07-07-2011, 03:20 PM
I passed the SWITCH exam yesterday afternoon with a score of 857.
Many of the questions i came across were almost identical to the the ones here on HOW2PASS, though there were a few i hadn't seen.
i had 50 questions and they were spread evenly across all topics i guess.
HSRP testlet was a little bit different, but if you can work out the answers for the one on HOW2PASS, you should be OK. using "show standby 'vlanid'" is what i used mainly.
i was faced with sim 4,5 & 6. SIM 4 wouldn't let me configure an extended ACL, so i just did a standard ACL. SIM 6 wouldn't let me configure the switch interlink ports as trunks on the access switch, this was well frustrating.. every time i issued the "switchport mode trunk" command I'd get the error saying that a port configured for auto encapsulation cant be configured as a trunk, i proceeded to try and force the ports to dot1q encaps with the "switchport encaps dot1q" but the sim wouldn't accept the command. i carried on with configuring the rest of it.. and managed to ping the DG successfully from the access sw. I'm sure i lost a lot of marks for not getting the Port-channel up correctly.
none of them accepted "copy run start".
Keep an eye on the clock.. time seemed to be on fast forward whilst i was doing the test.
on to Tshoot.. my 3rd and final one.
All you test takers, good luck and all the best
Many of the questions i came across were almost identical to the the ones here on HOW2PASS, though there were a few i hadn't seen.
i had 50 questions and they were spread evenly across all topics i guess.
HSRP testlet was a little bit different, but if you can work out the answers for the one on HOW2PASS, you should be OK. using "show standby 'vlanid'" is what i used mainly.
i was faced with sim 4,5 & 6. SIM 4 wouldn't let me configure an extended ACL, so i just did a standard ACL. SIM 6 wouldn't let me configure the switch interlink ports as trunks on the access switch, this was well frustrating.. every time i issued the "switchport mode trunk" command I'd get the error saying that a port configured for auto encapsulation cant be configured as a trunk, i proceeded to try and force the ports to dot1q encaps with the "switchport encaps dot1q" but the sim wouldn't accept the command. i carried on with configuring the rest of it.. and managed to ping the DG successfully from the access sw. I'm sure i lost a lot of marks for not getting the Port-channel up correctly.
none of them accepted "copy run start".
Keep an eye on the clock.. time seemed to be on fast forward whilst i was doing the test.
on to Tshoot.. my 3rd and final one.
All you test takers, good luck and all the best
