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Take a look at what you’ll find in every chapter:■ Every chapter begins with the Certification Objectives—what you need to know to pass the section on the exam dealing with the chapter topic. The objective headings identify the objectives within the chapter, so you’ll always know an objective when you see it! ■ Practice Exercises are interspersed throughout the chapters. These are stepby-step exercises that allow you to get the hands-on experience you need to pass the exams. They help you master skills that are likely to be an area of focus on the exams. Don’t just read through the exercises; they are hands-on practice that you should be comfortable completing. Learning by doing is an effective way to increase your competency with a product. ■ Exam Watch notes point out important information you should learn when preparing for your exam. ■ Multimedia demonstrations, called CertCams, are included on the CD. If you want to see actual configurations of Cisco routers and switches in action, you can view these multimedia demonstrations. Throughout each chapter involving configurations are multiple multimedia demonstrations with a pointer to the CD where you can locate and run them. You will need to read the instructions included on the CD to run the multimedia demonstrations. ■ The Inside Exam element appears at the end of each chapter and focuses on important topics mentioned in the chapter, covering procedures you should take to ready yourself for the exam with the information discussed in the chapter. Many tips and tricks are pointed out here to help you pass your exam with confidence. ■ The Two-Minute Drill at the end of every chapter offers a checklist of the main points of the chapter. It can be used for last-minute review. ■ The Self Test section at the back of each chapter offers questions similar to those found on the certification exams. The answers to these questions, as well as explanations of the answers, can be found at the end of each chapter. By taking the practice exams after completing each chapter, you’ll reinforce what you’ve learned from that chapter while becoming familiar with the structure of the exam questions. ■ The Exam Readiness Checklist section at the end of the introduction and in Appendix B is a list of the official exam objectives, presented exactly as the vendor specifies them, cross-listed with the exam objectives as they are presented in the book and chapter references. Download free ebooks for cisco:Cisco Certified Network Associate(CCNA) Study Guide 2008 Edition
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