Failed 70-741 684 :(

took the 70-741 this past Saturday and scored 684. Ive heard that even if you get a 700 or higher if you dont get atleast 70% in each subject you can still fail is this true? I am taking the exam again tomorrow.

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malachi1612

Im not sure if that's true but good luck, I've failed it twice last time I got 668 3 weeks ago. Im going to give myself a break and retry probably in May. Getting 70-742 done for now.

Arkrain

Is not true, I pass exams with a score under 20% in some sections.

poolmanjim

You do not need a 700 on each section. As long as the overall weighted score is 700 or above you will pass. This is even the case with the upgrade exams which used to require a 700 in each section to pass. They are now just like any other exam.

For example, my 70-743 exam I scored pretty low (500ish) in the 740 section and low in the 741 section (500ish) but I scored extremely high in the 742 section (900ish) and it averaged to just above a 700. Thus, I passed.

The one last thing I'd like to note is the sections are weighted. If you look at the exam page (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-70-740.aspx) each section is listed with a percentage. That percentage is actually more about the weight of that section than it is about the questions that may appear for that section on the exam.

In that case, if you have a question about High Availability, and it is the only question pertaining to that topic on the exam it could be worth 30-35% of your overall exam score. Now, Microsoft would make it so such a large percentage hinged on one question but I imagine you get my point.

It's far more reasonable to get maybe one or two questions about another section, say Containers (5-10%). Overall, Microsoft tries to balance out the number of questions but they don't always get it perfect, especially on upgrade exams.

Good luck!

Franccesco.M91

Yes I agree the 70-741 was heavily weighted with DNS and DHCP questions. I ended up passing with a 745 today!!!!

malachi1612

Congrats!

What material did you use for studying?