CCNA means Cisco Certified Network Associate. CCNA is one certified course of Cisco Networking Company, whose certificate proves that a person is having ability to understand basics of Cisco Hardware, Cisco products and Cisco algorithms. A person with CCNA can become an admin of Network in Company to configure, troubleshoot and install devices of Cisco.
Initial Cisco’s Network Certifications
Initially, there was only one certified course in Cisco Certification and that was CCIE(Cisco Certified Internet-work Expert).But it was too difficult to take attempt for that course directly, so the people giving exams needed to give lots of attempts for this examination.
So, after watching these all, Cisco permitted more number of course from initial stage to the CCIE level. This initial level of course is CCNA.
First step towards Cisco Certifications and Fee’s of CCNA
CCNA is the first step and the first course towards the certifications of Cisco. Cisco has organized one exam for CCNA certification. Fee’s for applying in that examination is 295$. So one must be properly trained, practiced and have referred the certain books on it to apply for this exam as the 295$ is not a small amount.
Validity of CCNA Certificate
The validity of CCNA is up to 3 years until you give the exam of next level which is CCNP(Cisco Certified Network Professional). So if one wants to appear for CCNP, he must appear within 3 years after completing the CCNA.
Passing marks for 200-120 CCNAX Examination
Passing marks of
CCNA were not predefined before but now its predefined and Passing marks for this exam is
825. Number of questions in the exams will be in between
50 to 60 (Most probably 51). Multiple choice questions will only be asked in the exams.
Time Duration of Exam
Time duration for CCNA exam will be of 90 minutes.
Languages in which the Exam will be held
English and Japanese.
Examination center
Any
Pearson Vue certified exam center in your city is available for
CCNA
Examination.
How to apply for CCNA Exam?
Register here to apply for the first time in
CCNA exam .
Who should apply for this exam?
Anyone who is interested to understand about internet and routing and how internet works can apply for this exam. I would suggest IT professionals and EC engineers to go for this course. It would be more beneficial to them.
Job opportunities for CCNA
To be honest, a number of people with CCNA has been increased today, so finding a job just having CCNA is little bit difficult. But can get a job in networking companies or in academy as a network admin to handle network structure. The salary in India for this job can be about 8000 INR to 15000 INR.
What can you do after Passing CCNA?
After completing CCNA nicely, one can install, configure and operate LAN, WAN and also troubleshoot over it. Can easily become a network admin and can work over several routing protocols.
