Cisco CCIE Practice Exam & Review 350-001

28june02I've read this book several times and scribbled corrections all over it.<PP>Same errors in questions are also on CD. CD user interface is nowhere near flexible enought (CCIEPrep much better for this).Here's a few user interface gripes,In Practice mode it doesn't tell you if you got a question wrong on a per-question basis=stupid.Getting Assistance is awkward as you have to click "Assistance" then "Check" to see if you got the right answer & "Explanation" to get explanation.There needs to be a Preferences setup to change programs' behaviour.You must use a mouse as there are no keyboard shortcuts (like there normally are in any Windows program).The Questions are in the same order & multiple choice per Q. is in same order every time s/w is run - not very realistic. CCIEPrep randomizes.You can't click on the text of a question to register your answer, you must click on the Radio button/check-box.You can't turn the clock off in Practice mode. This is a pain if you want to pause the test & start again later. The test automatically terminates when clock counts down to Zero.You can't save a test & come back to it later.Can't get one exam which is a mix of topics - Qs are always segregated into Network Fund., Routing Fund., Cisco Specific & Desktop & bridging.Lots of the question 'Explainations' say "See test Reference to locate explanation." - this is rediculous - I didn't pay for software to tell me look in a book. CCIEPrep has all explanations in software.

First, this book has a good question and answer section. They actually explain each answer and why it works. Unfortunately, you'll have to learn the information from some other source because this book has nothing in it to help you learn any of the information. BGP is not even covered in the text.

This book had some awesome questions and some information that I did not find in any other resources. But, there were a lot of typos and other errors. Overall, as I believe the book was intended for, I would just buy it for the questions.

Exam 350 -001 is the CCIE exam and with less than 6000 certified people worldwide you got to figure that this exam must be extremely tough to pass. Since it is a two part exam and since Cisco wants to ensure only the most qualified pass you are going to need study material and this All-In-One guide is a great place to begin.Don't be fooled by the size, only 400 pages may seem to be a very short accounting of the exam, but the fact of the matter is this book is a great example of the idea that small packages can produce enormous results.Rather than the usual objective breakdown this book is four exams that you can use for qualification before the actual exam. The first exam is network fundamentals with question covering the OSI model, PPP, HDLC, switching, ATM ISDN and IP.Exam 2 is routing, routed and routing protocols like RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, OSP and IS-IS. Exam 3 deals directly with Cisco specific technology of the routers, switches and IOS. Finally exam 4 is where you have questions for the desktop protocols like IP, IPX, and SAP, and questions for bridging in area like SRB, SRT and DLSw.Each section has 100 questions, the cd included have over 200 questions which totals 600 plus questions. The author includes test tips and test prep hints rounding out a very good source to the CCIE arena.

This book is well worth the money. It contains 100's of pratice questions for the CCIE written. What I really liked is the detailed answer/explanation section. The book is well written and easy to follow, with great explanations.