The Cisco CCNP Enterprise certification consists of two tough exams, the 350-401 ENCOR which is compulsory and then one more exam from a choice of six. The ENCOR exam is required if you want to sit the practical lab exam for the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure certification.

The 350-401 ENCOR takes two hours to sit and covers several tough subject including routing, switching, virtualization, network automation, network security design, IPSLA and much more. We've broken down the exams into the five syllabus topics, each having 50 exam-style questions. The final test covers all syllabus topics and represents the kinds you will find in the real exam from Cisco.

1. Architecture (50 questions)

2. Virtualization (50 questions)

3. Infrastructure (50 questions)

4. Network Assurance (50 questions)

5. Security (50 questions)

6. All the above topics combined (50 questions)

Each exam covers all the topics within that syllabus item. The Security module, for example, covers AAA, infrastructure security features, ACLs, REST API security, wireless security features, EAP, WebAuth, PSK, network security design, Threat defense, Endpoint security, Next-generation firewall, TrustSec, MACsec, Network access control with 802.1X, MAB, and WebAuth.

The ENCOR exam costs $400 to sit, and the average first-time pass rates are well under 50%. For this reason, you must prepare by using a quality study guide, doing hands-on labs, and taking a lot of practice exams. This is where we come in. You need to getting 95% or higher in EVERY exam before you take the real one.

The exams were written by CCIE Jay Ocampo, who designs and supports large Data Centers. Jay also creates video training for the online certification training company howtonetwork.