CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) is a Cisco information technology (IT) certification. The CCNA certification is a Cisco Career associate level certification. The Cisco exams have changed several times. In 2013 Cisco announced an update to its certification program that "aligns the certification and training curriculum with the jobs of the evolving industry." There are now several different types of Cisco Certified Network Associate, with "CCNA Routing and Switching" closest to the original CCNA approach; other types of CCNA focus on security, cloud, collaboration, security operations, design, data center technologies, industrial plants, service providers and wireless.
The content of the exams is patented. Cisco and its learning partners offer a variety of different training methods, including books published by Cisco Press, and online and classroom courses available under the heading "Cisco Network Device Interconnection."
To obtain the CCNA Routing and Switching certification, you must obtain a passing score on the Cisco exam # 200-125, or combined pass scores on exams ICND1 # 100-105 and ICND2 # 200-105 of "Cisco Network Devices Interconnection. " Passing the ICND1 gives one the certification of Cisco Certified Entry Networks Technician (CCENT). Approval scores are established through the use of statistical analysis and are subject to change. Upon completion of the exam, candidates receive a score report along with a score divided by exam section and the passing score for the given exam. Cisco does not publish exam approval scores because test questions and passing scores are subject to change without notice.
The CCNA 200-120 is the composite exam associated with the Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing & Switching certification. This test assesses the knowledge and skills of a candidate necessary to install, operate and solve problems in a network of small and medium-sized branch offices. Topics include connecting to a WAN; implementing network security; network types; network media; routing and change of fundamentals; the TCP / IP and OSI models; IP addressing; WAN technologies; operating and configuring IOS devices; extend switched networks with VLANs; determine the IP routes; manage IP traffic with access lists; establish point-to-point connections; and establish Frame Relay connections.
