How does 70-271 compare in difficulty to 70-680

geek4god

Okay, decided in January to get serious about this and knocked out Network+ and Security+ in a couple weeks. Then knocked out 70-271 and started getting cocky! At one time I thought the MCDST was considered one of the more difficult of the OS certs so I was feeling good. Then started reading the boards about 682 and 680 and how long people are prepping and some of the struggles. Now I am like ohhh crap!
Supposed to be a question, so here it is.. How does the 70-271 compare in difficulty to the 70-680 or 682? Seems like there is a lot more material in the windows 7 exams versus the XP.. Insight, comments and suggestions welcome!

Psoasman

I felt the 271 was fairly easy compared to the 270 exam. The 680 was on par with the 270 for me.
With the 680/682. I would definitely set up a lab, it's critical to understanding some of the newer concepts.
I did the 680 and 685, rather than the 682 to upgrade. I have heard the 682 is fairly difficult.

RobertKaucher

Psoasman wrote: »

I felt the 271 was fairly easy compared to the 270 exam. The 680 was on par with the 270 for me.
With the 680/682. I would definitely set up a lab, it's critical to understanding some of the newer concepts.
I did the 680 and 685, rather than the 682 to upgrade. I have heard the 682 is fairly difficult.

I agree with this. I passed the 271 with a score in the high 900s and the 270 with a score in teh high 800s. My score on the 680 was pretty low (mid 700s) but I did almost no study at all for that. I was expecting it to be more like the Vista test which I did no study for except for a bit of test prep (3 practice tests) from the Meyer's book and passed in the mid 800s.

I was very happy to see the Win 7 exam had gone back to being more of an enterprise level exam.

Piers

I found the 271 and 272 extremely easy, scoring in the 900's with not much review.. I had been working on XP for years in my work environment, and had probably come across 75-80% of the scenarios tested in the objectives..

We're switching to Windows 7 at the end of this year, so I've been trying to get the 682 cert, but dammit, I just can't get it, 3x unlucky so far.. I know the practical experience is the difference, but I'm certain the difficulty level has been raised

darkerz

I've noticed a lot of people failing 1x, 2x and even 3x with the 680, 681 and 682 exams. If you are one of those people, message me and we can do some one on one questionnaires or I'll send you my lab scenarios and setups- I scored 900+ on the 680, 685 and 686 exams and have worked with Windows 7 in a professional environment quite extensively recently.