Taking a Certification Exam
Worth knowing, too, when preparing for the test. Because this book’s
material is very condensed, we recommend that you use this book along
with other resources to achieve the maximum benefit.
In addition to the alerts, we provide tips that will help you build a better
foundation for Windows Server 2003 knowledge. Although the tip information
might not be on the exam, it is certainly related and it will help
you become a better-informed test taker.
This is how tips are formatted. Keep your eyes open for these, and you’ll become a
Windows Server 2003 guru in no time!
This is how notes are formatted. Notes direct your attention to important pieces of information
that relate to Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft certification.
. Exam prep questions—Although we talk about test questions and topics
throughout the book, the section at the end of each chapter presents a
series of mock test questions and explanations of both correct and incorrect
answers.
. Details and resources—Every chapter ends with a section titled “Need to
Know More?” That section provides direct pointers to Microsoft and
third-party resources that offer more details on the chapter’s subject. In
addition, that section tries to rank or at least rate the quality and thoroughness
of the topic’s coverage by each resource. If you find a resource
you like in that collection, you should use it, but you shouldn’t feel compelled
to use all the resources. On the other hand, we recommend only
resources that we use on a regular basis, so none of our recommendations
will be a waste of your time or money (but purchasing them all at
once probably represents an expense that many network administrators
and Microsoft certification candidates might find hard to justify).
The bulk of the book follows this chapter structure, but we’d like to point out a
few other elements. Chapters 21 and 23, “Practice Exam 1” and “Practice Exam
2,” provide good reviews of the material presented throughout the book to
ensure that you’re ready for the exam. Chapters 22 and 24, “Answers to Practice
Exam 1” and “Answers to Practice Exam 2,” offer the correct answers to thequestions on the sample tests that appear in Chapters 21 and 23. Appendix A,
“Suggested Readings and Resources,” offers you several books and websites that
contain useful information on Windows Server 2003. Appendix B, “Accessing
Your Free MeasureUp Practice Test—Including Networking Simulation!” and
Appendix C, “MeasureUp’s Product Features,” provide helpful information
about how to get access to and then take even more practice exams. Finally,
you’ll find a handy glossary and an index.
Finally, the tear-out Cram Sheet attached next to the inside front cover of this
Exam Cram book represents a condensed and compiled collection of facts and
tips that we think are essential for you to memorize before taking the test.
Because you can dump this information out of your head onto a sheet of paper
before taking the exam, you can master this information by brute force; you
need to remember it only long enough to write it down when you walk into the
testing room. You might even want to look at it in the car or in the lobby of the
testing center just before you walk in to take the exam.
How to Use This Book
We’ve structured the topics in this book to build on one another. Therefore,
some topics in later chapters make the most sense after you’ve read earlier chapters.
That’s why we suggest that you read this book from front to back for your
initial test preparation. If you need to brush up on a topic or if you have to bone
up for a second try, you can use the index or table of contents to go straight to
the topics and questions that you need to study. Beyond helping you prepare for
the test, we think you’ll find this book useful as a tightly focused reference to
some of the most important aspects of Windows Server 2003.
The book uses the following typographical conventions:
. Command-line strings that are meant to be typed into the computer are
displayed in monospace text.
. New terms are introduced in italics.
Given all the book’s elements and its specialized focus, we’ve tried to create a tool
that will help you prepare for—and pass—Microsoft 70-270 Exam. Please share
with us your feedback on the book, especially if you have ideas about how we can
improve it for future test takers.
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