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The CCDE Written Exam is the qualifying exam for CCDE certification. The CCDE Written Exam will test a candidate's combined knowledge of routing protocols, internetworking theory and design principles .The exam assesses a candidate's understanding of network design in the areas of routing, tunneling, Quality of Service, Management, Cost, Capacity, and Security. This exam combines in-depth technical concepts with Network Design principles and is intended for a Network Professional with at least 5 years of experience in Network Engineering or Advanced Network Design.

Exam Topics

The following topics are general guidelines for the content likely to be included on the exam. However, other related topics may also appear on any specific delivery of the exam. In order to better reflect the contents of the exam and for clarity purposes, the guidelines below may change at any time without notice.

Analyze design requirements

• Analyze business requirements, conflicts, and constraints
• Analyze technical requirements, conflicts, and constraints
• Analyze physical requirements
• Analyze existing network

Develop network designs

• Identify the technology to resolve a specific design problem
• Analyze the impact on the existing network and services
• Incorporate best practices within the network design
• Incorporate business requirements within the network design

Implement network design

• Analyze implementation options
• Design an implementation plan

Validate and optimize network design

• Analyze design choices based on specifications
• Validate design
• Optimize design

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