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Chapter 21: Final Preparation

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Use the Exam Engine

The exam engine includes two basic modes:

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Study mode:

Study mode is most useful when you want to use the questions to

learn and practice. In study mode, you can select options such as whether you want

to randomize the order of the questions, randomize the order of the answers, auto-

matically see the answers, and many other options.

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Simulation mode:

Simulation mode simulates an actual CCNA Wireless exam by ei-

ther requiring or allowing a set number of questions and a set time period. These

timed exams not only allow you to study for the actual exam, but they also help you

simulate the time pressure that can occur on the actual exam.

Choosing Study or Simulation Mode

Both study mode and simulation mode are useful for preparing for the exams. Picking

the correct mode from the exam engine’s user interface is pretty obvious, but you should

still spend some time experimenting with the exam engine.

Passing Scores for the Cisco CCNA Wireless Exams

When scoring your simulated exam using this book’s exam engine, you should strive to

get a score of 85 percent or better. However, the scoring on the book’s exam engine does

not match how Cisco scores the actual CCNA Wireless exam. As it turns out, Cisco does

not publish many details about how the actual exam is scored. Therefore, you cannot rea-

sonably deduce which questions you got right or wrong, and how many points are as-

signed to each question.

Cisco does publish some specific guidance about how it scores the exam, and other de-

tails have been mentioned by Cisco personnel during public presentations about the

CCNA Wireless exam. Here are some key facts about scoring:

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Cisco does give partial credit on simulation questions, so complete as much of a sim-

ulation question as you can.

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Cisco may or may not give more weight to some questions.

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The test does not adapt based on your answers to early questions in the test. For ex-

ample, if you miss a RIP question, and it is question 1, the test does not start giving

you more RIP questions.

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Cisco’s scores range from 300 to 1000, with a passing grade usually (but not always)

around 849 for the CCNA Wireless exam.

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The 849 out of 1000 does not necessarily mean that you got 84.9 percent of the

questions correct.