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Dewey Decimal Number: 004.076 EAN: 9780878918478 ISBN: 0878918477 Label: Research & Education Association Manufacturer: Research & Education Association Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 253 Publication Date: 1998 Publisher: Research & Education Association Studio: Research & Education Association Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: This test preparation book includes four full-length exams with explanations modeled after the actual GRE in Computer Science. Areas tested include software systems and methodology, computer organization and architecture, computational math, and advanced topics. Contains a section on important computer science topics and a computer science glossary. For computer science students bound for graduate school. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - In response to David J. WilkinsonThis is in respose to David J. Wilkinson f(n)=n is NOT a constant function Just to write n in binary you need log(n) space/time remember, we are not talking about what happens in a C/C++ or some other compiler. We are talkign about theory here. In C you would represent a number as lets say 32 bit int, in that case the function f(n) is constant, assuming n is always less than 2^32, but this is not true for the general case. Rating:  - f(n) = n is a constant funcitonJust so no one studying for the test gets confused, f(n) = n is in fact a constant funciton. In this context constant means that its execution time does not vary based on the imput. Compare this to a bubble short algorithm where the excecution time would vary accourding to the square of the number of items. So 10 item would take 100c time units to sort, 1000 items would take 1 million! Rating:  - Lets be fair, it does what it is supposed to do.Having read all the reviews I am not quite sure why people are so unhappy. Yes, this is not an exciting page turner, but it is not supposed to be. It sais on the cover "4 Full-Length Exams" and this is what you get, sample exams and explanations for questions. There will never be a book that will tell you how to "crack" the CS GRE, because such a book would have to contain the information of about five textbooks. The only way to study for a CS GRE is to use this book to get an idea of ... Read More Rating:  - Can there really be no alternative?OK, this book is terrible, like everyone said. I didn't buy it: I got it free from a colleague at work. I used it for the sole purpose of practicing answering CS-type questions quickly and filling in the bubbles. Here are a few of my pet peeves: 1) The book assumes an expert-level knowledge of PASCAL and no knowledge of C. The sample test from ETS requred only basic C and PASCAL. Since I didn't know PASCAL at all (who does these days?) until I studied for the GRE, I really hope that ... Read More Rating: - Worst Test Preparation Book EVERIf you are thinking about taking the GRE Computer Science test, buying a review book is probably a good idea. However, do not, under any circumstances, buy this one. If you cannot find a better review book, consider buying the latest Michael Crichton novel, or perhaps a collection of The Far Side comics, because either of them would be more useful for test preparation than this book. I bought this book in preparation for taking my GRE subject test, and was incredibly discouraged after taking ... Read More 
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