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CCNA Routing and Switching ICND2 200-105 Official Cert Guide
Book Features
This book (and the related CCENT/CCNA ICND1 100-105 Official Cert Guide) goes
beyond what you would find in a simple technology book. It gives you a study system
designed to help you not only learn facts but also to develop the skills you need to pass
the exams. To do that, in the technology chapters of the book, about three-quarters of the
chapter is about the technology, and about one-quarter is for the related study features.
The “Foundation Topics” section of each chapter contains rich content to explain the topics
on the exam and to show many examples. This section makes extensive use of figures, with
lists and tables for comparisons. It also highlights the most important topics in each chapter
as key topics, so you know what to master first in your study.
Most of the book’s features tie in some way to the need to study beyond simply reading
the “Foundation Topics” section of each chapter. The rest of this section explains these
book features. And because the book organizes your study by chapter, and then by part
(a part contains multiple chapters), and then a final review at the end of the book, the next
section of this Introduction discusses the book features introduced by chapter, part, and for
final review.
Chapter Features and How to Use Each Chapter
Each chapter of this book is a self-contained short course about one topic area, organized
for reading and study as follows:
■ “Do I Know This Already?” quiz: Each chapter begins with a prechapter quiz.
■ Foundation Topics: This is the heading for the core content section of the chapter.
■ Chapter Review: This section includes a list of study tasks useful to help you remember
concepts, connect ideas, and practice skills-based content in the chapter.
Figure I-2 shows how each chapter uses these three key elements. You start with the “Do
I Know This Already?” (DIKTA) quiz. You can use the score to determine whether you
already know a lot, or not so much, and determine how to approach reading the Foundation
Topics (that is, the technology content in the chapter). When finished with the Foundation
Topics, use the Chapter Review tasks to start working on mastering your memory of the
facts and skills with configuration, verification, and troubleshooting.
DIKTA Quiz
Foundation Topics
Chapter Review
Take Quiz
High Score
Low Score
(Skim) Foundation Topics
(Read) Foundation Topics
1) In-Chapter, or...
2) Companion Website
3) DVD
Figure I-2
Three Primary Tasks for a First Pass Through Each Chapter
In addition to these three main chapter features, each “Chapter Review” section presents a
variety of other book features, including the following:
■ Review Key Topics: In the “Foundation Topics” section, the Key Topic icon appears
next to the most important items, for the purpose of later review and mastery. While all