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With Regards to MU I have been keeping my pool of questions small so far (so have definately not encountered all of the 300 questions in the bank), have not been looking at answers to those i got incorrect, and have asked it to exclude questions i have got right in future practices, so hopefully i am getting as clear a view as is possible given the restraints.
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Still, even with a small pool, there's going to be a chance that there are SOME questions you've seen before. Even if you take an exam where you've seen just ONE question before... your score will not be indicative of what you can expect on the live exam. Why? Because you won't have seen ANY of those questions on the live exam. They'll *all* be new.
In the future, I would recommend that you take Exam A... study your weak points... take Exam B... study your weak points... and not take Exam C until you think you're ready for the real thing. Because after you take Exam C, you will have seen every question at least once.
I create these things for a living... so you can trust me on how they ought to be used. ;) That said, you can also ignore me and give it your best shot using whatever method you feel like!
In the future, I would recommend that you take Exam A... study your weak points... take Exam B... study your weak points... and not take Exam C until you think you're ready for the real thing. Because after you take Exam C, you will have seen every question at least once.
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Not possibel with MeasureUp. They have just one pool of questions from which you get 40 (or what ever) questions. They have no exam A, B, or C. That form is typicall for Transcender and Boson.
Not possibel with MeasureUp. They have just one pool of questions from which you get 40 (or what ever) questions. They have no exam A, B, or C. That form is typicall for Transcender and Boson.
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Well, then, I've just (accidentally) made a case for why you should probably consider going with a company other than MeasureUp... because the logic still holds. You can only accurately gauge your progress with a bank of never-before-seen test questions.
Well, then, I've just (accidentally) made a case for why you should probably consider going with a company other than MeasureUp... because the logic still holds. You can only accurately gauge your progress with a bank of never-before-seen test questions.
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There is one strong reason why we use MeasureUp: It is advised by Microsoft.
I'm starting to understand that Microsoft really dont have this very well drilled!
The prep guide for 70-290 for a start...it doesnt appear to be updated regularly, I was hoping to use it as a tick sheet to mark off the areas in which I am confident, but thats difficult when it hasnt been updated to reflect new test areas based on newly released functionality.
With regards to Tinus' previous comment about MU, I have fallen into that very trap, the MU stuff is shipped with the Microsoft study guides, so you assume as its endorsed by them, its got to be pretty good, whereas in reality not even the scoring method is the same as the actual exams!! (% vs. points.)
Ah well, got some white papers to read to build upon my very basic knowledge of IIS 6.0 and one to read on GPMC as that apparently appears in the exam!
That leaves me with some further reading to do on Group Scopes and functional levels, as that has still not sunk in as it should have, and also performance counters, as i need to go back over what counters are best used for what, total vs average etc and what values should be seen as flags....
I work in a training centre and we use MU as a practise tool. They do a fairly good job. You get a good impression what your weak points are.
On the scoring methode: why should they not use %? No one here knows for sure how MS scores the exams. And those who do know, are not allowed to tell. They give the score as a number from 0 to 1000 (most likely) but that could be % as wel. We do not know if all questions are score equally. We do not know if questions are scored partially. MS says they might, but they do not say they do.
Bottom line: if you know your stuff, you will pass.
May be, but if the official MS site tells us to use MeasureUp or SelfTestSoftware, and we would opt for Boson, students (and their bosses) could easally hold that against us. That said, MU is not that bad. It has some flaws, but the whole product is not bad.
May be, but if the official MS site tells us to use MeasureUp or SelfTestSoftware, and we would opt for Boson, students (and their bosses) could easally hold that against us. That said, MU is not that bad. It has some flaws, but the whole product is not bad.
Ah, but it is the point. Their product simply cannot give you an accurate gauge of your progress after you've taken even one exam. If your students and their bosses ask you why, you tell them why, and you come out smelling like a rose.
We will never be an official Microsoft Practice Test Provider because we will not give them editorial review of our content, and we will not force a product out (regardless of it's quality) within x number of days after Microsoft releases an exam. Because that's what Microsoft requires to be "official". If that's what it takes... we decline. We prefer to craft a high-quality product.
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