BOOK LAYOUT
The chapters are clear, well organized, and the author really tried to emphasize the test material. There are no conventional questions at the end of the chapter. Instead there are word searches and cross word puzzles? However, the author goes to great pains to include workable examples (labs) in each chapter that help to reinforce the chapter material. These labs are great if you have a test Novell box to practice on or just setting up your first Novell network will be a great learning experience. The appendix includes many useful bits of information about becoming a C.N.A., C.N.E., Novell websites, and how to setup Netware for the first time.

MINOR GRIPES
The author does try to inject some life into what could be a boring topic by using comic book references. It really depends on your taste as to what you will think of his references but mostly they are ignorable. Where they really get annoying is in his design of the NDS tree. An example, "Click the Calculator.WHITE.CRIME.TOKYO.ACME." It gets a bit confusing if you don't want to master his fictional tree. What I did was create more business-oriented names for all my containers and users so I could easily identify them.

EXTRA MATERIALS WITH BOOK
The book does come with two CDs that contain a demo version of Netware 5.1 and the Novell client. These come in handy if you do not have a broadband connection to download ISOs of NW 6 and the Novell Client.

OVERALL
The book is a great resource that covers all the material found on the test. I will be keeping it as a reference book. If you read the book with the intent of learning how to become a C.N.A. then you will not find many if any "shocker questions" on the cert test.