Study guide · Exam overview
The format, scoring, and six published domains of Cisco CCNA 200-301 v1.1, plus what changes when v2.0 opens on February 3, 2027.
Exam version notice: This overview follows the Cisco exam topics for Implementing and Administering Cisco Solutions (200-301 CCNA) v1.1, reviewed in October 2026. The last day to test v1.1 is February 2, 2027. v2.0 uses the same exam code and opens on February 3, 2027. The exam is 120 minutes. Cisco reports pass or fail, usually within 48 hours, and does not publish a numeric cut score or a question count. The published price is 300 US dollars, or Cisco Learning Credits. Items tagged Extra are useful context the v1.1 topic list does not name. Items tagged v2.0 belong to the next blueprint. Confirm the version, fee, and PDF with Cisco before you register.
CCNA is Cisco's associate certification for people who install, configure, and verify a small to medium network. Exam 200-301 checks whether you can subnet an address, place a host in the right VLAN, read a routing table, bring up single-area OSPFv2, and apply an ACL or a Layer 2 control such as port security. It also asks you to explain wireless, NAT, syslog, and how a controller and a REST API change operations. It is not a design-architect exam, and it does not ask you to build a multi-area OSPF domain or configure EIGRP.
Figures below come from Cisco's CCNA pages and the v1.1 exam topics reviewed in October 2026.
| Specification | 200-301 v1.1 |
|---|---|
| Level | Associate. No prior certification is required. Cisco recommends hands-on experience with Cisco solutions. |
| Length of test | 120 minutes. |
| Question types | Multiple choice, drag-and-drop, and performance-based items. An exam tutorial is available before you start. |
| Number of questions | Cisco does not publish a fixed count. |
| Scoring | Pass or fail. Results are typically available online within 48 hours. Cisco does not publish a numeric cut score. |
| Topics | v1.1. Six domains. The last day to test this version is February 2, 2027. |
| Languages | English and Japanese. Confirm availability with Cisco. |
| Exam price | 300 US dollars, or Cisco Learning Credits, on the Cisco page reviewed in October 2026. Regional pricing can change. |
| Validity | Three years from the pass date. Confirm recertification options with Cisco. |
| Next version | 200-301 v2.0 opens on February 3, 2027. A pass on either version earns CCNA. |
Book the version that matches your test date. The exam code stays 200-301.
| v1.1 domain | v1.1 weight | v2.0 domain | v2.0 weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network Fundamentals | 20% | Network Infrastructure and Connectivity | 25% |
| Network Access | 20% | Switching and Network Access | 25% |
| IP Connectivity | 25% | IP Routing | 20% |
| IP Services | 10% | Network Services and Security | 20% |
| Security Fundamentals | 15% | ||
| Automation and Programmability | 10% | AI, and Network Operations and Management | 10% |
Both versions are 120 minutes and pass/fail. The notes, flashcards, and 200 practice questions on this site follow v1.1, because that is the exam you can sit through February 2, 2027. Use the list below if your date is later.
A CCNA earned on v1.1 stays valid for three years from the pass date. It does not have to be retaken when v2.0 opens.
Cisco publishes these v1.1 weights. The 200 practice questions use the same share.
The devices, the cable, and the address a host is given.
How frames move inside one site.
The largest domain. How a packet picks a next hop.
The services a router or switch is asked to provide.
The controls you configure, not a full security-architect exam.
How a controller and an API replace one-device CLI work.
