CCNA Exam Certification Guide (CCNA Exam 640-407) [Textbook Binding]

Wendell Odom (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cisco Career Certification | Publication Date: March 1999

CCNA Exam Certification Guide is a comprehensive study tool for CCNA Exam #640-407. Written by a CCIE and Certified Cisco Systems Instructor and reviewed by Cisco technical experts, CCNA Exam Certification Guide helps you understand and master the exam objectives. Section-by-section objective lists keep you focused on the material you need to study. The instructor-developed elements and techniques lead you to maximize your retention and recall of exam topics, and scenario-based exercises validate your mastery of the exam objectives. Along with the book, practice questions on the companion CD-ROM enable you either to build and take random sample tests or to focus on an objective area of your choice.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Gunning for your Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) ticket? CCNA Exam Certification Guide helps you transform your real-world experience into test-ready material you can use to satisfy all requirements of the CCNA test (exam 640-407).

The CCNA exam is all about internetworking, with emphasis on the role routers play in sending packets back and forth among networks. Since the CCNA Exam Certification Guide is published by Cisco Press, it holds to the exam's focus. After a discussion of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) reference model and the mechanics of how each layer operates in an internetworking environment, the author talks about Cisco's Internetworking Operating System (IOS) and how it does its job, presenting information about setting up, configuring, and managing IOS along the way. Author Wendell Odom goes on to discuss networking protocols (especially TCP/IP) and the telecommunications technologies for connecting the nodes of a wide area network (WAN).

The book presents the CCNA material in sections. This approach allows you to work through Cisco's stated objectives for the exam one at a time, consecutively, or by only shoring up on weak spots. A quiz program on the companion CD-ROM offers extra drilling in problem areas. --David Wall

From the Back Cover

CCNA Exam Certification Guide is a comprehensive study tool for CCNA Exam #640-407. Written by a CCIE and Certified Cisco Systems Instructor and reviewed by Cisco technical experts, CCNA Exam Certification Guide helps you understand and master the exam objectives. Section-by-section objective lists keep you focused on the material you need to study. The instructor-developed elements and techniques lead you to maximize your retention and recall of exam topics, and scenario-based exercises validate your mastery of the exam objectives. Along with the book, practice questions on the companion CD-ROM enable you either to build and take random sample tests or to focus on an objective area of your choice.

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 613 pages
• Publisher: Cisco Systems (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735700737
• ISBN-13: 978-0735700734
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,817,663 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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FB: Wendell Odom (Author)
Wendell spends most days helping people become better prepared for Cisco certification exams. Sure, he writes books, records videos, helps design software, and blogs, but all with an eye towards finding ways to help people be better prepared for their Cisco certification exams. A typical work week includes posting on the blog, writing part of a book chapter, recording audio voiceover for a new video, and reviewing software designs. His products range from the Cisco entry level CCENT cert, through CCNA, CCNP, and CCIE.

Customer Reviews

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for CCNA, January 5, 2000

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Ido Dubrawsky "JAG" (Silver Spring, MD.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CCNA Exam Certification Guide (CCNA Exam 640-407) (Textbook Binding)

I found this book to be an excellent source of information on the CCNA test. There were some technical mistakes with it, however, the scenarios were indispensable. I would recommend, however, that you definitely visit Cisco Press' site and get the latest errata for the book. Also, the CD-ROM was not as useful as I was hoping, but it did give me a chance to practice. Be sure to also get the Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration book (ICRC) as well. This book does a good job, but if you've never touched (or even looked at) a Cisco router in your life, that book will help clarify some things in this book. Passed the exam with 897 out of 1000 points and this book was definitely worth every penny.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars CCNA cannot be acheived with 1 book alone, October 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: CCNA Exam Certification Guide (CCNA Exam 640-407) (Textbook Binding)

This book was excellent and very instrumental in passing my CCNA exam. There are errors, but I've yet to read a technical book that is error free. This book, along with the Sybex CCNA study guide and a little experience using Cisco routers will enable anyone to do well on the test. The book is dry, it's definitely not a "keep you on the edge of your seat in suspense" book. It's to the point and covers areas the others don't. It's not all encompassing however, and should be utilized with other material including the Sybex CCNA study guide and the ICRC book, to cover all topics. It will also be an invaluable reference tool in my library, even after successfully passing the CCNA exam. Buy this book, buy the others mentioned, study them all, know the concepts, and most importantly, understand it before taking your test. Understanding the material is key as anyone can memorize questions and answers. The test is not that simple, it will challenge you to actually understand it, not just know it. And the CD works fine for me, had some great Q&A's that were actually on the test. The test engine was easy to use and I liked the way it worked, however, I would have preferred the answers to be randomized instead of always in the same order. A good book, worth the money and time if you really want to become a CCNA.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is great but not enough to pass the CCNA test, February 9, 2000

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Aramazd Yarijanian (Paris, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CCNA Exam Certification Guide (CCNA Exam 640-407) (Textbook Binding)

This morning I passed the CCNA test successfully and would like to review this book. This book covers all topics for the CCNA test except ATM, VLAN, ISDN and switching. To cover the rest you need to buy the self study kit from the cisco website which comes with a book and a CD ROM (100$). If you learn these 2 books I am sure you can get the CCNA cert.