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Summary: Accurate and helpful
Review: I think this book is very accurate and a good study guide for the IDO-410 exam. I had already passed the exam when a friend of mine showed me this book. I looked up several of the "trick" questions I had a hard time with when I took the test, and the author seems to know her stuff. If I'd had this book when I took the test, I probably would have scored higher.If you're brand new to Web design and have never coded any HTML before, you may want to also get a bulkier book on the topic. For anyone who's already pretty experienced with standard layout and design, however, this book does an excellent job of getting to the point and telling you what you need to know for the exam.
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Summary: Excellent Book
Review: I used this book a couple of months ago to help me pass the Foundations exam. I found it very well written. The information is broken down very well and is very easy to understand. The first time I took the exam, I studied the Exam Cram book and I failed. Now that I know what was on the exam, I can tell you this book matches the exam as well as any I've seen. If you know the contents of this book inside and out and take the sample tests that come with it, I don't see how you could fail the exam. When I recently set up a wireless network at home, I frequently referred to this book for guidance.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I wish I would have paid more attention to the practice test on the CD! It would have helped me when taking the test. Excellent book though.
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Summary: Great book
Review: I wish I would have paid more attention to the practice test on the CD! It would have helped me when taking the test. Excellent book though.
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Summary: Web designer + this book = passing score (87%)
Review: I'm a self-taught web designer/developer/programmer -- I have too many titles, I guess. I've been developing websites and multimedia for 5 years, and this was the first time I took to get a certification (cheap employer wouldn't ante up for training). ... I read this book in about 3-4 days combined time and learned quite a bit about things I already new a little about with regards to networking fundamentals (part III of the book). I do a lot of default technical support in my office as the computer nerd, but this section really helped explain some things that I'd never really taken time to learn about networking. The HTML fundamentals section (part II) is the easiest section to get through, regardless of experience. It's also the least important of the 3 sections in the certification exam. Don't speed loads of time on this section. The Internet fundamentals (part I) section was pretty decent, and it highlighted a lot of the networking information you'll learn in the third portion of the book. This section was most annoying because I learned that the people who run the CIW certifications have some really weird ways of referring to things (the chapter on domains and URLs was a little wonky because of THEIR terminology). The author takes a lighthearted approach to the topics and inserts the occasional funny here and there that makes the reading go by quicker. I was disappointed that some of the helpful websites were no longer up and running (it's an old edition by Internet standards), and the CD-ROM testing application was so-so. Specifically, in regards to the CD-ROM testing, some answers which were right were counted as wrong, there was no set time limit on the testing engine, and the testing engine basically mixed and matched (with some repetition) 298 questions from the three areas of the exam. Thankfully, the questions were close enough to those at my testing center that I felt confident I was on the right track while taking the exam. For these reasons, I gave the book a 4 rating and would recommend it to anyone wanting the basics for sorting out the CIW Foundations certification lingo in order to pass successfully. I think I'd have gotten a slightly better score if I'd read a second book and/or spent more time on the networking fundamentals.
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Summary: Web designer + this book = passing score (87%)
Review: I'm a self-taught web designer/developer/programmer -- I have too many titles, I guess. I've been developing websites and multimedia for 5 years, and this was the first time I took to get a certification (cheap employer wouldn't ante up for training). ... I read this book in about 3-4 days combined time and learned quite a bit about things I already new a little about with regards to networking fundamentals (part III of the book). I do a lot of default technical support in my office as the computer nerd, but this section really helped explain some things that I'd never really taken time to learn about networking. The HTML fundamentals section (part II) is the easiest section to get through, regardless of experience. It's also the least important of the 3 sections in the certification exam. Don't speed loads of time on this section. The Internet fundamentals (part I) section was pretty decent, and it highlighted a lot of the networking information you'll learn in the third portion of the book. This section was most annoying because I learned that the people who run the CIW certifications have some really weird ways of referring to things (the chapter on domains and URLs was a little wonky because of THEIR terminology). The author takes a lighthearted approach to the topics and inserts the occasional funny here and there that makes the reading go by quicker. I was disappointed that some of the helpful websites were no longer up and running (it's an old edition by Internet standards), and the CD-ROM testing application was so-so. Specifically, in regards to the CD-ROM testing, some answers which were right were counted as wrong, there was no set time limit on the testing engine, and the testing engine basically mixed and matched (with some repetition) 298 questions from the three areas of the exam. Thankfully, the questions were close enough to those at my testing center that I felt confident I was on the right track while taking the exam. For these reasons, I gave the book a 4 rating and would recommend it to anyone wanting the basics for sorting out the CIW Foundations certification lingo in order to pass successfully. I think I'd have gotten a slightly better score if I'd read a second book and/or spent more time on the networking fundamentals.
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Summary: Obsolete: this book covers 1D0-410 not 1D0-510
Review: The 1D0-410 has been retired, and replaced with the 1D0-410. As far as I can tell, no books exist for the 1D0-510.
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Summary: test engine very helpful
Review: This book explains all the objectives Prosoft has on their web site for the Foundations exam, plus a few others that are on the test but not specifically listed. It's very easy to understand and does a great job at detailing all the important concepts on the exam. The thing I like most is the test engine that comes on the CD. I took at least 4 sample tests and got new questions each time. I think the best way to get yourself ready for the test is to take practice exams and this one must have a lot of questions on the CD so you can take it over and over. It also lists a lot of good exam preparation sites that have good sample tests. Since I was on a really tight budget when I decided to take this test (and the test costs 125 dollars!) I got this book because it was one of the cheapest ones. Even at this price, it did the trick. I read it over the weekend, went through lots of the practice exams it comes with, and just passed the exam with 92%.
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Summary: Excellent tool to pass the test
Review: This book is a great tool to pass the test, gives excellent look-outs for questions and terminology. The last section in which gives 10 websites to expand the research and to get some practice tests is excellent. The author explains in great details subjects that can be sometimes confusing. Just a word of advise, be prepared of the networking chapter, it's thick in terminology and conceptualization. Good Luck!!!
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Summary: Excellent tool to pass the test
Review: This book is a great tool to pass the test, gives excellent look-outs for questions and terminology. The last section in which gives 10 websites to expand the research and to get some practice tests is excellent. The author explains in great details subjects that can be sometimes confusing. Just a word of advise, be prepared of the networking chapter, it's thick in terminology and conceptualization. Good Luck!!!
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