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(More customer reviews)CCDA/CCDP Flash Cards and Exam Practice Pack by Anthony Sequeira and Kevin Wallace (Cisco Press 2004) delivers on what it promises: solid final preparation materials for the CCDA (DESIGN 640-861) and CCDP (ARCH 642-871) exams. If you have studied the basic exam material for these exams you are ready to burn in your knowledge using this book. For the CCDA, preliminary preparations means reading the CCDA Exam Certification Guide and/or the CCDA Self Study book for the DESIGN topics. Both of these are now available from Cisco Press. Unfortunately, there are no corresponding books for the ARCH topics, so you need to take a more creative course, such as perusing the SRND guides on Cisco's website for topics such as storage, wireless, VPN, content, and telephony, while keeping the exam objectives (listed on Cisco's website) in the back of your mind. Overall, I would rate this book a 5 (out of 5), with the strong caveat that it will be difficult to pass the exams unless you do a significant amount of outside research, especially in the case of CCDP ARCH.
In making the design track more relevant to the current networking scene, Cisco replaced (in 2003) the old CCDA course with one that focused much more on cogent design practices, such as identifying the technical and business goals and constraints put forth in Priscilla Oppenheimer's Top Down Network Design. They also dropped old technologies like IPX and AppleTalk and replaced these rarely used protocols with forward-looking material like IP telephony, modern security issues like IP spoofing and DDoS mitigation, and the enterprise composite network model, which further breaks down the familiar access, distribution, and core layers into an enterprise campus (which includes submodules for network management and the server), an enterprise edge (with separate internet connectivity and e-commerce modules, along with a remote access and WAN module), and a service provider edge.
Similarly, the CCDP ARCH course was upgraded (also in 2003), with a deeper focus on all of the above areas, and a much deeper treatment of QoS options for voice and data, specifics on multicast features such as sparse and dense mode operations and shared versus source distribution trees, details on the CiscoWorks network management tools including LAN Management Services and Routed WAN Management System, content caching, routing and switching, and storage essentials including NAS and SAN. In most cases the ARCH course drills deeper than the DESIGN course; in some, such as IP telephony, the DESIGN course seems to deal with the lower level issues (such as tip and ring) while ARCH deals with applications (such as Call Manager configurations including single-site, multisite, and clustering over the WAN).
The examples in CCDA/CCDP Flash Cards and Exam Practice Pack are very easy to understand and the flash cards follow the quick reference sheets quite faithfully. The illustrations are excellent and the practice questions (available on the accompanying CD-ROM) are highly relevant. The authors have delivered exactly what should be expected for this type of book; they are both certified Cisco Systems instructors with KnowledgeNet and clearly know their stuff.
By the time you're acing all the topics in the flash card book (when preparing for CCDP, I went back over CCDA), you're ready to make an educated guess on anything that isn't obvious. There were still a few surprises in the exam but this book definitely helped me muddle through. I would assume the CCDP ARCH will be an easier nut to crack when Cisco Press releases an exam certification guide, currently slated for November 2004.
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More than 950 flash cards, practice questions, and quick reference sheets for the CCDA DESGN exam 640-861 and CCDP ARCH exam 642-871
Run through practice exam questions while reviewing crucial information on challenging topics
Boost memory retention with 350+ flash cards, specifically designed to cover all exam objectives
Download the electronic flash cards to your handheld for ultimate portability
Create and save personalized sets of electronic flash cards for focused review
Digest complex CCDA and CCDP information with a set of 55+ quick reference sheets
Review all exam objectives in a variety of formats using proven self-study methods
CCDA/CCDP Flash Cards and Exam Practice Pack includes the following three tried-and-true methods of late-stage test preparation:
More than 350 flash cards. Test your understanding of CCDA and CCDP concepts with flash cards in print and electronic formats. The electronic version is PC-, Palm OS-, and Pocket PC-compatible, allowing for supreme flexibility. Shuffle the electronic cards, work from preset groups of cards, or create and save your own challenging set for focused review.
550 practice exam questions. Verify your knowledge with this robust exam engine. Test your proficiency in two modes-study mode and practice mode-and identify areas of weakness so you can concentrate on specific topics for which you need the most help.
55+ quick reference sheets. Review crucial CCDA and CCDP exam objectives with these comprehensive reference sheets. Succinct text overviews of complex concepts are supported with detailed diagrams to provide a valuable late-stage review of all that must be mastered for exam success.
Are you ready to take your CCDA DESGN or CCDP ARCH exam? You've learned the concepts, you have the experience to put them into real-world use, and now you want to practice, practice, practice until exam time. CCDA/CCDP Flash Cards and Exam Practice Pack gives you three methods of proven, late-stage CCDA and CCDP exam preparation in one package.
Test Engine550-question exam engine includes both practice and study modes
Flash CardsMore than 350 flash cards in PC, handheld, and print formats, available in customizable sets and perforated for easy removal
Quick Reference SheetsAll exam topics included in 55+ graphical quick reference sheets
CCDA/CCDP Flash Cards and Exam Practice Pack is part of a recommended learning path from Cisco Systems that includes simulation and hands-on training from authorized Cisco Learning Partners and self-study products from Cisco Press. To find out more about instructor-led, e-learning, and hands-on instruction offered by authorized Cisco Learning Partners worldwide, please visit www.cisco.com/go/authorizedtraining.
Companion CD-ROMThe CD-ROM contains 350 flash cards and 550 practice test questions. Flash cards are downloadable to Palm OS and Pocket PC handheld devices.
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This volume is in the Flash Cards and Exam Practice Pack Series from Cisco Press. Products in this series arm Cisco Career Certification candidates with a set of exam practice tools, formats, and environments to help them in the final stages of their self-study regimen and increase recall of key exam topics.
CCDA/CCDP Flash Cards and Exam Practice Pack covers all the objectives on the most recent CCDA and CCDP exams, including the gathering of network requirements, designing IPv6 solutions, using security, working with MPLS, deploying wireless technologies, using content networking, designing IP telephony solutions, and implementing storage networking.
Flip through the flash cards and test yourself on the critical details that form the foundation of the CCDA and CCDP exams. Whether you are searching for the ultimate Cisco design exam late-stage test preparation tool or simply need a complete package with at-a-glance, comprehensive information on advanced networking, CCDA/CCDP Flash Cards and Exam Practice Pack is packed with everything you need to access this information at home, at work, and on the go!
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