CCDA Passed

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!!

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Comments

networker050184

Congrats!

Iristheangel

Congrats. I've heard nothing but negative things about the exam but I've heard that the ARCH exam is much better. Keep up the good work!

f0rgiv3n

Congrats!!

azaghul

Congratulations

coffeeluvr

Congratulations on the pass!!

FloOz

Congrats!!!

Dakinggamer87

Congrats!!

broli720

Congrats. This one is on my to do list for this year.

DAVIS NGUYEN

Congrats on the pass

Dieg0M

Congrats!

Monkerz

What material did you use to prepare? I am thinking about heading down this path as well.

nkillgore

Monkerz wrote: »

What material did you use to prepare? I am thinking about heading down this path as well.

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 Several questions on my test were unclear, outdated, or used awful grammar.

PCHoldmann

Congrats!

Kelkin

I got to admit.. The exam wasn't fun as the NP track but the material is good stuff.. boring at times but over all good stuff..