Customer Reviews

CCA Citrix Metaframe: Citrix Metaframe XP 1.0 Administration

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I just sat for this exam -- my 28th IT exam, and the second one I prepped for with a sybex book (the other being CCDA). Having seen past reviews, I decided to keep track of the amount of questions on my test that weren't covered in the book at all. There were nine, on a 40 question exam. In my opinion, that's pretty bad. Luckily I had run through a number of boson practice exams that covered the missing information. A number of practice questions on the CD focus around 'What tab will you find this on..' and interface navigation. This is silly, and I was pleased to not find these types of questions on the real exam. However, this only serves to lower my opinion of the CD. I'd probably try and find a different resource for this exam. Actually, I *did* try to, but this was a weekend project and I couldn't find anything else in stock.

Believe me, I read the book, I remember every detail in it. It's incomplete. Anyone who could give this book 5 stars is not well exposed to good IT documentation or certification efforts.

The book is focused exactly on the criteria Citrix has identified as test material. I found it easy to read, concise and well documented. The materials they provide with the book are excellent. If you are studying for this test, this is THE book to buy. My thanks to the Authors for helping me pass my exam. Of note... I emailed several questions to the authors and received same day responses and explanations.

I've used a number of this Series of Books to pass my MCSE tests and CCNA, but this book just didn't cut it. I estimate that it was missing 30 percent of the questions asked on the test. I don't expect the book to cover everything possible for the test, but 70% of the information was completely unacceptable.

I am not sure if the previous reviewer actually took the time to read the book, but I personally found it to be an excellent resource for studying for the exam. Obviously, if you strive to continually hone your Citrix skills, you must refer to additional sources. However, if your goal is to pass the exam, then I highly recommend using this resource as your primary guide to getting certified....I did.

I purchased this book after reading the reviews and dismissed the review below ripping on the book.

After taking the exam I found that only 30% of the exam was covered in this book. After taking the exam I looked up about a dozen questions from the exam, I also used the CD so I could search it quickly and accurately. I found squat. All dozen or so questions/answers that I could remember were not even covered in the book.

Pass on this one....

Eric
MCSE, MCP+I, CCNA, CNA5, CNA3, A+, I-NET+, Network+, more hardware certs than you can shake a stick at...

I totally share my thoughts with the previous critics. I also miss the exam for 1 question.
The test is quite bad, as on a few questions, I was wondering if I was taking the right test...
This book is not a "cram" book. To my knowledge, there is no such thing out there for now...
If you take the test, be ready to apply your pure logic and deduction to it. The book will not give you the answers.

This is a great book for self study for the Citrix XP CCA exam.
It was nice to finally find some study material that was relavent.
It is detailed enough to help towards the CCEA exams as well.
The best option available ouside a Citrix course.

After taking the test I of course failed. To make matters worse I missed it by 1 question. The pratice resources that come with the book [disappoint]. If you try to use any of the test etc you will not learn the first thing. The book is a good resource for learing but the test [was disappointing] beyond reality

This was a great resource for passing my exam. I read the book in a weeks time, and studied the exam questions off the CDROM for the next week. Then took my exam and passed. This book is extremely easy to read, and understand. The test questions are excellent. I would highly reccomend to anyone pursuing thier CCA. One word of advice, study up on the command line utilities, this book gives you all of them, but the practice exams don't give you enough questions involving commands at the dos prompt. Good luck !!

This book is well formatted, has plenty of useful information to keep you interested, and is a good source for Administrators to reference to help them through Citrix XP installs and troubleshooting. What it DOES NOT do is prepare you for the test.

I have a good amount of experience with Citrix, enough to prompt me to take the test. This book with out question is not in parallel to what the test throws at you. If you read this book to prepare for the test, make sure you also read another book!!

I would start with reading the PDF file that Citrix has on the download site for Citrix admin's then go from there.