350-001

(350-001) 350-001 CCIE Routing

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Cisco’s exam 350-001, “CCIE Routing and Switching� includes both a written exam and hands-on lab exam as core requirements for the Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) certification. It is a high level exam for IT professionals who have a very good understanding of “IP, IP routing, non-IP desktop protocols, as well as bridge and switch-related technologies.� A CCNP, CCDP, CCIP or CCSP are logical, yet not mandatory prerequisites for this set of exams. Passing the written exam is a prerequisite to taking the corresponding lab exam.

The written exam is moderately hard to very difficult and costs $300 USD. It may be taken from Pearson Vue or Thomson Prometric. The lab exam costs $1250 USD and must be taken on-site at a Cisco authorized lab testing center.

Cisco does not publish the pass score for the written exam: “Pass marks are set by using statistical analysis and are subject to change.� This exam consists of 100 multiple choice questions and lasts 2 hours. The lab exam is a one day eight hour practical exam. In terms of its scoring: “Each configuration scenario and problem has pre-assigned point values. The candidate must obtain a minimum mark of 80% to pass.�

The topics covered by this exam include:

• Cisco Device Operation
• General Networking Theory
• Bridging and LAN Switching
• IP
• IP Routing
• Desktop Protocols
• QoS
• WAN
• LAN
• Multiservice
• IP Multicast

For more information:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/learning/le3/le2/le23/le7/learning_certification_type_home.html