MeasureUp Practice Questions - Opinions Please

Hi,

I've been practicing so far with the Measure Up questions bundled with the
MSPress books. I'm not entirely sure I like them.

I find they are generally badly worded or have off topic questions which are
often too hard, especially multiple choice / drag and drop questions.

I am interested to hear your opinions on MeasureUp as I'm thinking of
purchasing some other practice questions - which are the best to go for?

Thanks for all your replies.

Frodo

In microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, Frodo climbed on a soapbox & opined:

> I find they are generally badly worded or have off topic questions
> which are often too hard, especially multiple choice / drag and drop
> questions.

LOL! Sorry, but that pretty much describes the real exam questions you will
get too.

In all seriousness, I used Measureups when I took 70-210 & 215 and found
them a pretty fair assessment of readiness. Dunno about the newer exams,
but from what I understand, they are even more convoluted in their wording
of questions.

--
JaR
Thug 10110
Click on MCNGP.com and try to confuse!

JaR

Yes, I agree - some of the MS questions are badly worded at times but not
nearly as bad as the measure up questions (at least the questions i've been
reading)

For example, an answer may read something like

a) Open the Sites and Services Snapin select the Site
b) Double click NTDS Site settings and enable universal group membership
caching
c) Open the Site properties and enable universal group membership caching
d) Double click NTDS Site settings and enable universal group membership
caching

Answer: A, D

Alternatively, they might ask a question and refer to a diagram which I am
unable to see.. the list goes on...

What alternatives are there to measure up, how do the transcender questions
compare?


Thanks.




"JaR" <> wrote in message
news:Xns962A79597BD15plentespamsuxsofthom@207.46.2 48.16...
> In microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, Frodo climbed on a soapbox & opined:
>
>> I find they are generally badly worded or have off topic questions
>> which are often too hard, especially multiple choice / drag and drop
>> questions.
>
> LOL! Sorry, but that pretty much describes the real exam questions you
> will
> get too.
>
> In all seriousness, I used Measureups when I took 70-210 & 215 and found
> them a pretty fair assessment of readiness. Dunno about the newer exams,
> but from what I understand, they are even more convoluted in their wording
> of questions.
>
> --
> JaR
> Thug 10110
> Click on MCNGP.com and try to confuse!

Frodo

"Frodo" <> prattled ceaslessly in
news::

>
> What alternatives are there to measure up, how do the transcender
> questions compare?

I've used measure up, self test, and transcender and prefer transcender
because the explanations of answers are more complete and more likely to
be correct. They also have excellent references for further reading for
each question.

--
Catwalker
aka Pu$$y Feet
BS, MCP, MCSA
MCNGP #43
www.mcngp.com
faq.mcngp.com

“If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but it would
deteriorate the cat.” Mark Twain

catwalker63

Im afraid Measure up for me were very poor in comparison to Trancsender, i
mean when you cant even get the sales pitch correct theres not a lot of hope
really "the free sample i tried for 70-219 recently did not even fit the
screen it was a real pain and confirmed why i gave up on them last time in
previous exams" Trancsender and microsoft books everytime for me.



"catwalker63" <_catwalker63_@hotmamamail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns962A8D376DE2Ccatwalker63athotmail@216.196. 97.136...
> "Frodo" <> prattled ceaslessly in
> news::
>
>>
>> What alternatives are there to measure up, how do the transcender
>> questions compare?
>
> I've used measure up, self test, and transcender and prefer transcender
> because the explanations of answers are more complete and more likely to
> be correct. They also have excellent references for further reading for
> each question.
>
> --
> Catwalker
> aka Pu$$y Feet
> BS, MCP, MCSA
> MCNGP #43
> www.mcngp.com
> faq.mcngp.com
>
> "If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man, but it would
> deteriorate the cat." Mark Twain

BINZA@

The quality in the MeasureUp suite varies. Some questions are
misleading, others are way too easy, and some are just plain wrong -
wrong answers, wrong explanations. Poor quality control in my opinion.

I attempted to notify Microsoft Press that there were mistakes in the
MeasureUp suite that came with their books and they referred me to
MeasureUp. When I tried notifying MeasureUp about the errors, they said
they merely designed the engine - Microsoft designed the content. Given
the lack of interest on both sides, I have a feeling the mistakes will
never get corrected.

Still, even having dealt with all of that, I still found the questions
an okay approximation of the sorts of convoluted-logic questions you
tend to get on MCP exams.

Frodo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been practicing so far with the Measure Up questions bundled
with the
> MSPress books. I'm not entirely sure I like them.
>
> I find they are generally badly worded or have off topic questions
which are
> often too hard, especially multiple choice / drag and drop questions.
>
> I am interested to hear your opinions on MeasureUp as I'm thinking of

> purchasing some other practice questions - which are the best to go
for?
>
> Thanks for all your replies.

blastingfonda

Microsoft Skills Assessments are free and Important to you.

VERY IMPORTANT:
Industry use these assessments to measure your skill sets,
so completing them successfully is in your best interest.

An excellent compliment to your training is to
use the free Microsoft Skills Assessments at
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/as...nt/default.asp

These assessments are like mini certification tests.
You can take as many assessments as you need or want to
and there is no cost.

If you need help, you can also get excellent free detailed
Q&A support for skills assessments at
http://disnetinc.com/

Why look for training and testing any where else?
Learn from the people who built the products, learn from
Microsoft.

I recommend the following microsoft press books for
training at
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/books/product.asp

View all Microsoft Certifications at
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mc...ifications.asp

FYI-Geek101

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I've been practicing so far with the Measure Up questions
bundled with the
>MSPress books. I'm not entirely sure I like them.
>
>I find they are generally badly worded or have off topic
questions which are
>often too hard, especially multiple choice / drag and
drop questions.
>
>I am interested to hear your opinions on MeasureUp as I'm
thinking of
>purchasing some other practice questions - which are the
best to go for?
>
>Thanks for all your replies.
>
>
>
>.
>

FYI-Geek101