subject: Excel in your career with 640-802 certification! [print this page] CCNA is a catch word for every networking professional, and it would attract all types of networking professionals. This is due to the popularity of the company in the networking technology. They are the masters of networking technology. A Cisco certification exam named Cisco certified network associate is gaining high popularity in the recent years. The exam has been given the code name 640-802. The examination can be taken up by the candidates in various parts of the world and to aid non English speaking people, the exam is been conducted in numerous languages of the world. The examination is for duration of one and half hours. It would consist of 45-60 questions.
The exam covers a wide range of topics and one has to have a very clear understanding of the basics of networking and basic Cisco technologies. The person must have a clear understanding and should be able to apply his knowledge in the various networking topics and real life situations. Some of the topics covered by the exam are describing the importance, working of various networking devices, differentiating between the various types of networks and their topology, interpreting the numerous networking diagrams, the knowledge to differentiate between two hosts across a network of any size.
A good knowledge of the various components required for communication between two networks, describing the various web based networking applications and also the various common networking applications. The person must have gained enough knowledge to configure, trouble shoot and also verify a switch with networks and also the numerous inter switch communications. The other important thing that the person should have knowledge about is about implementing IP addressing scheme, IP service network requirements and about various enterprises, especially the medium size enterprises. Configuring, verifying and troubleshooting routers too form a major part of the syllabus of this examination. Security is also given high importance in this examination and network security knowledge is an integral part of this examination. The company on its part provides training to candidates for taking up this exam and for this purpose one can join the interconnecting Cisco networking devices part1 and part 2 courses from Cisco. In addition to this, one can make use of the online resources that are available for free and these online resources most often act as a best coaching option and would provide you with a good guidance of the subject matter.
