We’re pleased to announce that Craig Zacker’s book, CompTIA Network+ Rapid Review (Exam N10-005)has shipped to the printer!
Assess your readiness for CompTIA Network+ Exam N10-005—and quickly identify where you need to focus and practice. This practical, streamlined guide walks you through each exam objective, providing "need to know" checklists, review questions, tips, and links to further study—all designed to help bolster your preparation.
Reinforce your exam prep with a Rapid Review of these objectives:
· Network Concepts
· Network Installation and Configuration
· Network Media and Topologies
· Network Management
· Network Security
This book is an ideal complement to the in-depth training of the Microsoft Press® Training Kit and other exam-prep resources for CompTIA Network+ Exam N10-005. Craig’s book will be available via online retailers around December 15. In the meantime, here’s more information about the book.
Contents at a Glance
Chapter 1: Network Concepts
Chapter 2: Network Installation and Configuration
Chapter 3Network Media and Topologies
Chapter 4: Network Management
Chapter 5: Network Security
Introduction
This Rapid Review is designed to assist you with studying for the CompTIA Network+ exam N10-005. The Rapid Review series is designed for exam candidates who already have a good grasp of the exam objectives through a combination of experience, skills, and study and could use a concise review guide to help them assess their readiness for the exam.
The N10-005 exam is aimed at an IT networking professional who has:
· CompTIA A+ certification or equivalent knowledge
· A minimum of 9 to 12 months of experience in IT networking
Although this experience would preferably include foundation-level networking skills and knowledge, you might have real-world experience. Most candidates who take this exam have the knowledge and skills that are required to implement a defined network architecture with basic network security. Furthermore, a successful candidate will be able to configure, maintain, and troubleshoot network devices using appropriate network tools and understand the features and purpose of network technologies. Candidates will be able to make basic solution recommendations, analyze network traffic, and be familiar with common protocols and media types. It is important to note that you should have some real-world experience with networking prior to taking the N10-005 exam and that having practical knowledge is a key component to achieving a passing mark.
This book will review every concept described in the following exam objective domains:
· 1.0 Network Concepts
· 2.0 Network Installation and Configuration
· 3.0 Network Media and Topologies
· 4.0 Network Management
· 5.0 Network Security
This is a Rapid Review and not a comprehensive guide such as the CompTIA Network+ Training Kit. The book covers every exam objective on the N10-005 exam, but will not necessarily cover every exam question. CompTIA regularly adds new questions to the exam, making it impossible for this (or any) book to provide every answer. Instead, this book is designed to supplement your existing independent study and real-world experience with the product.
If you encounter a topic in this book that you do not feel completely comfortable with, you can visit the links described in the text, in addition to researching the topic further using other websites, as well as consulting support forums. If you review a topic and find that you don’t understand it, you should consider consulting the CompTIA Network+ Training Kit from Microsoft Press. You can also purchase practice exams, or use the one available with the Training Kit, to further determine if you have need further study on particular topics.
Note The Rapid Review is designed to assess your readiness for the N10-005 exam. It is not designed as a comprehensive exam preparation guide. If you need that level of training for any or all of the exam objectives covered in this book, we suggest the CompTIA Network+ Training Kit (ISBN: 9780735662759). The Training Kit provides comprehensive coverage of each N10-005 exam objective, along with exercises, review questions, and practice tests. The Training Kit also includes a discount voucher for the exam.
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