I do not say this lightly. I have been using the PrepLogic practice test
that comes with the ExamCram2 book for 70-270. Approximately every third
question is just simply wrong. Here are some examples.

One question asks about the second alarm that goes off when the power
levels in your laptop are too HIGH! This makes me think the question was
written by someone who is not a native english speaker.

One question asks which command line switches are not available when
using the WINNT.EXE command to install Windows XP. It claims that the /s:
is not available and the explanation points out that it is only available
for use with the WINNT32.EXE command.

Three questions later a similar question asks which switches are not
available with the WINNT32.EXE command. That question claims that the /s:
switch is not available and is only available with the WINNT.EXE command.

Simply running both of these commands with the /? switch quickly proves
that the /s: switch is available with both commands. As a matter of fact,
it is the ONLY switch that is available for use with BOTH commands.

Some questions still refer to Windows 2000 (and not in a historical
sense). And others are obviously cut and pasted from older tests.

There are far too many other examples to list here. Suffice it to say
that using these practice tests will actually be detrimental to your
studies. Even if you try to use them to help you find areas in which your
knowledge is weak it will be a waste of your time. They are so unreliable
that you will start to mistrust what you do know and waste time re-
researching those facts when you could have been studying something else.

P.S. I did look for updates to this test. It is over a year old and there
were no updates available. this tells me that they just simply don't
care. Of all the thousands of copies of this test that people have taken
you can't tell me that no one has complained.

Prep Logic tests are worse than worthless. by Hikmer

Hikmer
Tue Apr 12 11:30:34 CDT 2005

Yes, PrepLogic questions are not only wrong, but not very
close to the exam questions either. MeasureUp questions
seem alright, but still not enough to pass an exam.
>-----Original Message-----
>I do not say this lightly. I have been using the
PrepLogic practice test
>that comes with the ExamCram2 book for 70-270.
Approximately every third
>question is just simply wrong. Here are some examples.
>
>One question asks about the second alarm that goes off
when the power
>levels in your laptop are too HIGH! This makes me think
the question was
>written by someone who is not a native english speaker.
>
>One question asks which command line switches are not
available when
>using the WINNT.EXE command to install Windows XP. It
claims that the /s:
>is not available and the explanation points out that it
is only available
>for use with the WINNT32.EXE command.
>
>Three questions later a similar question asks which
switches are not
>available with the WINNT32.EXE command. That question
claims that the /s:
>switch is not available and is only available with the
WINNT.EXE command.
>
>Simply running both of these commands with the /? switch
quickly proves
>that the /s: switch is available with both commands. As a
matter of fact,
>it is the ONLY switch that is available for use with BOTH
commands.
>
>Some questions still refer to Windows 2000 (and not in a
historical
>sense). And others are obviously cut and pasted from
older tests.
>
>There are far too many other examples to list here.
Suffice it to say
>that using these practice tests will actually be
detrimental to your
>studies. Even if you try to use them to help you find
areas in which your
>knowledge is weak it will be a waste of your time. They
are so unreliable
>that you will start to mistrust what you do know and
waste time re-
>researching those facts when you could have been studying
something else.
>
>P.S. I did look for updates to this test. It is over a
year old and there
>were no updates available. this tells me that they just
simply don't
>care. Of all the thousands of copies of this test that
people have taken
>you can't tell me that no one has complained.
>.
>

Re: Prep Logic tests are worse than worthless. by JaR

JaR
Tue Apr 12 11:52:18 CDT 2005

In microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, Hikmer climbed on a soapbox & opined:

> Yes, PrepLogic questions are not only wrong, but not very
> close to the exam questions either. MeasureUp questions
> seem alright, but still not enough to pass an exam.

They are not intended to be "enough to pass an exam." They are intended to
evaluate your readiness to pass an exam. In my experience, MeasureUps did
this limited task just fine.

FWIW, if the OP is able to critique the PrepLogic tests and find the
errata, (a) he is more than likely going to have no problem with the actual
test, (b) sounds like he is doing things the right way, & (3) actually
knows this stuff!

--
JaR
Thug 10110
Click on MCNGP.com when you're done!

Re: Prep Logic tests are worse than worthless. by Grant

Grant
Tue Apr 12 16:51:36 CDT 2005

In article <Xns9636646C2E427plentespamsuxsofthom@207.46.248.16>,
plente@spamsuxsofthome.net says...
> FWIW, if the OP is able to critique the PrepLogic tests and find the
> errata, (a) he is more than likely going to have no problem with the actual
> test, (b) sounds like he is doing things the right way, & (3) actually
> knows this stuff!


I hope so. I have scheduled the test for this Friday to force myself to
be ready. I could go on researching each of these inconsistencies for
years.

Prep Logic tests are worse than worthless. by StudyOn

StudyOn
Thu Apr 14 04:38:59 CDT 2005


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>-----Original Message-----
>I do not say this lightly. I have been using the
PrepLogic practice test
>that comes with the ExamCram2 book for 70-270.
Approximately every third
>question is just simply wrong. Here are some examples.
>
>One question asks about the second alarm that goes off
when the power
>levels in your laptop are too HIGH! This makes me think
the question was
>written by someone who is not a native english speaker.
>
>One question asks which command line switches are not
available when
>using the WINNT.EXE command to install Windows XP. It
claims that the /s:
>is not available and the explanation points out that it
is only available
>for use with the WINNT32.EXE command.
>
>Three questions later a similar question asks which
switches are not
>available with the WINNT32.EXE command. That question
claims that the /s:
>switch is not available and is only available with the
WINNT.EXE command.
>
>Simply running both of these commands with the /? switch
quickly proves
>that the /s: switch is available with both commands. As a
matter of fact,
>it is the ONLY switch that is available for use with BOTH
commands.
>
>Some questions still refer to Windows 2000 (and not in a
historical
>sense). And others are obviously cut and pasted from
older tests.
>
>There are far too many other examples to list here.
Suffice it to say
>that using these practice tests will actually be
detrimental to your
>studies. Even if you try to use them to help you find
areas in which your
>knowledge is weak it will be a waste of your time. They
are so unreliable
>that you will start to mistrust what you do know and
waste time re-
>researching those facts when you could have been studying
something else.
>
>P.S. I did look for updates to this test. It is over a
year old and there
>were no updates available. this tells me that they just
simply don't
>care. Of all the thousands of copies of this test that
people have taken
>you can't tell me that no one has complained.
>.
>