LPIC I Exam Cram 2: Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102 [Paperback]

Ross Brunson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0789731274 | ISBN-13: 978-0789731272 | Publication Date: October 1, 2004 | Edition: 1

The Exam Cram 2 series from Que Publishing is the smartest, most efficient way for IT professionals to pass a variety of IT exams and become certified. The growing list of certifications covered by Exam Cram 2 now includes Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102. LPIC 1 Exam Cram 2 includes the most up-to-date exam information available. A CD is included and features ExamSim, an innovative exam simulator designed specifically for Linux users featuring randomly chosen questions with each practice session, Training Mode with answer button and Exam Mode with running timer. LPIC 1 Exam Cram 2 is a winning strategy to help you pass the exam the first time.

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About the Author

Ross Brunson is currently the director of Linux/Unix education for The Training Camp and an LPI-US (Linux Professional Institute) board member. He began his IT career in the U.S. Army in the 1980s working with battlefield simulation systems running on Unix platforms.

Prior to joining The Training Camp, Ross authored several books about Unix/Linux integration with Windows, including The Linux and Windows 2000 Integration Toolkit. Ross began his formal training and consulting career with Learning Tree International as a courseware technical editor and was his area's second-highest scoring instructor.

After a number of years conducting TCP/IP, Unix, Linux, and networking courses for Learning Tree, Mastering Computers of Scottsdale and other companies, he took a courseware and development position at Computer Associates developing and delivering Windows 2000 and Linux courses for many U.S. and international companies.

Ross then took a position with Thomson Learning's Sair Linux certification and courseware division as the director of courseware development and instruction. He built an excellent instructor force spanning 13 countries and 110 instructors in little over a year, delivering many T3 (trainer preparation courses) to current and prospective instructors in the United States and overseas.

Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789731274
• ISBN-13: 978-0789731272
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #655,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > Computers & Technology > Certification > Linux

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Correction to the CD-ROM, October 9, 2004

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Ross E. Brunson "Instructor/Author" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LPIC I Exam Cram 2: Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102 (Paperback)

This only affects the Linux version of the exam simulation software.

Someone forgot to tell the developer that versioning would be applied to the filename after it was submitted, so the executable binary that installs the ExamSim for Linux is looking for itself, by the wrong name.

IT'S SIMPLE TO FIX! Just copy the file "examsim-linux-1.0-setup" from the "ExamSim" folder on the CD-ROM to a hard disk and rename it "examsim.setup". Re-execute it and the exam simulation will be installed properly.

We'll be getting this fixed so it won't be happening for the next printing/edition, apologies to those who tried to install the Linux version and then had to *gulp* use the Windows Version.

Ross

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Inaccuracies and typos galore, February 11, 2006

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Isaiah B. Damron - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LPIC I Exam Cram 2: Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102 (Paperback)

I've been administering linux for years, and decided it's time to get certified. Figured I'd pick up this book to see what's going to be on the exam, to fill in the holes in my knowledge. The book is easy to read, and get through, but the inaccuracies are astounding. Here's a few examples from the first four chapters (as far as I've gotten so far):
* in Chapter 4, it says that ethernet devices are known as /dev/eth0. Ethernet devices are *never* created in /dev, there is no file system representation of most network devices.
* in the tests for Chapter 3, it says that vi +/"string" file won't work, because of the quotes, but this works fine on every system I've tested it on.
* Chapter 3: It says that c$ goes to the end of the line, but not across line-wrapping, but c$ *does* go across line wrapping.

Those are just a few of the mistakes I've found in the first four chapters. I still expect the book to be a good review for me, and a good index of the topics covered on the exams, but I'm certainly going to be double-checking anything I'm unfamiliar with, and I'd suggest you do the same.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LPIC test passing essential, August 23, 2005

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Wade Beck "MoralFiber.net" (Kansas City, MO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LPIC I Exam Cram 2: Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams 101 and 102 (Paperback)

I just passed the LPI 101 exam thanks in part to the excellent book by Ross Brunson. The material is conveyed with the enthusiasm and technical clarity of a top notch university professor. The exam simulation software, special exam 'Alert' tips, and depth of subject material were all key points that helped me pass the test. There is even a cool tear out "Cram Sheet" that is crammed (no pun intended) with helpful tips.

I did have some problems running the Exam Simulation software on my SUSE Professional distro. I e-mail Mr. Brunson who promptly pointed out a link on the [...] website to fix the errors - [...]

I have a Masters in Information Systems so I have taken many technical courses. None of the books have come close to the LPIC 1 book that Ross Brunson has written. It will long be a gem in my bookshelf of reference material...