How to Prepare for an Exam


Preparing for any MCSA- or MCSE- related test (including Exam 70-292) requires that you obtain and study materials designed to provide comprehensive information about the product and its capabilities that will appear on the specific exam for which you're preparing. The following list of materials can help you study and prepare:

  • The Microsoft 70-292 Preparation Guide, which details the expected areas of focus for this exam, available from http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/exams/70-292.asp.

  • The Microsoft Windows Server 2003 technical resources and documentation, which are available from http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/.

  • The exam preparation materials, practice tests, and self-assessment exams on the Microsoft Training & Certification page atwww.microsoft.com/traincert. The Exam Resources link offers examples of the new question types found on the MCSA and MCSE exams, along with new certification concentrations. You should find the materials, download them, and use them!

  • The exam-preparation advice, practice tests, questions of the day, and discussion group conversations on the www.examcram2.com e-learning and certification destination Web site.

In addition, you might find any or all the following materials useful in your quest for Windows Server 2003 expertise:

  • Microsoft training kits ” Microsoft Press offers a training kit that specifically targets Exam 70-292. For more information, visit http://www.microsoft.com/mspress/certification/mcsa2003.asp. This training kit contains information that you will find useful in preparing for the test.

  • Microsoft Developer Network Library CD ” This quarterly CD- or DVD-based publication delivers numerous electronic titles that include coverage of .NET Framework, Visual Basic .NET, and related topics. Its offerings include product facts, technical notes, tools and utilities, sample code, and much more. A subscription to the MSDN Library costs $199 per year, but it is well worth the price. Visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscriptions/prodinfo/overview.asp for more details.

  • Study guides ” Several publishers, including Que Publishing, offer certification titles. Que Publishing offers the following:

    • The Exam Cram 2 series ” These books give you information about the material you need to know to pass the tests.

    • The Training Guide series ” These books provide a greater level of detail than the Exam Cram 2 books and are designed to teach you everything you need to know about the subject covered by an exam within the MCSA/MCSE track. Each book comes with a CD-ROM that contains interactive practice exams in a variety of testing formats.

  • Classroom training ” Microsoft Certified Technical Education Centers (CTECs), online partners , and third-party training companies (such as Wave Technologies, Learning Tree, and Data-Tech) all offer classroom training for Microsoft certification exams. These companies aim to help you prepare to pass Exam 70-292 (or other exams). Although such training might cost more than $350 per day in class, most of the individuals lucky enough to partake find this training to be quite worthwhile.

  • Other publications ” There's no shortage of materials available about Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and the Active Directory environment. The "Need to Know More?" resource sections at the end of each chapter in this book will give you an idea of where we think you should look for further discussion and research on each chapter's focus.

This set of required and recommended materials represents an unparalleled collection of sources and resources for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and related topics covered in your certification track. We hope that you will find that this book belongs in this company.

What This Book Will Not Do

This book will not teach you everything you need to know about computers or even about a given topic. Nor is this book an introduction to computer technology. The Microsoft 70-292 exam is primarily focused towards MCSAs and MCSEs already certified on earlier Microsoft technologies, who want to demonstrate their skills with the new Windows Server 2003 product line.

If you are new to Microsoft network administration and are looking for an initial preparation guide, check out www.quepublishing.com, where you'll find a whole section dedicated to the MCSE/MCSA certifications. This book will review what you need to know before you take the test, with the fundamental purpose dedicated to reviewing the information needed on the Microsoft 70-292 certification exam in particular.

This book uses a variety of teaching and memorization techniques to analyze the exam-related topics and to provide you with ways to input, index, and retrieve everything you'll need to know to pass the test. Once again, it is not an introduction to Windows Server 2003.

What This Book Is Designed to Do

This book is designed to be read as a pointer to the areas of knowledge you'll be tested on. In other words, you might want to read the book the first time in order to develop an idea about your current knowledge of the subject material, and to identify areas where additional review is needed.

The book is also designed to be read shortly before you sit the actual test and to give you a last-minute review distillation of the entire subject matter in as few pages as possible. We think you can use this book to get a sense of the underlying context of any topic in the chapters ”or to skim-read for Exam Alerts, bulleted points, summaries, and topic headings. Make sure to review the pull-out sheet just before you walk into your exam so that all the details will be fresh on your mind.

We have drawn on material from Microsoft's own listing of knowledge requirements, from other preparation guides, and from the exams themselves , in addition to a battery of third-party test-preparation tools and technical Web sites, as well as from our own experience with Microsoft Windows technologies and the exam. Our aim is to walk you through the knowledge you will need ”looking over your shoulder, so to speak ”and point out those things that are important for the exam through Exam Alerts, notes, practice questions, and so on.

The 70-292 exam makes a basic assumption that you already have a strong background of experience with the Windows Server platform and its terminology. On the other hand, because the 2003 version of this technology is so new, no one can be a complete expert. We've tried to demystify the jargon, acronyms, terms, and concepts and to provide clear details on where you can find additional information. Also, wherever we think you might flip past an important concept, we've defined the assumptions and premises behind that concept.



MCSA.MCSE Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment Exam Cram 2
MCSA/MCSE Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 70-292)
ISBN: 0789730111
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 132

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