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Test your skills out on TCP/IP with the NCSA online certification exam CN301. Exam questions are multiple choice and come from three different categories which are shown in the box below along with the approximate percentage of questions from each category.

   Category Percentage
   Basics / Syntax 40%
   TCP/IP Concepts 30%
   Application 30%

Questions are designed to meet the criteria established for individuals with six months experience working with TCP/IP. Your scores will be available as soon as you complete the exam. Online certification exams are available for free by clicking the test now button above.

Why get your TCP/IP certification?

TCP/IP is the set of internet protocols that forms the basis of the internet and most networks. A strong base of knowledge of the foundation of networking prepares you for a career in a wide variety of companies. A TCP/IP certification from NCSA demonstrates to employers that you have acquired a level of knowledge equivalent to six months experience. This course is also a prerequisite of CN-376 Computer Networking Technician

What do I need to study?

The best way to prepare for an exam is to be experienced with the subject material... in this case TCP/IP. As you read and study the basics of TCP/IP be sure to build on and reinforce those concepts by actively working with your company's, or even your home, network. If you already have a working knowledge it is important that you refresh your memory of the basic syntax and makeup of networks and packets. The outline below covers some of the major topics covered on the exam:

Applications

Client/Server
Peer to Peer
API’s

IP Address Structure

Classful Addressing
Subnet Addressing
Subnet Masks
VLSM
Broadcast Addresses
IPv6
Allocation
Unicast
Multicast
IP

Header Fields
Checksum
DS Field
Fragment Header
Routing Header

Link Layer

IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards
802.1p/q Virtual LANs
802.1AX Link Aggregation
Duplexing
Wake-on LAN (WoL)
Bridges
Switches
Spanning Tree Protocol

Wireless LANs

802.11 Frames
Media Access Control
Wi-Fi Security
Wi-Fi Mesh

Protocols

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
ICMP
UDP
DNS

Firewalls

Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

Headers
Encapsulation
Half-Close
ISN
Timeout
RTO

Linux method
Standard Method

Translators
Sack
Timestamps
Nagle Algorithm
Delayed ACK
Congestion Control
Keepalive

What careers will a TCP/IP certification prepare me for?

IP and WIFI Tester, Security Engineer, VoIP Network Specialist, IP Data Services, Network Engineer, Technical Account Manager, IP Architect, Networking Consulta, Technical Service Professional, Network Support Analyst, Resident Technician, Enterprise Customer Serverice Engineer

   Category Percentage
   Basics / Syntax 40%
   TCP/IP Concepts 30%
   Application 30%

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