How to long to take exam?

furgoon

Hi,

I was looking to register for this exam and saw that the appointment time frame was for three hours. I don't remember needing three hours for any of my previous certs. Albeit, my other certs were from Novell and Comptia, I was done in about an hour. My question is how long did it take everyone that passed to take the exam? I am guessing MS is allowing more time because of the simulations. This would be my first MS cert. I can't take it until next year as I get reimbursed from my employer and they can't disburse funds until the new year.

elaverick1981

I took 45 mins on 70-290 and got a decent 900 score, admittedly I do speed read but I don't see anyone running out of time on this one. I don't think the time limit is designed to trip anyone up on this one.

pyroflames

i did it in 25 minutes scoring 840. it was my second time

Johnny Johnson

Dang, Pyro! That's blazing fast! Good job!

pyroflames

i only had 30 question with 2 sims

boardrider27

43 questions and 4 sims took me an hour on the dot with a score of 940. Thes best thing I did was book it, certainly makes you focus!

titantek

Okay, for the experts an hour might be enough time, but how long does Microsoft actually allow you? Do you have the full 3 hours available if you want/need it?

I'm planning to sit for this one before the 31st.

thanks

Devin McCloud

Yeah , this has really bugged me too. I have four different source that give four different length in time for the exam. One said your allowed 4 hours, one said 1.5 hr, one unlimited, and another said 2 hr! So your guess is as good as mine.

Here's what Testout says:

A traditional, nonadaptive certification exam contains about 50-65 questions and allows you 90 minutes to complete the exam.
A short-form traditional certification exam contains about 30 questions, and allows you 60 minutes to complete the exam.
An adaptive exam contains between 15-35 questions, and has varying time limits.
A case study exam contains about four case studies with about 10 questions each. You usually have between three and four hours to complete the exam.

dynamik

You get three hours (go to Prometric and start scheduling it), which should be more than enough time. It might vary a bit, but you'll probably get around forty questions.

Daniel333

Pass or fail I have never come close to running out of time on a Microsoft exam.

Devin McCloud

Well, that's encouraging considering I used 90 minutes out of 90 for my Network+ test. And I felt pressured on the time limit. I was looking more for the best possible score rather then just a pass, so I reread some questions several times.