050-649

(050-649) TCP/IP

SYNOPSIS • MCNE ^vs • NetWare 5 CNE ^vs

Novell’s exam 050-649 (course 606), “TCP/IP For Networking Professionalsâ€‌ is one of the electives for the Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) 5 certification. This exam is designed for candidates who understand “how to use TCP/IP on a NetWare 5 network.â€‌ There is no specific prerequisite for this exam.

This exam is moderately difficult and is priced at $125, $55.50, or $27.50 depending on the region in which it's taken.  Most North American and European and some Asia Pacific countries fall under the highest price tier. The exam may be taken from Pearson Vue or Thomson Prometric.

The passing score is 632. This exam is a form test (traditional), consisting of 80 questions, and has a duration of 120 minutes.

The topics covered by this exam include:

• Identify the layers of the DoD model and how they relate to the TCP/IP stack
• Describe TCP/IP addressing concepts
• List TCP/IP addressing classes and characteristics
• Define TCP/IP addressing types
• Identify the purpose of subnets
• Determine an appropriate subnet mask
• Choose a subnet address given a subnet mask
• Demonstrate the ability to use subnet masks to divide a network
• Define supernetting and identify the number of hosts available on a network that uses supernetting
• Describe the TCP/IP communication process
• Compare and contrast the IPv4 and IPv6 protocols
• Describe utilizing private network addresses to overcome the IPv4 address shortage
• Identify the role of TCP/IP ports
• List sources of TCP/IP information
• Identify the purpose of the Internet Protocol (IP)
• Identify the fields that compose the IP header and the function of each
• Identify the purpose of Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)
• Identify the purpose of User Datagram Protocol (UDP)
• Identify the purpose of Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and the types of ICMP messages
• Identify the purpose of Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP)
• Identify the purpose of Network Time Protocol (NTP)
• Describe TELNET and identify its purpose
• Describe Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) and identify its purpose
• Identify the purpose of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and the functionality of some FTP commands
• Identify the purpose of Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP)
• Describe TFTP operation
• Match the TCP/IP protocols with their definitions
• List sources of TCP/IP security information
• Identify the purpose of firewalls
• Identify the types of firewalls and features of each
• Describe encryption and its role in a TCP/IP network
• Describe denial of service attacks and how to defend against them
• Describe snooping
• Describe routing fundamentals
• Describe Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
• Describe the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol
• Describe Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP) and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
• Describe other routing configurations
• Compare RIP and OSPF
• Identify TCP/IP network design criteria
• Identify IP address management issues when planning a network design
• Identify network design considerations involving routers
• Identify scalability issues when planning a network design
• Identify network management issues involved with planning a network design
• Identify remote network access methods
• Identify the symptoms and causes of various TCP/IP network errors
• List the steps for TCP/IP error resolution
• Identify the purpose and functionality of troubleshooting tools
• Troubleshoot TCP/IP protocol errors

For more information:
http://www.novell.com/training/testinfo/objectives/606tobj.html