InsideScoop to CCDA Certification: Cisco Certified Design Associate

Part of the Inside Scoop Series, this new guide fills the gap existing in study material available for candidates preparing to sit for Cisco's CCDA exam. If covers the information associated with each exam topic in detail and includes units on the OSI model, hardware, network planning and implementation, network design, network management, documentation and testing, troubleshooting, and more.

Using the book will help readers determine if they're ready for the CCDA exam. Each unit in the guide includes a pre- and post-assessment quiz to measure comprehension of each topic. Within each unit are loads of author scoops describing each exam topic, along with additional exam-taking tips, tricks, hints, test traps, and pop quizzes. Unit summaries help wrap up each topic. The overall summary at the end of the book provides a review of essential exam-related terms and concepts that will prove invaluable just before taking the exam. Also included are helpful tips and time management techniques that will alleviate pre-exam jitters and put you in control.

Accompanying the book is our exclusive CD-ROM test engine that creates randomized simulated exams drawn from a database of 250 sample exam questions. Written to mimic the real exam, you also get complete answers and explanations plus a detailed scoring summery showing test results by exam topic.