failed second time on 70-680, need help

kongla1234

Hi

i am from Norway , i just found this perfect good site for certification.

in norway we have 50 questions on the 70-680 test. not 45 like you guys.

i have read the MS Press Book and watch all movies that proffessormesser have.

so i am not sure what i am doing wrong. first time i got 625 point and the second time i got 550 points.

anyone got any suggestions how i can pass this exam it would be great thx for all reply.

have a nice day

kanecain

Our test has 50 to 80 questions. I have recently taken it and failed for the second time also. This is a very challenging test!

kongla1234

i hope that someone has any suggestion what to do?

do you guys have a study guid that work ?

pumbaa_g

I have from my personal experience found that most MS Exams have some questions related to other technologies, as in for 70-640 a few questions related to Network Infra or Application Infra and even Exchange. This was the same in 70-642. I am guessing but it may be best to check out related technologies like AD/DHCP/DNS/Branch Cache/Direct Access/VPN etc which may not be in scope of 70-680 but questions related to it can still be asked. I was tempted to give 70-680 first as I was very comfortable with Win 7 however, after going through a few forums realized that its easier to take the well trodden path 70-640/70-642/70-643 and then 70-680

gosh1976

I did a bunch of practice (lab, lab, lab) at home and at work with the deployment objectives as the last bit of studying I did for the exam.

Capture a system image.
This objective may include but is not limited to: preparing system for capture; creating a WIM file; automated capture; manual capture
Prepare a system image for deployment.
This objective may include but is not limited to: inserting an application into a system image; inserting a driver into a system image; inserting an update into a system image; configuring tasks to run after deployment
Deploy a system image.
This objective may include but is not limited to: automated deployment methods; manually deploying a customized image
Configure a VHD.
This objective may include but is not limited to: creating, deploying, booting, mounting, and updating VHDs; offline updates; offline servicing

If I hadn't been supporting Windows 7 on a daily basis and done those labs I would have failed. Actually I still felt like I may have gotten a bit lucky when I passed that exam.

kongla1234

thx for advicess so far, so like i see it you have to lab alot and read alot.

are there any guides on what to do, maybe a study guid or something.

I think maybe my problem is that i am to nervous, and i dont understand all the hard words in English.

but i hope that anyone could help me, or give me some more tips

halaakajan

Read a lot and Setup a virtualized lab at home 1 server and 1/2 windows machine. Try having cbtnuggets(youtube) videos or itfreetraining(youtube) videos.

kongla1234

halaakajan wrote: »

Read a lot and Setup a virtualized lab at home 1 server and 1/2 windows machine. Try having cbtnuggets(youtube) videos or itfreetraining(youtube) videos.

okey, so just have an server with ad on and 2 clients with windows 7 on?

and do the same as they do on the video.....?

Dr IT

I would recommen you to Set up a Lab ( as suggested by others ) and also make sure you have the right books as a second books always helps and covers the topic if left out by your primary book

All the best

kongla1234

what book would you recommend ?

Budzy

kongla1234 wrote: »

I think maybe my problem is that i am to nervous. .

Being nervous is natural - I still feel like this before an exam and I've been doing them for years now.

kongla1234 wrote: »

and i dont understand all the hard words in English.

I would say this is perhaps your biggest problem.

kongla1234

any suggestions how i can get it to go away:P

Budzy

I'm guessing the selected language of the exam is US English? (I just quickly checked on Prometric's site and don’t see a Norwegian option). Therefore, talking a technical exam must be much harder with English being a second language - so scoring a 625/550 is still a very good achievement.

The only thing I can say before you attempt the real exam again is to use practice test software such as the Microsoft Press Training Kit Exam and look up any words you don't know the meaning of while looking at the questions & answers.

kongla1234

Thx, i will do so, does anyone have the PDF to Microsoft Press Training Kit exam?

4_lom

Get the Poulton book. This book combined with the Prof. Messer videos should be all you need to pass. Make sure you are doing LOTS of labs too.