MCSE IIS 4 Ace It!: Exam: 70-87

By David Iseminger

What they don't want you to know... MCSE Ace it!(tm) Selected questions deconstructed in the Ace it! Exam Revealed You want to return a customized results query page to users who perform queries against your corpus. Which file should you modify? The .htx file Watch out for answers that look a lot like each other... The .idq file ...that may or may not exist! The .rtn file The .htm file associated with the query results Answer: A Add points to your score with... Inside Scoop Get the author's unique insights into what you really need to know and how the exam really works. You can easily add points to your score! Self-Assessment Are You Prepared? Find out what you know and what you don't know at the start of each chapter. Then skip ahead to save hours -- even days -- of your valuable time. Have You Mastered? Test what you learned and find out what you need to review before moving on. Check references to the chapter content as needed. Practice Exam Gain experience and confidence with answers and analyses, question by question... plus references to specific chapters for review as needed. Know This Key information on your exam Test Tip How to get correct answers Test Trap Common exam question pitfalls Pop Quiz Test your study effectiveness www.idgbooks.com

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764532766
• ISBN13: 9780764532764
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Wiley Publishing
• Length: 379 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Solid, comprehensive; needs ODBC error information

The IIS 4.0 exam has the reputation for being a difficult exam to pass and even to prepare for, and having written the exam today, I can vouch for both points. This exam does a better job of truly determining competency than other MS exams, in that you have to carry out certain tasks in an MMC simulator engine in addition to the usual multiple choice questions. This is the 13th certification exam I have taken, and it was without the most difficult.As mentioned before, it's also a difficult exam to prepare for. There doesn't really seem to be one book that covers all the info you need for the exam, since such diverse topics as ISAPI, ASP, and CGI scripts are fair game, as are ODBC errors.Iseminger does a very good job of covering all the basics. Obviously, the book's goal is to get you past the exam, and having successfully written it using this book as my main tool, I think it does a good job.The questions in this book are a real plus. They go beyond the usual "gimme" questions in most books. They truly test your understanding of why things work the way they do in IIS, not your ability to memorize (although a little of that is necessary!) There's also a challenging "mock exam" for one final test. What's missing? ODBC Error information. No specific error messages are covered in this book. I got a list of them from the Microsoft website and would STRONGLY recommend you do the same before writing the exam. You also need a good deal of hands-on experience with IIS or a simulator.Overall, a very strong effort. I recommend this book, and would buy another one written by Iseminger.

Excellent resource-targeted material

I am preparing for the MCSE IIS exam, and even though i didn't have a copy of IIS on hand (or on computer), the book was an excelllent material since it was talking about the exam, not about the IIS in general.