Ccna Examgear: Exam 640-407 (New Riders Exam Gear)

Features

• Textbook Binding: 75 pages
• Published by: New Riders Publishing; Pap/Cdr edition July 1999
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0735708762
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0735708761
• Book Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 2.2 inches
• Weighs: 14.4 ounces

Product Review
Certified computer engineers are always in demand, and the CCNA certificate is among the most popular. You can take intensive courses to prepare for the exam, but many people opt for the self-taught route, using books and CD-ROMs. New Riders' CCNA Exam Gear CD-ROM is part of the process. A simple Windows application acts as a window into a database of exam questions, based on the questions used by Microsoft and Cisco. This CD-ROM covers the CCNA 1.0 exam.

The CD-ROM takes three approaches to testing your knowledge, each suitable for a different part of your study. The first approach is the Study Mode, which allows you to skip through a series of questions, which you mark as you go--you get an explanation for the correct answer if you make a mistake. Once you've got an understanding of the material that is being examined, you can try a fixed-form Practice Exam, which chooses a random selection of questions from the Exam Gear database and allows you to work through a timed exam. Since exams now use adaptive questions to test your knowledge, changing their question patterns based on how you've answered previous questions, New Riders also give you the opportunity to learn using a sample Adaptive Exam.

If you're about to start working on getting certified as a CCNA, these CD-ROMs will be a useful addition to your library of tools and texts. They will not help you pass the exams on their own, but will certainly help you as you review and prepare. --Simon Bisson, amazon.co.uk

Product Description
ExamGear familiarizes certification candidates with the difficulty, style and mechanics of the actual exams. It refines and organizes their knowledge to increase their chances of passing the exam. Not just a testing engine, ExamGear is comprised of three key components: Exam Simulation, Exclusive DirectHelp Mentored Learning, and Study Tools. These features differentiate it from anything else on the market, including New Riders' own Complete. While Complete is an integrated training solution based on written content, ExamGear focuses on exam preparation with quality scenario-based questions and adaptive testing-just like the real exams.

Reader Reviews
Cisco certification is one that I have been studying for, for over ten months and during that time I have reviewed several books and audio tapes. New Riders have given me the first software package that makes the certification process simpler. The package is a manual install, although I think for the price they should have made it auto install. You have several hundred questions to learn from and the installation and configuration was fast and easy. The user interface is great and no special requirements are need in order to run the package. After getting the application installed you are ready to choose from one of three modes. First is the study mode allowing you to learn and study the objectives at the same time. Next you have the practice mode where you can try your hand at an exam. Finally you have the adaptive mode where the exam learns from you and this is one to try after you have become comfortable with the objectives of the exam. Overall a good product, the price may stop a few from buying but the value of the certification should outweigh this.