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In my defense my earlier response was not intended to insult anyone, it was merely an observation of a number of posters and their constant NEED to police their own interpretions of rules laid out by, in this case Microsoft. Yes there is a need to make sure a very helpful, sucessful forum like this is protected as the help and advice on here, particularly from BM is invaluable.
BUT there is not a shred of evidence to suggest bill telling bob how many questions, or in this case how many of a certain type of question appeared in his exam, especially seems as this figure can change so dramtically between candidates, it is a useful gauge sure, but by no means helps someone pass an exam!
If this was against MS policies I am sure that previous threads with the same content (and there have been plenty of late) would have been edited and removed in the same way as my previous post in this thread was...by all means police the black and the white, but not the grey...it annoys people!
Boson - Apologies if I offended you, it was not my intention! I sit my exam this time tomorrow and the advice given by yourself in particular has helped prepare me for it, so thank you!
BUT there is not a shred of evidence to suggest bill telling bob how many questions, or in this case how many of a certain type of question appeared in his exam, especially seems as this figure can change so dramtically between candidates, it is a useful gauge sure, but by no means helps someone pass an exam!
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Why take any risks?
In fairness i have read the NDA we all have to agree to and it says not to disclose any detail of the exam, so even if its a piece of info that some people might not think important, they have still agreed with microsoft not to say anything at all.
BUT there is not a shred of evidence to suggest bill telling bob how many questions, or in this case how many of a certain type of question appeared in his exam, especially seems as this figure can change so dramtically between candidates, it is a useful gauge sure, but by no means helps someone pass an exam!
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Interpret it as you will, but you cannot say there is not a shred of evidence:
You are expressly prohibited from disclosing, publishing, reproducing, or transmitting this exam, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, verbal or written, electronic or mechanical, for any purpose, without the prior express written permission of Microsoft Corporation.
The NDA legally requires certification candidates to keep information related to MCP exam content confidential.
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As a result, I don't state that I saw multiple choice, drag and drop, target, build-a-list, simulation, case study, or any other information about an exam... because that's information related to the exam content. The fact that there are these question types reveals information about exam content.
Sure, Microsoft has publicly stated that you can state the number of questions you got, but there's no indication that they allow you to say what TYPE of questions you got.
Before you think that I've gone off the deep end, there is precedent: Cisco doesn't even allow you to state the number of questions you got on the exam: link
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Originally Posted by ryanthelion84
If this was against MS policies I am sure that previous threads with the same content (and there have been plenty of late) would have been edited and removed in the same way as my previous post in this thread was...by all means police the black and the white, but not the grey...it annoys people!
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The advice I gave on this post is consistent with the advice I regularly give when someone reveals the content of the exam. In this case, I said that the poster should be "careful with the info". If I thought that actual exam content was being posted, I'd have asked that the forum staff remove the content. But... I realize that it only skirts the line of Microsoft's NDA, so I didn't.
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Originally Posted by ryanthelion84
Boson - Apologies if I offended you, it was not my intention! I sit my exam this time tomorrow and the advice given by yourself in particular has helped prepare me for it, so thank you!
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You most certainly offended me. How else was I supposed to react when you post the word "anal", and nothing more, in response to my advice? What else *could* have been the intention of your post?!? Were you attempting to shoot me off my perch?
Stating that I give you good advice from one side of your mouth, while calling me "anal" from the other side of your mouth, does little to help. I *know* that the advice I provide is sound, regardless of whether you like what I have to say or not, or whether you agree with what I have to say or not. You can choose to follow it, or you can choose to ignore it. But in neither case should you resort to name calling.
Perhaps next time you can simply say, quite maturely, "Don't you think that you are interpreting the NDA a little too strictly?"
19-May-2008, 11:49 AM
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