The Cne Study Guide [Hardcover]

David James, IV Clarke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1995

This text covers all the teaching objectives dealt with by the CNE (Certified NetWare Engineer) exams. The book includes case studies and exercises, and the accompanying CD-ROM includes the "Network Support Encyclopaedia", interactive CNE questions and virus protection products.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1454 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc; 2nd edition (December 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782118208
• ISBN-13: 978-0782118209
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.6 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,221,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars This book is too padded with usless quotes!, February 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Cne Study Guide (Hardcover)

This book has way too many analogies and usless quotes. Lack of screen shots and step by step instructions. This book could have been half it's size without it's long drawn out analogies! I would recommend buying "USING NetWare 3.12" by Que. A much better book, to the point and has step by step instructions!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars More of a CNA guide than CNE guide., July 23, 1998

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[e-mail] (Richmond, VA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cne Study Guide (Hardcover)

This is an excellent guide to Novell basics and to the material covered on the CNA exam, but after that, it is of dubious value. It covers some of the material on the Advanced Admin and Install exams, but there is precious little on the others. (Actually, I believe this one is only supposed to cover five of the seven exams; the other two are in Mr. Clarke's "Core Technologies" exam.)

The writing style goes from concise to ludicrous; the author goes a little too far in trying to make the material fun. I prefer a little less fun when I'm learning; maybe that's just me! Anyway, if you weed through a lot of the superfluous attempts at humor (and crossword puzzles, believe it or not), there is some good material here.

The CDs aren't bad; I like the fact that some of the questions were fill-in-the-blank, just as some of the CNA/CNE exam questions are.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book, December 2, 1997

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David Douthitt ([e-mail]) (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Cne Study Guide (Hardcover)

This book is comprehensive and has quality information. However, I felt that the author stretched the analogies way too far, the tests were not comprehensive or useful (a CROSSWORD PUZZLE? sheesh), and the testing software turned out to be useless after two or three times - the software tests do not change: the same questions come up over and over, and with three or four tries all (few) questions are memorized. Check out the New Rider's Publishing books on getting your CNE before getting one of these - the tests are better, and no miserable analogies.