CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure

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CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure

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We scored 100 real CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure exam questions 1-10 on question complexity and broke the result down by exam domain.

100 questions scored
6 domains
2.0/10 overall complexity

Complexity by exam domain

Higher scores mean more demanding question formats. The exam score is computed over the whole bank, not averaged across domains.

Exam complexity score2.0/10Gentle · measured across 100 bank questions
  • Automation and Programmability15 questions · complexity 1.9/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 27% interactive

  • Network Assurance and Optimization15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive

  • Network Infrastructure20 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    35% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive

  • Security Services15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive

  • Software-Defined Infrastructure15 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    33% multi-select · 0% scenario · 33% interactive

  • Transport Technologies and Solutions20 questions · complexity 2.0/10 · Gentle

    35% multi-select · 0% scenario · 30% interactive

Full per-domain breakdown

Blueprint weight, bank size and question format mix for every domain of the exam.

DomainBlueprintQuestionsSingleMultiInteractiveComplexity
Automation and Programmability15%156541.9/10Gentle
Network Assurance and Optimization15%155552.0/10Gentle
Network Infrastructure20%207762.0/10Gentle
Security Services15%155552.0/10Gentle
Software-Defined Infrastructure15%155552.0/10Gentle
Transport Technologies and Solutions20%207762.0/10Gentle

How the score is calculated

The formula is fixed and public, so anyone can reproduce these numbers from the same bank.

Every question in the CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure bank is measured on four signals that can be read directly from the database. Each signal is expressed as a share of the questions in the domain, and the four shares are combined with fixed weights:

  • Multi-select questions (40% weight). Items with more than one correct answer. The candidate has to find all of them, which is the single hardest format in the bank.
  • Scenario questions (30% weight). Questions longer than 150 characters, which describe a situation instead of a definition and therefore test reasoning rather than recall.
  • Interactive questions (20% weight). Items that require reading code or a configuration snippet.
  • Deep explanations (10% weight). Questions whose explanation runs past 300 characters, which signals a concept with real nuance behind it.

The combined share is multiplied by ten to produce a 1-10 score. The exam-level score is computed over the whole bank rather than averaged across domains, so a small domain cannot distort the total. Figures on this page are recomputed from the live bank on every crawl.

Data set: Certilum CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure Foundation question bank, 100 questions, 6 domains. Published by CERTILUM. This is Certilum’s own measurement of its own question bank and is not an official Cisco statistic.

Questions analysed
100
Exam domains
6
Hardest domain
Network Assurance and Optimization (2.0)
Most approachable domain
Automation and Programmability (1.9)
Question mix
35 single · 34 multi · 31 interactive
Measured on
Foundation

Frequently asked questions

What our CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure complexity numbers mean and how they are produced.