CCNA Certification Exam and How to Pass It!

CCNA Certification Importance, According to Global standards, most of the organizations look for talented resources who are certified in their core areas. The reason behind hiring or scouting for certified resources because of a : certification process involves a lot of hard work and at the same time has a learning curve to achieve a certain state and on top of it the resource will have exposure towards the standard practices in his or her domain expertise.

In the same lines, candidates having CCNA certification has a lot of value compared to the rest of the resources.  In IT industry, CCNA certificates add value to your resume and to your profile.

Earning CCNA demonstrates that you are eligible for higher certifications in networking arena. Having CCNA certification is one of the prerequisites for CCNP (Cisco Certified Network Professional ) and CCDP (Cisco Certified Design Professional ) certifications.

CCNA Certification Exam Prerequisites

CCNA certification  (i.e. Cisco Certified Network Associate) is mainly useful for individuals who are into computer support specialists role and network system administrators. This adds a signature mark to their profile that a particular candidate has successfully cleared his or her CCNA certification and they are aware of the standard procedures.

To take up this Certification, there are no prerequisites as such. Anyone with relevant work experience can start preparing and work towards the certification examination.

One has to make sure that they know basics of networking and has a starting point knowledge to carry on with CCNA certification training. It is advisable for individuals to go through Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician (CCENT) certification.

CCNA Certified

Well the individual will possess qualities in the following areas and he or she will be using these effectively in their career:

• Communication skills
• Troubleshooting skills
• Organizational skills
• Customer service skills
• Analytical skills
• Familiarity with MS office tools
• Cisco

The above qualities that are mentioned are the core areas for an individual to be successful in this domain. This will help you reach heights in your career. If you lag in any of the qualities then make sure you spend enough time mastering the missing skills.

Following are key areas where one has to concentrate on. But the key is to make sure that you as an individual be consistent in terms of the study and practice test exams before going through actual certification exam.

Understand Your Course of Study

For any type of certification, it is mandatory to understand what is the course is all about, what are the topics that are covered and what are the important topic that one needs to understand in depth and also gain practical knowledge.

So to be absolutely sure about this, the best way is to prepare your own list of topics, take a print out and stick it to your desk or your work desk. This will remind you the list of topics that you need to spend time on and at the same time it will remind you about the certification and keeps you motivated.

Please go through Cisco official website and see what all the topics that are covered under CCNA certification and based on that double check your list so that you only cover the important topics and eliminate unnecessary topics at this point.

Feel free to study the topics that are not important for CCNA certification. But please do this activity if you don’t have any time constraint.

Pro Tip

Limit your study topics relevant to CCNA certification. This way you will be able to spend a quality amount of time studying the core topics for successfully completing your CCNA certification.

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Lianamelissa is Research Analyst at Mindmajix. A techno freak who likes to explore different technologies. Likes to follow the technology trends in market and write about them.