Passed 70-271

marie2006

I used MS Press Materials - I bought both books that also have CDs - 180 day trial versions of MS Office and WinXP Professional, as well as the encyclopedias of networking and security.

I did not utilize any other materials (exam cram, ****, etc) because these tools are nothing more than cheating tools that one can use to regurgitate but not LEARN the material.

I scored 861. Will be taking exam 70-272 in the next couple of weeks.

I highly recommend MS Press tools.

Ricka182

congrats!

jescab

CONGRATZ dude.........

marie2006

Thanks - one down, one to go.

LukeQuake

Whats wrong with exam cram? :S

marie2006

I used it to study for my A+ exams and found that most of the material I studied for both sections was not relevant to the exam at all.

Just my personal experience - then again, I also had quite a few folks swear by ****, claiming the questions were "word for word" to the exam.

I browsed a copy of it online the day before my exam, looking at perhaps 30 questions - good thing I did not use it because I can't recall a single one of the questions being mentioned on the exam I took.

The MS Press tools prepared me more.......and they cost a lot LESS than exam cram or the others out there when you look at what you're paying for. I paid $50 each for the MS Press books, which includes the CD that contains the Encyclopedia of Networking, Encyclopedia of Security, another PDF copy of the book itself, and practice exams of 146 questions you can do in certification mode or study mode.

LukeQuake

Fair play, advise taken. Thanks

days

Good on ya mate!!

marie2006

This forum is a great way to find the best (and not so best) study materials and strategies to focus on for passing your exams. My second exam is scheduled for the 5th of April so I'll keep ya updated.

Opi

exam cram aint cheating

petedude

Opi wrote:

exam cram aint cheating

Don't know if Opi was jesting, or just trying to fire off a quick retort. . .

I haven't seen the new Exam Cram books, but when Coriolis ran that show, the books seemed to be geared towards teaching the material, although in a highly abbreviated fashion.

My guess would be that originally Coriolis intended them to be last minute cram books for late studiers, then found out that people would actually LIKE small/cheap/portable study books.

The Exam Prep series as opposed to the ("Cram" series) was more comprehensive. I used one of those to study for the Linux+ exam, and it was really helpful.

certificationjourney [ban

Exam Cram is legit. Get your facts right.

marie2006

When I first laid hands on exam cram it was a regurgitation tool; it has changed to become a very good and abbreviated tool. I stand corrected. But still prefer to use MS tools because of the vendor-geared detail that allows full understanding of the concepts you'll be tested on.

PremierCisco

Well done on the exam keep it up.

Lets see the same for 70-272.

Regards

Eamonn

ynaji

Congrats