Scheduled 70-685 for August 5th

Well I up and scheduled the 70-685 for the 5th of August. Any recommendations from those who have already taken the exam

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earweed

Good luck. I'm sure you'll do OK.

N2IT

GL Bro wish you well

That's a technical certification I have been eyeing down. I just can't pry myself away from other obligations not to mention I wrote down my goals and I still have way to many left

Psoasman

Good Luck, I am planning to take mine sometime next month as well.

BocaRatonIT

Yeah I was gonna do mine on the 5th as well, good luck.

alokin123

i sat this exam a month ago. Don't take it lightly as it is not an easy test. Expect long-winded questions. I used CBT Nuggets and MSPress plus the selftest exam which i highly recommend for this exam. Stay away from learnkey for this one. Not sure who came up with the content for that video series. Way off

certo

alokin123 , may i ask what do you mean by selftest , as i am taking this exam again aswell.

veritas_libertas

I'm guessing: Kaplan SelfTest Microsoft Training Products - Practice tests and Online Courses - Microsoft Windows 7

Michael.J.Palmer

Good luck on the exam, I'm sure you'll do fine.

alokin123

veritas_libertas wrote: »

I'm guessing: Kaplan SelfTest Microsoft Training Products - Practice tests and Online Courses - Microsoft Windows 7

thats the one. I used the 30 day online version

certo

would you say its really worth it then ? because im going to retake my 70-685 sometime next week.

alokin123

certo wrote: »

would you say its really worth it then ? because im going to retake my 70-685 sometime next week.

Its up to you i guess. Depends how confident you already are or if you still need to work on your weak areas. I just know that the selftest questions were very relevant in terms of topics covered and question structure. Plus if you do fail again at least you would have some time left over on the 30 days access. Maybe write to them and see if they are flexible with the 30 days?

certo

well i've failed the 685 exam once already , so i was wondering how similar will the questions be to the exam i took to when i retake it ?

will the questions be completely different ?

Hyper-Me

goodluck, brosef.

veritas_libertas

Hyper-Me wrote: »

goodluck, brosef.

Brosef? Good thing there is Urbandictionary.com or I would never have understood what that meant.

Urban Dictionary: brosef

I think I'll do fine. I am to the point where I am sick of studying for it. Most of my studying consists of breezing over the material.

Jander1023

alokin123 wrote: »

i sat this exam a month ago. Don't take it lightly as it is not an easy test. Expect long-winded questions. I used CBT Nuggets and MSPress plus the selftest exam which i highly recommend for this exam. Stay away from learnkey for this one. Not sure who came up with the content for that video series. Way off

I just passed this exam today - 807. There are some very difficult questions. I agree that the Selftest exam questions are very helpful. Not many of them showed up. However, I reviewed the explanation for all of them, which was very helpful.

Good luck!

veritas_libertas

Jander1023 wrote: »

I just passed this exam today - 807. There are some very difficult questions. I agree that the Selftest exam questions are very helpful. Not many of them showed up. However, I reviewed the explanation for all of them, which was very helpful.

Good luck!

Yeah, I need crack out the book some more tonight. I am going to do some major studying Saturday. Right now I am just sick of even looking at the book

earweed

Jander1023 wrote: »

I just passed this exam today - 807. There are some very difficult questions. I agree that the Selftest exam questions are very helpful. Not many of them showed up. However, I reviewed the explanation for all of them, which was very helpful.

Good luck!

Congrats!
Hopefully Veritas will be bringing back some good news next week.

Hyper-Me

He owes me a beer if he passes!

Jander1023

earweed wrote: »

Congrats!
Hopefully Veritas will be bringing back some good news next week.

Thanks! I have been reading this forum for a little while but finally registered. I've finally gotten focused this year. Better late than never right?

gandalph

The 685 is a tough exam with scenario questions(each scenario has about 5 questions related to it). Best advice is take your time and ensure you read through the scenario properly, glean as much info as possible and summarize it (saves you going back and forward as much) the exam time is 3.5 hours. Be clued up on Group Policy, Direct Access, VPN, Branch cache (different modes and when to use)data collector sets and troubleshooting problems such as stop errors
Good Luck.

veritas_libertas

gandalph wrote: »

The 685 is a tough exam with scenario questions(each scenario has about 5 questions related to it). Best advice is take your time and ensure you read through the scenario properly, glean as much info as possible and summarize it (saves you going back and forward as much) the exam time is 3.5 hours. Be clued up on Group Policy, Direct Access, VPN, Branch cache (different modes and when to use)data collector sets and troubleshooting problems such as stop errors
Good Luck.

Thanks for the advice

earweed

It's crunch time Veritas. One day left.
Good Luck tomorrow!

veritas_libertas

earweed wrote: »

It's crunch time Veritas. One day left.
Good Luck tomorrow!

Ugh, yup, it's going to be a long evening

rogue2shadow

24 hours approaching!!!!! Good luck to both of you and in the words of myself, bring home that victory!!!!!!!

earweed

rogue2shadow wrote: »

24 hours approaching!!!!! Good luck to both of you and in the words of myself, bring home that victory!!!!!!!

It's just Veritas taking the test today. I haven't even worked up the nerve to COMMIT to studying for the 70-680 much less the 70-685.

Bring back that MCITP Veritas!!

veritas_libertas

earweed wrote: »

It's just Veritas taking the test today. I haven't even worked up the nerve to COMMIT to studying for the 70-680 much less the 70-685.

Bring back that MCITP Veritas!!

I'm hoping I will. I have to pay for this one out of pocket so I'm trying extra hard...

veritas_libertas

Ouch, missed it with a 636. This test was given in a method that is very from the 680. It was brutal to say the very least...

Weak Areas:

Supporting Mobile Users
Identifying Cause and Resolving Networking Issues

I'm honestly unsure where to even begin at studying for this test again.

earweed

Ouch, I thought you would get this one cold. You weren't that far off and you have 3 more weeks til next term starts. You can do it man.
Study up on those 2 areas you were weak on.

veritas_libertas

earweed wrote: »

Ouch, I thought you would get this one cold. You weren't that far off and you have 3 more weeks til next term starts. You can do it man.
Study up on those 2 areas you were weak on.

Yeah, I'm thinking about ordering Darril's book as well.

Michael.J.Palmer

Ouch man, that totally sucks... I know you paid out of pocket but are there any sort of second chance discounts you can take advantage of? I'm petrified of paying out of pocket for an exam and failing myself, just can't afford it.