Cisa Exam Cram 2: Certified Information Systems Auditor

by Allen Keele and Keith Mortier

Book Overview

Want an affordable yet innovative approach to studying for the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) 2005 exam? CISA 2005 Exam Cram 2 is your solution. You will have the essential material for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0789732726
• ISBN13: 9780789732729
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Pearson It Certification
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Excellent

The book should be and is used in conjunction with Allen Keele's CISA Bootcamp. The seminar/bootcamp while somewhat expensive is excellent. Allen teaches the course personally and discusses with the students additional exam hints (about 235 additional which are not part of the book), testing techniques, and other slides that do not accompany his textbook. The seminar/bootcamp is very fast paced and Allen throws a great deal of material at the student. However, he also provides clear and concise answers to your questions that will only expand your knowledge. The book, slides, seminar and presentation map directly to the CISA/ISACA requirements. I belive his book is much better written than the ISACA manual. However, I also believe his book should be used in conjunction with the ISACA manual so that the examinee has a total perspective. My tact was to thoroughly read and study Allen's book, memorize and know thoroughly the "hints" Allen has given, practice, practice and more practice of exam questions, practice the ISACA questions available on CD-ROM (650), practice any other CISA exam questions I could find from the Internet, and finally read and study the CISA/ISACA Manual thoroughly for anything I might have missed.

A refreshing change of pace...this book was good.

I had three sources of study materials for my CISA exam which I took in June 2005. The CISA Review Manual, MicroMash and Exam Cram 2. Of the three the Review Manual was probably the most complete, but the Exam Cram 2 re-organized the materials better and made better connections between the information and real life. MicroMash was just too dense for my tastes. As a recommendation I would have to say for those of you planning to take the December test: get both the CISA material AND the Exam Cram 2 book. Read the section in the CISA book and then read the corresponding chapter in the Exam Cram 2. It really helps. I passed.

CISA Exam Cram 2: Certified Information Systems Auditor

Though I did have a financial internal audit background, I did not have a technical IS background or education. I used the text and found it very succinct and very helpful in assisting in my ability to pass the CISA exam on my first sitting. I would highly recommend the use of the text as it was a definite help in my preparation efforts.

Excellent

I just received my passing grade for the June 11, 2005 CISA Exam. I used this book, in conjunction with the ISACA study manual, and passed. I am not certain how much different the December exam will be, but this manual will probably cover a good portion of the exam and will be worth the purchase. My issue is less with the book than the content of the exam, which apparently feels that such arcane trivia as token ring networking is worthy of study and examination. Several sections of this book and the ISACA study manual, once the test is passed, may safely be used as bird cage liner (unless you are still working with a company using 1993 technology).

Excellent book for CISA prep.

I have been trying to prepare for the upcoming ISACA CISA exam using materials from ISACA, namely the 2005 CISA Review Manual and the ISACA practice questions on CD. I have personnally found the ISACA material a bit challenging to prep from since the CD questions refer to many sources besides the ISACA Review Manual. This Exam Cram prep book is EXCELLENT. It maps directly to the exam objectives, and teaches the material in a way that I can understand and retain. The book is FILLED with "Exam Alerts" so you do not have to wonder if you've missed important key learning points for test prep. The CD that comes with the book has some very good practice questions as well. The answers are even explained with audio/visual clips that often show the author's technique for ferreting the answer from the question itself. Nice. The seminars on the CD were very informative too, and provided additional content beyond the book. Nice. For twice the price, this book would still be a must-have CISA prep resource.