Am I Ready for 350-801 CLCOR? Exam Readiness Checklist (2026)
Tick what you can do today, without notes. The board scores you against the Cisco outline and says GO, HOLD or NO-GO before you spend US$400 on a booking.
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CLCOR is the core exam for CCNP Collaboration and the qualifying exam for the CCIE Collaboration lab, and a pass on its own earns the Cisco Certified Specialist - Collaboration Core certification. It suits engineers who build and fix voice and video: Unified CM dial plans, Unity Connection, CUBE and voice gateways, SIP, QoS and, since v2.0, Webex Calling in Control Hub.
Version 2.0 replaced v1.1 on 3 February 2026 and shifted the balance: On-Premises Call Control is now 30% and Cloud and Hybrid Services 25%, so over half the exam is call routing in two different systems. Ready means you can build and trace a call through both, and read SIP and dial-peer output under time pressure, because Cisco exams can include lab-style items. Cisco does not publish an item count or a passing score, so this checklist is weighted by the official domain percentages instead.
How to use this checklist
Tick only what you can do today, without notes. Each tick is weighted by its domain's share of the official outline, so the score follows the exam, not the number of boxes. A heavy domain (15%+ of the weight) at NO-GO holds the verdict even when the total looks fine. Your ticks are saved in this browser only.
The 350-801 CLCOR readiness checklist
23 items across 6 domains, each one a thing the exam expects you to do rather than recognise.
Your go / no-go board
One lamp per domain, one verdict overall. Amber and red rows are your study plan for the next week or two.
Check your ticks under exam conditions
A tick is a claim; a timed set of questions is the evidence. ExamCert AI has 500+ exam-style 350-801 CLCOR questions with an explanation for every option. Do a mixed set and see whether the domains you ticked hold up.
Practise on ExamCert AIFree 350-801 CLCOR practice testRed flags: don't book yet if...
Any one of these on the 350-801 CLCOR is a better predictor of a fail than a low tick count.
Your material lists Call Control at 25% or a Collaboration Applications domain
That is the v1.1 blueprint, which could not be booked after 2 February 2026. Version 2.0 has six renamed domains, drops H.323 dial peers and Skinny and Jabber endpoint deployment, and adds a 25% domain built around Webex Calling.
Fix:Check every resource against the official v2.0 exam topics PDF. Keep v1.1 material only for the Unified CM dial plan, CUBE, SIP and QoS objectives that carried over.
You have never configured Webex Calling in Control Hub
Cloud and Hybrid Services is a quarter of the exam, with configure objectives for locations, numbers, trunks, route groups, dial plans, call permissions and user sync. Reading about it does not prepare you for scenario items.
Fix:Get Control Hub admin access through your employer, a partner demo organisation or Cisco dCloud, and provision one location with numbers, a trunk, a route group and a dial plan end to end.
You solve digit manipulation by trial and error
On-Premises Call Control is the heaviest domain at 30%, and much of it is transformations, translation patterns, partitions and calling search spaces. Questions show a configuration and ask what the called number becomes or which pattern wins.
Fix:For ten sample calls, write the dialled digits, the matching pattern and the final calling and called numbers on paper, then check each one with Dialed Number Analyzer.
Dial-peer matching on CUBE is a guess
Troubleshooting IOS XE dial plans is an explicit objective: which inbound peer a call lands on, which outbound peer it leaves on, and what translation rules and SIP profiles do to it. Wrong-peer faults are the classic CUBE failure.
Fix:Place test calls through a lab CUBE, read the matched peers in the active call output and the SIP debug, and change one dial-peer attribute at a time until you can predict the match.
Every media problem gets blamed on the network
Media and QoS asks you to tell one-way audio (usually NAT, routing or a firewall) apart from choppy audio (loss, jitter, queuing) and video artefacts, and to configure LLQ. A generic answer will not pick the right option.
Fix:Reproduce one-way audio in the lab with a blocked RTP path and choppy audio with a policer, then fix both from the call statistics and the queue counters.
The numbers that say you're ready
Rules of thumb, not official thresholds: Cisco does not publish a readiness score. Hit all four before you pay for a booking.
A rule of thumb, not a Cisco figure: Cisco publishes no pass mark. The sets must be written for v2.0, and scoring well on questions you have never seen shows understanding rather than memory.
A rule of thumb. Cisco exams do not let you return to earlier items, so you have to commit to each answer and still leave room for any lab-style items.
A rule of thumb. Building the same site's numbering, routing and call permissions in both systems, without a guide, covers more than half the exam's weight.
A rule of thumb. If you can walk a colleague through the dial peers, the SDP negotiation, DTMF method and the QoS marking of a single call, protocol and media questions stop being guesswork.
Booking and ID checklist
The logistics that trip people up are specific to the 350-801 CLCOR and its delivery provider. Work through them in order.
Set up your Cisco and Pearson VUE profiles
Sign in to Pearson VUE through Cisco's testing program and make sure the name on the profile matches your ID exactly. Keep your Cisco candidate ID (CSCO number) so the result lands on your certification record.
Book 350-801 v2.0
Pick a Pearson VUE test centre or OnVUE online proctoring. CLCOR is offered in English only and lasts 120 minutes; confirm the booking screen shows the v2.0 exam title.
Pay US$400 or redeem a voucher
Pay by card, with Cisco Learning Credits, or with a voucher bought from Pearson VUE or an authorised source. Cisco does not compensate candidates for fraudulent or unauthorised vouchers.
Run the Pearson VUE system test
Use the same computer and network you will test on: Windows 10 or macOS 14 or later, one monitor, webcam, microphone and speaker, no VPN or corporate network, and at least 6 Mbps down and 2 Mbps up.
