McSd Training Guide: Visual Basic 5 (Training guides) [Textbook Binding]

Steve Swope (Author), Duncan MacKenzie (Author), Dave Panagrosso (Author), Owen Williams (Author), Lyle Bryant (Author, Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1562058509 | ISBN-13: 978-1562058500 | Publication Date: March 20, 1998

This training guide offers users up-to-date information needed to pass the MCSD exam. It includes insider tips, notes, strategies, tricks and questions, and covers Exam 70-165.

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MCSD Training Guide: Visual Basic 5 provides users with all of the latest information users need to pass this MCSD exam. Written by an author team of MCSDs and MCTs, this book contains all the insider tips, notes, and strategies users need to successfully become an MCSD.This study guide contains hundreds of test questions, lists, tables, notes, tips, and tricks to completely prepare readers for the exam. It's organized in a concise, easy-to-read manner to give users the most valuable information efficiently. Users will also save countless hours and thousands of dollars in MCSD courses. This book is the fastest, most effective, and least expensive study tool for passing the VB5 exam. - Learn from the insider tips and notes of MCSDs and Microsoft Certified Trainers

- Content is organized by test objectives to make the self-study process as efficient as possible

- Exclusive TestPrep software is the most effective exam simulator in the commercial marketplace and it's FREE with this book

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 1104 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Pub (March 20, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562058509
• ISBN-13: 978-1562058500
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 2.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,177,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good product hampered by substandard quality control., April 6, 1999

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R. Cruz (Wayne, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: McSd Training Guide: Visual Basic 5 (Training guides) (Textbook Binding)

If you intend to solely use this book to prepare for the VB5 exam, DON'T. Since the book assumes that you have prior know how of the VB and it's underlying technologies, I suggest that you use this book together with the VB help and Online Book. One thing I like is the way the book was organized. The topics were divided just as it was stated in the MS website. The accompanying CD was a big let down. The more I take the practice exam, the less it makes me feel of my chances. I never scored beyond 800. There was a lot of mistakes in the practice exam. What you can do is either double check all your answers that was marked as incorrect or use a different practice test like the one from Trancenders.

To summarize, the book will provide you with enough information for your review as long as you use it with the product itself together with the VB help and the Online book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, but watch out for the errors, February 25, 1999

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[e-mail] (Irvine, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: McSd Training Guide: Visual Basic 5 (Training guides) (Textbook Binding)

I read this book cover to cover and found that it only provided me with 80% of what I need to know for the exam. The chapters on ActiveX technology were poorly written. The other chapters were better. I guess having multiple authors will lead to the inconsistency. These guys should have proof read each other's work. The test CD was soooooo disappointing. Some test questions were poorly worded and about 20% of the answers were incorrect. i'm sure that you'll be frustrated when you work with the practice test. Don't forget to download the errata.txt file. My final advice is to supplement this book with something else. Aside from the CD, it's still a decent book with good information. However, you need other references to fill the gap. I was able to use the Mastering VB5 CD from Microsoft and the VB Online Help file. Well, the good news is that i was able to pass the exam this morning with a score of 915. Good luck to you!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good intent but erroneous content, December 29, 1998

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David Crow (Sperry, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: McSd Training Guide: Visual Basic 5 (Training guides) (Textbook Binding)

You would think that a book with eight, technically-oriented authors would have not gone to print with as many errors as this book (and CD) contained. A lot of the chapters were well put together with useful exercises. Others were more of the 10,000-foot overview variety.

I found numerous contradictions between the chapter text and the chapter questions.

With the practice exam on the CD, I was never able to score beyond 850 by answering the questions correctly.

While the publisher did make available an errata paper for both the book and the CD, it did not bring the book up to 100% accuracy.