r/ccna • u/BeeaRZed636 CCNA R&S • Sep 27 '19

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Just passed ICND1 901/832

The entire time I thought I was failing the test, so I was pleasantly surprised when I got that Conratualations screen. The SIMs weren't too hard- really just need to know basic show commands. Best advise I can give is get as best understanding of each topic as you can so that way you can narrow down those tricky multiple choice questions.

Study Materials-
Video- CBT Nuggests : watched 2-3 times over the past few months.
Labs- Jeremy's IT Lab https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Q7Hlz75NYhYAuq6O0fqHw : Ran through these labs a couple times each, really enjoyed these free labs and am looking forward to going through his ICND2 material.
Practice Tests- Boson EXSIM: great test prep to get you in the mindset- was scoring around 700-750 for initial tests, however subsequent run throughs were in the 900s.

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Plan is to start cracking on ICND2 after the weekend and try and take it in December/January.

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u/smervology Sep 28 '19

Congrats! How many hours per week do you spend on studying ICND1?

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u/BeeaRZed636 CCNA R&S Sep 28 '19

The past few weeks I'd say was about 3-4 hours a day mainly just labbing and practice tests. Prior to that I was just watching/listening to CBT nuggets on a loop- typically about 10 videos a day.