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CCNP CIT Exam Certification Guide (CCNP Self-Study, 642-831), Second Edition
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Author: Amir Ranjbar
List Price: $49.95
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ISBN: 1587200813
Publisher: Cisco Press (05 November, 2003)
Edition: Hardcover
Sales Rank: 18,246
Average Customer Rating: 4.19 out of 5
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Customer ReviewsRating: 1 out of 5
Previous reviews are not for THIS book!!
How can this book get such high reviews (from years 2001 and 2002) when it was published in November 2003? People are saying it is a good book for the 640-60x series exam! Wasn't this book written for the 642-831 exam? If the 642-831 exam covers troubleshooting for frame-relay, ISDN, switching, and routing, then this is NOT the book to buy to prepare for the exam because it doesn't describe how to troubleshoot these technologies!
Rating: 1 out of 5
Look somewhere else
This book is lacking in technical instruction. I depended on this book and failed the test.
Rating: 1 out of 5
Not good preparation for the exam
I am a CCNP as well as a Cisco Academy Instructor. I've taken 7 Cisco tests and this is the worst preparation book I've encountered so far. My gripes with this book are:(1)After properly studying this book you CAN NOT walk in to the exam with the absolute confidence that you will pass. You may pass, you may not. In my opinion this is unacceptable for an "Exam Certification Guide". (2) Several items on the exam were not covered even briefly in the book. Aka, you will be blindsided by topics on the exam that the book doesn't mention. (3) The included quiz CD-ROM has several defective questions. ie. the answer that is right in the book is wrong on the CD-ROM, the question asks you to view exhibit 1 where there isn't any, etc... Did no one at Cisco Press proofread each question at least once before finalizing the CD? (4) The quiz CD-ROM supposedly contains 225 unique questions. In taking the 50 question practice exam 10+ times, I encountered only about 100 unique questions. It seems the same questions get asked again and again, making your answers more reflex than knowledge. (5) The questions in the book and on the CD-ROM are much much simpler than those on the exam. They don't provide any indicator at all of if you are ready for the exam. Please note that most of the reviews here contain the disclaimer, "This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title". The Exams and books do change drastically between versions, not always for the better.
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