Core Exams

Read some of the other reviews here and yes - this text has got quite a few errors in it.That's inevitable in a book this size.Most importantly, the subject matter is covered well and enough questions are given to make your memory work - or at least that's the way questions help me in my study efforts.I bought the New Riders books before and there's nothing in them, (well very little), which isn't here.Worse still when I first started my MCSE 'endeavour', I paid £1500+ for a course by a certain large education company which came nowhere near the usability and quality of this book.If this sounds like I'm a fan - then YES I AM.My only regret is spending money on other study aids - because they weren't necessary.Congratulations QUE - you have a winner - but you need to spend a bit more time proof reading in the future. Keep it up.Mark Hodgkinson - MCP - CNA

Agreed, this book does have a few grammatical as well as technical mistakes, but this should not put you off. As a testament to the brilliance of this books content and structure, I used this book to revise for a week, and passed the MCP NT Server AND Workstation within a day of each other!! I CANNOT cram!! Even if my life depended on it!! As accurately suggested by some other reviewers, you should not see this book as a one stop solution to exam success, what it is designed for is to consolidate and clearify the subject matter. It has the uncanny ability to highlight your weaknesses, but then offers you a seamless process of correction that cannot be beaten!!I gave it 4 stars ONLY because of the glaring sloppiness in the execution of the grammar and the more serious technical errors, but I believe Jay Adamson etal will prevail!!

This book doesn't just squeeze everything into one thick pile, it actually divides into 4 sections for every exam. Each section covers all the subjects you need to know for a particular exam. Although I must admit that there're some obvious errors in some of the questions and it also lacks of detailed illustrations. For passing exams, this might be the only book you need.

I have purchased various exam prep books and this was the most comprehensive.The 500 questions for the Server test were most educational and the 2 sample tests are a great review.I marked the questions I had difficulty with and thoroughly reviewed these before taking the exam.Of course you do need a text to accompany it so you can understand the concepts,but this book does prepare you very well for the exam.

I am an MCSE (NT 4.0 - SQL Server 6.5 track). I have 2.5 years of experience not only with NT but with most of the Back Office Suite. Until recently, I was also a Webmaster. I believe this gives me some authority to give some high marks to the book. Yes, some of the questions were miserably phrased, some of the answers had either no relationship to the question asked or were flat out wrong - but we are talking about 1% of the instances. I believe, if you know your subject - this book is a great tool for making sure that you know what you are supposed to know in order to either pass the technical interviews or be successful on the job. The catch is - you have to know the subject before you read the book, and you have to test EVERYTHING you are being taught, and that you are not familiar with.