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Title: i -Net+ Study Guide by David Groth, Dorothy McGee ISBN: 0-7821-4028-9 Publisher: Sybex Inc Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.31 (26 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: I Net+ 2nd Edition Review
Comment: I recently wrote the I Net+ Exam (New edition) I only used the I Net+ Study Guide by David Groth and Dorthy Mcgee, as my learning material.The book covers about 80% of what is in the new exam, but there is a lot that is left out, If you have no industry experience in this area, I think you may find that this book will not be enough for you to pass the exam.I scored 90% in the exam, but have been working in this area for a few years.
I reccomend this book to anyone wanting to write this exam, but if you are just starting out in this field you will need to supplement it with some other material, otherwise you will have difficulty passing.
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Resource
Comment: I read several reviews about this book prior to purchasing it and some gave it mediocre scores. My perception is that it excelled in preparing me for the exam which I passed with ease. Another excellent resource is www.mcmcse.com
Rating: 1
Summary: Pay more to get less
Comment: I passed my certification exam about an hour ago with a score of 768/900 (655 required to pass). I'm not an IT professional; I was mostly interested in learning more about the Internet and showing it on a resume. Passing this test for me was more attributable to the study guide available at the link mentioned in glitteringolga's review (thank you very much for that by the way) and to looking up topics on my own.
This book is just not worth your time. The organization is poor, the writing is disjointed and confusing (check out the horrible descriptions of X.25 and Frame Relay for concrete examples), the errors are numerous and most definitely NOT adequately addressed in the errata on Sybex's website, and priorities of what to give the most space to are totally askew. You will be given multiple graphics and very long, step by step processes about how to click on the "File" button on Netscape Navigator, while more esoteric topics are given express treatment, and in most cases do not contain concrete examples or detailed explanations.
The review questions both in the book and on the CD are not helpful. They also are poorly worded (one question referred to adding a cache to my network as if it were a singular piece of hardware) and do not approximate much of what I saw on the exam today. If you want to take a practice exam, try the one on MCMCSE's website (same site that has the study guide). It's for the older exam version, but after taking it I would have to say it was more useful than the questions from this book and CD.
Throughout the book I noticed oodles of basic punctuation and spelling errors that a high school freshman would have been able to pick out. I guess it's not so surprising that nobody proofread the text when even the content wasn't checked for errors.
If you want to prepare for the i-Net+ exam, I would recommend using the study guide at MCMCSE, taking their practice test, and searching the web for anything listed in Comptia's exam objectives that needs clarification. I really can't recommend this book to anyone, even people who really prefer to have a textbook for reference. I am one of those people, and I was really disappointed.
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Title: Server+ Study Guide by Brad Hryhoruk, Diana Bartley, Quentin Docter ISBN: 0782140874 Publisher: Sybex Inc Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: I-Net+ Exam Cram (Exam: 1KO-001) by Emmett A. Dulaney, Martin Weiss ISBN: 157610673X Publisher: Coriolis Group Books Pub. Date: 25 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: i-Net+ Certification Study System by Joseph J. Byrne ISBN: 0764546554 Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 23 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Network+ Study Guide (3rd Edition) by David Groth ISBN: 0782140149 Publisher: Sybex Inc Pub. Date: 10 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Security+ Study Guide by Michael Pastore ISBN: 078214098X Publisher: Sybex Inc Pub. Date: 21 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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