Took the IEAK exam today. Required score is 703 I think and I got around
780. Not a squeak, but no cakewalk either. Took me about 45 minutes to
complete and they give you 90. Normally I take an exam in 30 minutes or
less and this took longer. I think because I had to read more on the
questions. It was also 70 questions. It was my 18th exam passed overall in
24 months.
You have to be very careful when reading the questions. They can be
misleading about what they are really asking.
Overall, I was impressed with the exam. It was fairly challenging, you have
to sudy a bit more for this one than NT or Net Ess type exams.
The MS Press training gyuide is garbage - although it is helpful in
explaining Netshow and Netmeeting. They can be found in TechNet or online
as well.
I mostly used the IE Resource Kit. Overall a great guide and general
resource to have around, but nothing that you can't find online or Technet
though. Nice to have in book format.
I used the Transcender IEAK beta - fairly helpful, but definately won't
carry you through the exam like previous topics I have used.
Now for the braindump:
Quite a few proxy questions. Know how the *.pac, *.js, etc files work and
when to use them. Know how to include and exclude addresses and FQDNs from
the proxy server.
Know the difference between and *.ins file and a *.isp file. Know when to
use both. Know when they should be unique and generic.
Know the differences between security settings and what each setting allows
(High, Low Medium). Not a lot of questions, but you need to know which
allows scripting, etc. because they get very specific in the questions.
Know when and where and what type of bitmaps to use.
The exam focused on the ISP role quite a bit. Know who can make changes and
settings for DUN.
Know where IE 4.0 installs when IE 3.0 is loaded.
Know how channels and Software Distribution channels work. This seemed to
be rather important.
Know when to use IPconfig and Winipcfg - these should be freebies on the
exam.
Know the basic troubleshooting utilities and when to use ( ping, tracert,
ipconfig, permon, netmon, etc ) - again freebies.
Know what migrates from IE and Netscape upgrades and what does not.
That is about all I can think of. Good luck.