Domain 3 is the one that decides your result. IP Connectivity is a 25 percent block of the Cisco CCNA 200-301 exam, the single largest domain on it, and it is where most of the simulation and configuration questions live. If you are going to be strong anywhere, be strong here. This practice test pulls from every IP Connectivity topic at once so you find the weak spots while there is still time to close them.
The questions are the same validated items from the per-topic quizzes across this series, weighted to match how heavy IP Connectivity is on the real exam. Every one was reproduced in a GNS3 lab on Cisco IOS 15.2 or checked against Cisco documentation, every answer carries a written explanation, and the test draws a fresh thirty-question mix from a ninety-one-question bank each time you retake it.
Current as of June 2026, matched to the live CCNA 200-301 (v1.1) IP Connectivity exam topics.
How to use this practice test
Run the whole set without notes, then read the explanation on every question, including the ones you guessed correctly. A practice test only earns its keep by sending you back to the topics you are shaky on. When a question exposes a gap, open the matching guide in the list below, work the lab in it, then retake the test for a new draw.
Hold yourself to a higher bar here than on the lighter domains. Anything under about 90 percent on IP Connectivity is a real risk on exam day, because this is where the sim questions hit hardest. Static routes and OSPF behavior account for most of the misses, usually a small detail rather than the big idea: an administrative distance that picks the wrong path, a floating route that never installs, a neighbor that reaches FULL but still does not advertise a subnet.
Take the Domain 3 practice test
Thirty questions, drawn at random from the full ninety-one-question IP Connectivity bank and re-sampled on every retake:
Once you can clear this consistently, the hardest part of the exam is behind you. Use the topic list below to shore up anything that tripped you.
What Domain 3 covers
Every sub-topic in this practice test has a full hands-on guide with real Cisco output. Work through any that the test exposed as weak:
Reading the table and forwarding: start with how to read the routing table, the skill every other Domain 3 topic builds on, then see how a router actually forwards a packet with CEF, the FIB, and the Layer 2 rewrite.
Static routing: configure IPv4 static and floating routes, then carry the same idea into IPv6 static routing, where the link-local next hop changes the rules.
OSPF: learn the moving parts in OSPF concepts (neighbors, DR/BDR, the LSDB), then put them to work with single-area OSPF configuration, the topic behind the routing sims.
Inter-VLAN routing: Cisco files inter-VLAN connectivity under Network Access, but it is where Layer 3 routing meets the switched network, so it belongs in any IP Connectivity drill. Route between VLANs with router-on-a-stick, then move to the production answer, a Layer 3 switch with SVIs.
Redundancy and troubleshooting: give hosts a redundant default gateway with a first hop redundancy protocol like HSRP, and tie the whole domain together by working a connectivity fault from symptom to fix, the way the exam frames its troubleshooting questions.
Why Domain 3 decides your result
No other domain carries this much weight or this many hands-on questions, so the time you put into IP Connectivity pays back more than anywhere else on the blueprint. Treat this set as a diagnostic you return to, not a one-time check. Retake it until the routing-table reads, the static and OSPF configs, and the inter-VLAN choices are reflex, then move on knowing the heaviest part of the exam is solid. When you can pass it comfortably, the CCNA 200-301 study roadmap maps the remaining domains, IP Services, Security Fundamentals, and Automation, each with the same mix of tested guides and practice questions.
