Module 8.7 50 minAdvanced

Mixed practice set

Thirty new questions from all seven areas, mixed the way the Final Weighted Exam mixes them, about half with an exhibit to read. Do the set in one sitting, then review every miss against the chapter its explanation names.

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What you'll learn

  • Answer 30 mixed questions from all seven topic areas at the exam's pace.
  • Read show output, captures and ladders under time pressure.
  • Trace every miss back to the chapter that teaches it, and close the gap before the exam.

How to use this set

This is a practice paper of 30 questions from all seven areas, mixed together the way the Final Weighted Exam mixes them. None of them comes from the exam itself: every scenario is new, and every show output was captured from the simulator.

Do the set in one sitting: 30 items in about 50 minutes, which is the exam's own pace of 105 minutes for 60 questions. Answer every item before you read any explanation, and note the ones you guessed, so that a lucky guess still counts as a miss.

Then review every miss and every guess. Each explanation names the chapter that teaches the deciding fact: reread that section, rebuild any exhibit you misread in the lab, and only then move on.

Where the questions come from

The set follows the exam's mix. Each area gets about its share of the 30 items, so Building the LAN has the most and Automating the Network the fewest, and about half of the items carry an exhibit, a little more than the two in five on a real paper. When you mark the set, count your score in each area separately, the way your results page will.

AreaModuleItems in this set
How Networks Work14
Addresses and Subnets24
Routing Between Networks35
Building the LAN46
Running the Network54
Securing the Network64
Automating the Network73
Quick note: a second attempt at the same set always scores higher, because yesterday's explanations are still in your memory. Trust your first attempt, and on later attempts judge yourself only on the items you missed the first time.

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