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Summary: Not a "Single Source" Study Guide
Review: I have been using the Sybex books to study for Cisco exams for a couple of years. The original CCNA book by Lammle was excellent, but subsequent books (while still including Lammle's name) have not lived up to the earlier standard. The CID 3.0 is a fairly tough test due to the vast amount of material covered. This book can be used as an outline, but I certainly recommend using additional sources to study. The Cisco Press CID book (Birkner), along with this book, should suffice as long as you read and fully understand the material. Good Luck!
Rating:
Summary: Not a "Single Source" Study Guide
Review: I have been using the Sybex books to study for Cisco exams for a couple of years. The original CCNA book by Lammle was excellent, but subsequent books (while still including Lammle's name) have not lived up to the earlier standard. The CID 3.0 is a fairly tough test due to the vast amount of material covered. This book can be used as an outline, but I certainly recommend using additional sources to study. The Cisco Press CID book (Birkner), along with this book, should suffice as long as you read and fully understand the material. Good Luck!
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Summary: Concentrated Glossary in reponse to Test Objectives
Review: The book as a preparation for the CID is sparse in the depth of content and I found it difficult to navigate through. The book functions well as the last resource to jog one's memory of the most basic of concepts. However, as with any resource, there's a time investment involved and I found this one more time consuming to work through that outweighed the benefit I received from it. The CID test covers a very wide array of topics and requires much more indepth understanding of the core concepts and terminology than the scope of the 'trigger' concepts covered in this exam notes publication. I would consider the book a Test Objective and Concepts/Glossary review on modified steriods. Where I found the most value out of the book was after I took the exam and reviewed for those areas that I scored lower in.The official Cisco Press CID book was by far the best resource in terms of money and time invested in studying for the exam. You need to integrate the many different desktop, LAN, WAN, remote protocols and configurational aspects, and apply these concepts as concrete design elements in order to move beyond the CID functioning as a review for these areas. Therefore, integrating the 'nitty gritty' details becomes an important strategy in preparing for this test. The other book I would recommend is the Cisco Press CID Exam Guide. As with all exams, a good test preparation technique is to pay special attention to the sections pertaining to notes, diagrams, tables, graphics, and foundational key concepts. The 'official' Cisco exam guidebook was better in presenting these areas along with the questions included in the book. I'm not tryping to push Cisco Press but as with any vendor-centric test, this is a Cisco test and does require Cisco specific answers and design solutions. "When in Rome, do as the Romans do". The two Cisco books seemed to do a better job at helping me prepare for and passing the test. Good Luck!
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