SKILL BENCHMARK
Cisco Core Competency (Intermediate Level)
- 25m
- 25 questions
The Cisco Core Competency benchmark will measure your ability to recognize key terms related to Cisco core concepts. You will be evaluated on Layer 1 and 2 technologies, network addressing, Cisco operating systems, IOS commands, and troubleshooting. A learner who scores high on this benchmark demonstrates that they have knowledge of core Cisco components and tools.
Topics covered
- assign an IP address to a Cisco switch
- configure the Cisco device to boot from an IOS image
- correlate the layers of the OSI model to those of the TCP/IP model
- determine steps to console into a Cisco device
- determine the Cisco operating system running on your device
- differentiate between different copper cabling standards
- display a list of interfaces on the Cisco devices
- identify characteristics that distinguish between router and switch ethernet interfaces
- identify differences in utility between different Nexus switch series
- identify how to get command help
- identify how to navigate to global configuration mode
- Identify reasons for using multiple service providers
- identify the characteristics of router models used for both central offices and branch offices
- identify the configuration register values
- Identify the different between TFTP and FTP
- identify the different Cisco operating systems
- Identify the purpose of a subnet mask
- Identify the router IP address on the network
- identify the standards associated with different cabling types
- identify types of ports on the Cisco device
- know the type of memory that is used to store the startup configuration
- modify the configuration register value
- troubleshoot communication issues on the network
- use the appropriate tool to troubleshoot communication
- view a list of VLANs on the Cisco switch
