Taking 70-270 Friday - any last minute tips? -Updated Passed

bcairns

Going to take the 70-20 tommarrow (friday 8-25-06) at lunch time.

Never taken a Microsoft test before, any last minute tips on what tp expect?

Will let you all know how it goes

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Updated:

I passed with a score of 952!
My jaw about hit the table when I saw that.

Did get a few weird questions, one about bluetooth that I think I got wrong, another on GPO that threw me off.

70-290 here I come - see you there

eltoro

Incredible!! Great score!! Congrats!!

piglovesrat15

Just like the previous post said. Read the questions slowly and carefully. Almost all the questions (from what I had) are long. You will have plenty of time for this exam. The format is very similar to CompTIA A+ and Network+ (again, from what I had), all multiple choice, with one answer or many (they will tell you). Good-luck!!!

royal

During practice questions, I often say oh that's it and then continue on. In these exams, Microsoft likes to throw a couple answers at you which seem very alike. ALWAYS read EVERY single answer. Even if you think an answer is correct, go over every other answer and make sure you use logical reasoning to COMPLETELY rule out every wrong answer.

Also, try not to study tomorrow. Let your brain relax and I've heard having some sugar and carbs before/after the exam helps your brain in concetrating.

Good luck to you and let us know how it went!

frankj1247

Aside from being prepared, the most important thing is a good nights sleep, don't even worry or think about the exam the night before, pretend it doesn't matter if you pass or not. Being as nonchalant as possible is the key, atleast in my experience.

Megadeth4168

The questions as pointed out already are lengthy... Read the question all the way through at least once then skim over it again for the key words that they are asking.

You have studied for this one for long enough, I feel very confident that you will pass this with no problem.

Good luck!

bcairns

Thanks guys -

Exam is in about 2 hours, will update the main thread and let you know how it goes.

Megadeth4168

Congrats and Nice score!

bighornsheep

congrats!

Good luck with 290!

royal

Congrats with an awesome score! Good luck on 290.

xcanuc

Congrats. Great score.

Yeah I hate those off the wall questions. Best of luck with 290.

nel

hey man, congrats, beauty score!

how did you find the exam then?
what sources did you use for your study material and how long did you prep for the exam?
also do you have much experiance with xp?

cheers

!30

Good job , but a thing : a small score for such an easy exam , joking :P

bcairns

nel wrote:

hey man, congrats, beauty score!

how did you find the exam then?
what sources did you use for your study material and how long did you prep for the exam?
also do you have much experiance with xp?

cheers

I used the following to prepair

TestOut, CBT Nuggets, MS Press, ExamCram 2, and skimmed through a Sybex book a friend loaned me....wanted to make sure I was overly prepaired for my first MS test.

I was still pretty nervous when I clicked the finish button as many of the questions are worded in such a manner that one word will make the answer totally different.