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Title: MCSD Architectures Exam Prep (Exam: 70-100) by Keith Morneau ISBN: 1-57610-413-3 Publisher: The Coriolis Group Pub. Date: 14 September, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.88 (8 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: MCSD wannabe in Louisville
Comment: DON'T BUY THIS BOOK FOR THE PRACTICE TESTS AND CD. You will be sorely disappointed. The CD-ROM fails on almost all it's promises. In my case, the practice tests didn't even work and the solutions to the hands-on projects were fragmented and disjointed.
Content wise, the book is a quick, simple introduction to the models but certainly won't give you enough of a basis for the test alone. You WILL need other preparation guides. You're better off buying the Microsoft Training Kit book.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good resource but inadiquite
Comment: Most books in the Exam Prep and Exam Cram series are excellent study resources. They are terse, condensed books that are usually well worth reading. They make excellent books to prepare for most Microsoft exams.
In general, I love the exam cram/prep books. They present the material in a no-nonsense, mater of fact way that covers the necessary topics with a minimum of extraneous information. This book, like the others reinforces the topics with review questions at the end of the chapters.
Unfortunately, the 70-100 exam isn't like any other exam. It is a test divided into several "testlets". While this book will prepare you well for the background/architecture questions that appear in two of the "testlets," it won't do much to prepare for the case-study-drag-and-drop testlets and scenario-based testlets.
This is a great study resource, but it is inadequate for the entire exam. As a result, I would recommend this book, download the transcender demo, and get your hands on a resource that focuses on ERD (entity relationship diagrams) and database fundamentals. The architecture exam is heavily database oriented.
Rating: 2
Summary: Won't Prep for the Exam
Comment: I've been studying for the MCSD; I'm currently 3/4 of the way there. Although I've used the Exam Cram series of books thus far (with great satisfaction), the Exam Prep - Architectures book doesn't provide a lot in the way of real preparation for the test.
This book demonstrates a lot of great skills to have but if you really want to pass the exam get the Transcender software and the Exam Cram book to fill in the gaps.
On another note: I agree with a fellow reviewer that there are A LOT of errors in books sample tests.
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Title: MCSD Architectures Exam Cram (Exam: 70-100) by Donald R. Brandt ISBN: 1576103781 Publisher: The Coriolis Group Pub. Date: 13 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solutions Architecture: MCSD Training Kit (exam 70-100) by Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 0735608547 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $69.99 |
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Title: MCSD in a Nutshell: The Visual Basic Exams (VBS Exams 70-175 and 70-176) by James MCSD Foxall ISBN: 1565927524 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Desktop Applications for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0: MCSD Training Kit for Exam 70-176 by Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Corporation ISBN: 073560620X Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 03 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $69.99 |
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Title: MCSD Analyzing Requirements: Exam 70-100 (MCSD Study Guides) by Inc. Syngress Media, Syngress Media Inc ISBN: 0072119551 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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