From: Anthony Sequeira (terry.francona@gmail.com)
Date: Mon May 23 2005 - 10:10:38 GMT-3
HI John!
I co-authored that book and can speak to its quality.
First of all - I do believe it is the only book on the market that
covers the LATEST exam blueprint. This would include topics like
wireless and not include topics like Token Ring. So I am afraid that
your choices are quite limited.
Now - here is how a couple of friends recently used this book to help
that pass on the first attempt. They started with the Study Sheets in
the book! They actually tore them out for easier transport and went
through them numerous times. I believe that a vast majority of all
actual exam questions can be answered from the very thorough study
sheets that we created.
Next - they raced through the Flash Cards - they found most were very
easy to answer after studying the Study Sheets.
Finally, they went through all questions on the CD-ROM. Please keep in
mind that the questions on the CD-ROM are multiple choice-based
without much length or exhibits. In the actual exam - you will have
much longer questions with exhibits. Our CD-ROM questions had to be
short without exhibits due to limitations in the technology
unfortunately. What we tried to do was quiz you on the facts that you
will need to know for tougher questions - for example - we grill you
on the order that BGP selects the best route - just in case you face a
scenario question about BGP that would force you to know that order!
The only negative these friends told me about the book - it did not go
in to enough detail on Access Lists. So I would warn you that our
security section might be a bit weak. Supplement it with the Online
Documentation at Cisco.com.
Best of luck - and I hope you enjoy the book. I would love your
feedback after you see the exam - I am guessing we will write a second
edition.
On 5/22/05, johnsheahan@charter.net <johnsheahan@charter.net> wrote:
> I have to pass the written again before I can retake my lab. I bought the
> Cisco Press "CCIE Self-Study Routing and Switching Flash Cards and Exam
> Practice Pack" and was wondering if that would be a good resource for the
> written or if anyone could recommend something better?
>
> thanks
>
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