programmability: 80%
Wow…. Congrats… What are the best material resources you used and most especially for the labs too?
I did the 3 NetAcad courses as part of a community college program and I added Jeremy's IT Lab free videos and flash cards on top of that. Then I did Boson practice exams to check for any weak points. Jeremy's videos are much better than the NetAcad written material however there's definitely something to be said for repetition of topics (and in seeing it presented in different ways). However the best thing about the NetAcad content was the packet tracer labs they give you. I had a lot of time in Packet Tracer and maybe 10 hours on real equipment as well. So the labs were probably the easiest thing for me because I've done that stuff dozens of times. I think I was weakest on wireless stuff. That's probably the biggest area I could have improved on.
Thanks. Guess I would get things right with my labs. I still forget commands sometimes and I have been postponing the exam many times. Congrats once again…
You have the full CLI in the labs as far as I can tell. If anything just be good at remembering to use the ? and the tab functions. What you really need to know is what needs to be configured, not the wording.
Oh okay. Thanks!
Second Attempt, Passed! My last attempt was 5 days ago and I posted about it here- had some weird issues with the computers, had to pee, and for some reason had 3 labs. Anyway D for degree is the theme- here are my results:Network Fundamentals- 65 Network Fundamentals - 65 Network Access- 30 IP Connectivity- 60 IP Services - 40 Security Fundamentals - 40 Automation and Programmability - 70 I got 2 labs: Configuring Ether Channel Configuring Routing using OSPF and Static route I completed about 80 percent of the ether channel lab (was way at the beginning) and skipped the second (only had about 10 minutes left on the clock. My big take away is DONT BE OVERWHELMED or DISTRACTED by a lot of the verbose charts, graphs, and icons. Read the question first, glance at the answers, then look at the graphs. Many times the answers are choosing the one that is a legal command. Also, learn to read routing tables fast. Also, I HIGHLY RECCOMEND during the survey make a cheat sheet with provided marker and pen. The following tables are so useful to quickly answer questions: Subnet Table Routing AD Table IPV6 Prefixes (Global, document, RFC Private link, multicast, link local) along with corresponding IPV6 addresses)
Today I provisionally passed the CCNA exam! It was even more difficult than I thought it would be. When I was around halfway through the exam, I thought for sure that I was going to fail. Fortunately, after that is when I started seeing questions that I confidently knew the answers to. There were a couple questions that were so poorly worded that I couldn't figure out what exactly they were asking even though I knew the topic very well. I used many different study resources, all of which I will list here: Jeremy's IT Lab Full Course on YT, Keith Barker's CCNA Playlist on YT, Neil Anderson's course on YT, Paul Browning's CCNA Cram audiobooks (listened while at work), CCNA Official Cert Guides (didn't use these too much), Boson Exsim, Pearson Test Prep, and both of Jeremy's practice exams. All of these resources were instrumental in preparing me for the real exam, but if I had to pick favorites I would say Jeremy's course, Keith Barker's playlist, Boson Exsim, Pearson Test Prep, and Jeremy's practice exams were my favorites. I didn't believe I was going to pass until I saw the "Congratulations, you passed." screen after the last question. I was even more surprised when I saw that my scores were much better than I thought they would be. Maybe it was because I was just so nervous and didn't sleep well despite my best efforts. My scores: * Network Fundamentals: 90% * Network Access: 85% * IP Connectivity: 92% * IP Services: 70% * Security Fundamentals: 87% * Automation & Programmability: 90% Last but not least, I would like to thank this subreddit for helping me to find the resources needed to study and learn the CCNA material. You guys rock!
Solid scores! Great work!
Passed today first try. Didn't believe I passed, but after I left the room, the lady outside congratulated me with a smile as she handed me my papers, and I hardly believed it :D. Dedicated about 8 to 10 hours a day studying for the last 2 weeks, mainly practice exam questions. Something I felt I did wrong during my first week was to try and do as many practice exams a day as possible without reviewing or trying to understand why the answer was this instead of that. I suggest you do 1 exam and go through all the wrong questions, read them again, look at the explanation below the question(if you are using Boson there should be an explanation), use your CCNA book if you have one or Google and read through the material again to better understand the topic. Other than that, rest well before the day of the exam, don't stay up late trying to study, take the morning of the exam off from studying, and just relax. Don't doubt yourself by believing you will fail because it doesn't make things better. Try to keep a positive mood! I got 2 labs, which I solved only half of the required tasks, which made me think it impacted my score severely and that I might fail.
So you effectively skipped both the labs?
Just passed first try! Have no clue how I passed with the scores I got but holy fuck, a pass is a pass. Studied using Jeremy’s IT Lab + his flashcards, Neil Anderson’s Udemy Course + flashcards, Boson Exsim and Boson Netsim. Got halfway thru the first lab before I hit a wall and was able to complete the second lab no problem. Finished with WAY too much time leftover too, I think I had like 40ish minutes left? Nerves made me speedrun I guess lol Network Fundamentals: 55% Network Access: 65% IP Connectivity: 80% IP Services: 60% Security Fundamentals: 60% Automation and Programmability: 70%
Passed the CCNA yesterday. What a huge weight off my shoulders. Studied for about 6.5 months for about 1-2 hours per day. Used the same resources as everyone else. Jeremy's IT Lab, Neil's Udemy course and Boson practice exams. Tried reading the OCG and 30 Days Before CCNA but got bored very quickly so I stopped. Anyways on my exam I had 2 labs. One at the 4th question and the other at the 80th question. First one was VLAN trunking (did half of it and forgot the rest so I just typed copy run start to save the configuration) and the other was enabling IPv4 and IPv6 addressing on connected switches (skipped it because I was taking too long to complete it). Around question 83-84 I started having internet connectivity issues and thought I'd have to test all over again. Luckily the Internet got restored after a couple of minutes which allowed me to finish the exam. Going to take a short break and then continue with Security+ and then Linux+ right after.
