CIW(tm) Foundations Certification Bible [Hardcover]

Keith Olsen (Author), Don Loughran (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0764549081 | ISBN-13: 978-0764549083 | Publication Date: March 15, 2002

The CIW Foundations Certification Bible prepares you for ProSoft's CIW Foundations exam. Foundations is the entry level exam leading to the CIW Associate level and is a prerequisite for all other CIW tracks including the Professional and Master level certifications.

The depth and scope of this book precisely maps to the CIW objectives stated in the CIW Foundations credential to make certain that certification objectives map to book content which in turn maps to test questions on the certification exam. This ensures a high level of reliability and validity of the Foundations book in preparing candidates to pass the CIW Foundations examination.

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From the Back Cover

* Master the material for the CIW Foundations Exam 1D0-410
* Test your knowledge with assessment questions, scenario problems, and lab exercises
* Practice on state-of-the-art test-preparation software
The only guide you need for CIW Foundations exam success...

You're holding in your hands the most comprehensive and effective guide available for the CIW Foundations exam. Two veteran CIW trainers deliver incisive, crystal-clear explanations of every topic covered, highlighting exam-critical concepts and offering hands-on tips that can help you in your real-world Web career. Throughout, they provide pre-tests, exam-style assessment questions, scenario problems, and lab exercises - everything you need to master the material and pass the exam.

Inside, get complete coverage of Foundations exam objectives
* Understand Internet basics, from HTTP and URLs to browsers, e-mail, and USENET
* Get a handle on search engines, active content, security issues, and e-commerce
* Delve into Web authoring, from HTML basics to cascading style sheets and JavaScript
* Explore the fundamentals of networking, internetworking, LANs, and WANs
* Learn how TCP/IP works - and how to set up a Web server on a TCP/IP internetwork
* Get up to speed on server-side technologies such as scripting, CGI, and Java servlets
* Master the network security basics, from VPNs and SSL to firewalls and proxy servers
Test-Prep Tools on CD-ROM
* Hungry Minds test engine powered by top-rated Boson Software
* NovaStor DataSAFE SE trial version
* VisualRoute
* Examples from the book
* WS_Ping ProPack and HOTMetaL PRO trial versions

About the Author

Keith Olsen is a CIW Certified Instructor who trains CIW candidates at PBSC, an IBM-owned training company in Canada. He also holds MCT, MCSE, CNI, and CNE credentials and provides Microsoft and Novell certification training.

Don Loughran is a full-time technical instructor with Polar Bear Corporate Education Solutions and has been working in the microcomputer industry since 1980. His many certifications include CIW Certified Instructor, CNE and CNI, MCSE, MCSD, MCT, Sun Certified Java Programmer, and A+.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 865 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (March 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764549081
• ISBN-13: 978-0764549083
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,066,077 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay, but goes a little overboard, April 29, 2002

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"cameroncameron" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CIW(tm) Foundations Certification Bible (Hardcover)

I bought two books to help me study for the Foundations exam, this one and the Dummies book. I wasn't looking for a book to teach me all about Web design (I've designing Web sites for 5 years), I just wanted a book to tell me what I needed to know for the test and explain some of the network terms that the test covers. Both this and the Dummies book do that, but this one goes a little overboard -- spending too much time on emailing, for example. Also, this book tells you a lot of specific steps to take to perform certain tasks in various programs (such as Outlook), but the test doesn't cover how to perform tasks in programs. If I had it to do over, I'd just buy the Dummies book. It gets straight to the point, makes it really easy to understand and costs 15 dollars less than the others on this topic.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where was this book when I took the exam..., April 8, 2002

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Michael J Woznicki "Michael J Woznicki" (Holland, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CIW(tm) Foundations Certification Bible (Hardcover)

I took the CIW Foundations exam over a year ago, I had almost nothing to study from and passing the exam was quite the challenge. Had I had this book I am confident that the exam would have been less trouble and made my life easier.

The 860 page book tackles the 1D0-410 Foundations exam and after reading through it I found that it was tailored made for the exam, objective by objective. Detailed information is given and if you use this book I also found that you have enough information to pass the iNet+ exam from CompTia.

In part 1 the author takes on the internet fundamentals with topics like browsers, search engines, plug-ins, security and e-commerce. Part 2 is dedicated to HTML both in the basic and some advanced techniques.

The HTML covers versions 4 and 5 and the breakdown is in a step-by-step format with actual coding examples to work with. Also basic coverage of CSS, DHTML and XML has been broken down into a understandable but technical manner.

Part 3 is the networking fundamentals sections, with topics ranging from TCP/IP, OSI model, servers, security and disaster recovery to LANS, WANS and hardware and troubleshooting.

Each chapter has exercises, questions, and labs to re-enforce the concepts and you can read and reread as often as necessary. There are also hundreds of resources included with every section.

Finally there is a cdrom include with several network tools like Visual Route, but what I found most important was the practice tests include was from Boson, a highly respected name in testing software. Overall this is by far the best book I have seen on the subject matter to date.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent source for passing CIW-F., September 10, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: CIW(tm) Foundations Certification Bible (Hardcover)

This book did the job, and I passed the first time with a 92%. After reading the book, I went back and focused on the chapter highlights and the chapter exams. Whenever I found myself guessing, I went back and re-read the section in question. By the time I got to the real exam, the exam questions seemed obvious.

Also, I didn't encounter much on the exam that wasn't in the book, with one exception- It may be helpful to know binary math to understand the IP Addressing section more easily, and the book doesn't cover this much.

I didn't find NUMEROUS mistakes as others have, but I did see one or two- usually editorial mistakes, though, and easy to spot.

This book was not my only source, though. For information on the TCP/IP stack and the OSI/RM (knowing these subjects in DETAIL is absolutely VITAL!) I used a CD-ROM from learntcpip.com. It only cost about ... but it helped alot.

Overall, I will recommend this book to anyone planning to take the Foundations exam.