Copyright

Copyright 2004 by Que Certification

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2003100980

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing: August 2003

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Credits

Publisher

Paul Boger

Executive Editor

Jeff Riley

Development Editor

Ginny Bess Munroe

Managing Editor

Charlotte Clapp

Project Editor

Tonya Simpson

Production Editor

Megan Wade

Indexer

John Sleeva

Proofreaders

Katie Robinson

Suzanne Thomas

Technical Editors

Steve Heckler

Greg Guntle

Team Coordinator

Pamalee Nelson

Multimedia Developer

Dan Scherf

Page Layout

Cheryl Lynch

Michelle Mitchell

Dedication

For Pooja and Sheetal.