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Welcome to the C++ Weekend Crash Course CD. We offer our Self-Assessment Test to help you prepare to take the Certification exam.

The CD includes an interface that simplifies the process of installing the software. Leave the CD in the CD-ROM drive to run the application.

For more information about the items on the CD, view the following links.

Learn about the Self-Assessment Test

Troubleshooting Tips


Find out about the Practice Test
Find out about the Self-Assessment Test

The Self-Assessment test is designed to help you assess your knowledge of C++ and pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses on a topic. You can pick the number of questions, and decide which objectives you want to focus on.

After you answer the questions, the Self-Assessment test gives you plenty of feedback. You can find out which questions you got right or wrong, and get statistics on how you did broken down by objective. Then you can review the questions—all of them, all the ones you missed, all the ones you marked, or a combination of the ones marked and missed.

Instructions for taking the Self-Assessment Test

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Instructions for taking the Practice Test
Instructions for taking the Self-Assessment Test

You must keep the CD in your CD-ROM drive while you’re running the Self-Assessment test.

Before you can run the Self-Assessment test, you need to install it through the CD interface.

1.	After the test is installed, you can launch it from the Program menu. Click Start · Programs · IDG Books Worldwide · C++ Weekend Crash Course · Self-Assessment Test.

2.	Click Take Test to enter the Setup screen, or Review Saved Results to see the results you may have saved from past tests. If you decide to look at your saved results, skip down to step 10.

3.	If you want to accept the Default settings, skip down to Step 6.

4.	Select the Objectives you want the questions to cover.

5.	Enter the number of questions you want to answer.

6.	Click the Next · to start the test.

7.	You can mark questions by clicking on the Mark this Question button at the bottom of the Question screen.

8.	You can click Review Results at any point to stop taking the test and see your results.

9.	You can see your results expressed as a pie chart or as a table, with your answers broken down by Objective.

10.	To review questions, click the option for the questions you want to review.

11.	You can review all the questions, just the ones you missed, just the ones you marked, or a combination of all the ones you missed and the ones you marked.

12.	You can print or save the results of your test, and you can print the pie chart or review screens of individual questions, to help you keep track of your progress.

13.	If you save your results, they will be added to a log that is maintained by the test engine.

14.	To look back over your progress, click Review Saved Results.

15.	The Review screen gives you two options—you can look at the results of an individual test or you can see a graph comparing the scores of all the test results you have saved.

16.	Click Single Test Results to see the results from individual tests.

17.	Click Comparative Test Results to see a graph comparing the results of all the test results you have saved.

18.	If you click Single Test Results, you can select the record you want to see. They are listed by the date and time that you saved them. When you are viewing the results, you can print a text version of the information.

19.	If you click Comparative Test Results, you can choose to view either a comparison of your test scores, or a comparison of how you did on specific objectives. You can also print these graphs.

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Troubleshooting Tips

You may encounter problems using these programs depending on you system configuration.  Computers differ, and some programs may not work properly for some reason.

The two most likely problems are that you don’t have enough memory (RAM) for the programs you want to use, or that you have other programs running that are affecting installation or running of a program. If you get error messages like Not enough memory or Setup cannot continue, try one or more of these methods and then try using the software again:

•	Close all running programs. The more programs you’re running, the less memory is available to other programs. Installers also typically update files and programs; if you keep other programs running, installation may not work properly.

•	In Windows, close the CD interface and run demos or installations directly from Windows Explorer. The interface itself can tie up system memory or even conflict with certain kinds of interactive demos. Use Windows Explorer to browse the files on the CD and launch installers or demos.

•	Have your local computer store add more RAM to your computer. This is, admittedly, a drastic and somewhat expensive step. However, if you have a Windows 95 PC, adding more memory can really help the speed of your computer and enable more programs to run at the same time.

If you still have trouble installing the items from the CD, please call the IDG Books Worldwide Customer Service phone number: 800-762-2974 (outside the U.S: 317-572-3993).

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