Resources for Exam Preparation

Resources for BIG-IP Exam Preparation

Here are a number of resources that can be useful to help individuals looking to take BIG-IP F5 Certified exam:

1. Review of the exam blueprints (https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K29900360);
2. For general networking knowledge, there are numerous resources available on the open market, both for free as well as for fee (some of the specific questions listed below are extremely basic in nature);
3. We highly recommend the Operations Guides available on AskF5.com for specific topics: https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K73819494 (select the appropriate guide at the bottom of the article).
   
   1. Exams 101/201: TMOS Operations Guide;
   2. Exams 301a/301b/302: BIG-IP LTM-DNS Operations Guide;
   3. Exam 303: BIG-IP ASM Operations Guide;
   4. Exam 304: BIG-IP APM Operations Guide;
4. LearnF5 is a great resource! We recommend the many free training resources available on LearnF5 both for public consumption, as well as some specific to partner training;

5. We do have some recommended premium (paid) training as well, both self directed and instructor-led (note that there is not an equivalent self-directed course for every instructor-led class and none of this training is required);

   Certification Exam	Recommended Self-Directed Training	Recommended Instructor-Led Training
   101	Administering BIG-IP (Self-Directed Training)	Administering BIG-IP
   201	n/a	Troubleshooting BIG-IP
   301a/301b	Configuring BIG-IP LTM: Local Traffic Manager (Self-Directed Training)	Configuring BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager (LTM)
   302	Configuring BIG-IP DNS (Self-Directed Training)	Configuring BIG-IP DNS
   303	Configuring F5 Advanced WAF (Self-Directed Training)	Configuring F5 Advanced WAF
   304	n/a	Configuring BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM)

For NGINX Certification exam resources, please see Resources for NGINX Certification Exam Preparation