CCDA Passed
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Most. Irritating. Exam. Ever.
I'm not sure why, but for me, this was one of the most difficult exams that I have tried to prepare for. I tend to enjoy the practical and lab portions, though, so maybe the 100% conceptual nature of the exam was what did it. Also, I think maybe they outsourced the question writing to people whose first language wasn't English. There were some extremely poorly worded questions and answers.
Score: 985/1000
Oh well. At least I passed. On to CCNP!!
I'm not sure why, but for me, this was one of the most difficult exams that I have tried to prepare for. I tend to enjoy the practical and lab portions, though, so maybe the 100% conceptual nature of the exam was what did it. Also, I think maybe they outsourced the question writing to people whose first language wasn't English. There were some extremely poorly worded questions and answers.
Score: 985/1000
Oh well. At least I passed. On to CCNP!!
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CBT Nuggets has an updated course that is decent. It doesn't have enough detail. The Foundation Learning Guide is easier to read than the Official Certification Guide, but I didn't finish reading it.
The Official Cert Guide has most of what you need. I went through it a couple of times. It also depends on how comfortable you are with voice, wireless, and security. The CCDA seems to pull from all of those areas at a pretty high level. It covers a much broader scope of material than the CCNA, but does so in much less detail. It's a lot of memorization of different "Cisco X Architectures" (Unified Comm, Enterprise, Campus, DC, ....) and what pieces fit where. Several questions on my test were unclear, outdated, or used awful grammar.
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