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spicc7spicc7 Member Posts: 47 ■■□□□□□□□□
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Hey Guys,

Just passed the 640-801. Not happy with my score (860), but a pass is a pass. This was my first Cisco exam, definitely harder than MS exams. I was surprised how fast the time went - I didn't get to answer the last question. At one point I had 18 questions left with only 21 minutes. I almost gave up but decided to press through, the questions got a bit easier and I was to answer most questions except for the last one.

Anyhow thanks to everyone on the forum and to the Techexams site for the valuable info.
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    GeorgeMcFly22GeorgeMcFly22 Member Posts: 109
    Congrats! Welcome in the Cisco club.
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    liteheddedlitehedded Member Posts: 35 ■■□□□□□□□□
    what took up all your time?
    sims?
    subnetting?
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    seraphusseraphus Member Posts: 307
    Congrats! icon_cheers.gif
    Lab first, ask questions later
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    mikej412mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Congratulations! icon_thumright.gif
    :mike: Cisco Certifications -- Collect the Entire Set!
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    NetworkGodNetworkGod Member Posts: 236 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Awesome man, see ya in CCNP forum ;)
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    georgemcgeorgemc Member Posts: 429
    Congrats! :D
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    TRANSFERRED/COMPLETED: AGC1,BBC1,LAE1,QBT1,LUT1,QLC1,QMC1,QLT1,IWC1,INC1,INT1,BVC1,CLC1,MGC1, CWV1 BNC1, LIT1,LWC1,QAT1,WFV1,EST1,EGC1,EGT1,IWT1,MKC1,MKT1,RWT1,FNT1,FNC1, BDC1,TPV1 REQUIRED:
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    deneb829deneb829 Member Posts: 292
    fantastic!
    There are only 10 types of people in this world - People who understand binary and people who do not.
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    spicc7spicc7 Member Posts: 47 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Thanks guys,

    I got a simlet regarding Root Bridge and Mac Address port assignments. I wasn't prepared for the way the question was posed. Things seem a lot different in a test environment versus when you are studying. I wasted at least 10 minutes on this question. I do feel some of the questions could have been worded better, but that's to be expected!!
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    james_james_ Member Posts: 97 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Congrats Spicc7, that's awesome. Don't be down on your score, lets face it if you scored that in a M$ test, it would be a darned good score right? I will be happy to score 849 when i take the ICND.. icon_wink.gif
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    IncInc Member Posts: 184
    spicc7 wrote:
    This was my first Cisco exam, definitely harder than MS exams.

    First of all - Congratulations!

    And what really gnaws me - are those MS exams really easier than Cisco ones?
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    hanakuinhanakuin Member Posts: 144
    Congrats!!! icon_thumright.gif
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    carveonecarveone Member Posts: 22 ■□□□□□□□□□
    I just did mine and got 835. Nearly cried icon_sad.gif

    I also got the question with root bridge and mac address and it threw me a lot - I knew how to get everything but then paniced - I had about 20 questions and about 18 minutes left - they did get easier but I didn't know that and rushed.

    (I'm not giving any questions away here just in case - only the guy who passed knows what I mean)

    What took a lot of time working out was sub and supernetting. Here's a big help - when you go into the exam, you don't have to start right away. Take a few minutes and write down the darn subnets and powers:
    128, 196, 224 etc

    and /30 is blah.253 with 4 increment (2^2) and 4-1 = blah.3 wildcard mask. This will help a lot. I feel cisco deliberately waste your time to make you panic!

    Also know that there may be two good answers and you pick the best one given the question.


    Oh: I have a question.
    hub -------  router  -------- switch
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|  |  |  |                  |  |  |  |
pc pc pc pc                 pc pc pc pc

    Broadcast domains = 2
    collision domains = 3
    right???
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    WebmasterWebmaster Admin Posts: 10,292 Admin
    Each port on a switch is its own collision domain ('the' difference between hub and switch). So in your example there are 6 collision domains (1 left of the router, one between the router and the switch, and one per PC) and indeed 2 broadcast domains (assuming all PC on the switch are in the same VLAN).

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    carveonecarveone Member Posts: 22 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Webmaster wrote:
    Each port on a switch is its own collision domain ('the' difference between hub and switch). So in your example there are 6 collision domains (1 left of the router, one between the router and the switch, and one per PC) and indeed 2 broadcast domains (assuming all PC on the switch are in the same VLAN).

    icon_arrow.gifwww.techexams.net/technotes/networkplus/networkcomponents.shtml

    Thank you - the picture just under the Routers heading shows the idea. Which I understand. The problem being that all your pictures are so precise!

    Should I assume that when the exam shows what I showed in my diagram: ie: a line from the switch and then the bar underneath it with the PCs connected to the bar, that it does NOT mean what the books seem to mean! That is a single cable from the switch to a group of pcs. Presumably the group of pcs is connected with a magic hub icon_confused.gif

    This would lead me to believe that 3 was the answer. Which is couldn't have been anyway as "3" wasn't one of options!!! Sigh. I wonder can I complain icon_mad.gif

    Conor.
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    WebmasterWebmaster Admin Posts: 10,292 Admin
    We actually had a discussion about a diagram in one my practice questions a while ago in which I do the same, it's standard for a 'logical' diagram. So yeah, you should assume each PC has an individual cable to the switch as it would have in reality.
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    carveonecarveone Member Posts: 22 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Webmaster wrote:
    We actually had a discussion about a diagram in one my practice questions a while ago in which I do the same, it's standard for a 'logical' diagram. So yeah, you should assume each PC has an individual cable to the switch as it would have in reality.

    Right, that makes a lot of sense. I'm analysing the questions I can remember from my exam so as not to make the same mistakes. I know at this point that the Cisco diagrams don't leave things out - ie: there can't be a magic hub in there so there must be 4 connections to that switch. The book I used however (ExamPrep) quite often showed something like what I drew and said "one collision domain on that line".

    In hindsight it's obvious of course but when you've 60 seconds per question thinking is not much of an option! icon_confused.gif

    Cheers - that helps a lot,

    Conor.
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