BCMSN Authorized Self-Study VS Official Exam Cert Guide

Grigsby

Hey I was wondering, for anyone who recently passed the 642-812, is reading the Authorized Self-Study Guide required to pass this exam? I just finished reading the Official Exam Certification Guide, and then bought the Self-Study which goes into much more depth. It even has topics in there that is plainly says that are not on the exam.

Don't get me wrong, I love to learn about all this material, but is the Self-Study a required read? It's only 800 + pages

mwgood

I passed the BCMSN in the last few weeks - mostly due to the official Cisco curriculum. The Exam Cert Guide is good, but I think it would be difficult to pass with just that material alone. I found the official curriculum to cover exam topics more comprehensively.

I'm not familiar with the BCMSN self-study guide, but I recommend going beyond the Exam Cert Guide if possible.

Best bet is the Cisco curriculum for the course, IMO.

Grigsby

Are you referring to the material for the Cisco Networking Academy? Or what is the title of the material you talking about.

Grigsby

I assume that's what it was. I will try it out. I used the Authoized Self Study guide for the BSCI. It was a hard one to get through, and I felt like it was rather obtuse.

mwgood

I wish I could tell you if it is the same as the curriculum created for the Cisco Networking Academy.

I'm not certain, but I would guess they would be the same.

Any Cisco learning partner would use this material to teach the course.

APA

The two books are designed to complement each other...

Self-study should be read first gain the fundamental knowledge.... Exam-cert guide helps get into the exam mindset..

I would love it if Cisco came up with self study books for all their exams as I think they a invaluable....... they provide awesome amount of theory to take in but it's all worthwhile in the end