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Cisco 500-440 Exam Overview:
| Certification Vendor: | Cisco |
|---|---|
| Exam Name: | Designing Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise |
| Exam Number: | 500-440 |
| Available Languages: | English |
| Exam Format: | Multiple choice, Scenario-based, Drag and drop |
| Related Certifications: | Other Cisco Contact Center Enterprise exams (e.g., 500-442, 500-444, 500-445) Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Specialist |
| Real Exam Qty: | 65–75 |
| Exam Duration: | 75 minutes |
| Sample Questions: | DOWNLOAD DEMO |
| Exam Way: | Onsite/Online proctored |
| Official Syllabus URL: | https://learningcontent.cisco.com/documents/exam-topics/500-440-ucced.pdf |
Cisco 500-440 Exam Syllabus Topics:
| Section | Weight | Objectives |
|---|---|---|
| Topic 1: Sizing Process for Contact Center Resources and CCE Components | 13% | - Packaged CCE capacity considerations - Sizing considerations for SIP proxy methods - Erlang calculations in sizing - Factors for sizing Unified CCE components and bandwidth - Sizing inputs (agent talk time, queue time, wrap-up time) |
| Topic 2: Virtualization Environment for Contact Center Resources and CCE Components | 11% | - VMware supported features - Design considerations for Cisco Unified CCE on UCS C-Series - Cisco Unified Computing System B-Series interconnect and uplink - Design considerations for upstream IP switches - NIC configuration considerations in virtualization |
| Topic 3: Features and Functionality of the Cisco Unified CCE Solution | 23% | - High priority traffic in Cisco Unified ICM - Role of Cisco Unified Intelligent Contact Management (Unified ICM) - Security methods and impact on capacity - Cisco Unified Mobile Agent role - Role of voice gateways and SIP proxy - Role of Cisco Unified Communications Manager - Role of CTI in Cisco Unified CCE - Cisco Outbound Option - Role of congestion control - Role of Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal (CVP) - Precision routing methods |
| Topic 4: Design Considerations for Cisco Unified ICM, Cisco Finesse, Cisco Unified CVP, and Cisco Unified Intelligence Center | 23% | - Call type usage within Cisco Unified ICM - Whisper Announcement functionality and call flow - Agent target rules and impact on CCE solution - Cisco Unified Border Element and SIP proxy functionality - Design for administrative workstations in geographically separated data centers - Post Call Survey functionality and call flow - Courtesy Call back functionality and call flow - Cisco Finesse workflow - Cisco Finesse features and third-party gadgets - Impact of re-qualify call node in Cisco Unified ICM script |
| Topic 5: Design Considerations for Cisco Unified Communications Manager in a CCE Solution | 11% | - Cluster over the WAN considerations for CUCM - Impact of multiline automatic call distributor in CCE - CUCM redundancy options for centralized deployment - CUCM originated calls to CVP - CUCM requirements for Unified Mobile Agent - Maintaining end-to-end reporting for transferred calls - CUCM options for transfer calls involving SIP trunks |
| Topic 6: Network Design Considerations for Cisco Unified CCE | 19% | - Quality of service usage within CCE - Factors impacting Cisco Unified Intelligence Center bandwidth usage - Basic deployment models (single-site, multisite centralized, multisite distributed) - Network requirements for Unified ICM visible/private connections - Network requirements for Clustering over the WAN (CoW) - Test Other Side method in Unified ICM - Failure scenarios with geographically separated deployments - High-availability options of CCE components - Cisco Finesse failover scenarios |
500-440 (Cisco) Exam FAQs: What Candidates Ask Most
Cisco Designing Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise is an official Cisco exam, registered under the code 500-440. A passing score earns you the Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Specialist certification, positioned at the Specialist (Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Specialist) level. The credential also connects to Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Specialist, Other Cisco Contact Center Enterprise exams (e.g., 500-442, 500-444, 500-445), so it can anchor a broader certification path. Because Cisco designs its exams around real job tasks, holding this certification signals practical skill rather than memorized theory.
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Cisco Designing Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise is divided into 6 official domains. Among the headline areas are Design Considerations for Cisco Unified ICM, Cisco Finesse, Cisco Unified CVP, and Cisco Unified Intelligence Center (23%), Virtualization Environment for Contact Center Resources and CCE Components (11%), and Network Design Considerations for Cisco Unified CCE (19%). Scroll up to the exam topics section for the full breakdown, and use it as a checklist: any line you cannot confidently explain deserves another round of practice.
Cisco Designing Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Sample Questions:
Which three features does the SIP Proxy software provide when Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise, Cisco Unified Customer Voice Portal, and Cisco Unified SIP Proxy are used? (Choose three.)
- A. box-to-box redundancy
- B. demarcation point between networks
- C. load balancer for HTTP and SIP
- D. N+1 or N.N redundancy
- E. centralized dial plan
- F. integration with Cisco ISR using SM-SRE
Which type of MTP is supported with Cisco Unified Mobile Agent?
- A. MTP No Pass-Through
- B. MTP Pass-Around
- C. MTP Pass-Through
- D. MTP No Pass-Around
Refer to the exhibit.
In Cisco Finesse 10.0(x), when agents login into the desktop as a Mobile Agent, which number is used in the highlighted Extension field?
- A. agent ID
- B. the local CTI port dialed number
- C. agent PSTN number (accessible from CUCM/GW)
- D. the remote CTI port dialed number
- E. agent reservation script dialed number
Which four items are factors of bandwidth requirements for the visible network connection between the Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise Agent Peripheral Gateway and the call router? (Choose four.)
- A. number of concurrent real-time reports
- B. number of agents
- C. busy hour call attempts
- D. number of call and ECC variables
- E. number of call types
- F. percent of traffic requires Whisper Announcements
- G. percent of traffic with Courtesy Callback
- H. number of skill groups per agent
- I. percent of traffic requires Agent Greeting
Refer to the exhibit.
In a Cisco Finesse 10.0(x) deployment, in Supervisor Gadget under the Queue Statistics pane, which option describes what the Other column represents?
- A. number of agents assigned to the queue who are on internal consult calls
- B. number of calls handled by the agents associated with that queue
- C. number of agents assigned to the queue who are on inbound calls
- D. number of agents assigned to the other queues
- E. number of agents assigned to the queue who are on outbound calls
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