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I, along with the others on my team have been studying for this test for the

past 2+ months. Today was the day we find out if it was in vein. In order to

'pass' the test you need to score a 700 out of a 1000. There are a total of 45

questions on the test. It sounds like it should be 'ok' to get a 70% on test

right, I mean you only have to get 32 out of the 45 questions right to pass.

WRONG. Each question is individually weighted. So, one person could be able to

miss 10 questions and another could miss 8. Also, some questions are multi-part

so you get partial credit (which is really, really cool). This was the

MCTS Certification test which is the

first test in their new series for .net developers.

The test was much harder and more stressful then I (and the others in my group)

had expected. It became very evident to me that not only did you need to pretty

much memorize the book, but you also need to be able to pull reference points

from your coding experience in order to pass. There were many questions (about

half or so) where I did not know the answer outright. I was only able to answer

the questions with any degree of confidence because you can throw out at least

one or two answers if you read the book. Then you can use your experience to

figure out the right answer.

How I studied

I studied for this test mostly by doing 2 things.

1) Reading the book cover to cover.

2) Taking the practice tests over and over till I about memorized the answers.

After reading the book the first time and taking the tests, I would then go

re-read sections of the book that I did not fair so well on during the practice

test. I really think this is the best way to study.

How I took the test

My goal for the test was to iterate over the questions over and over again until

I finished.

How did I plan to do this: Well, I was to skip any question where I did not

immediately know the answer. When I would do this, I would NOT mark any answers

so to not 'lead' me down the wrong direction when I went back.

Next if I was not sure on the actual answer I would mark it for review.

Afterwards I went back to each of these and re-read the question to make sure I

had answered it correctly.

By the end of the test I had iterated over some of the questions 3+ times before

I would answer them. I believe this allowed me to answer more questions with a

high degree of confidence as well as allow me to not get stressed out if I did

not immediately know the answer.

Overall rating/thoughts on the actual test

Like I said above, it was much hard then I thought it would be. We used both the

measure up and ascender practice tests, and they were both easier then the

actual test. The test itself was ok, the software is a little slow, but for the

most part it was ok. You do get to choose your language of preference (C#, VB or

C++) so that was nice.

I was disappointed because there were areas/topics in the book that were not on

MY test. I guess i am only disappointed because they happened to be topics I was

stronger in.

One final rant about the book/study materials

What really pissed me off (along with my co-workers) is the amount of errors

both in the book and the practice tests. The book has so many typo's and errors

the there is 2 (yea TWO) Knowledgeable articles for the errata. About 15% of the

practice test questions (out of 300+) were just WRONG. Either the answers were

not correct, or there were no correct answers.

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