Professionals who are from information technology background would know about the Cisco certified network analysts’ course. Though CCNA certification course is one of the important courses for gaining certain credentials on various aspects, professionals need to know certain changes included in the course which is upgraded from the year 2007 from Cisco.
The changes that have been included in the course are as follows:
1) Cisco has introduced three new examinations for certifying the CCNA course. The three exams are 640-822 or ICND1 (Interconnecting Cisco network device part1), exam 640-816 or ICND2 (Interconnecting Cisco network device part2) and the final exam is 640-802 (normal examination written before by the candidates for obtaining the certification).
2) CCENT (Cisco certified entry networking technician) is the one of the certifications offered by Cisco and it can be certified by just passing the Interconnecting Cisco network device part 1 examination.
3) By writing the single examination (640-802), professionals can be certified with the CCNA certification.
4) Another way of getting certified is by writing these Interconnecting Cisco network device part1 as well as part2.
5) Both ICND part 1 as well as part 2 examinations cost around 150 USD per exam. Direct single examination 640-802 exam costs 250 USD.
In case if the professionals have completed their certification before and wanted to recertify, then any of the current year’s examinations like Interconnecting Cisco network device part 1 or part 2, pass in any CCDA exam or CCIE or CCDE certifications examination. Since the certification is valid only for three years, it is a necessary to all the professionals to upgrade them by writing any current year examinations. Only then the certification remains valid and some of the companies are seeking for young professionals with all these latest eligibility. Since there are loads of benefits from this certification, professionals are showing interest in learning for the exam through training classes provided by Cisco. Online training sessions are available from Cisco but self study along with hard work can also help in certifying the certification.
Author: Anthony David Hopkins
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