70-646 Question

Hi all,

In late December, I wrote, and failed the the 70-646 exam. I read the MS Press book, watched all the Train Signal videos, and even got in the high 80's, low 90's on the MeasureUp practice test.

I found that the exam itself was completely different than the MeasureUp tests, just in terms of the content and difficulty of the questions.

Has anyone else noticed this before? Also, I had a 5-question survey before the exam, asking me how much knowledge I felt I had in each category. Does this affect the difficult of the questions I get asked?

Thanks for any insight!

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aaronchristenson

I am taking this exam on Monday. I was thinking that I was prepared but after reading your post I am going to have to do a little more review before then. All I have done is read the MS Press book and used the MeasureUP test. As well as all the practices. I do not belive that the 5 question survey has anything to do with the type of questions that you get. I saw those questions before the Windows 7 Beta exams and would think that if they did have anything to do with the questions that you get everyone would put little experience as their choice.

alokin123

helios wrote: »

I found that the exam itself was completely different than the MeasureUp tests, just in terms of the content and difficulty of the questions.

Has anyone else noticed this before? Also, I had a 5-question survey before the exam, asking me how much knowledge I felt I had in each category. Does this affect the difficult of the questions I get asked?
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In general, i have found the measureup questions, whether they come with the mspress book or purchased from their site, are not similar to the questions you would get on the exam. In fact, i generally use the explanations in the measureup and transcender questions to make notes. From the 2008 exams that i have done, i have found that transcender is more like the real exam in terms of the question style.

I passed 70-646 late last yr and found that studying for the 70-643 helped a lot mainly because of the cross over in content. You may not be going for the 70-643 but it definitely might be worth considering at least looking at resources available for it.

Having said that, i found the mspress for 70-646 quite useful although a bit bland. The trainsignal videos were ok but not comprehensive. CBT Nuggets is close to releasing their video series for the 70-646 exam so you might want to try those

Rootstonian

Yeah, this bothers me too and I'm about 2 weeks away from my first ever. Like you'll read 550 pages and they'll pull out a question or 2 on some piece of info mentioned in one sentence.

And my pet peeve is the "Choose All that Apply". Do they give partial credit if you pick "A" and the correct answer is "A" and "C"? What if you put "A" and "C" and "D"; do you get credit for having "A" and "C". I doubt it or we would just choose EVERY answer for "Choose All". lol

I have the voucher for a free retake and I'm almost of the mind to NOT take ANY practice exams. The logic being, that if I get used to taking practice exams and they are NOTHING like the real exam, I'm going to be flustered. What's your take on that idea?

Otherwise, Just be confident I've read and re-read the material, made notes on key points (MS Press books have "Exam Hint" areas) and done all the labs a couple of times.

RobertKaucher

Rootstonian wrote: »

And my pet peeve is the "Choose All that Apply". Do they give partial credit if you pick "A" and the correct answer is "A" and "C"? What if you put "A" and "C" and "D"; do you get credit for having "A" and "C". I doubt it or we would just choose EVERY answer for "Choose All". lol

I believe not taking a practice exam would be a big error. What I suggest is that you perform a review of the correct and incorrect answers. Many times the key to test prep is actually uderstanding the wrong answers. Why are they wrong, how do they relate to the objectives?

As far as the partial answer goes no one knows, and those who do know are not allowed to tell. I personally believe that at least some of them allow for partial credit. But I honestly have no idea.

Rootstonian

I was going to mention that too. Questions seem to be of 3 types:
1. You know it or not...like "How many hosts can a /24 subnet have? 256 - 2

2. Deductive Reasoning - this is akin to what RK is saying; sometimes it's not about knowing the RIGHT answer, but recognizing the wrong ones (very important, IMHO)

3. Process of elimination...like "What port do I open" If there are 2 answers with outbound, they're wrong (outbound traffic allowed by default)

Yes, RK, you are probably right; I should make use of all resources available to me...that's just common sense!

Thanks,

roots

<edit> LOL, another Ohioan..I love it