Learn the unmarked rows first. The same map is in the core notes and flashcards.
| Pair | How to separate them |
|---|---|
| Longest prefix and AD | The longest matching prefix wins. Administrative distance is used only when two sources offer that same prefix. |
| Connected, static, OSPF | Connected is 0, static is 1, OSPF is 110. A lower number is more trusted. |
| Access and trunk | An access port carries one data VLAN, untagged. A trunk carries many VLANs with 802.1Q. The native VLAN is the untagged one. |
| Root port and designated port | The root port is the switch's best path toward the root bridge. The designated port is the forwarding port for that segment. |
| BPDU Guard and Root Guard | BPDU Guard error-disables an edge port that receives a BPDU. Root Guard stops a port from becoming root if a superior BPDU arrives. |
| NAT and PAT | Static NAT maps one inside address to one public address. PAT, also called overload, also translates ports so many hosts share one public address. |
| Standard and extended ACL | A standard ACL filters the source only. An extended ACL can filter protocol, source, destination, and port. |
| WPA2 and WPA3 | WPA2-Personal uses a pre-shared key and AES-CCMP. WPA3-Personal uses SAE. The v1.1 GUI task is WPA2 PSK. |
| Northbound and southbound | A northbound API faces the application. A southbound API faces the network devices. |
| Chef and Puppet Extra | v1.1 removed them from the configuration-management list. Learn Ansible and Terraform for this version. |
| OSPFv3 v2.0 | v1.1 configures OSPFv2. v2.0 adds OSPFv3 for IPv6. Do not expect an OSPFv3 lab on a v1.1 exam. |
Many items are multiple choice. Some ask you to choose two answers, and the stem says so. Drag-and-drop items ask you to match a command to a job or put a process in order. Performance-based items show a topology or a short configuration and ask what is missing. Read FIRST, NEXT, and BEST as ordering words: the right command at the wrong step is still wrong.
Cisco can ask about any task in the topic list, including a show command you must read. This site's practice questions are original and are not a device simulator. Confirm command syntax on a lab before test day.
A practical sequence if masks, trunks, and show ip route still blur together. Use v1.1 if you test by February 2, 2027.
Know /24 through /30 host counts, the three private blocks, and the network and broadcast of a given host. Then do the same idea in IPv6: global, unique local, link-local, and EUI-64.
Access port, voice VLAN, 802.1Q trunk, native VLAN, then inter-VLAN routing with a router-on-a-stick or an SVI. Add LACP only after both ends match.
Lowest bridge ID is root. Then root port, designated port, and the port that blocks. Put PortFast and BPDU Guard on edge ports. Know what Root Guard and Loop Guard each stop.
Longest prefix, then administrative distance, then metric. Configure a static route and a floating static. Then single-area OSPFv2: router ID, a point-to-point link, and a broadcast link that elects a DR.
NAT overload, a DHCP relay, NTP, syslog levels, and SSH. Then a numbered extended ACL, port security, DHCP snooping, and WPA2 PSK on the WLAN GUI.
Separate underlay from overlay, and a northbound API from a southbound one. Read a small JSON object. Use the four flashcard decks until you answer before the card flips. Then take original questions and return to any domain under 75 percent. Use 120 minutes as the pace of the live exam. Treat the percentage as a personal trend, not a Cisco score.
The overview, core notes, flashcards, and practice exams are all published.
Exam format, pass/fail scoring, six domain weights, and the February 2027 v2.0 change.
Reference notes for addresses, VLANs, spanning tree, OSPF, services, security, and automation.
40 recall cards in four decks, plus memory notes for masks, administrative distance, and syslog.
200 original questions with custom exams, explanations, and an unofficial percentage.
Cisco allows 120 minutes. Questions include multiple choice, drag-and-drop, and performance-based items. Cisco does not publish the number of questions. Confirm the current details with Cisco before you book.
Cisco reports a pass or fail result, usually within 48 hours, and does not publish a numeric passing score. This site reports an unofficial percentage. A practice percentage does not predict a Cisco result.
Study v1.1 if you test on or before February 2, 2027. Study v2.0 if you test on or after February 3, 2027. Both versions use exam code 200-301. The certification you earn is CCNA either way.
Yes. Cisco certifications are valid for three years from the date you pass. Confirm the current recertification options with Cisco.
No prior certification is required. Cisco recommends experience implementing and administering Cisco solutions. Confirm the current recommendation on the Cisco certification page.
No. The practice questions on this site are original. They are not Cisco exam items, and a practice score does not predict a result.
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