Question re: ISDN on CCNA

[ltw500]

just finished the networking academy, & will be taking the old CCNA 640-801. We didn't cover ISDN in detail b/c it is being phased out. The instructor thought the exam would not have ISDN related questions, however all of the study guide I am using talk about ISDN. Do you think I need to learn all of it for the exam? or do you think the latest versions of 640-801 donh't really ask about ISDN? Anyone recently taken 640-801 and did you ahve questions on ISDN?

Thanks!!!

 

[lerdalt]

Can you still take the old exam and have it count towards your CCNA? I'm not seeing it on the website anymore, so I'm thinking you may want to consider taking the newer exams.

If you are studying for the old test, then ISDN was included in the list of topics that could be tested on. I'm not seeing it on the list for the new exam, but I'd say that still doesn't mean it's not fair game for a question. Especially if it is in an appendix in the books.

http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/current_exams/640-802.html

 

[CiscoGuy33]

ltw500,

Yes, it seems you have until July 31, 2009 to take the "old" CCNA exam AND YES you can expect anywhere from 1 to 5 questions about ISDN on your exam - no one knows how many for sure (except Cisco) - you could read back some posts from about 2 years ago or search ISDN in here and see what was discussed in the past!

I hope you have the Sybex CCNA Study Guide by Todd Lammel for the 640-801 exam (I think it was version 4) I think you can still get it on Amazon or Ebay for about $8 and if you search you might even find the PDF for the book on the Internet. I would study his chapter on ISDN and you will be fine!

From the Cisco Network Academy -

Exams
Certification Exams Retirement
Last date for Networking Academy students to access INTRO
(640-821), ICND (640-811), and CCNA (640-801) certification
exams using promotional codes and discount vouchers
31-JUL-2009

Hope this helps!


E.A. Broda
CCNA, CCDA, CCAI, Network +