70-682 - you have not reached a passing score :(

Sat the 70-682 this morning and got a 494

70-680 section was straighforward and I scored high on this - say about 80-85%

70-685 section was much harder and had very long scenario questions.

Overall score was therefore 494 - the lowest of the two scores

I have the MCDST so I decided to go for the 682.

I thought getting the upgrade to windows 7 by doing the 682 would be a good idea, wrong.

I was about 5 questions out I reckon.

I'm in two minds whether to go for this again or try the 70-680.

Any thoughts please, particularly those who have done both the 680 and the 685.

Prior to sitting the 682, I thought the 680 questions would be harder than the 685 ones, wrong.

Maybe the 685 is harder because it's a PRO exam rather than the TS

Look forward to your thoughts please........

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Brain_Power

I actually thought the 70-680 was harder than 70-685. The reason is I took the 70-680 first and a large portion of the information carried over to 685 as a foundation to study and memorize on. Furthermore, the amount of questions on the 70-680 was substantially larger and contained the experimental questions, which created more stress.

I cannot comment on the 70-682.

Psoasman

Sorry to hear you didn't pass.
I thought about doing the 682, but decided to go the 2 exam route to get the EST. I actually thought the 685 was harder than the 685.

neathneathneath

Psoasman wrote: »

Sorry to hear you didn't pass.
I thought about doing the 682, but decided to go the 2 exam route to get the EST. I actually thought the 685 was harder than the 685.

685 was harder than the 685 ?????:)

Psoasman

neathneathneath wrote: »

685 was harder than the 685 ?????:)

oops...685 was harder than the 680, I thought. That's what I get for typing when I am half asleep

whatthehell

Sorry to hear about it. I have the MCDST as well, and was planning to take the 682 in the next 6 months --- but based upon what Psoasman said, I think I may just do the 680 then 685 so I can get the EST designation as well.

What did you use to study?

neathneathneath

The Poulton book for the 70-680 element and the Darril Gibson book for the 70-685 element.

Transcender 70-682

I've got the MSPress 70-685 book on its way, hope that will fill in the blanks.

eserfeliz

I did 70-682 and passed by a slim margin...I didn't study very hard though, so I had to rely on my work experience to get me through it. I did use the MeasureUp practice exam and it did prepare me for the types of questions I answered successfully on the exam.

neathneathneath

eserfeliz wrote: »

I did 70-682 and passed by a slim margin...I didn't study very hard though, so I had to rely on my work experience to get me through it. I did use the MeasureUp practice exam and it did prepare me for the types of questions I answered successfully on the exam.

Was that the free version of MeasureUp with the MS Press book or the commercial version?

eserfeliz

I purchased the commercial version, 682, at the time that I took it, didn't have a MSPress book. I "studied" from the 680 and 685 books, separately. When I say studied, I mean I took the practice exam, and the sections I flunked badly, I read in the corresponding MSPress book.

This page helped me narrow down what was important and the corresponding book and chapter:

Self paced for Exam 70-682?

BOOK 70-685:

Solve Software installation escalations (CH9, Lesson 1)
Solve Software configuration escalations (CH9, Lesson 2)
Solve enterprise logon issues (CH4, Lesson 1)
Solve Enterprise network connectivity issues (CH2, Lesson 1)
Identify and/or resolve performance issues (CH8, Lessons 1 & 2)
Solve enterprise wireless connectivity issues (CH2, Lesson 3)
Solve Enterprise remote access issues (CH6, Lessons 1 &2)

BOOK 70-680:

Deploy a system image (CH3, Lesson 2)
Configure a VHD (CH2, Lesson 2)
Configure application compatibility (CH5, Lesson 1)
Configure application restrictions (CH5, Lesson 2)
Configure IPv6 network settings (CH6, Lesson 2)
Configure remote management (CH7, Lesson 2)
Configure user account control (UAC) (CH9, Lesson 1)
Configure BranchCache (CH8, Lesson 3)
Configure Bitlocker and BitLocker To Go (CH 11, Lesson 1)
Configure DirectAccess (CH10, Lesson 1)

neathneathneath

many thanks eserfeliz