Querying a test result with Microsoft re 70291

Hi, not sure if anyone can help but i could sure use some.

I took 70291 for the third time yesterday and failed with a 653. On the
previous two test occasions i scored highly in the Routing and remote access
>60-70% correct in that area on both the previous attempts.
However on yesterdays failed attempt on the feedback sheet it tells me that
i literally got 0.5% correct for that same section.
I'm just a bit puzzled how i can become so disastourously bad at this
section when it was my strongest section on the previous two exam attempts.

To cut a long story short does anyone know if it's possible to query this
situation with Microsoft???
Any advice or ideas welcome.

Thanks

Mark

John
Tue Apr 08 09:06:24 CDT 2008


"Vegashands" <Vegashands@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:297B525C-6504-4E98-8E34-507D6A301CE2@microsoft.com...
> Hi, not sure if anyone can help but i could sure use some.
>
> I took 70291 for the third time yesterday and failed with a 653. On the
> previous two test occasions i scored highly in the Routing and remote
> access
>>60-70% correct in that area on both the previous attempts.
> However on yesterdays failed attempt on the feedback sheet it tells me
> that
> i literally got 0.5% correct for that same section.
> I'm just a bit puzzled how i can become so disastourously bad at this
> section when it was my strongest section on the previous two exam
> attempts.
>
> To cut a long story short does anyone know if it's possible to query this
> situation with Microsoft???
> Any advice or ideas welcome.
>

That request is going to have to go to the regional service center.
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/worldwide/default.mspx
Have your test report on hand when you contact them. Quite honestly, I
don't know if there is a dispute procedure or not, but they would be the
official path.

John R

Vegashands
Tue Apr 08 09:37:03 CDT 2008

Thanks John R, I have tracked down a relevant phone number but typical Msoft
their systems are down at the moment! Ahh, the irony!

M

"John R" wrote:

>
> "Vegashands" <Vegashands@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:297B525C-6504-4E98-8E34-507D6A301CE2@microsoft.com...
> > Hi, not sure if anyone can help but i could sure use some.
> >
> > I took 70291 for the third time yesterday and failed with a 653. On the
> > previous two test occasions i scored highly in the Routing and remote
> > access
> >>60-70% correct in that area on both the previous attempts.
> > However on yesterdays failed attempt on the feedback sheet it tells me
> > that
> > i literally got 0.5% correct for that same section.
> > I'm just a bit puzzled how i can become so disastourously bad at this
> > section when it was my strongest section on the previous two exam
> > attempts.
> >
> > To cut a long story short does anyone know if it's possible to query this
> > situation with Microsoft???
> > Any advice or ideas welcome.
> >
>
> That request is going to have to go to the regional service center.
> http://www.microsoft.com/learning/worldwide/default.mspx
> Have your test report on hand when you contact them. Quite honestly, I
> don't know if there is a dispute procedure or not, but they would be the
> official path.
>
> John R
>
>

JaR
Tue Apr 08 10:23:34 CDT 2008

On 4/8/2008,Vegashands had the unmitigated gall to claim:

> but typical Msoft
> their systems are down at the moment!

You don't understand. That's a feature, not a bug ;-)

--
JaR
Keeps the complaints down
Remove hat to reply

rev
Tue Apr 08 12:22:44 CDT 2008

Because sometimes when we do poorly thatâ??s all we focus on when we return so
we tend to often answer the questions we "should know" without reading them
thoroughly.

--
.rev [askthemct..com]

"Vegashands" <Vegashands@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:297B525C-6504-4E98-8E34-507D6A301CE2@microsoft.com...
> Hi, not sure if anyone can help but i could sure use some.
>
> I took 70291 for the third time yesterday and failed with a 653. On the
> previous two test occasions i scored highly in the Routing and remote
> access
>>60-70% correct in that area on both the previous attempts.
> However on yesterdays failed attempt on the feedback sheet it tells me
> that
> i literally got 0.5% correct for that same section.
> I'm just a bit puzzled how i can become so disastourously bad at this
> section when it was my strongest section on the previous two exam
> attempts.
>
> To cut a long story short does anyone know if it's possible to query this
> situation with Microsoft???
> Any advice or ideas welcome.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark

kpg
Tue Apr 08 12:43:21 CDT 2008

".rev [askthemct.com]" <ireportbadpeople@gmail.com> wrote in
news:76A34AE1-57ED-448F-A1C2-E70B6A1EE82A@microsoft.com:

> Because sometimes when we do poorly thatâ??s all we focus on when we
> return so we tend to often answer the questions we "should know"
> without reading them thoroughly.

That makes more sense than anything I've ever read - ever.

I like the fact that the OP and the first responders assumed
there was a legitimate reason to contact MS over this issue.

Though I must admit, 1/2 percent correct is a big drop-off.

Maybe the tests should be cumulative.

That would be sweet.

John
Tue Apr 08 13:35:41 CDT 2008


"kpg" <no@spam.com> wrote in message
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> ".rev [askthemct.com]" <ireportbadpeople@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:76A34AE1-57ED-448F-A1C2-E70B6A1EE82A@microsoft.com:
>
>> Because sometimes when we do poorly thatâ?Ts all we focus on when we
>> return so we tend to often answer the questions we "should know"
>> without reading them thoroughly.
>
> That makes more sense than anything I've ever read - ever.
>
> I like the fact that the OP and the first responders assumed
> there was a legitimate reason to contact MS over this issue.
>

I didn't think I assumed that. He asked if it was possible to query MS, and
I told him who to talk to. I didn't comment on the legitimacy or validity
of the query.

If he is a reasonable and cautious person, he may or may not have a valid
complaint. If he rushed the test, then he might be proven wrong. Either
way, that isn't going to happen here, MS Learning needs to deal with it.

John R