absolute minimums...

absolute minimums for commands are good things to know and certainly testable... with that, also understand that absolute minimums for commands are fairly useless in a working environment... take the vlan command...  to make a vlan the ONLY requirement is vlan and number, and that is it... however it is useless without port memberships and more meaningful with a name assigned to it... like telnet without login and password, telnet is much more effective (and it is a good habit to get into) with password and login routinely configured along with it...


dls1(config)#vlan 100
dls1(config-vlan)#end
dls1#

get into good cofiguration habits as this will increase your speed in a pressured environment, ie, a test, a production network...  also understand the minimum requirements of commands and know why you should go farther with them...