Oops, failed 290

unclejohnny

Well, shame on me. I made about 624 Friday on the 290 test. I knew I wasn't ready, but I had a discounted voucher that was going to expire. I liked the simulations, because they were at least practical.

Keep this in mind. I usually buy my vouchers from discount outlets on the internet. I found after speaking to my testing center that I couldn't give them a voucher number for the test and also use a second shot voucher number. He told me that I would have to buy my test from him at full price and then apply the second shot voucher number to it. Has anyone else experienced this?

I've never failed a Microsoft test before. I appreciate all the help I've gotten from this forum.

undomiel

That sucks that you didn't pass it. What areas did you have difficulty with?

meadIT

Yeah, I've read the same the same thing. That you can't use a discount voucher and a second shot voucher at the same time. I used to buy the Voucher(no second shot)/Self Test bundle for ~$180, but now I'm trying to figure out if there's a cheaper way instead of paying $125 (voucher) + $109 (Self Test practice exam) = $234.

unclejohnny

XtreemeChaos wrote:

Yeah, I've read the same the same thing. That you can't use a discount voucher and a second shot voucher at the same time. I used to buy the Voucher(no second shot)/Self Test bundle for ~$180, but now I'm trying to figure out if there's a cheaper way instead of paying $125 (voucher) + $109 (Self Test practice exam) = $234.

If you do figure something out, let me know.

ddoud

XtreemeChaos wrote:

Yeah, I've read the same the same thing. That you can't use a discount voucher and a second shot voucher at the same time. I used to buy the Voucher(no second shot)/Self Test bundle for ~$180, but now I'm trying to figure out if there's a cheaper way instead of paying $125 (voucher) + $109 (Self Test practice exam) = $234.

Hey, goto http://www.getcertified4less.com/testvoucher.asp They have the second shot vouchers if you buy from them. They vouchers are usually $115 and if you go to the hot deals they are offering MS exam vouchers for $105. But this ends at the end of September. Not sure if the second chance will work with the $105 deal but it does with the $115. I asked them there and they said that if you fail just use the same voucher number that they gave you to retake it.

Hope this helps. Hopefully you won't have to use the second shot but gives you a sense of piece knowing that you won't have to drop another $125 to re-take it.

NetAdmin2436

Bummer about the fail. Microsoft tests can be tricky, so don't feel bad. If you would have gotten another...oh, 4 questions or so right, you would have passed. So your pretty close. Keep with it. Any section you had trouble on?