Best book for BSCI?

What is the best book to study for the BSCI, I have heard that the cisco CCNP self study is not all that great. What would you guys recommend for a solid foundation on this exam, thx.

Find more posts tagged with

Save $250 on 2025 certification boot camps from Infosec!

Book now with code EOY2025

Button

Comments

pizzafart

I'm pretty deep into studying for the BSCI and so far have been using the Catherine Paquet / Diane Teare Self-Study 2nd Ed. almost exclusively. It's pretty well written and pretty huge (almost 1000 pages). I'll definitely use another book before taking the test but man I can't imagine not having read this.

just my 2c
I haven't actually taken the exam yet so take that into account...

milliamp

I am in the same boat you are, I still have not decided.

From what I have read the most pupular choices are: "CCNP: BSCI Study Guide" (Carl Timm/Sybex) and CCNP Self-Study (Catherine Paquet/Cisco press)

The amazon reviews for those 2 books also seem a little better than some of the others.

mwgood

I just downloaded a version of Michael J Shannon's Exam Cram 2 BSCI.

I find it very readable and quite informative.

mikej412

When I considered studying for the CCNP I checked out the books available and read the reviews on Amazon. A lot of the time the reviewers agreed with each other and they seemed to be correct. Othertimes a few of the reviewers were idiots. The best advise I got from the reviews -- don't just rely on one book.

I used the Cisco Press books -- the Self-Study books, the Exam Certification Guides (which includes Self-Study in the title to confuse people) and the Practical Studies books for the hands on work. I also used the CCNP Flash Cards and Practice Exams. I don't think CIT had a self-study book of it own -- use the other 3 self-study books and any section with the word troubleshooting in it.

Sybex CCNP Complete Study Guide (2005) was my non-Cisco Press book.

I forget now which Cisco Press book was really bad, but that's when I went to the Sybex book a lot. I'd also use the Sybex book when I wanted to review something and wanted to come at it from a fresh angle.