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MCSE Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Readiness Review; Exam 70-215 (MCSE Readiness Review)

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If you already have Microsoft Press's "Self-Paced Training Kit" for
70-215, you shouldn't buy this book, because the practice exam
part of "Self-Paced Training Kit" is the same as this book.

Although this book has a few apparent wrong answers, which
is corrected in "Self-Paced Training Kit", this is a good book
to become familar with the real 70-215 test. It is not so
twisty/tricky as many free sample tests on the Internet,
but has almost same level of complexity as the real test,
and gives you an idea of which part you should study.

Each answer/choice has detail explanation of why it is correct
or wrong. This explanation would supplement your other
training materials.

This book randomly selects 50 from about 120 questions,
balancing among objectives. I would rate 5 stars if
this book doesn't have wrong answers and does have
a litlle more questions.

This book follows the usual pattern for Microsoft Readiness Reviews: skills lists, suggested practices, pointers to further reading, questions and answers. The outline and content closely follow the exam objectives. The questions and answers match the interactive test on the CDROM. The questions on the actual exam in February 2001 are significantly harder than these questions. The exam questions typically require a level of detail that you could only get by working with Windows 2000 Server in a real network environment. This readiness review may give you an idea of where you stand, but it is no substitute for a lot of study and some real experience. Microsoft's goal for this test is to make it impossible to pass without experience. As of February 2001 they seem to have reached their goal.

I really don't want to blame this book for not helping me pass the server exam. But, the truth is I failed. I did pretty good on the practice exam and I was convinced that I would pass the exam. Of course, this is not my only book to prepare for the exam, only for reality check. The only problem I see is that it did not point me to the right direction, unlike the Win2K Professional book of the same series (which help me passed the 70-210 exam).

I will not recommend anyone to use this book for 70-215. The practice exam won't help you for the exam at all.

In fact Microsoft MCSE readiness review books are the best to pass the Exam.

hesham