Briscobar <youcant@sendmespam.com> said something like
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> 3:55:58 PM) # wgates@dell.com <wgates@dell.com> rambled:
>>
>> Been looking lately at some products like Testking, Actualtests,
>> Certificationking and found so many questions duplicated by each
>> company. Obviously its pointless buying the same exam sets eg 70 270
>> from all three.
>> Do they get their questions from MS?
>> Do MS sell their past questions to Joe Public?
>> How often is a set of questions at a given test centre "recycled"?
>> Surely not all the questions over several years can be unique?
>> Most important of course can anyone recommend the most cost effective
>> way to get sample exams with explanations for the answers?
>> Many thanks,
>> WG
>
> Alright, I'm not going to flame you, as I am wont to do. Because it
> seems you're asking a genuine question, not knowing the answer, as
> opposed to trying to sway us into believing that TestKings are good.
> Here's the skinny:
>
> TestKing, Actualtest, and any derivitave thereof ARE actual exam
> questions. And they DO come from Microsoft - but not legally. What
> happens is these idiots pay people to take the tests and write down
> the questions, word for word, and what they think is the answer. Then
> they publish these, trying to prey on peoples' greed. There is no
> simpler way to say it: This is cheating. This is not condoned by
> Microsoft, nor any well-intentioned MCP or MCP-to-be. They are nothing
> more than the lazy way out. They attempt to allow you to skirt actual
> testing, studying, and more testing. And they probably do a fine job.
> However, once you get out in the real world, you won't know how
> anything works, just that it does. Fat, dumb, and stupid is no way to
> go through life.
>
> So, any website offering you a 100% passing guarantee or real exam
> questions should be avoided. Tools such as MeasureUp and Transcenders,
> along with Sybex and MSPress books seem to all get good reviews, and
> are not cheating.
>
Mr. Briscobar, that is a lucid, intelligent, well thought-out
explanation.
Overruled!
It's turtles all the way down.