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An Ultimate Guide on Cisco CCNA Certification

A Quick Reference Guide

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What is CCNA?

• CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) is an IT certification from Cisco.

• CCNA certification is an associate-level Cisco Career certification.


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Types of CCNA Certification

1. CCNA Routing and Switching

2. CCNA Security

3. CCDA

4. CCNA Cloud

5. CCNA Collaboration

6. CCNA Data Center

7. CCNA Industrial

8. CCNA Service Provider

9. CCNA Wireless

10. CCNA Voice*

11. CCNA Video*

Note: * CCNA Voice and Video Certifications are No longer available.


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CCNA Routing and Switching Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Routing and Switching is a certification

program for entry-level network engineers. This certificate plays an important role in escalating investment in fundamental Networking Knowledge and intensifies the significance of your employers Network.

Objective: The CCNA Routing and Switching validates the ability to install, configure, operate, and troubleshoot medium-size routed and switched networks.

Prerequisites: No Prerequisites

What are the exams to be taken? 200-120 CCNA or (100-101 ICND1 and 200-101 ICND2)

Job Profiles: Network Specialist, Network administrator, Network Support Engineer


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CCNA Security Cisco CCNA Security certification confirms that you have the associate-level

knowledge and skills required to secure Cisco networks. CCNA Security Certification is intended to impart foundational Network Security Knowledge for professionals who are interested to make their career in Network Security Filed.

Objective: CCNA Security Certification validates a person’s ability to test, monitor, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot network security related solutions.

Prerequisites: Any Valid CCENT or CCNA Routing and Switching or any CCIE Certification.

What are the exams to be taken? 210-260 Implementing Cisco Network Security

Job Profiles: Network Security Associate, Security Technician, Security Administrator, Network Security Support Engineer


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CCDA Cisco Certified Design Associate Certification(CCDA) is an associate- or

foundation-level Cisco certification. This certification is for network design engineers, technicians, and support engineers, who require a basic understanding of network design fundamentals

Objective: Validate Cisco network design fundamental knowledge and focuses on design methodologies, addressing and routing protocols, and network expansion considerations within basic campus, data center, security, voice and wireless networks.

Prerequisites: Any Valid CCENT or CCNA Routing and Switching or any CCIE Certification.

What are the exams to be taken? Cisco 200-310 Design

Job Profiles: Network Security Associate, Security Technician, Security Administrator, Network Security Support Engineer


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CCNA Cloud Many companies are embracing the Cloud to help them to be more agile, flexible,

and effective at delivering better business outcomes. With a CCNA Cloud certification, you will obtain the skills to perform entry-level provisioning and support of Cisco cloud solutions.

Objective: To develop, advance, and validate cloud skill set, and enables to help IT organization meet changing business demands from technology transitions.

Prerequisites: No Prerequisites

What are the exams to be taken? Cisco 210-451 CLDFND and 210-455 CLDADM

Job Profiles: Cloud engineers, Cloud Administrators and Network Engineers.


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CCNA Collaboration

In 2015, Cisco officially retired the CCNA Voice and CCNA Video certifications and introduced a new exam that is CCNA Collaboration.

Objective: To develop and advance their collaboration and video skills in line with the convergence of voice, video, data and mobile applications.

Prerequisites: No prerequisites

What are the exams to be taken? Cisco 210-060 CICD and 210-065 CIVND

Job Profiles: Video engineers, collaboration engineers, IP telephony and IP network engineers


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CCNA Data Center CCNA Data Center is one of the most in-demand certification currently. Most of

the companies have some data; they store it locally or on cloud. Responsibility of a Data Center Network Engineer is to manage that in most efficient way.

Objective: To save time and money on data center design, equipment installation, and maintenance.


What are the exams to be taken? Cisco 640-911 DCICN and 640-916 DCICT

Job Profiles: Data Center Network Administrator


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CCNA Industrial The Cisco Certificated Network Associate Industrial is one of the new and recent

CCNA certification introduced by Cisco. This certificate is for Engineers in the manufacturing, process control and oil and gas industries, who will look after confluence of Information Technology and Industrial Networks.

Objective: This certification validates the ability to successfully perform, implement and troubleshoot most common industry standard protocols while supporting foremost practices needed for the today’s connected Network.

Prerequisites: Any Valid CCENT or or CCNA Routing and Switching or CCIE Certification or (200-401) Managing Industrial Networks with Cisco Networking Technologies (IMINS)

What are the exams to be taken? 200-601 IMINS2

Job Profiles: Plant administrators, Engineer- control system


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CCNA Service Provider Cisco Certified Network Associate Service Provider (CCNA SP) certification is for

service provider network engineers, technicians and designers who focus on the latest in Service Provider industry core networking technologies and trends.

Objective: Ability to configure, implement, and troubleshoot baseline Cisco Service Provider Next-Generation networks, CCNA SP certified individuals deploy, maintain and improve carrier-grade network infrastructures.


What are the exams to be taken? Cisco 640-875 SPNGN1 and 640-878 SPNGN2

Job Profiles: Network Specialist, Network Administrators, Network Support Engineer


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CCNA Wireless This certification is not vender specific, so skills learned here can be applied on

other venders too. Wireless Technology involves various security mechanisms, wireless IPS, High availability, Quality of Service and also Voice over Wireless LANs. Wireless RF Network Engineers are required everywhere to configure the wireless networks.

Objective: The CCNA Wireless Certifications ensures a candidate’s ability to implement, configure and maintain Cisco Wireless Local Area Networks

Prerequisites: Any Valid Cisco CCENT or CCNA Routing and Switching or CCIE Certification.

What are the exams to be taken? Cisco 200-355 WIFUND

Job Profiles: Network engineers, Network administrators, Network managers, System engineers


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Sample CCNA Certification


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CCNA Exam Details

The CCNA Certification includes different types of questions.

• Multiple choice questions with single answer

• Multiple choice question with multiple answers

• Drag and drop questions

• Fill in the blanks

• Simulation based question

• Note : Validity of all Cisco CCNA Certification is 3 Years only. After 3 Years individual

has to apply for the recertification.


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