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Certified MBA Exam Prep Guide

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Well, let's see. I'm beginning my MBA soon and am transcribing this into my computer for a little advance preparation. There are questions that my sole 200-level accounting course has prepared me to answer; some of the questions are written so poorly that you have to assume information (albeit not important info normally); it was obviously written by different people as the questions will change format/wording from section to section; there should have been an additional editing as there are repeated questions and small typo errors; and there are no "interactive and prescriptive electronic review modules" as stated on the back cover - at least that's what the publisher has replied to my e-mail. I cannot determine if it will assist me in my studies or in preparing for the CMBA, but I believe it is filling my idle time with a worthwhile task. All things considered I believe the next edition will have to be improved.

This prep guide's first part is a long list of the topics covered by the exam, and its second part is 15 - 25 multiple choice questions on each topic. It is obviously a compilation of many different people's work, and really needs to be edited for uniformity. In a few cases, the answers are incomplete or incorrect. One thing that I did not like is that the answer is printed directly below each question, so I had to spend several hours covering the answers up with post-it notes in order to be able to work through the questions without seeing the answer. Another drawback is that none of the answers are explained - all you know is whether you got the right answer or not, which makes the guide less useful as a study tool. However, it is good for helping you identify your areas of weakness so that you can study the material elsewhere. I haven't taken the exam yet, so I can't comment on how well the prep questions match up with the topics on the actual exam.

Worth purchasing as it is a review of the years of study to gain an MBA. I note that the other people reviewing this text do NOT have a background in business or have their MBA degree so I felt it was worth sharing my review with others in pursuit of their MBA degree. This book is worth reading and reviewing a few times before any final examination. BTY: I ended my MBA degree with a 3.98 GPA.

I boguht this text to study for the CMBA exam. It mainly consists of problems that are supposed to be similar to the actual test. I found that many were not that similar to the test and the book is not really structured to help past the test. It would serve as a good source of practice questions, the only thing is that there are many errors in some of the questions and answers, so it may steer your wrong. I would definitiely look for other resources then this unless you are just looking to a set of practice questions and are able to look up everything else on your own. Otherwise don't wast the money.

I was a student with Western Governor's University. The contracted with a portion of the tests from the Certified MBA. This was not necessary.

I bought this prep guide while preparing for the 2nd of 3 tests associated with the CMBA. The test proved to be extraordinarily difficult while studying the course of study provided by my college. However, once beginning the use of the prep guide, I improved an average of 20% in each subject! The guide offers an ample supply of study questions that prepare the student for the type of questions that will be provided on the test, while providing a dissected and organized study approach to each study objective. My mentors have warned that this book helps about 50% of those who purchase it; I am definitely part of the 50% who couldn't live without it!

This is a good book for the CMBA certification but please remember to gather more knowledge and read more books before you appear for the CMBA certification exam. This book in itself won't help you to pass the exam.

The guys who wrote this don't have a clue how these books should be written or how they are used by students.

They have given the objectives...and then a zillion questions related to each topic.
Which qn addresses which objective is impossible to know.
This is how it ought to be: The authors should pull up an objective, write ALL the stuff related to that objective(a sort of condensed essence/summary of the objective, required formulae/s pertaining to that topic) and then list the qns related to that particular objective that would thus would give real value for such a book
At the end of each major topic they could then give these
Please REWRITE.....or else this is utterly useless from an examination or a knowledge-increasing perspective.

This is really a thick comprehensive book, with one major flaw in my opinion; the answers are printed below each question instead of grouped in an appendice. The eyes flow directly to the answer before the brain can process the question. A better layout (answers in an appendice) would force the reader to work through and think about the problem first. In the absence of any other test-prep book for this exam, you should buy it anyway, warts and all. I think it is money well spent but look forward to a revised edition. Be aware that several answers are wrong; from oversight or by design I don't know.