Cisco Certification : Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies : INTRO
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Exam 640-821: Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies

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Cisco’s Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO) exam 640-821 is part one of two of the two-exam option to the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification. The two-exam route is the less popular route typically traveled by Cisco Academy students only. This exam is an entry level exam for IT professionals who have the knowledge and skills necessary to describe and identify major network and WAN components, along with their function and purpose. There is no specific prerequisite for this exam.

Cisco does not publish the pass score for this exam, which consists of multiple-choice and drag-and-drop questions as well as possibly a few simulations. There are between 55 and 65 questions and the exam lasts 90 minutes.

The general topics covered by this exam include: Design and Support, Implementation and Operation, and Technology. More specific topics include:
  • Network Types
  • Network Media
  • Switching Fundamentals
  • TCP/IP
  • IP Addressing and Routing
  • WAN Technologies
  • Operating and Configuring IOS Devices
  • Managing Network Environemts

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INTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTROExam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty Rating  Somewhat challengingjarrettjackson on Thursday, August 16, 2007
Scored 833 out of 1000. For this test you need to know the basics.The show commands for the different routing protocols.Also,know the boot sequences and the outputs of the commands.You also need to know subnetting cold or you will have issue with time on the test.Used Wendell Odoms books.
INTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTROExam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty Rating  over preparedjohn47832 on Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Semester 1 & 2 overprepares for Intro exam... I made a mess of the simulation (entered a router where a switch was required :0 ) still passed with 933... Found that preparation with Semester 1 & 2 book is more than sufficient...No ACL's, no great detail on RIP(if any), and no "show" commands :)
INTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTROExam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty Rating  Easy Going if you do the work!Calen_Little on Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Used the Cisco intro book by Wendell Odem and the Celtic Rover web site to gauge my understanding of each chapter. Make sure you understand the underlying information of the router commands, and the information outputed by them as this will help you no end. Passed with a score of 913 which i was happy with. Also practice with some router sims nothing beats the hands on understanding. Hope this helps
INTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTROExam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty Rating  No certfificate for this one..He4oBek on Tuesday, February 21, 2006
I was gutted to find out that after you pass this exam, you DON'T get a certficate. After you pass the ICND, only then can you receive your CCNA certificate.
INTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTROExam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty Rating  Easy if you preparestlfan74 on Wednesday, February 15, 2006
I studied alot for this exam using the Cisco 1&2 and 3&4 books, Net Visualizer, and Packet Tracer. I missed one question on the debug command.
INTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTROExam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty Rating  Not sure where I went wrong.rajmago on Friday, January 20, 2006
So I failed it today with a score of 778. just a couple of questions shy of passing. I found that there were a few questions that I didn't see in the wendell odem book. one about time exec and one about encrypting passwords. sigh. will sit again next week. Any suggestions guys?
INTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTROExam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty Rating  Not as hard as I thought ....He4oBek on Monday, January 09, 2006
The INTRO exam was not as hard as I thought it would be. I passed it with 863 points. What really suprised me, was that you don't need 85% (850 points) to pass, but 82.5% (825 points). I had only one router simulation :( . To pass the exam you have to know collision and broadcast domains, TCP and UDP, router startup, router functions, ROUTER COMMANDS. I noticed that on the multiple choice-single answer questions, there's one very obvious answer and the rest are total nonsense. I used Wendell Odom's book to prepare, although not all topics there are for the INTRO. I wish you all good luck with this exam.
INTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTROExam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty Rating  Not prepared...perrysiddle on Thursday, January 05, 2006
I used Transcender to prepare for this exam and it did NOT help. Though I passed the exam, it was very difficult
INTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTROExam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty Rating  FOUR TIMES I TELL YOU, finallycewigginsjr on Tuesday, September 06, 2005
This Cisco stuff is not for the weak of heart, you have to have the mind set of what a CCNA/CCNP is and what you want to do with the cert. You cannot just go in thinking, "Oh, I will just pick up another cert in this area." I think in order to be successful in this test, YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR SIMULATIONS, subnetting was not that bad. Simulations are 80+ points, if you fail one sim, you may still be able to pass if you answer 85% more of the test correctly. Overall, I am thankful that I passed.
INTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTROExam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty RatingINTRO Exam Difficulty Rating  pretty easyb3nnie on Sunday, July 03, 2005
For me this exam was very easy, but i am a student and did complete the first 2 semesters within a classroom. We were given 75 min and i finished with 25 left cause i rushed though it and could of done better if i hadn't-895/1000, the sims were a joke password setting and interface configuration and there were no acls covered, even though they were a main part of the 2nd semester.
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