Notes on This Book s Organization

Notes on This Book's Organization

This section highlights all the different elements and pieces that will be found in your Exam Cram 2 . Items such as exam alerts, tips, notes, practice questions, and so on will be explained here:

• Terms You'll Need to Know ” Each chapter begins with a list of terms that you must learn and understand in order to fully grasp the content being covered; each of these terms is defined in the Glossary.

• Techniques You'll Need to Master ” Following the important terms is a list of concepts/tools/techniques that need to be understood before attempting to take the exam.

• Chapter Content ” The introductory paragraph will alert you to the topics that will be covered throughout the chapter. Following this a number of topics relating to the chapter title will be covered in detail.

• Exam Alerts ” Concepts and topics that are likely to appear on the exam are highlighted in a special layout known as an Exam Alert. An Exam Alert appears within the chapter content like this:

  

  Exam Alerts are included in each chapter to point your attention to a particular concept or topic that you are more than likely to encounter on the exam. So as you are working through the chapter, make sure you pay close attention to the topics addressed in the alerts. Exam Alerts can also be a good way of refreshing yourself with important information right before taking the exam, although the information is usually included in the Cram Sheet.

  
  

  This is not to say that the general content within a chapter is not important. The Exam Alerts are there to flag the information that is more certain to appear in some scenario format.

• Tips and Notes ” Throughout a chapter you may also find side tips and notes. The layout and purpose of each is as follows :

  

  Tips are designed to give the reader some added piece of information pertaining to a topic being covered, such as an alternative or more efficient way of performing a certain task.

  
  

  

  Notes are designed to alert you to a piece of information related to the topic being discussed.

  
  

• Practice Questions and Answers ” The end of each chapter has a series of 10 questions designed to test your understanding of the topics covered throughout the chapter. Detailed explanations are provided for each of the 10 questions explaining both the correct and incorrect answers.

• Need to Know More ” Each chapter ends with a listing of additional resources offering more details about the chapter topics.

Other elements of the book worth mentioning are the Sample Tests and Answer Keys found in Chapters 9 through 12. These questions cover all of the topics covered throughout the book. The questions can be used for review purposes and to determine exam readiness.

In addition to this, you'll also find a glossary of key terms used throughout the book and the appendixes listing additional resources that you may find valuable .

Last but not least, mention must be made about the Cram Sheet included with the book. The Cram Sheet distills all the important facts and topics covered and summarizes them in a few short pages. These are the facts that we feel should be memorized for the test. The Cram Sheet is the last thing you should review before going into the test. And once you enter the test room, the first thing you should do is transfer all the facts to paper.