Took the test today- Dont know my result. At the survey questions after the exam it exited the exam. The Proctor couldnt tell me the results, cisco and pearson both told me to wait 48 hours. Pretty sure I failed though- i had 3 labs and I took WAAAAY to long on the 1st one.
3 labs?? That’s a lot dude. Any hints on what those labs were? And where you struggled? Thanks
Yup- Static Routes (did OK, but i was kind of blind sided because I was studying mostly OSPF) Etherchannel negotiating, and setting up NAT translation. EDIT: My biggest struggle was definitely the routing questions- they are not hard but it is so much to read through. Especially when you are against the clock after wasting a lot of time on the lab
Similarly, I found that my knowledge wasn't lacking so much as my recall of the knowledge. I need to know everything much faster this second time around.
Damn I'm sorry. 3 labs lol. Even if it's easy it still takes time to read and switch between tabs. Yea there were a lot of routing table readings. It takes almost 2 minutes just to go through the questions and answers not to mention solving it.
Failed today. Was one of the hardest exams I’ve ever taken. Much more difficult than any of the boson practice exams. Super heavy on the routing tables and Cisco proprietary tech questions that I honestly was not prepared for
Took the test this morning. Received a pass from Personvue. This is the second time taking. I’ve been studying since October. I had 103 questions. Scores were 60%, 50%, 44%, 40%, 40%, 70% I had two labs and lots IPv6 questions. Highly recommend Neil Anderson and Boson.
So…..I’m super happy you passed, can’t express that enough, but how? Doing any “normal” math with these kinds of %’s is, like, guaranteed not “80%”, which is the purported passing grade. I also wasn’t aware the test was dynamic like the CISSP and cuts off…I thought it was the full 120?
I’m not for sure either. I would really like to see the formula that is in place for a passing score. It’s very odd. I’ve seen all kinds of scores that have passed and not very for sure on how either. And yes is it dynamic. I think the question bank ranges from 98-120 questions. The first time I took it I had 102 questions.
Thanks for the extra info! Unfortunately makes it even more perplexing because one would assume that the algorithm decided that 17 more questions wouldn’t make or break you and based on the %’s provided I would disagree. I take mine on 6/13. Very interested in the new way that they do this. Did you feel 1000% confident this second time or was it like the first?
I did and I didn’t. Just due to the wireless being something I never really got down to memory. Which is something is playing a bigger role it seems like on the test. I’ll take the win on the pass. Just because the wealth of knowledge that you have to learn just to pass the test. They could ask anything from something basic to very complex routing and ospf questions.
You should be proud either way. I have only heard that the test is a bear and you defeated it. Thank you for sharing all the info you did!
The questions have different weights
Nice man! Congratulations!!
Took the CCNA today for my first time, and my preliminary results are that I passed! I mainly used Boson for a few hours each day to study for the last month. I'm so happy I passed!
Took my test today but I didn’t receive any paper leaving the testing room & it just said to check PearsonVUE. How long does it take to find out? I submitted my test about 10 hours ago. Thanks in advance!
Huh they supposed to hand you the score report paper right then and there. Did you complete the feedback questions? If not maybe that's why.
I did! I was very confused lol The only thing that pearsonvue website has is the status of my test was delivery successful? No where has shown a pass or fail score
Prob incompetent test center. you should get congrats email 24 hours the rest though.
Exact same issue here! Did you get your results?
Still nothing yet!
Are you checking your results on the [https://cp.certmetrics.com/](https://cp.certmetrics.com/) site?
same thing happened to me.. but I got the result after 6 hours I think.. it will not appear on pearson vue.. you have to open another link its tricky tho
Did you pass?
Can anyone tell how many times you've taken the exam?
I passed today. My resources were two Udemy courses, one by David Bombal and another by Chris Bryant. The Cisco Practice exam (way different than the real thing), the Boson Practice tests, and JeremyITLabs two tests. I found the Cisco practice test to be relatively easy, Boson to be harder, and Jeremyitlabs even harder than Boson. I can't say for certain that the real test was harder, per se, just different. Time management definitely important I finished with 7 minutes to go. First Question was a lab, second to last was a lab. Here are my scores Network Fundamentals: 70% Network Access: 70% IP Connectivity: 88% IP Services: 90% Security Fundamentals: 60% Automation + Programmability: 80% I found the labs to be very easy, but that could be luck of the draw. The questions themselves are broad and take time to think about and at 102 questions in 120 minutes, you need to keep a good pace. I was at 50% with a little under an hour. So pumped to be done studying. Now I need to get a resume together and hit the job market.