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Title: Server+ Exam Prep (Exam: SK0-001) by Drew Bird, Mike Harwood ISBN: 1-58880-038-5 Publisher: The Coriolis Group Pub. Date: 15 August, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.13 (23 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Good Reference, Really BAD study guide
Comment: As a reference book, I'd give this book 4 stars. The information contained therein is good with only a few errors (the picture of the SCSI adapter on page 126 is upside down guys).
However, as a study guide I'd only give this book one star. The end of chapter questions are lame. The sample test is lame.
The biggest problem however is that the Server+ exam objectives are listed only on the inside front cover and in appendix B. To find information on a single exam objectives, you might have to read up to 7 chapters. There is not even an electronic copy of the book on the CD-ROM which comes with the book. An electronic copy of the book would at least make finding information on a particular topic easier (search). In fact the CD-ROM only has a little over 2MB of information (sample test) on it. The contents would easily fit on two floppy diskettes.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Good Resource
Comment: This text does an excellent job covering the topics included in the exam. Many of the end-of-chapter practice questions were nearly identical to the (pre-adaptive) exam. Also, the structure of all the practice questions are identical to the exam. I also liked how the text regularly alerted the reader to test related distinctions.
On the down side, it contains a number of mistyped text and technical nomenclature. For example, MB appears in a few places when GB was clearly intended based upon the surrounding context. The frequency of such typos left me worrying about other unrecognized mistakes I could not contextually infer. Better editing is needed. Unfortunately, the Coriolis web site refused my connection when I attempted to check for corrections and addendums to the text.
Nevertheless, I learned a great deal from the text and am quite pleased overall. Unlike that ruinous study guide by Stephen Bigelow, this text is worth of its title as an exam study guide.
Rating: 5
Summary: Generally impressed
Comment: Having taken over 14 certification exams I can say that I have never seen one as odd as the Server+. Fortunately I passed and for that I was grateful. I really didnt want to take it again.
I was impressed with the Server+ Exam Prep and felt that it prepared me very well for the test. The content is spot on and I agree with the Amazon review that it is written by a couple of knowledgable techs. The casual style works well and the occassional joke reminds you that you can have laugh about certian aspects of IT at the same time as taking it seriously.
One last observation that has nothing to do with the book - Why do CompTIA have to charge so much for the exams? $190 for an exam from a not-for-profit organization seems steep. Just my 2 cents.
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Title: Server+ Certification Bible by Trevor Kay ISBN: 0764548093 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Network+ Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram N10-002) by Mike Harwood, Ed Tittel ISBN: 0789728656 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 22 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Security+ Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram SYO-101) by Kirk Hausman, Diane Barrett, Martin Weiss, Ed Tittel ISBN: 0789729105 Publisher: Que Pub. Date: 10 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Server+ Certification Study Guide by Tim Green, Syngress Media Inc, Duncan Anderson ISBN: 0072190345 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 27 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Server+ Exam Cram by Deborah Haralson, Jeff Haralson, Diana Bartley ISBN: 1588801063 Publisher: The Coriolis Group Pub. Date: 17 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $34.99 |
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