MCSE Core Four Practice Tests
Authors: Ed Tittel, James Michael Stewart, Gary Novosel
Venue:  (1999)

From the Book: Introduction Introduction You Spoke Welcome to MCSE Core Four Practice Tests Exam Cram! A recent survey of Coriolis readers showed us how important practice questions are in your efforts to prepare to take and pass certification exams. You asked us to give you more practice tests on a variety of certification topics, including MCSE Core Four, MCSE+I, A+, Network+, and others. We Responded The Practice Tests Exam Cram series is our answer to your requests, and provides you with entirely new practice tests for many certification topics. Each practice test appears in its own chapter, followed by a corresponding answer and explanation chapter, in the same format as the Sample Test and Answer Key chapters at the end of each of our Exam Cram books. We not only tell you which answers are correct, but we also explain why the right answers are right and why the wrong answers are wrong. Thats because were convinced that you can learn as much from understanding the wrong answers as you can from knowing the right ones! This book makes a perfect companion to any study material you may own that covers the exam subject matter. For those of you who already own the MCSE Core Four Exam Cram books, we have included a time-saving study feature. At the end of each answer, you will find a reference to the corresponding Exam Cram book or to another valuable resource in which that topic is more thoroughly explained. That way, if you want to review the material on which the question is based in more depth, you will be able to quickly locate that information. But Wait, Theres More! This book also includes a CD-ROM that contains four more exams, one on each of the Core Four topics. These additional exams are built using an interactive adaptive format that allows you to practice in an exam environment similar to Microsofts own testing formats. Thus, this book gives you access to a pool of 200 questions for each of the Core Four exam topics. Thorough review of these materials should provide you with a reasonably complete view of the numerous topics and types of questions youre likely to see on a real Microsoft exam. Because questions come and go on Microsoft exams pretty regularly, we cant claim total coverage, but we have designed these question pools to deal with the topics and concepts that are most likely to appear on a real exam in some form or fashion. Using This Book To Prepare For An Exam You should begin your preparation process by working through the materials in the book to guide your studies. As you discover topics or concepts that may be unfamiliar or unclear, be sure to consult additional study materials to increase your knowledge and familiarity with the materials involved. In fact, you should employ this particular technique on any practice test questions you come across that may expose areas in your knowledge base that may need further development or elaboration. To help you increase your knowledge base, we suggest that you work with whatever materials you have at hand. Certainly, we cant help but recommend our own Exam Cram and Exam Prep books, but you will find that the Exam Crams also cite numerous other sources of information as well. Among those tools, some other materials worth obtaining include any Resource Kits available from Microsoft Press for software under discussion. For this book, that clearly means the Windows NT 4.0 Workstation Resource Kit and the Windows NT 4.0 Server Resource Kit (dont forget the three supplements to the latter that are now also available as well). Microsofts TechNet CD (which includes electronic copies of all Resource Kits and their supplements), plus copies of the Knowledge Base, product manuals, Technical Notes, and training materials, is a pricey (a subscription costs $299 per year) but valuable source of information. You can learn more about this invaluable tool online at http://www.microsoft.com/technet. Finally, for the Networking Essentials exam, Microsoft also offers a Self-Study Kit on that topic, currently available in a second edition. It too, is a worthwhile resource (as is our own MCSE Networking Essentials Exam Prep). Once youve worked your way through the text-based practice tests in the book, use the interactive adaptive exams on the CD to assess your test readiness. That way, you can build confidence in your ability to sit for and pass these exams, as you master the subject material for each one. We recommend you shoot for a passing result when you take the practice tests. If you dont make the grade, you should probably take some other practice examspossibly from one or more of the vendors shown below, all of whom offer practice exams for under $100 (in most cases, well under $100). The following are some vendors of practice exams and their corresponding URLs:  CramSession http://www.cramsession.com/  Hardcore MCSE http://www.hardcoremcse.com/  LANWrights http://www.lanw.com/books/examcram/order.htm  MeasureUp http://www.measureup.com/ Use these practice exams to increase your knowledge, familiarity, and understanding of the materials involved in the topic area, rather than spending the money on a Microsoft test that you may not pass. Because each Microsoft exam costs $100, we think youre better off spending some of that money on more preparation, and saving what you can to help pay for the exam when youre really ready to pass it! Tell Us What You Think Feel free to share your feedback on the book with us. Well carefully consider your comments. Please be sure to include the title of the book in your message; otherwise, well be forced to guess which book you are writing about. Please send your comments and questions to us at cipq@coriolis.com. Visit our Web site at www.certificationinsider.com for the latest on whats happening in the world of certification, updates, and new Exam Prep and Exam Cram titles. For the latest information on Microsoft certification exams, visit Microsofts Web site at www.microsoft.com/train_cert. Good luck with your exams!