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Are all test scores equal?

There's an old joke about what you call the person who graduates at the bottom of their class in medical school. The answer, of course, is "doctor." But the more serious question is: Do you want that to be the...

CCNA certification: When to study, what to read

A few years ago, I had lost my driver's license and with it my job. After a few months of searching, I eventually found a new job, but getting there and back meant an hour and a half each day...

How to pass your Network+ exam

When I was 17, I attended the Westover Job Corps Center in Chicopee, Mass., and I really needed to do something with my life -- I had bad friends, I was messing up in high school, and so on --...

How to pass your CCNA exam

Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land. If you truly want to set sail and reach your goal of Cisco certification, you will need several keys to help you reach it. In order to gain the knowledge...

Networking certifications: How to pass your exams

I was able to pass all my exams with flying colors by doing the following:

  • I first researched which books were good. I find that you have to buy more than one because some authors explain certain ideas and topics better than others; some books hardly touch on subjects that are crucial to the exams.
  • Networking certification how-to

    Certification preparation is an in-depth process. Sure, you could go out and purchase Q&A papers from some of the popular test material sites; but if you do not truly understand the underlying processes (why a particular answer is correct and...

    Certification advice from the trenches

    Passing your exams not only tests your knowledge, but also your perseverance and dedication. To succeed, you need to devote a good amount of resources, time and money to earning your cert. And the tricky part can be deciding what those resources are, how much time to invest, and how much money you will realistically spend.

    70-290: 10 Things To Practice

    Configure and troubleshoot shared folders permissions-again, and again and again. Create different scenarios for your family and friends group accounts. Be the network administrator! Configure Volume Shadow Copy Service on your server and don't turn it off. (This has...

    70-290 Exam Review

    Windows Server 2003 offers many new features and services beyond those found in Windows 2000 and the 70-290 exam reflects some of those differences. You'll find it similar to 70-218, Managing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Environment, where you were...