SECUR Exam Cram™ 2 (Exam 642-501)

Picking Proper Answers

Obviously, the only way to pass any exam is to select enough of the right answers to obtain a passing score. However, Cisco exams are strangely worded, and deciphering them can be a real challenge. In those cases, you might need to rely on answer-elimination skills. Almost always, you can immediately eliminate at least one answer out of the possible choices for a question because it matches one of these conditions:

• The answer does not apply to the situation.

• The answer describes a nonexistent issue, an invalid option, or an imaginary state.

• The answer can be eliminated because of information in the question itself.

After you eliminate all answers that are obviously wrong, you can apply your retained knowledge to eliminate ...