Check your identification
At a test centre Cisco wants two IDs, one a government-issued photo ID, both signed. OnVUE needs one valid, unexpired government photo ID whose name matches the booking exactly.
Note the reschedule deadline
Your Pearson VUE confirmation states the last point at which you can reschedule or cancel. Changes after it, or a no-show, forfeit the fee, so put the date in your calendar.
Plan the retake properly
Cisco requires a five-calendar-day wait, counted from the day after the attempt, before you resit 350-801. Use the section breakdown on your score report to pick the domains to rebuild first.
Exam-week countdown: T-7 to T-0
Sit your last full timed v2.0 mock under exam conditions: 120 minutes, no notes, no going back. Note your two weakest domains and spend the week labbing only those. Confirm the appointment time and time zone in Pearson VUE.
Trace five calls end to end, three through Unified CM and CUBE and two through Webex Calling, and explain every digit change. Stop opening new topics. If you are testing on OnVUE, rerun the system test on the exam machine and network.
Light review only: the Unified CM call routing order, dial-peer matching, DTMF methods, the Webex Calling routing order and LLQ syntax. Lay out your IDs, clear the desk and room if testing at home, and sleep properly.
Start OnVUE check-in 30 minutes early, or arrive early at the test centre with both IDs. Read the tutorial screens, answer every item before you move on, and keep time in reserve for any simulation items.
Test-day rules
✓ Allowed / expected
- Two IDs at a test centre (one government-issued photo ID, both signed); one valid government photo ID on OnVUE
- The note board the test centre issues, or the built-in digital whiteboard on OnVUE
- A drink in an unmarked container on your OnVUE desk
- Comfort aids and accommodations approved by Pearson VUE before exam day
✕ Not allowed
- Phones, watches, notes, laptops or anything else taken into or out of the exam room
- Paper, pens or a physical whiteboard during an OnVUE exam
- A second monitor, a virtual machine, a VPN or a corporate network on OnVUE
- Leaving the webcam view, reading aloud, or anyone else in the room during OnVUE
- Discussing or sharing exam content afterwards, which Cisco's confidentiality agreement forbids
After you pass
Result on screen
You get a preliminary score report with a per-section breakdown as soon as you finish. Cisco can revise a score after testing if misconduct or a scoring error comes to light, and employers verify results online rather than from the printout.
Specialist badge and the CCNP path
A pass earns Cisco Certified Specialist - Collaboration Core, with a digital badge you claim from a Credly email. Add one CCNP Collaboration concentration exam to complete CCNP Collaboration, or use 350-801 to qualify for the CCIE Collaboration lab.
Three-year clock
The certification stays active for three years. Recertify with Continuing Education credits (40 for a Specialist, 80 for CCNP), by passing qualifying exams again, or by moving up a level before it lapses.
The 350-801 CLCOR at a glance
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Time | 120 minutes |
| Fee | US$400, or Cisco Learning Credits |
| Delivery | Pearson VUE test centre or OnVUE online proctoring; English only |
| Retakes | After a fail, wait 5 calendar days (counted from the day after); after a pass, 180 days before the same exam number |
| Results | Preliminary score report with a per-section breakdown when you finish; official results are verified online through Cisco |
| Validity and renewal | 3 years; renew with CE credits (40 for Specialist, 80 for CCNP), by retaking qualifying exams or by moving up a level |
Turn the amber rows green
Work 350-801 CLCOR questions by domain, starting with whatever the board marked HOLD or NO-GO, then tick again.
Practise on ExamCert AIFree 350-801 CLCOR practice testFAQ
Is the v1.1 CLCOR blueprint still valid?
No. Cisco moved 350-801 to v2.0 on 3 February 2026, and the last day to test on v1.1 was 2 February 2026. The v2.0 blueprint has six renamed domains, puts On-Premises Call Control at 30% and adds a 25% Cloud and Hybrid Services domain built around Webex Calling. Guides that still show a Collaboration Applications domain describe the old exam.
How many questions are on 350-801 and what is the pass mark?
Cisco does not publish an item count or a passing score for 350-801. It states only that the exam lasts 120 minutes, and it sets cut scores statistically and can change them. Ignore study sources that quote a fixed number of questions or a target score, and use the official v2.0 domain weights to judge where the marks are.
Do I need a Unified CM lab to pass CLCOR?
For the on-premises half, practically yes. Dial plans, transformations, calling search spaces, Unity Connection and CUBE dial peers are far easier to reason about once you have built and traced them yourself. Unified CM software normally needs a Cisco service contract to download, so many candidates use an employer or partner lab or Cisco dCloud, plus Control Hub for the cloud quarter.
Are H.323 and Jabber still on the CLCOR exam?
The v2.0 topics exclude them where they used to appear. Endpoint deployment covers on-premises and cloud devices with no Skinny and no Jabber, and voice gateway dial peers exclude H.323. SIP is the protocol to know in depth, including SDP for audio and video, DTMF relay with RFC 2833/4733, and hold, resume and transfer flows.
Can I take the CLCOR exam online?
Yes. Cisco written exams, including 350-801, can be taken through Pearson VUE OnVUE online proctoring in most countries, or at a Pearson VUE test centre. OnVUE needs a private room, a clear desk, one monitor, a working webcam and microphone, and a passed system test on the same device and network. CLCOR is offered in English only.
Sources
Figures on this page come from Cisco and the other primary sources below:
- Cisco: 350-801 CLCOR exam topics v2.0 (PDF)
- Cisco: 350-801 CLCOR exam page
- Cisco: certification and exam policies
- Cisco: recertification policy
- Cisco: digital badges
- Pearson VUE: OnVUE online testing for Cisco
Checked October 14, 2026. Fees, outlines and eligibility rules change — confirm with Cisco before you book.