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Exam 640-861: Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions

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Cisco’s exam 640-861, Designing for Cisco Internetwork Solutions (DESGN), is the one exam required to achieve the Cisco Certified Design Associate certification. It is an entry level exam for IT professionals who have a foundation or apprentice knowledge of network design for the Cisco Internetwork Infrastructure, and who can design routed and switched network infrastructures involving LAN, WAN, and dial access services for businesses and organizations. There is no specific prerequisite for this exam but Cisco states that a CCNA certification is highly recommended, as well as that a candidate should have the knowledge and skills to install, configure, and operate basic network infrastructures.

Cisco does not publish the pass score for this exam, which can include these types of questions: multiple-choice single answer, multiple-choice multiple answer, drag-and-drop, fill-in-the-blank, and simulations. The exam has around 64 questions and lasts 90 minutes.

The domains covered by this exam include:

Analysis
Modeling
Planning

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Memorize, Memorize, Memorize	cvalley11 on Thursday, January 05, 2006

Make sure you know your goals and constraints like the back of you hand. Not to technical a couple IP addressing ? and a few Protocol ?, most on the goals and constraints. I have taken it once and failed still studying for the second try.

Passing score high	grodoni on Friday, December 02, 2005

exam doen on 2.12.05 passing score 825/100 !! did 818/1000 not passed ! In 2001 the passing score was 750/1000 !!

Difficult but definatly doable	everqueztz on Monday, May 16, 2005

Know Business/Technical Goals along with constraints like the back of your hand before you even think of trying this exam. Be thuroughly familar with IPv6. Understand Prototype networks extensively. Have fun

Average to hard	drax2799 on Friday, December 17, 2004

Take it more than once (yes, on purpose) to get a great feel for the exam. Conceptually based... very nice. Have a crystal clear knowledge of business/technical constraints vs. goals (And I mean crystal clear)... Not a topic to half-ass if you want to pass. 55 ?'s, 4 of which were 4-part questions.

Not very pratical or useful.	cmx on Saturday, October 09, 2004

Failed it first time with an 802 (824 needed I believe). OK my bad. However the exam relies on significant memorization (not skill) of impractical procedures that will almost never come up for an entry level tech/engineer, which is all anyone will get with a CCNA/DA. I work with a Cisco/Juniper engineer that has more than 12 years experience and he even said having the CCDA would never get me any additional consideration for a job in most markets. If you don't require the CCDA, skip it and move on to the CCNP.

Tech or not again	sfmframe on Wednesday, June 23, 2004

I know they're tough but its still a funny feeling -strangely not too much of a downer - walking out from an exam with 80% and knowing I've failed. S'pose you know 4 out of 5 ain't bad. The pain is that it is not so technical - more qualitative than quantitative and there is a distinct head twist for any techie to get around. The usual Cisco nippy 825 to pass, I pumped out an 883 second time around. Afterwards, pass or fail, have a drink, go on.

network specialist	orkunsenturk on Thursday, March 04, 2004

I want to be Big network Specialist

Hope you're a fast reader!	ICowan on Tuesday, November 11, 2003

Lots of IPv6. 72 questions in 90 minutes makes this a test of fast reading, quick comprehension, and immediate decision of your answer. You haven't got much time to think about your answer. Decide quickly and move on!