MCSE IE 4 Administration Exam Cram: Exam #70-079

by Tim Catura-Houser and David R. Johnson

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576102866
• ISBN13: 9781576102862
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good enough for the exam

Just passed 70-79 this morning with an 812 (not the highest but a pass is a pass!). Used this book, Cram Session, and the IEAK Deployment Guide. While the book covers ISP and does explain things adequately, the deployment guide is almost everything you need to prepare for the test. Don't bother with the Transcenders if you have to pay for them, as the Deployment Guide and Cram Session should be enough. There were no surprises on the test.

About as good as it gets, but...

...the simple fact of the matter is that this exam also happens to be one of the most pedantic of Microsoft's MCSE+Internet exams, truly reaching the level of academic exercise. As per the official exam requirements sheet, the sheer amount of material to memorize in the form of menu-locations, the number of applets, the Active Desktop architecture, the IEAK, .CDF file formats and syntax, etc, is quite staggering indeed, on a par with memorizing a whole new OS which, let's face it, is what the IE+Desktop combo is for all practical purposes. The Exam Cram is certainly one of the better offerings I have seen, easily beating the pants off the MS Press IE Tech Support training guide. However, given that it is a cram-book, there is material that is glossed over, namely software distribution channels and the .CDF file architecture, which one will need to know for the exam. Other than that, a very good supplement for the pre-prime-time wrap-up and review. As far as the exam itself goes, is it a useful exam? Is there material covered from one which an administrator or networking consultant can derive utility from? Absolutely yes, no question about it. Is there some cool technology under the hood which can be utilized? Yes, indeed, again. What I am apprehensive about, however, is the amount of memorization of minutiae necessary to pass the exam vs. real-world situations. A disciplined networking professional (i.e. one who reads regularly and one who can't afford the time to memorize every specialized detail she/he comes across) can (and would) look up most of this info on (or preferably before) any gig. Given the omnipresence of simulation software today, wouldn't creating builds with IEAK given a set of specs/recs in a sim-lab on the PC, analyzing and troubleshooting it, and reducing the number of "pedantic" questions be a far better real-world assesment exam? In the meantime, stock up on the Ginkgo and Ginseng supplements and hunker down.....

Gives you the answers to the annoying exam trivia questions

While other good resources do exist (the free download of the deployment guide, braindumps) this book does a very good job of giving you the facts you need for the exam. There is not enough in the IEAK itself to make an exam so you get a mixture of very easy & very tricky questions. You get some very silly what can you do in CORP mode and what can you do in ISP mode questions. Who cares ? the exam cares. This book gives you the answers for the trivia questions that the exam asks you for and is a good ref for general support issues. This book will get you through the exam.

This and IEAK is all you really need.

This exam is not as difficult as it seems. You should be able to pass with this book, and the IEAK (Patrick

Good overview, but it dosen't cover everything...

This book contains a good overview of what is on the 70-79 exam. I still came across a few questions on the exam that were not covered in this book (or covered in any other book for the 70-79 exam). Definately useful in studying for the exam, but expect questions from out of left field.