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CCNP SWITCH 642-813 Official Certification Guide (Exam Certification Guide)

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Good book, but shouldn't be an Official Certification Guide

By Daniel J. Allen - August 25, 2010

I just took and failed the new 642-813 exam primarily based on study with this book, a lot of lab work with actual Cisco equipment and practice exams, including the exam on the CD in the book and the Ex-Sim Max exams (which "guarantee" you'll pass the test if you can pass them). In the past, for other Cisco tests, I've found the Official Certification Guides to be very comprehensive and provide almost more material than you need to past the tests. However this guide is not a good representation of what's on the test (or practice exams) and vice versa. I went into the test feeling extremely confident and ended up guessing on many questions and the simulation questions where much more difficult than those found on the BCMSN test. I'm an MCSE, CCNA and ITIL certified IT professional who has been working in this field for over 15 years, and I've never felt so prepared for a test and then performed so poorly on the actual exam. I'm not saying don't buy this book, I'm just saying do NOT... read more

READ THIS BEFORE BUYING

By Donald Stogsdill - August 23, 2010

Dave Hucaby is a great writer and has done a tremendous job explaining the material in the book, however, this book alone will not prepare you for the exam. There are topics missing from the book, which you can find at Dave's blog at [...] or at the cisco press website here [...] located under the download link.

You can check out the blog posts at the url below for more information
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The bottom line is Cisco did a lousy job writing the Switch exam and didn't match the exam to the topics or verbiage covered in the book. I have been told that if you study for the ROUTE exam first you have a better chance of passing the switch exam since some of the material is redundant. Many of these issues are being reported to Cisco so it's only a matter of time before they change some of the exam questions to better match the book.

Good material, not comprehensive.

By Brad Johnson - May 14, 2010

I studied out of this book to prepare myself for the 642-813 exam, but when I went to take the exam I found that much of what the exam focuses on is not included in the book or is just lightly touched upon. All in all it has some great information for configuring and troubleshooting a network, but if you are looking for a study aide for the test I would look somewhere else.

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