MCSA/MCSE Windows XP Professional Study Guide (70-270), 3rd Ed. |
|
|
|
| Title: | MCSA/MCSE Windows XP Professional Study Guide (70-270), 3rd Ed. |
| Author: | Lisa Donald
James Chellis |
| Publisher: | Sybex |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 07 February, 2005 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0782144128 / 9780782144123 |
| List Price: | $49.99 |
| You Save: | $18.50 |
| Amazon Price: | $31.49 |
|
This book is also available, brand-new, from 3rd-party marketplace sellers at Amazon.com, from $11.48.
|
The HTML code below can be pasted onto your web-site, your MySpace page, or blog - or any number of similar places - to create a link to this page:
If, instead of a text link, you'd like to create a link to this page which will display the book cover, if it's available, then the code below will do exactly that:
Check for the same book at these other US book sites:
• [ Abebooks ]
• [ Alibris ]
• [ Barnes & Noble ]
• [ Half.com ]
• [ Powells ]
… or check UK bookstores
|
Editorial Review / Publisher's Information:
Product Description
Sybex, winner of "Best Study Guides" in CertCities.com 2003 and 2002 Readers' Choice Awards, offers MCSA and MCSE candidates an updated edition of the top selling Study Guide to help prepare for exam #70-270. You'll find all new coverage of the features in the XP Service Pack 2 (aka "XP Reloaded"), which boasts increased security and enhanced wireless networking capabilities. With enhancements to the Real-World Scenarios, review questions, and bonus exams, this guide gives you the training and confidence you need to succeed. The accompanying CD includes an advanced testing engine with hundreds of sample exam questions, electronic flashcards for PC, Pocket PCs, and Palm handhelds, along with the entire book in PDF.
|
Other Items You May Enjoy:
Browse Books From These Related Subjects:
Customer Reviews:
• A Certification Preparation Must Have!
14 February, 2010
I highy recommend the Sybex series of certification books for getting the practice needed to prepare for certification exams. This series of books is ideal if accompanied with the QUE Exam cram books. The Exam Cram books will help you to learn only the theory that is needed to pass the exam. I use the Sybex books first to get all the hands on experience, use that knowledge at work and then use the exam cram books in the final preparation for the exam. After the exam the Sybex books are also great as a reference if you forget how to configure something etc.
- Amazon Customer Review
• This Book Doesn't Cover Several Areas On Actual Test!!!!!
01 April, 2008
I just took the 70-270 exam today and failed with a 609 of a 700 needed to pass. I have used several other Sybex books in the past and have passed many compTIA tests with them. When I took this microsoft test today, I was just blown away at how many questions weren't even covered by this book!!! I remebered several questions that I struggled with on the exam and as soon as I got back to my car after taking it I was going through those sections in the book and found that it didn't cover many areas of questions that I had run into on the exam.
I do think this book has a lot of good material in it though, but perhaps it is no longer up to date with what Microsoft is doing on their current versions of this test. Make no mistake this is no easy test, I found the actual test questions to be much, much more difficult than anything I ran into on the test engine that came with this book. I read this book and studied very hard for this exam and I did practice exams from exam cram and this book consistantly hitting in the 80-90% range. I know that if you see the same questions too many times you end up memorizing the answers, but I only went through the range of questions in this book 3 times and consistanty hit what I thought was a good score, but when I took the actual exam it was like a completely different format and topics that were not covered by this book.
I would not reccommend buying this product, Sybex has helped me with several other certifications, but I think this book alone is a very poor way to prepare for this exam and you will fail.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Passed!
19 July, 2009
Passed the test! Using just this book, I got a 745 (need 700). The test is kinda hard, but the book covers it good.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Very Thurough, On Target With The Real Exam
15 April, 2009
I used this book along with the Exam Cram book to study for the 70-270 exam. I think this book was certainly more detailed, and had better questions. The questions where right on target with the real exam questions. If you where to use any single book to prepare for the exam, I'd go with this one. But it will certainly help if you pick up a second book to get more practice questions to study with. Good luck and make sure you study hard!
- Amazon Customer Review
• Very Informative, But Not Nearly Adequate To Pass The 70-270 Exam.
29 May, 2008
This book is structured almost perfectly, all of the information is very easy to find and I've learned a lot. Despite a couple of errors on the chapter review tests, the book is flawless and I would recommend it to anyone.
I've been working in a Windows XP environment for over 5 years now and this book still taught me a great deal.
However, this book doesn't adequately prepare you for the MCP 70-270 exam, at least not now. The 3rd edition was published sometime in 2003. We are now in 2008 and the test has noticeably changed as the study material provided in this book and from other sources doesn't directly correspond with the actual test content.
I spent over 2 months reading this text from cover to cover, and took the MCP 70-270 exam 05/23/08 and scored 519 out of a passing score of 700. Went back to this book immediately after the test, and confirmed that it just didn't cover certain things thoroughly enough.
I currently have a Network+, A+, and an Associates degree so far so I'm not completely stupid!! :)
Bottom line: this book is informative, but it only covers the many aspects of Windows XP Professional to a certain depth, the MCP 70-270 exam is incredibly in-depth and you will need more study material than just this book. Don't throw away $125.00 on the test voucher like me--make sure you're prepared!!
- Amazon Customer Review
|
