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Summary: Good details, poor finish
Review: Being the fist mover for the CISA material certainly has its advantages, and also its disadvantages. I usually prefer books that are authored by more than one writer--after all, the sibject material is wide--but as I need to prepare for the exam early, I took the plunge and bought the book.The book is detailed enough, but sometimes too detailed to the point where information is organized in bullet form, making it extremely unreadable. Many typo errors (for example, "effect" is printed as "affect") lowers readability even further. All said, the book does covers a lot of ground, but not the new objectives such as the section on ISO. I'm taking a CISA class so I consider this as supplement in addition to the official book that I will use. Overall, I would still recommend this book for insights into the author's experience, though I would not use it as the sole guide for the examination's preparation.
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Summary: Not for CISA, at least
Review: I abandoned this book quickly and used other sources to prepare for the CISA. There are too many errors and the writing style often seems ambiguous. There are even blatant errors in the explanation of answers section. Like others have said, this publishing company put out a good product for the CISSP and a very poor product for CISA prep.
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Summary: Too many errors, ambiguous writing style.
Review: I abandoned this book quickly and used other sources to prepare for the CISA. There are too many errors and the writing style often seems ambiguous. There are even blatant errors in the explanation of answers section. Like others have said, this publishing company put out a good product for the CISSP and a very poor product for CISA prep.
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Summary: Fire the Editor!
Review: I am an IS professional with 25 years of experience but it's been 6 years since I took a certification test. I needed the book to codify what I already knew from experience. I found the actual subject matter of the book to be adequate, but the author often took 500 words to say what could have been said in 50. And then he often said it wrong! And with bad grammer and incomplete sentences. I was as angry at the book editor as I was with the author. I kept thinking that English must not be the author's native language, but even so, the editor didn't do his job. That's probably why an updated version has not been issued. Get a new author! Get a new editor! The software also was bad. I have used Boson software and tests before and found them very good. The test engine may work great, but if the data is wrong, it doesn't matter how great the engine is. Bottom line - don't buy this book. Get the ISACA study materials. It'll cost three times a much, but it'll be worth it.
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Summary: SAVE YOUR MONEY AND TIME
Review: I bought this book because I had a positive experience with the CISSP Prep Guide book. I also bought the ISACA CISA study guide. While I was waiting for the ISACA study guide to arrive, I read the first 2-3 chapters of the Kramer CISA Prep Guide. I thought it was somewhat high-level and superficial. Then when the ISACA material arrived, I realized that reading the Kramer book was a complete waste of time. I dont think there's any way you could pass the CISA test by reading Kramer's book. I stopped reading it when I saw that the Isaca material is much more detailed, and so much more representative of the actual test.
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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: I purchased this book -- unfortunately before I read the reviews here -- to prepare for the CISA. Despite the optimistic title, the book fails to deliver in just about every area. The book is not connected to the exam in any logical form or structure. One of the biggest draws for a book like this is the practice test software. Sadly, this book fails yet again. The software works, but the questions in some cases are just plain wrong! I wrote to the editor and they offered me an errata sheet that I could use to spot mistakes in their data???? What good is that? My advice is that you skip this book, avoid this author, and not patronize this publisher since they are not willing to make good on their promises.
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Summary: Is it Really worth?
Review: I purchased this book in Amazon with lot of hope to get a outsider's view on the CISA. Unfortunately there is no consistency in the chapters and I am afraid to what extent this is going to help me in preparing for the CISA. Now I have to buy some more materials before taking the test. The CD is totally absurd with wrong answers. The explanatory answers points to option 'D' while the answer is marked as Option 'C'. Unless the author comes with a revised version early, this book is not going to be helpful for CISA Preparation.
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Summary: CISA Prep Guide, not entirely useless
Review: I purchased this guide, after 13 years of practical experience, mainly for the test materials. However, I did attempt to read the book, and must say that it is a chore. The author's style and usage leave much to be desired.
Most troublesome were the obvious inconsistencies within the test materials. The test results showed that answers correctly chosen were often scored as wrong, and some wrongly chosen were often scored as correct. It's as if they updated the software to "mix it up" between revisions, but failed to update the actual answers to correspond with the changes.
I did complain to the publisher and ask for an updated software version, but only received back that they would check with the author. I have since heard nothing. Of course, when you are preparing for a test, the main thing you are looking for in a review system is accuracy ... on this account the book and software fail.
I don't recommend this book if you are seriously considering taking the exam and want to review.
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Summary: Don't waste your time reading
Review: I read the book before my CISA review manual arrived. Then after I looked at ISACA 600 review questions, I realized what a waste of time to read this book and a waste of money to buy it. This book is totally unfocused and in no way "connected" to those review questions. The review manual of ISACA in contrast is better.
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Summary: Not for CISA, at least
Review: This book came last year, it does not cover the CISA objectives. Too verbose and lot of filler. If you need something easy, quick and direct, there are better resources like "CISA Study Guide in EasyFAQs"
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