Thursday 27 August 2009

CCNA Books - 4 Reasons Why You Should Use A CCNA Book For Your CCNA Exam Preparation

By Francis Teo

Reading CCNA books is an excellent way to study for the CCNA exam, which is getting more and more difficult with every revision. The CCNA book market is very mature, with a wide variety of CCNA books available for every need. The alternative to this is to attend CCNA boot camps or a course in a traditional classroom with a qualified instructor. Another good choice is CCNA video training. Most people select their preparation method based on their budget and how they learn. There are 4 reasons why you should use a CCNA book to prepare for your CCNA exam:

1. Cheapest

The cheapest way to study for the CCNA exam is by buying and reading a CCNA book. A good CCNA book will typically not cost more than $50. Compare this to attending a classroom based course at a Cisco approved training centre, which will cost at least a few thousand dollars. When it comes to cost, nothing beats self-study using a CCNA book.

2. Complete Coverage

The CCNA exam has been around for a very long time. The CCNA books have been written to comprehensively cover all the exam objectives. The better books have bonus videos, sample exams and other goodies to help you have the most comprehensive exam preparation possible.

3. Technically Accurate

The typical CCNA book writer, author and technical reviewer usually has years of experience in the IT and computer networking industry. They are typically CCIE certified which means that they have reached the highest level of technical qualification as determined by Cisco. There are approximately only 20,000 certified and qualified CCIEs in the world today and it is considered to be a great honor to hold this certification. You can thus be assured that the book is written to a high degree of accuracy, at least technically.

4. Variety

There is a wide variety of books available in the market for all aspects of your CCNA preparation. These include books have provide deep coverage of the material, as well as the exam review type of books which are good for a quick revision before the CCNA exam. Books containing sample tests are also widely available, as are books that contain lab scenarios. I can say that there is a book for every aspect of the exam.

If you have a limited budget to prepare for your CCNA exam, why not consider using a CCNA book to prepare? You can have an entire library of CCNA books for just a couple of hundred dollars while the equivalent classroom course will run into the thousands!

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