One of the well known facts in the world of computing is that the enormous growth of the computing field has been possible due to the emergence of high quality networking that has taken place in this field. It is no exaggeration to say that the computer field has grown enormously due to the emergence of networks that are highly reliable and cheap to use. The company that is behind this networking revolution is Cisco. Cisco the American networking giant has been the god father of various networking innovations that has happened around the globe. They have funded most of the networking research that have taken place around the globe. As an attempt to share its knowledge to people around the globe and to standardize the quality of networking professionals around the globe, the company ahs been involve din issuing certifications to the professional who clear its exams.
Cisco has divided the examinations into various sub categories and a certification exam from Cisco is the Cisco CCIE routing and switching exam, the code no for this exam is 350-001. The examinations consist of almost 100 questions of multiple choice types and the duration of this exam is 90 minutes. A person can take up this examination only in the Cisco certified VUE centers present around the lobe. The questions in the exam would test the conceptual knowledge of the person with a number of practical questions. The commonly covered topics in this exam are IP, IP routing, switching, bridging and switching related technologies. One could also take-up the beta version of this examination at a low cost to get a gravity of the situations and to gain experience with the examination. One has to spend 50$ for this beta examination while the actual examination would cost about 350$.