Rowdy
Fri Jan 02 10:03:08 CST 2004
I was happily strolling along my merry little way in
microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, when I looked down and saw a little note
from European Bob on Fri 02 Jan 2004 06:36:12a who wrote:
> have been working with Microsoft's op for about 10 years
> now but never needed cert but thinking of changing
> companies so just started mcse and want to get it finished
> as quickly as possible can anyone suggest some
> good "brainbumps" or ch. sheets that might be worth
> looking at. have two exams booked next week 70-290/291 i
> think ill breeze them but want 2 make sure and not waste £
>
> Thanks for your help
> Bob D.
>
Bob, did you study enough for the exams? I have done a slew of exams over the
last couple of years, and i also know a bunch of experienced guys that
thought that the subject matter on the exams was too simplistic and below
their level of competence that they didn't really study for the exams - then
they fail and post complaints about how unfair the scoring is and un-
realistic & confusing the questions are.
from my experiece, exam taking/passing does not have a direct correlation
with on the job work experince/training. take an exam sim test. if you are
scoring below 80%, you are not ready to sit an MS exam. i always make sure i
am scoring in at least 95% on sims before i consider sitting for exam.
to get mcse, you need to pass 7 exams. how long it takes you depends on how
much you want/can study and schedule pass/exams. it is possible to get it all
done within 2 1/2 to 3 months. thats based on 2 weeks study per exam and
taking/passing about 2 exams per month. the design exams further up the mcse
track are a little trickier, you might need a min. 3-4 weeks study for those
ones. when i say study, i mean every day all the time. when i was studying, i
studied at work - locked myself in the server room no answering phone calls,
at home, on the train, even on the "can".
re: dumps - you don't need them. the passing grade for ms exams is 700/1000.
thats 70%. that's way more than enough to prove your knowledge of the
product. it's better to just do it legit. you don't need to get all the
questions right, just enough to pass the exam. good luck.
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Rowdy Yates
MCSE, Security+
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