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Novell’s exam 050-686 (course 3016), “Foundations of Novell Networking” is the only exam required for the Certified Novell Administrator (CNA) 6.5 certification as well, as one of the core requirements for the Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) 6 certification. This exam is designed for candidates who “have a fundamental knowledge of networking.” There is no specific prerequisite for this exam but Novell strongly recommends that “individuals have a CompTIA Network+ certification before pursuing the CNA” and that candidates “have a good understanding of network implementation, support, media, topologies, protocols, and standards.”

This exam is easy to moderate and is priced at $125, $55.50, or $27.50 depending on the region in which it's taken. Most North American and European and some Asia Pacific countries fall under the highest price tier. The exam may be taken from Pearson Vue or Thomson Prometric.

The passing score is 650. This exam is a form test (traditional), consisting of 66 questions, and has a duration of 75 minutes.

The topics covered by this exam include:

• NetWare 6 features, components and installation
• Server Console commands, remote management
• Novell Client
• eDirectory uses, structure, composition, object classes, tools, rights
• Admin and user objects
• Login scripts
• Queue-based printing, NDPS, iPrint
• Network file services, volume storage, NSS volumes
• NetWare file system security, file system rights, file attributes
• Backups
• iFolder
• Client/server email programs
• GroupWise domain directory structure
• Troubleshooting common security issues
• NetWare Enterprise Web Server, NetWare FTP Server
• Novell Portal Services