ROUTE FAQs & Tips
In this article, I will try to summarize all the Frequently Asked Questions in the ROUTE 300-101 Exam. Hope it will save you some time searching through the Internet and asking your friends & teachers.
1. Please tell me how many questions in the real ROUTE exam, and how much time to answer them?
There are 50 questions, including 4 lab-sims. You have 120 minutes to answer them but if your native language is not English, Cisco allows you a 30-minute exam time extension (150 minutes in total).
2. How much does the ROUTE 300-101 cost? And how many points I need to pass the exam?
This exam costs $300. You need at least 790/1000 points to pass this exam.
3. I passed the ROUTE exam, will I get a certificate for it?
No, Cisco does not ship ROUTE Exam certificate, it only ships you a certificate after completing the full CCNP track of 3 exams (ROUTE, SWITCH & TSHOOT) within three years. Once again we have to notice that you need to finish these three exams within three years (not nine years). Many candidates misunderstand this and think they have nine years to complete three exams.
4. Which sims will I see in the ROUTE exam?
The popular sims now are Policy Based routing sim, EIGRP OSPF Redistribution sim, OSPF Evaluation Sim and EIGRP Evaluation Sim and please notice that the IP addresses, router names may be different (it is also true for Drag and Drop questions)
5. How many points will I get for one sim?
Maybe you will get about 80 to 100 points for each sim, just like the CCNA exam.
6. In the real exam, I clicked “Next” after choosing the answer, can I go back for reviewing?
No, you can’t go back so you can’t re-check your answers after clicking the “Next” button.
7. What is the difference between the old BSCI & the new ROUTE exam?
In the new ROUTE exam, there are no IS-IS, DHCP, Multicast questions so you can ignore them if you are reading old BSCI books. In fact, DHCP & Multicast are good topics and maybe you will have a chance to learn about them in other Cisco exams.
8. Can I use short commands, for example “conf t” instead of “configure terminal”? Will I get full mark for short commands?
From the comments on this site, maybe you will get full mark for short commands. But sometimes short commands don’t work so please be careful with them. We highly recommend you should learn the full commands.
9. What are your recommended materials for ROUTE?
There are many materials for learning ROUTE but below are popular materials that many candidates recommend.
Books
CCNP ROUTE Official Certification Guide
ROUTE Student Guide
CCNP ROUTE Portable Command Guide
CCNP Route Quick Reference Sheet
Video training
CBT Nuggets
Simulator (all are free)
GNS3 – the best simulator for learning ROUTE
Packet Tracer
10. How much time should I spend on each sim?
You should not spend more than 15 minutes for each sim. Recall that you only have 90 minutes so if you spend 15 minutes for each sim x 4 sims = 60 minutes. The 30 minutes left is for solving 46 multiple choice & drag-and-drop questions. If you are not a native English speaker and have 30-minute expansion (ask the mentor to confirm) than you can spend 20 minutes for each sim.
11. Can I pass without doing sims?
As mentioned above, each sim will cost you from 80 to 100 points. In the real exam you will have to solve 4 sims that give from 320 to 400 points. Suppose you answer all other questions perfectly then you will get 600 to 680 points but the passing score is 790. It means that you surely fail if ignore them.
From the calculation above, if you miss only one sim the chance to pass is average but if you miss two, the chance to pass is very, very low.
12. Are the exam questions the same in all the geographical locations?
Yes, the exam questions are the same in all geographical locations. But notice that Cisco has a pool of questions and each time you take the exam, a number of random questions will show up so you will not see all the same questions as the previous exam.
13. I don’t want to lose points so should I use the “copy running-config startup-config” after finishing each lab-sim?
In the ROUTE exam, we can’t use that command so surely you will not lose any points if not using that command.
14. I passed the ROUTE exam. Do you have any site similar for CCNP exams?
We have certprepare.com for SWITCH, networktut.com for TSHOOT, voicetut.com for CCNA Voice, securitytut.com for CCNA Security, rstut.com for CCIE Written & Lab, dstut.com for CCDA. Hope you enjoy these sites too!
15. Why don’t I see any questions and answers on digitaltut.com? I only see the explanation…
Because of copyrighted issues, we had to remove all the questions and answers. You can download a PDF file to see the questions at this link: http://www.digitaltut.com/encor-questions-and-answers
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Now Exam:
first of all please go through specific Topic Questions. I did not go so Deep but I saw many Questions form there. here are my exam Questions:
Update Q5 &6 mostly
MPQs around 10
New Question 4 to 5 ( but if you understand the concepts in specific Topics you can manage)
Specific Topic around 8 Questions
D&D – AAA, Frame relay Serial interface config
LAB: Ipv6, OSPF sim
Evaluation: EIGRP
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3 sims: OSPF Sim , IPv6 OSPF Virtual Link Sim ,EIGRP Evaluation Sim
congratulation Yiatsi!
What do you think of this one?
is it any good to practice with it..
https://www.learncisco.net/cisco-practice-tests.html
I see many “different” questions..
@Yiatsi could you please send me the latest dump at saniyahsameen(at)gmail(dot)com
Have anything for CCNP ENCOR?
looking forward to it
i have passed today. used only october dumps to learn.
876/1000.
simulations are the same.
few new questions (maybe 10 or so)
Hi to all administrators of this page.
¿You plan to put an exam section of ENARSI 300-401?
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@Uni, where can i find this Oct dumps? I’ve been reading all sections but i think i may have missed it :(
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I have to take the test again, will the questions be the same on the second time around?
Can someone tell me all the labs possibly in the exam please?
Hey Uni, Yiatsi , Shawon,
Congrats all of you. Can you pls mentioned a bit for new questions if you remember them?
thanks a lot
Also if you remember and you can mentioned about Drag&Drop question that you faced I’ll be appreciated!
Many thanks!
Is the dump still valid?
Hey guys, do you think to update oct2019 to a new one?
Thanks for your reply in advance.
Hi guys, what is the advantage of having a premium account here? Thanks
I don’t see any update from Oct, and the last day to pass exam is in one month. Admin, do you have any plans to update Route questions? I saw you updated Switch, thanks.
Does anyone recommend a site like this one for vmware certs?
@Ioan
Do you have premium account for certprare (switch) ? and can you share it whith me ?
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So is this site dead after 2/24 with new exam? Will content from the new exam be available here at some point?
Anyone here have taken SPROUTE for service provider exam?
Anyone knows how many labs in SPROUTE exam?
thanks for giving us a demo how we can prepared our self. All tips and tricks you describe is in your blog is beneficial for us.
Can anyone please share how the questions are marked. I have no idea about the scoring pattern. I got 749 and couldn’t pass
I passed the exam. Thanks soo much digitaltut.
55 questions.
3 lab – ospf, ospfv3 virtual-link, eigrp simlet
4 d&d
Rest were MCQs 😭
Good luck all
Finally ccnp completed!
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@digitaltut, There are less than 30 new question, and its more on programing.
@all, I failed today 774. do not take the exam until the next update. There’s still no lab but the item is 103 question.
Thanks,
Hello CCNP Route Canditates,
Would you upload valid new information about ROUTE exam.I will take route exam the end of january 2021.Thank you.
I also pass recently used this site @dumpscollection
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