CCENT Certified!

Well, it's official. After six months of fairly diligent studying, I've finally acquired my first Cisco certification! I had my test at 10:30 this morning and was pretty confident going in, but there's always that nervousness that sets in right before one hits the begin button.

I finished in 82 minutes with a final score of 937 and overall, thought the questions were fair.

My primary study resources were Wendell Odom's ICND1 book along with Jeremy Cioara's CBT Nuggets and subnettingquestions.com
Secondary study materials were Chris Bryant's videos and Todd Lammel's CCNA book.

This forum has provided a constant source of motivation and guidance as well and for that I'm thankful.

Thank you all for everything up to this point. Time to move on to ICND2 material for that CCNA certification.

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N2IT

djfunz wrote: »

Well, it's official. After six months of fairly diligent studying, I've finally acquired my first Cisco certification! I had my test at 10:30 this morning and was pretty confident going in, but there's always that nervousness that sets in right before one hits the begin button.

I finished in 82 minutes with a final score of 937 and overall, thought the questions were fair.

My primary study resources were Wendell Odom's ICND1 book along with Jeremy Cioara's CBT Nuggets and subnettingquestions.com
Secondary study materials were Chris Bryant's videos and Todd Lammel's CCNA book.

This forum has provided a constant source of motivation and guidance as well and for that I'm thankful.

Thank you all for everything up to this point. Time to move on to ICND2 material for that CCNA certification.

Awesome job! Exciting times

Roguetadhg

That's what's going on. Congratulations!

thall860

Congrats, Good luck with the ICND2!

Joseph Harless

Congratulations.

shodown

good job!!!

JamesFigueroa

How long did you study for it?

SubnetZero

Congrats mate!

SubnetZero

JamesFigueroa wrote: »

How long did you study for it?

Um...

Originally Posted by djfunz

Well, it's official. After six months of fairly diligent studying, I've finally acquired my first Cisco certification!

JamesFigueroa

SubnetZero wrote: »

Um...

Originally Posted by djfunz
Well, it's official. After six months of fairly diligent studying, I've finally acquired my first Cisco certification!

lol...my bad, i didnt see that.

Did you have an issue with over thinking the questions or were they pretty straight forward?

MAC_Addy

From what I've heard taking a Cisco test isn't anything like a Microsoft exam. Microsoft are always trying to trick you.

Roguetadhg

CompTIA was like that. "Answer the way the test wants you to answer". It may have changed since those days.

kast1

Congrats on passing CCENT. Good luck on your studies for ICND2.

MAC_Addy

Roguetadhg wrote: »

CompTIA was like that. "Answer the way the test wants you to answer". It may have changed since those days.

I hated CompTIA tests... some the questions I couldn't even figure out what they were asking, so I just guessed.

Bain

Congratulations! However, why did it take you six months to study for ICND1?
ICND1 shouldn't take more than 3 months of studying at 2-3 hours per day.

networker050184

Bain wrote: »

Congratulations! However, why did it take you six months to study for ICND1?
ICND1 shouldn't take more than 3 months of studying at 2-3 hours per day.

I don't think there is any set time frame. Everyone learns at a different pace.

djfunz

Thank you so much everyone.

JamesFigueroa wrote: »

lol...my bad, i didnt see that.

Did you have an issue with over thinking the questions or were they pretty straight forward?

Honestly, I thought through a lot of the questions because I wanted to get them right. A few were worded a bit on the confusing side, but overall I thought most everything was fairly straightforward and understandable.

Bain wrote: »

Congratulations! However, why did it take you six months to study for ICND1?
ICND1 shouldn't take more than 3 months of studying at 2-3 hours per day.

Well, I'll reiterate the words "fairly diligently" because I can't say I studied every day for 2-3 hours. There were strings of 2-3 day spans where I didn't study at all. I just needed a break. I have a girlfriend and I go to the gym. I have hobbies and other interests as well.

I should also mention that I studied all the Network + material prior to delving into the CCENT material. That was included in the 6 month time span. Realistically, I could have probably taken it a month earlier, but apprehension got the better of me as usual. The better safe then sorry principle I suppose.

Aman_saini

congrats

Roguetadhg

Since you studied for N+, are you going to go get the certification with N+?

djfunz

At this point, I think the money would be better served going towards the ICND2. I was considering attending WGU at some point as well sometime late 2012 early 2013 and then I would probably take it on their dime.

goalied00d

Congrats!

jude56g

Good job dude! Keep the momentum going for ICND2

kevin31

djfunz wrote: »

Well, it's official. After six months of fairly diligent studying, I've finally acquired my first Cisco certification! I had my test at 10:30 this morning and was pretty confident going in, but there's always that nervousness that sets in right before one hits the begin button.

I finished in 82 minutes with a final score of 937 and overall, thought the questions were fair.

My primary study resources were Wendell Odom's ICND1 book along with Jeremy Cioara's CBT Nuggets and subnettingquestions.com
Secondary study materials were Chris Bryant's videos and Todd Lammel's CCNA book.

This forum has provided a constant source of motivation and guidance as well and for that I'm thankful.

Thank you all for everything up to this point. Time to move on to ICND2 material for that CCNA certification.

Well done indeed! When is icnd2?

K

Chadae

Congtats!

djfunz

Thanks everyone. It feels good to get the first exam behind me.

kevin31 wrote: »

Well done indeed! When is icnd2?

K

My goal is to apply for a NOC position and get some hands on experience with some networking along with monitoring and sniffing tools. During this practical experience I'll study for the ICND2. I'm guessing another six month study period would be an adequate time frame.

Booster42

Congratulations on CCENT! I'm hoping to take ICND1 at the end of March. I'm using CBT Nuggets, Transcender practice tests, and the CCENT ExamPrep book by Cioara, Minutella, and Stevenson.