070-292

How are they scoring exam 292. I took that exam 3 times
and failed. I could have sworn I did well on the exam.
I think I just failed one section.

Dennis

did you hear "Dennis" <> say in
news:184401c51088$576942c0$:

> How are they scoring exam 292. I took that exam 3 times
> and failed. I could have sworn I did well on the exam.
> I think I just failed one section.
>

sorry about your luck, but it would appear that you weren't quite there.
The exams should be hard (IMHO) as this increases the value of the
certification. I highly doubt that MS will just open up and let you know
how they are running their testing program for your benefit and that of
all others who might be listening. If you are really ticked drop a line
to and vent your frustrations. I don't think there
is too much they can do for you. try again or if you prefer take the
exams individually.

--
Neil MCNGP #30

- 'Bother', said Pooh as he stuffed Piglet's corpse into a trash bag

Neil

>-----Original Message-----
>did you hear "Dennis"
<> say in
>news:184401c51088$576942c0$:
>
>> How are they scoring exam 292. I took that exam 3
times
>> and failed. I could have sworn I did well on the
exam.
>> I think I just failed one section.
>>
>
>sorry about your luck, but it would appear that you
weren't quite there.
>The exams should be hard (IMHO) as this increases the
value of the
>certification. I highly doubt that MS will just open up
and let you know
>how they are running their testing program for your
benefit and that of
>all others who might be listening. If you are really
ticked drop a line
>to and vent your frustrations. I
don't think there
>is too much they can do for you. try again or if you
prefer take the
>exams individually.
>
>--
>Neil MCNGP #30
>
>- 'Bother', said Pooh as he stuffed Piglet's corpse into
a trash bag
>.
>

Stop being so arrogant! Microsoft does score the 70-29x
exams differently. I talked to them on the phone and they
said each question is weighted differently so even if you
get between 75-80% of the questions right - there could
be a question that you missed that was worth more points
than some of the others and you could still fail the
exam. I would be prepared to answer every question
correct the next time you take the test. Don't expect to
get by with getting a few wrong because it won't work.
You never know which question is worth what. They
(Microsoft) call it test integrity. I call it test how we
can flunk you and make you pay us more money to take it
again.


>-----Original Message-----
>did you hear "Dennis"
<> say in
>news:184401c51088$576942c0$:
>
>> How are they scoring exam 292. I took that exam 3
times
>> and failed. I could have sworn I did well on the
exam.
>> I think I just failed one section.
>>
>
>sorry about your luck, but it would appear that you
weren't quite there.
>The exams should be hard (IMHO) as this increases the
value of the
>certification. I highly doubt that MS will just open up
and let you know
>how they are running their testing program for your
benefit and that of
>all others who might be listening. If you are really
ticked drop a line
>to and vent your frustrations. I
don't think there
>is too much they can do for you. try again or if you
prefer take the
>exams individually.
>
>--
>Neil MCNGP #30
>
>- 'Bother', said Pooh as he stuffed Piglet's corpse into
a trash bag
>.
>

sb

On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:47:15 -0800, "sb"
<> wrote:

>Stop being so arrogant! Microsoft does score the 70-29x
>exams differently. I talked to them on the phone and they
>said each question is weighted differently so even if you
>get between 75-80% of the questions right - there could
>be a question that you missed that was worth more points
>than some of the others and you could still fail the
>exam. I would be prepared to answer every question
>correct the next time you take the test. Don't expect to
>get by with getting a few wrong because it won't work.
>You never know which question is worth what. They
>(Microsoft) call it test integrity. I call it test how we
>can flunk you and make you pay us more money to take it
>again.
>
>

If you only got it right 75 or 80% of the time in my shop when
troubleshooting broken systems or even setting up new ones, I would
fire you unceremoniously if I hired you because of your MCSE
credential.

Yesterday, the president of my company got his machine reformatted and
reinstalled because the person working on it missed a symptom and
boogered it up trying irrelevent stuff. So there's some lost hours of
productivity for both of them, plus I now have to have a meeting with
this person to decide how to deal with it. The person has recently
"earned" the MCDST credential.

I say the test should be MORE comprehensive and MORE expensive if we
are to trust it as a hiring tool.

....butch(tired of poor IT staffing)

fygar

<snipage>
fire you unceremoniously
</snipage>

Looks like someone used Words Thesauruses.

--
"The Rev" MCT/MCNGP #44
I may sound arrogant at times, but that's only because I'm always right.

Memories fade but a Google search never forgets.
justafreak.com
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"fygar" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 21:47:15 -0800, "sb"
> <> wrote:
>
> >Stop being so arrogant! Microsoft does score the 70-29x
> >exams differently. I talked to them on the phone and they
> >said each question is weighted differently so even if you
> >get between 75-80% of the questions right - there could
> >be a question that you missed that was worth more points
> >than some of the others and you could still fail the
> >exam. I would be prepared to answer every question
> >correct the next time you take the test. Don't expect to
> >get by with getting a few wrong because it won't work.
> >You never know which question is worth what. They
> >(Microsoft) call it test integrity. I call it test how we
> >can flunk you and make you pay us more money to take it
> >again.
> >
> >
>
> If you only got it right 75 or 80% of the time in my shop when
> troubleshooting broken systems or even setting up new ones, I would
> fire you unceremoniously if I hired you because of your MCSE
> credential.
>
> Yesterday, the president of my company got his machine reformatted and
> reinstalled because the person working on it missed a symptom and
> boogered it up trying irrelevent stuff. So there's some lost hours of
> productivity for both of them, plus I now have to have a meeting with
> this person to decide how to deal with it. The person has recently
> "earned" the MCDST credential.
>
> I say the test should be MORE comprehensive and MORE expensive if we
> are to trust it as a hiring tool.
>
> ...butch(tired of poor IT staffing)

The Rev \(MCT\)

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:03:22 -0500, "The Rev \(MCT\)"
<> wrote:

><snipage>
>fire you unceremoniously
></snipage>
>
>Looks like someone used Words Thesauruses.

no, that came straight from my aortic pump.



....butch()

fygar

Aortic pump eh? LOL

--
"The Rev" MCT/MCNGP #44
I may sound arrogant at times, but that's only because I'm always right.

Memories fade but a Google search never forgets.
justafreak.com
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"fygar" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 09:03:22 -0500, "The Rev \(MCT\)"
> <> wrote:
>
> ><snipage>
> >fire you unceremoniously
> ></snipage>
> >
> >Looks like someone used Words Thesauruses.
>
> no, that came straight from my aortic pump.
>
>
>
> ...butch()

The Rev \(MCT\)

In microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, The Rev (MCT) climbed on a soapbox &
opined:

> Aortic pump eh? LOL
>

A momentary closure of an ocular covering should be as adequate as a
vertical movement of the cranium to an equine devoid of visual capability

--
JaR
Thug 10110
Click on MCNGP.com and obfuscate the vernacular

JaR

In news:Xns960669AEC65D2plentespamsuxsofthom@207.46.2 48.16,
JaR <> rambled:
> In microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, The Rev (MCT) climbed on a
> soapbox & opined:
>
>> Aortic pump eh? LOL
>>
>
> A momentary closure of an ocular covering should be as adequate as a
> vertical movement of the cranium to an equine devoid of visual
> capability

Generously perform that which is required.

--

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