MCSE Network Essentials Test Guide

I initially read the Exam Prep book, ISBN 1576102378 by Ed Tittel and David Johnson to get a deep understanding of networking terminology, and then I used this book for test review. This methodology paid good dividends as I passed the test with a score of 900 (Passing was 776, and there were 30 questions). I found the content of this book much more current than Exam Prep's. I also liked the format based on the test objectives. This book also helped me understand other important topics such as WINS and DNS, which were barely skimmed on the Exam Prep book (and which appeared on the exam in more than one occasion) You will notice that the book is full of study questions and sample tests, which definitely are a plus for test review, although I honestly tell you that I skipped most of the fill-in-the-blanks, True-False type of questions. On the other hand, I literally memorized every multiple-choice from the sample tests in the book, and there were plenty. I recommend following the author's guidelines about using this book: Complete and review all the sample tests, including the final review, with the expected results (85% or more correct answers) and I assure you that it works. The exam was not even close to the final reviews from this or the Exam Prep book, but with the practice obtained, I was able to tackle the 70-058 with confidence. Get this book, it goes straight to the point, covers everything on the test and it is an excellent test review source.

I started reading this book about two weeks ago and the amount of information about networking is more than enough. It explains every term and networking situations thouroughly. I am studying NT workstations now and if i didn't read this book first i will be very confused with all the networking vocabulary and situations. I recommend this book to anyone who is pursuing an mscse certification. Read this book first and your mcse goal will be a breeze.

While it did have lots of exam simulated questions (which you NEED). This book did not TEACH the concepts very well. However, the questions on the actual test are in the form of "adaptive testing" (which means that the questions change depending on the responce of previous questions) and there is no way to simulate that. The BEST way to prepare, once you think you've learned the concepts, is to get questions asked. The toughest questions were those of the "scenario" based, not the ones that would ask you "how many netbios name characters are available for use for your naming scheme?"In addition to those they WILL ask you how to set up an optimum netbios naming scheme. This book covers both types of questions but to answer those scenarios questions the best thing to really understand those concepts and also to have some experience. To understand the concepts, I like the book from the QUE publishers called: "Networking essentials" and the author was Dan York. the microsoft book was pretty lame in explaination and had a LOT of errors in it. My advice: buy this book and buy the QUE book. The QUE books ISBN number is:780789711939. Yes the QUE book is expensive but you'll need it to learn the concepts. Use this book and the QUE book, study your brains out. Don't bother taking the certified courses (useless, save your money)and don't bother with the microsoft books, they will only confuse you with errors (my god they were awful).

This book had everything in it to help me pass the networking essential test the first time! I worked through the sample tests, which were alot harder then the actual exam. I then went in and took the test in 25 minutes, and received a 938. I would recommend this book to everyone who is thinking of trying to pass the test. With the price, you can't beat it!

Microsoft has all sorts of wrong information in their Networking Essentials study guide. If you want the correct infromation, and the same information the test uses, buy this book instead. I passed the test the first time. If I would have used the Microsoft book, I probably would have failed. The information is exactly what is needed to pass the test. The questions in this book helped me prepare without a problem for the real exam.